GONG Min-Seok is a political scientist who is specialized in International Relations, particularly U.S. hegemony and U.S. strategy for East Asia. He is also interested in linking these themes with the dynamics of capitalist world-system. He graduated from Seoul National University, and got his MA degree and Ph. D. in political science at Seoul National University. He is now working as an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science and Diplomacy at Jeju National University. He has published several articles and books on U.S.-China relations, dynamics of U.S. hegemony and its impact on the capitalist world-system and East Asian regional system.