Daniel Aum

Daniel is a PhD candidate in International Affairs, Science, and Technology at the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, Georgia Tech. His research interests lie at the intersection of military interventions, leader-level analysis, and innovation.

He worked at RAND as a Summer Associate and Adjunct Policy Researcher. He served as a Harold Rosenthal Fellow both with the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee and the Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, Central Asia, and Nonproliferation. He was the Senior Director for Public Affairs and Washington D.C. Director at the National Bureau of Asian Research, a think tank. He served as a fellow with the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission. He also worked on an international strategic litigation team at Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights. 

He has published two peer-reviewed journal articles, one on how North Korea uses history as a policy instrument and one co-authored piece on why China innovates.

He has written commentaries for various foreign policy outlets, including The National Interest, The Diplomat, East Asia Forum, South China Morning Post, and The National Bureau of Asian Research. He also co-authored an op-ed on the semiconductor industry in Georgia for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

He received his BA in philosophy from Baylor, JD from The George Washington University Law School, and MA in Asian Studies from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service.