Underwood International College

• Ph. D. The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University
• Department of Political Science, Yonsei University, B.A. in political science
• Department of Political Science, The University of Rochester

• International Security, Crisis Management, and Political-Military Intelligence
• International security, East Asian Defense Strategy and Trends, Political Military Developments on the Korean Peninsula, Defense Technology Transfers, Intelligence, and Crisis management
• East Asia’s encounters with the West since the 1600s, political reform and movements in China, Korea, and Japan in the 19th century

Articles (in English)

• “Reassessing the ROK-U.S. Alliance,” Australian Journal of International Affairs, vol. 57, no. 2 (Summer 2003)
• "East Asia’s Awakening from Strategic Hibernation and the Role of Air Power,” The Korean Journal of Defense Analysis, vol. 15, no.1, (Spring 2003)
• “Scientific-Technological Development and Global Peace,” Tai-joon Kwon and Dong-Sung Kim, eds., World Order and Peace in the New Millennium, (Seoul: Korean National Commission for UNESCO, 2002)
• “North Korean Missiles: Strategic Implications and Policy Responses,” The Pacific Review, vol. 14, no. 1 (2001)
• “Beyond the Cold War: Assessing Kim Dae Jung Government’s Strategies for Multilateral Cooperation,” in Chung-in Moon, Odd Arne Westad, Gyoo-hyoung Kahng, eds., Ending the Cold War in Korea, (Seoul, Korea: Yonsei University Press, 2001)
• “Unconventional Security in Asia,” in Dalchoong Kim and Jung-Hoon Lee, eds., Comprehensive Security: Conceptions and Realities in Asia, (Seoul, Korea: Yonsei University Press, 2000)
• “Security Issues in Europe: An Asian Perspective,” Global Economic Review, vol. 20, no. 1 (2000)
• “Coping with the North Korean Military Threat: Implications for Northeast Asia and Korea,” in Natalie Crawford and Chung-in Moon, eds., Emerging Threats, Force Structures and the Role of Air Power in Korea, (Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 2000)
• Chung Min Lee and Jonathan D. Pollack, Preparing for Korean Unification: Scenarios and Implications (Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 1999)
• “Contemplating Korea’s Strategic Choices,” in Chung-in Moon and Chung Min Lee, eds., Air Power Dynamics and Korean Security (Seoul: Yonsei University Press, 1999)
• “The Security Environment in Northeast Asia,” in Desmond Ball, ed., Maintaining the Strategic Edge, (Canberra, Australia: Australia National University Press, 1999)
• “Neighbors, Friends, and Allies: From the Outside Looking In,” in Chung-in Moon and David I. Steinberg, eds., Kim Dae-Jung Government and Sunshine Policy: Promises and Challenges (Seoul: Asian Studies Program, Georgetown University and Yonsei University Press, 1999)
• Ashley Tellis, Chung Min Lee, Michael Swaine, and Courtney Purrington, Changing Strategic Trends and Sources of Conflict in Asia, (Santa Monica, CA: RAND, DRP-1499-AF, October 1997)
• Chung Min Lee, Survey of Korean Attitudes on Security, Foreign Affairs, and Unification, (Santa Monica, CA: Center for Asia-Pacific Policy, RAND, September 1997)
• “The Foreign and Security Perspectives of South Korea: Between Independence and Strategic Realities,” (Santa Monica, CA: RAND, October 1996)
• “Inter-Korean Military Dynamics: A Reassessment,” Korea Focus, vol. 4, no.5, (September/October 1996)
• “Rethinking Military Dynamics in the Korean Peninsula,” Prepared for The Korea Research Institute for Strategy, (Santa Monica, CA: RAND, August 1996)
• “Crises and Conflicts Short of War: The Case of Korea,” Submitted for publication in The Korean Journal of Defense Analysis, (Santa Monica, CA: RAND, May 1996)
• “The North Korean Nuclear Issue and the Korean-American Alliance,” The RINU Monthly, no.6 (September 1995)
• “East Asian Security in the Post-Bipolar Era: Implications for Regional Stability and Bilateral Security Cooperation,” (Tokyo, Japan: National Institute for Defense Studies, August 1995)
• “Multipolar East Asia and Implications for Regional and Korean Security,” Politique Estrangere, no. 3, (Autumn 1995)
• “Korea’s Conception of Security: The Struggle for Legitimacy and Independence,” Working paper submitted to the East-West Center, (Tokyo, Japan: United Nations University, July 1995)
• “The North Korean Nuclear Issue and the Korean-American Alliance,” (Tokyo, Japan: The National Institute for Defense Studies, June 1995)
• “U.S. Security Policy in Northeast Asia and the Korean Peninsula,” in Choon Kun Lee and Chung Min Lee, eds., Strategic Trends in Northeast Asia at Century’s End (Seoul: The Sejong Institute, 1994)
• “Asian Security into the 21st Century: Shifting Threat Perceptions, National Strategies and Maritime Implications,” in Choon Kun Lee, ed., Sea power and Korea in the 21st Century (Seoul: The Sejong Institute, 1994)
• Dalchoong Kim, Soo-Eon Moon, and Chung Min Lee, eds., The New World Order and the Korean Peninsula (Seoul: Seoul Press, 1994)
• Choon-Kun Lee and Chung Min Lee, eds., Strategic Trends in Northeast Asia at Century’s End, (Seoul: The Sejong Institute, 1994)
• “U.S.-Korean Relations and Non-Proliferation,” The RINU Monthly, no. 6, (September 1994)
• “Multilateral Security in the Asia-Pacific: Issues and Prospects in a New Era,” (Seoul: Sejong Institute, June 1993)
• “Changes in U.S.-Korean Relations: The Security Dimension,” in Yu-Nam Kim and Hoyt H. Purvis eds., Seoul and Washington: New Governments, New Leaders, New Objectives (Seoul: Seoul Press, 1993)
• “What Security Regime in North-East Asia?” Adelphi Paper 276, Part II (London: IISS, 1992)
• “National Security Choices for Korea in the 1990s.” in Democracy in Korea: The Roh Tae Woo Years, (New York: The Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs, 1992)
• “Military Balance on the Korean Peninsula and Prospects for Arms Control,” in Gottfried-Karl Kindermann and Dalchoong Kim, eds., Consequences of German Unification and Implications for a Divided Korea, (Seoul: Seoul Press, 1992)
• “The Future of Arms Control in the Korean Peninsula,” The Washington Quarterly, vol. 14, no. 3 (Summer 1991)
• “Reflections on Asian-Pacific Security in the Post-Cold War Era,” in Il Yung Chung, ed., The Asian Pacific Community in the Year 2000: Challenges and Prospects (Seoul: The Sejong Institute, 1991)
• "Sino-South Korean Ties in the Late 1980s: With a Special Emphasis on Systemic Constraints,” The Journal of East and West Studies, vol. 18, no. 1 (March 1989)
• "Strategic Change in Northeast Asia and Implications for Korean Security,” in A New Order, Political Change, and Peace, (Seoul: The Seoul Olympic Organizing Committee First Anniversary Conference Committee, 1989)
• The Emerging Strategic Balance in Northeast Asia (Seoul: Research Center for Peaceful Unification, 1989)
• “Holding the ‘Hollingsworth Line’: Conventional Deterrence and Defense in the Korean Peninsula,” in Harold Hinton, ed. Al., The U.S.-Korean Security Relationship: Prospects and Challenges for the 1990s (New York: Pergamon-Brassey’s for the Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis, 1988)

