Daniel Aum

Daniel Aum is a PhD student in international affairs, science, and technology at Georgia Tech. He is interested in the intersection of great power competition, the role of alliances, and the drivers of innovation.

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 a variety of foreign policy publications, 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 semiconductors in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.