Dr. Cho has been affiliated with Korea Defense Forum (KODEF) as an executive member since 2011, Korea Institute for Future Strategies as a senior fellow since 2010, and as a member of Security Experts Group in the European Commission since 2004.
For the period between 1998 and 2004, Dr. Cho had been affiliated with the Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI), the Swedish National Defence College (FHS),the Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC), the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP), and the Research Institute of the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP).
For the past fifteen years, Dr. Cho has extensively written articles for RUSI Journal, Military Technology, Interavia, Asian Defence Journal. His research covers a wide range of areas such as defence industry, European integration, international economy and security policy.