Mathew Ha

Mathew Ha is an adjunct fellow with FDD’s Center on Cyber and Technology Innovation. He is a current PhD student at George Mason University’s Schar School of Government and Policy Studies focusing on political science, international relations, and comparative politics. He completed his master’s in Asian studies at Georgetown University’s Walsh School of Foreign Service with a concentration on the politics and security of Asia. Previously, Mathew served as a research analyst with FDD’s North Korea and East Asia programs, where his research focused on North Korean sanctions evasion and illicit economic schemes as well as the Kim regime’s evolving cyber capabilities and U.S. policies on the Korean Peninsula and East Asia. His research interests focus on issues related to the Korean Peninsula and the threats posed by Pyongyang.