Steve Sin
Dr. Steve S. Sin is an ARLIS affiliate and the Director of the Unconventional Weapons and Technology Division (UWT) of the UMD Center for Studies of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START), where he manages large research projects, explores new avenues for research, and establishes collaborative research relationships.
Dr. Sin specializes in a broad range of international security, terrorism, and homeland security challenges. His expertise includes radiological and nuclear (RN) terrorism; illicit trafficking of RN materials; terrorist use of cyber domain; emerging technology; emergency preparedness and management; intelligence/counterintelligence operations, analysis, and exploitation; Northeast Asia regional security; and counter-terrorism training, exercise, and curriculum development. His expertise in Northeast Asia regional security is focused on North Korea, including its nuclear program; cyber capabilities; intelligence apparatus; regime survival; and leadership. His additional regional expertise includes South Korean nuclear program and infrastructure; North-South Korea relations; and Korea-Japan-China trilateral relations.
Prior to joining START, Dr. Sin was the Senior Research Associate and Section Chief at the National Center for Security & Preparedness (NCSP), a strategic partner with the New York State Division of Homeland Security & Emergency Services (DHSES), headquartered at the State University of New York at Albany (University at Albany). At the NCSP, Dr. Sin directed the organization’s Policy, Intelligence, Exercises, and Simulations section responsible for Homeland Security and Terrorism Research Program; led the development, coordination, and delivery of multiple counter-terrorism and emergency response training and exercise programs; and provided direct policy support to New York state homeland security leadership.
Dr. Sin’s extensive experience also includes a career as a U.S. Army Officer specializing in counterintelligence, counter-terrorism, and political-military affairs in the Asia-Pacific Theater of Operations.