Seong-Hyon Lee — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Associate in Research at the Harvard University Asia Center
Senior Fellow at the George H.W. Bush Foundation for U.S.–China Relations
Author of "The New Cold War: U.S.-China Rivalry and the Future of Global Power" (2025)
Specializes in U.S.–China strategic competition, Chinese domestic politics, North Korean nuclear doctrine, and Indo-Pacific defense alignment

Biography

Seong-Hyon Lee is a geoeconomic strategist and scholar-practitioner with over 20 years of operational experience across China, the U.S., Korea, and Japan. His work focuses on providing predictive intelligence regarding great power dynamics.

Lee specializes in U.S.–China strategic competition, Chinese domestic politics, North Korean nuclear doctrine, and Indo-Pacific defense alignment.