Masao Okonogi is Professor Emeritus of Keio University, visiting professor of Kyushu University, and chair professor of Dongseo University. He received his B.A. (1969), M.A. (1971), and Ph.D. (1986) in political science from Keio University. He studied at Yonsei University from 1972-74. From 1981-82, he was a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Hawaii and George Washington University. He was Director of the Center for Area Studies (1995-99), Dean of Faculty of Law and Politics (2005-07), and the 1st Director of Center for Contemporary Korean Studies at Keio University (2009). He has published and edited numerous works, including Human Security and North Korea (2009), Crisis on the Korean Peninsula (2006), Market, State, and International Regime (2001), North Korea During Kim Jeong Il Era (1999), The Korean Peninsula During the Post-Cold War Era (1994), North Korea at the Crossroads (1988) and Korean War (1986).


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