Chung-in Moon is a special advisor to the ROK president for unification and national security affairs. He is also a distinguished university professor at Yonsei University, Krause distinguished fellow at the School of Global Policy and Strategy at the University of California, San Diego, and editor-in-chief of Global Asia, a quarterly journal in English. He is also currently co-convener of the Asia-Pacific Leadership Network on Nuclear Disarmament and Non-proliferation (APLN). He was dean of the Graduate School of International Studies, Yonsei Univ., and served as Ambassador for International Security Affairs of the Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Trade and Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Northeast Asian Cooperation Initiative, a cabinet-level post. He has published over 60 books and 300 articles in edited volumes and scholarly journals. His recent publications include The Future of East Asia (Palgrave Macmillan, 2017), co-edited with Peter Hayes, What Does Japan Think Now? (in Korean 2013, in Chinese 2016), The Sunshine Policy: In Defense of Engagement as a Path to Peace in Korea (Yonsei University Press, 2012), and Exploring the Future of China (in Korean 2010 in Korean and 2012 in Chinese). He also served as president of the Korea Peace Studies Association and Vice President of the International Studies Association (ISA) of North America.