Conference Papers

• “Air Power and East Asia: Awakening from Strategic Hibernation,” paper presented at the NIDS International Symposium on Security Affairs on “Essence of Military Power: At the Dawn of the 21st Century,” January 15-16, 2002, Tokyo, Japan.
• “North Korean Missiles and Strategic Implications,” paper presented at the Jane’s Missile Proliferation Conference 2001, November 12-13, 2001, Edinburgh, Scotland.
• “Reconfiguring East Asia’s Strategic Architecture: The Road Toward a Pacific Alliance,” paper presented at a conference on “The United States-Australia Alliance in an East Asian Context” held by the University of Sydney, June 29-30, 2001, Sydney, Australia.
• "Prospects for Peace and Stability in Northeast Asia: A Korean Perspective,” paper presented at The U.S.-P.R.C.-R.O.K. Trilateral Workshop on Peace and Security on the Korean Peninsula, co-sponsored by the National Defense University and the Asia Foundation, April 6, 2001, Seoul, Korea.
• “Long-Term Strategic Requirements and C4I: Drivers and Paths for the ROK Military,” paper presented at the Third International Air Power Conference on “Future Conflicts, Battle Management, and C4I: Implications and Requirements for the ROK Military,” co-sponsored by the Center for International Studies, Yonsei University, and Project Air Force, RAND, August 31-September 1, 2000, Seoul Korea.
• "Beyond the Cold War: Assessing the Kim Dae Jung Government’s Strategies for Multilateral Cooperation,” paper presented at an international conference on “The Korean Summit and the Dismantling of the Cold War Structure” sponsored by the Institute for Unification Studies, Yonsei University, August24-25, 2000, Seoul, Korea.
• “Information Warfare in East Asia: Concepts, Debates, and Strategies,” paper presented for the XVIIIth World Congress of the International Political Science Association (IPSA), based on the theme “Capitalism, Governance and Community: Toward a Corporate Millennium?” August 1-5, 2000, Quebec City, Canada.
• “Potential Crises and Threats on the Korean Peninsula,” paper presented for the Trilateral Workshop on North Korea Policy co-sponsored by The Elliot School, George Washington University, Keio University, and Yonsei University, March 3-4, 2000.
• “Future Conflicts and Crisis Scenarios on the Korean Peninsula,” paper presented at Nanyang University, Singapore, January 2000.
• “Korea’s Strategic Posture Going into the 21st Century,” paper presented at the International Symposium on “The Changing East Asian Security Environment in the 21st Century and Korea’s Strategic Responses,” sponsored by the Korea Research Institute for Strategy, November 19, 1999, Seoul, Korea.
• “Unconventional Security in East Asia,” presented at CSCAP Conference/Asia-Pacific Roundtable, June 12-14, 1999, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
• “Neighbors, Friends and Allies: From the Outside Looking In,” paper presented at the Conference on “Kim Dae Jung’s Sunshine Policy: Its Conceptual Promise and Political Challenges,” co-sponsored by the Institute of Unification Studies, Yonsei University and the Asian Studies Program of the School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University, May 17, 1999, Washington, D.C.
• “Thinking Beyond the Status Quo: Emerging Security Challenges and Bilateral Security Arrangements,” paper presented at the Conference on “Searching Security Cooperation,” co-sponsored by the Korea Institute for Defense for Multilateral Analyses (KIDA) and Japan’s Research Institute for Peace and Security (RIPS), February 25-26, 1999, Seoul, Korea.
• “Security Issues in Europe: An Asian Perspective,” paper presented at the First Yosei-Warwick Conference on ASEM, co-organized by the Center for European Studies, IEWS, Yonsei University and Warwick University, November 9-10, 1998, Seoul, Korea.
• “Constructing Peace: The Case of Northeast Asia,” discussed at the Korean Peace Institute and UNESCO International Conference, November 1998, Seoul, Korea.
