Dr. KOO Jaseon is a visiting professor of the Center for Chinese Studies at the Institute of Foreign Affairs and National Security of the Korea National Diplomatic Academy. Dr. Koo received his B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. in Political Science from Seoul National University. Previously he taught both undergraduate and graduate students at Seoul National University, Kookmin University, and Soongsil University. His major research areas are Chines Communist Party, intra-party democracy, and Chines foreign policy. He is a co-author of China’s Democracy: The Intra-Party Democracy of the Chines Communist Party (2011).