President Geun Lee was appointed to the current position on September 16, 2019. He is also a professor of International Relations at the Graduate School of International Studies, Seoul National University, and former Dean of the Office of International Affairs, Seoul National University. From 2015 to 2016, He was a visiting Super Global Professor at Keio University in Japan. He is also the former Chair of the Global Agenda Council on the Future of Korea at the World Economic Forum (Davos Forum) and is currently a member of the Global Future Council of the World Economic Forum. Before joining the faculty of Seoul National University, he served as a professor at the Institute of Foreign Affairs and National Security (IFANS, Currently, Korean National Diplomatic Academy), Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Korea. He also served as President of an independent think tank, Korea Institute for Future Strategies from 2003-2007. His publications include “Clash of Soft Power between China and Japan”, “A Theory of Soft Power and Korea’s Soft Power Strategy”, “The Nexus between Korea’s Regional Security Options and Domestic Politics”, “US Global Defense Posture Review and its Implications on the US-Korea Relations” and co-authored The Environmental Dimension of Asian Security. He received his B.A. in political science from Seoul National University, and his M.A. and Ph.D in political science from the University of Wisconsin at Madison, U.S.A.