Prof. Daljoong CHANG is Korea’s representative expert on comparative politics, Japanese politics, and North Korean politics, and is currently a Professor Emeritus of Political Science and Diplomacy at Seoul National University. He served as an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science and Diplomacy at Sogang University and has worked at the Department of Political Science and Diplomacy at Seoul National University since 1990. After receiving a BA in Political Science from Seoul National University’s College of Liberal Arts and an MA in Political Science from the same university, he earned his Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of California, Berkeley in 1982. He served as a member of policy advisory committees for the Ministry of Unification, as a member of policy advisory committees for the Ministry of Defense, and as the chairman of the Ministry of Unification’s Policy Evaluation Committee. He has published numerous books and papers, including 『North America Conflict: The Cold War Conflict in the Post-Cold War』, 『The Development of Postwar Korea-Japan Relations』, and 『Globalization and Structural Transformation of Japan』.