• “The Role of Air Power and Future of Korea’s Defense Strategy,” paper prepared for the 7th International Aerospace Symposium sponsored by the ROK Air Force Academy, October 28, 1998, Seoul, Korea.
• “The Security Environment in Northeast Asia,” paper presented for a conference on “Maintaining the Strategic Edge: The Defence of Australia in 2015,” sponsored by Strategic and Defence Studies Center, The Australian National University, September 21-23, 1998, Canberra, Australia.
• “The Security Environment in East Asia,” background paper for ASEM Vision Group Rome Meeting, September 1998.
• “The Security Environment in East Asia,” paper presented at Australian National University, June 1998.
• “The Korean Peninsula: Latest Peace Prospects,” paper prepared for the 12th Asia-Pacific Roundtable, May 31-June 4, 1998, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
• “Rethinking the Conventional Military Balance on the Korean Peninsula,” paper presented at a conference on “Regional Security and Force Structures in Northeast Asia,” sponsored by the Korea Research Institute for Strategy, May 27, 1998, Seoul, Korea.
• “The Future of the Korean Peninsula Workshop,” discussed at the United States Council on Foreign Relations, April 1998.
• “The 1997 Korean Presidential Election and U.S.-R.O.K. Relations,” prepared for presentation at the conference on “The 1997 Presidential Election in South Korea,” sponsored by the Asian Studies Program, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University, November 21, 1997, Washington, D.C.
• “The Future of Korea’s Defense Strategy and the Role of Naval Forces,” paper prepared for the Fifth International Sea Power Symposium, co-sponsored by the ROK Navy, the Sejong Institute, and the Korea Institute for Maritime Strategy, August 7-8, 1997, Seoul, Korea.
• “Dynamics of Security in Northeast Asia,” paper prepared for the Workshop on Sub-Regional and Regional Dynamics of Security in t Asia-Pacific Region, co-hosted by the Keio University Center for Area Studies and the East-West Center, March 10-12, 1997, Gotenba, Japan.
• "Threat Perception in East Asia After the Cold War,” paper presented at a conference on “Restructuring U.S.-Japan Security Relations,” January 11-13, 1997, Tokyo, Japan.
• "Strengthening the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Regime,” paper presented at International Conference for the U.N.’s 50th Anniversary on “The Rise of East Asia and the U.N.” co-sponsored by The R.O.K. Committee for the 50th Anniversary of the U.N., and The International Institute for Strategic Studies, June 12-14, 1995, Seoul, Korea.
• "Mechanisms for Setting Regional Territorial Disputes,” paper presented at the Conference on “Prospects for Stability and Cooperation in Northeast Asia: A Multilateral Dialogue,” May 19-20, 1995, Tokyo, Japan.
• “East Asian Perceptions of Collective Security,” prepared for the Second Meeting of the UNU Advisory Team on Peace and Global Governance, October 24-25, 1994, Barcelona, Spain.
• “Crisis and Intelligence Management: Software and Hardware,” prepared for a Workshop on “Rethinking Korean Security: Strategy, Force Structure, Weapons Acquisition, and the Defense Industry,” January 29-31, 1994, La Jolla, California.
• “Prospects for Arms Control in the Korean Peninsula: What Are the Preconditions?” paper presented at the “Eighths Annual Conference of the Council on U.S.-Korean Security Studies,” December 2-3, 1993, Washington, D.C.
• “Changing Elements in Northeast Asian Security: A South Korean Perspective,” paper presented at a conference on “Korea and America in a Changing Northeast Asia Order,” October 13-14, 1993, Seoul, Korea.
• “Northeast Asia’s Evolving Security Agenda,” paper presented in the “North Pacific Cooperative Security Dialogue Conference,” March 21-23, 1993, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
• “U.S. Korean Security Relations in Transition,” paper presented for a conference sponsored by Council on U.S.-Korea Security Studies, November 20-21, 1992, Seoul, Korea.

