Young-Sun Ha is the Chairman of the board of trustees at the East Asia Institute(EAI) and Professor Emeritus of the Seoul National University. Dr. Ha served as a member of a senior advisory group for the inter-Korean summit talks preparation committee and a member of the Presidential National Security Advisory Group. He received his B.A. and M.A. from Seoul National University and holds a Ph.D. in international politics from the University of Washington. He was a Professor of International Relations at Seoul National University (1980-2012), He was a research fellow at the Center for International Studies at Princeton University, and the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. His recent books and edited volumes include World Politics of Love: War and Peace (2019), A New Perspective on the Diplomatic History of Korea: Tradition and Modernity (2019), U.S.-China Competition in the Architecture of a Regional Order in the Asia-Pacific (2017), Korean Peninsula among Big Powers 1972 vs 2014 (2015 ), Young-Sun Ha on International Politics: A Collection of Columns from 1991 to 2011 (2012), Complex World Politics (2012), The Future of North Korea 2032: The Strategy of Coevolution for the Advancement (2010).