Kim is a Senior Fellow at the Australia India Institute and a Maitri Fellow, hosted by the Council for Strategic and Defence Research (CSDR) in New Delhi. His Fellowship is supported by the Australian Government through the Centre for Australia-India Relations.
A strategic and defence analyst, he joined AII following a career in government. While posted to the Australian High Commission in New Delhi (2019–23), he became the first Australian civilian to graduate from India’s year-long National Defence College course. He previously served with the Australian government in Washington DC, and deployed as a civilian on military operations in Timor-Leste and Afghanistan. A former Indonesian linguist, he holds a Master of International Law.