Seungjoo LEE is professor of political science and international relations at Chung-Ang University (Seoul, Korea) and the Chair of Trade, Technology, and Transformation Research Center at East Asia Institute. He currently serves as a member of the Advisory Committee on Economic Security and Foreign Affairs (Ministry of Foreign Affairs). Seungjoo has previously taught at the National University of Singapore and Yonsei University. He has also held various positions in academic associations in Korea such as the Korean Association of International Studies and the Korean Political Science Association. He is the co-author of The Political Economy of Change and Continuity in Korea: Twenty Years after the Crisis. He also edited, among other works, Korea’s Middle Power Diplomacy, International Political Economy in Cyberspace, International Politics of Belt and Road, and Trade Policy in the Asia-Pacific. His publications appeared in various journals such as Comparative Political Studies, The Pacific Review, Asian Survey, Natural Hazards Review, Asian Journal of Peacebuiling, and Korean Political Science Review. His current research focuses on the economy-security nexus, economic statecraft, the U.S.-China technology competition, and global digital governance. He received his Ph.D. in political science from the University of California at Berkeley.