STORY - A New Chapter

Date : 2009. 05. 27~28 / Location : Sheraton Grande Walkerhill Hotel Seoul, Korea

Meet our speakers, who are active leaders in the T.I.M.E. (Technology, Information, Media, Entertainment) areas.

Chung-In Moon Chung-In Moon

Professor, Political Science, Yonsei University / Editor-in-Chief, Global Asia (2009)

Chung-in Moon is a professor of political science at Yonsei University and editor-in-chief of Global Asia, a quarterly magazine in English.

He served as Dean of Yonsei’s Graduate School of International Studies, Ambassador for International Security Affairs at the ROK Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Northeast Asian Cooperation Initiative, a cabinet-level post. He has published over 40 books and 230 articles in edited volumes and such scholarly journals as World Politics, International Studies Quarterly, and the World Development.

His recent publications include The United States and Northeast Asia: Issues, Debates, and New Order (Rowman & Littlefield, 2008), co-edited with John Ikenberry and Arms Control on the Korean Peninsula. His comments and columns have appeared in leading international mass media such as the New York Times, the LA Times, the International Herald Tribune, Asahi Shinbun, CNN, BBC, CCTV-9, and al-Jazeera. He is a well-known columnist and commentator in South Korean mass media. He attended the 2000 and 2007 North-South Korean summit as a special delegate. Dr. Moon served as a long-time policy advisor to South Korean government agencies such as the National Security Council of the Office of the President, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the Ministry of National Defense, and the Ministry of Unification.

He was a fellow of the Woodrow Wilson International Center in Washington, D.C. He served as Vice President of the International Studies Association (ISA) of North America and president of the Korea Peace Research Association. He is currently a member of the Pacific Council on International Policy (Los Angeles), the Institute of International Strategic Studies (London), and fellow of the Club of Madrid. He is an ARF-EEP representing South Korea and served as co-chair of the first and second AFR-EEPs meetings in June 2006 and February 2007. He is a board member of the Korea Foundation, the Sejong Foundation, the East Asia Foundation, and the International Peace Foundation.