Heon Lee. From Seoul, based in San Francisco. Studying Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at the University of Michigan, after Boston University and military service. Building Philyron, software for the U.S. maritime fleet. Researching North Korean nuclear strategy at MIT and Indo-Pacific power competition at Stanford.
Interested in national security, foreign policy, the maritime industry, defense tech, and Mahler.
- Why South Korea hasn’t gone nuclear, and what changes when it does.
- The decline and possible return of American shipbuilding.
- Mahler’s Sixth — especially the third movement.
- PLA Navy white papers, read slowly.
- Strategic ambiguity as posture, and as a way of life.
- Coast Guard cutters still running on pencil and paper.
- How three-country coalitions actually get built.
- Clarinet repertoire I keep meaning to learn.
Writing
Projects
- 2026 Philyron
- 2025 Seequence Studio
- 2024 Asia Pacific Democracy Incubator