Chung-in Moon is an ambassador for international security affairs in the Republic of Korea’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, as well as a professor of political science at Yonsei University. Prior to taking his current positions, Moon held a cabinet-level post as the chairman of Korea’s Presidential Committee on Northeast Asian Cooperation and served as dean of Yonsei’s Graduate School of International Studies. He has published over 40 books and 230 articles in journals such as World Politics, International Studies Quarterly and World Development. He is currently a member of the Pacific Council on International Policy and the International Institute for Strategic Studies. Moon is also a fellow of the Club of Madrid and a board member of the Korea Foundation, the Sejong Foundation and the East Asia Foundation.