Dr. Benjamin R. Young is a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Intelligence Studies at Fayetteville State University. He was a Stanton Foundation Nuclear Security Fellow at the RAND Corporation from 2024-2025. He is the author of the book, Guns, Guerillas, and the Great Leader: North Korea and the Third World (Stanford University Press, 2021). He currently has a second book manuscript under contract with Cornell University Press about anti-colonial insurgency. It is tentatively entitled, "Reds, Revolutions, and Rebellions: How China, Cuba, and Vietnam Transformed Guerilla Warfare." He has taught a wide range of international and national security courses at Virginia Commonwealth University, Dakota State University, and the U.S Naval War College. He has published more than a dozen peer-reviewed articles on North Korea, East Asian politics, and Cold War international history in academic journals. He has also written journalistic pieces for The Washington Post, The Diplomat, Foreign Policy, Nikkei Asia, The National Interest, The Hill, and NKNews.org. Dr. Young has lived in South Korea during a Fulbright fellowship and has traveled extensively in North Korea, Cuba, China, and Russia. He holds a PhD in Asian history from George Washington University, a MA in world history from SUNY Brockport, and a B.S in history from SUNY Brockport