Speaker
LEE Shin-wha
Affliation
Ambassador for International Cooperation on North Korean Human Rights,
Title
KACUNS President, Professor of Korea University
Session

Biography

이신화 – 고려대학교 정치외교학과 교수, 북한인권국제협력대사 겸 한국유엔체제학회 회장임. 주요 경력으로는 미국 하버드대학교 CFIA Post-doc 펠로우; 유엔 코피아난 사무총장 르완다학살 독립위 특보; 동아시아비전그룹(EAVG) 의장자문관; 미국 Columbia Univ 강의초빙교수; 고려대학교 국제처장, 유엔본부 평화구축기금(PBF) 사무총장 자문위원; 서울국제포럼 연구위원장; 삼극위원회(Trilateral Commission) 한국간사; 미국 MIT 국제관계연구소(CIS) 초빙교수 등을 역임함. 주요 출판물은 Human Security and Cross-Border Cooperation in East Asia (Palgrave McMillan 2019), “Foreign Policy Dilemma in South Korean Democracy” (Routledge 2021), UN, Indo-Pacfic and Korean Peninsula (Routledge 2022 예정)을 포함하여 다자외교안보, 동아시아 외교정책, 인간안보, 신흥안보, 유엔평화활동 등에 관한 다수의 국/영문 저서가 있음.

LEE, SHIN WHA is a Professor of Department of Political Science and International Relations; Ambassador-at-large on North Korean Human Rights and International Cooperation; President of Korean Academic Council on the United Nations System; Chair of Evaluation Committee of Ministry of Foreign Affairs; and Member of Trilateral Commission. Her previous positions include Post-doc fellow at Harvard University’s Center for International Affairs; Special advisor to UNSG Kofi Annan’s Rwandan Independent Inquiry; Chair's advisor of East Asian Vision Group, Full-time visiting professor at Columbia University, International board member of GR:EEN, Europe, Vice President for international affairs at Korea University; Chair of Research Committee of Seoul Forum for International Affairs; Visiting scholar at MIT’s Center for International Studies, UN Secretary General's Advisory Group Member of Peacebuilding Fund, Member of Committee on Public Diplomacy, Republic of Korea; Advisor of Korean Army Development; and Member of Ministry of Defense Requirement Verification Committee. She received her Ph.D. from University of Maryland at College Park. Her numerous publications, including Human Security and Cross-Border Cooperation in East Asia (Palgrave McMillan 2019), “Foreign Policy Dilemma in South Korean Democracy” (Routledge 2021), and UN, Indo-Pacfic and Korean Peninsula (Routledge 2022/23), cover East Asian multilateral security and foreign policies, UN security roles, and human security.