Andrew Yeo is Professor of Politics and Director of Asian Studies at The Catholic University of America in Washington DC.

He is currently based in Manila as a Visiting Research Scholar at the University of the Philippines.

His most recent books include North Korean Human Rights: Activists and Networks (Cambridge University Press 2018, with Danielle Chubb); Asia’s Regional Architecture: Alliances and Institutions in the Pacific Century (Stanford University Press 2019); and Living in an Age of Mistrust: An Interdisciplinary Study of Declining Trust in Contemporary Society and Politics and How to get it Back (Routledge Press 2017, with Matt Green). Dr. Yeo’s research and teaching interests include international relations theory, East Asian regionalism, Asian security, US grand strategy, civil society, Korean politics, and North Korea. He contributes to the Washington Post’s Monkey Cage blog, and has appeared or been quoted in a variety of media outlets including MSNBC, Channel News Asia, CBS radio, Voice of America, RTHK-Hong Kong, The New York Times Magazine, Wall Street Journal, and the Washington Post.

He received his Ph.D. in Government from Cornell University, and BA in Psychology and International Studies from Northwestern University.