President, The Korea Foundation. He researched and taught international politics as research associate and as a professor in several American and Korean Universities. He served as the Director of the Institute of East and West Studies at Yonsei and is still a professor at the Department of Political Science and International Studies at Yonsei University. He also served as member of the Steering Committee of the Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific, and member of the Advisory Committee of the National Security Council. He was the Korean Ambassador to Australia (2008-2011). He received a Ph. D. in Political Science from the University of Rochester, USA.
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