Wongi Choe is a professor at the Korea National Diplomatic Academy (KNDA). He also serves as the head of the Center for ASEAN–India Studies at the KNDA. In that capacity, he leads KNDA's policy research on Korea's diplomatic approach to Southeast and South Asia. He is currently a member of an advisory group at the Presidential Committee on New Southern Policy in Korea. His current research focuses on Korea's role in the geopolitical dynamics and regional architecture in East Asia and the broader Indo-Pacific region. His recent writings include “New Southern Policy: Korea’s Newfound Ambition in Search of Strategic Autonomy” (2021); “US Indo-Pacific Strategy and Directions for ROK-US Cooperation” (2020); Thirty Years of ASEAN-ROK Relations (co-edited, 2019), among others.