Articles (in Korean)

• "Security issues of Korean Peninsula: Present and Future,” paper prepared for Hannara-dang, June 22, 2001.
• “South Korean Policy towards North Korea since the Korean Summit,” paper prepared for the Advisory Council on Democratic and Peaceful Unification, the 3rd Expert Meetings, June 21, 2000.
• “Development of Korean Naval Strategy after the Unification,” paper presented at “The 21st Seminar on Ocean Science,” Naval Institute for Maritime Affairs, May 26, 2000, Jinhae, Korea.
• Chung-in Moon, Chung Min Lee, and Byung-Chul Kang, eds., Northeast Asian Strategic Structure and South Korean Air Force Power, (Seoul: Orum Publisher, 2000)
• “South Korean Strategic plan for the 21st century,” Academic Conference (Seoul: Korea Research Institute for Strategy, December 1999)
• “Characteristics of Future Conflicts and Information Warfare: Implications on Northeast Asia and Korean Peninsula,” (Seoul: The Korean Association of International Studies, December 1999)
• “Development of Military Strategy and Doctrine in Korean model: Focus on concept definition and applicable model,” (Seoul: National Defense College, November 1998)
• “The U.S. and South Korean Reactions and Plans in Times of North Korean Crisis,” Research paper prepared for Ministry of Unification, November 1998.
• “Information Warfare and National Security,” (Seoul: Cybercommunication Academic Society, November 27, 1998)
• “Korea-Japan Security Cooperation for Northeast Asian Security,” (October 14, 1998)
• “A Strategic Reappraisal of the Korean-American Relationship,” in Kim Dalchoong, ed., Korean foreign Policy (Seoul: Shinilsa Publishing Company, 1998)
• “Information Warfare and National Security,” IRI Review, vol. 2, no. 3 (Autumn 1997)
• “The North Korean Nuclear Problem and Korean-American Relations,” Jayu Gongron, vol. 7, no. 9 (April 1994)
• “The North Korean Nuclear Issue,” Shindong-Ah, vol. 37, no. 3 (April 1994)
• “Clinton Administrations’ Policy towards South Korea and the Future of Bilateral Security Cooperation,” Kukhwe-bo, no. 10 (October 1993)
• “Korean Foreign Policy: An Institutional Approach,” in Chung Il Yung, ed., Reviewing Korean Policy: The Past Fifty Years (Seoul: The Sejong Institute, 1993)
• “Arms Control Policy Under the Kim Young Sam Government,” Hankuk Nondan, no. 10 (October 1993)
• “Clinton and U.S. Defense Strategy: Post-Cold War Trends,” Gyegan Sasang, vol. 5, no. 1 (Spring 1993)
• “Regional Conflicts: Major Trends and Challenges,” Yuk-Kun, no. 205, (Winter 1993)
• “National Naval Force Strategy and Regional Stability,” (Seoul: Sejong Institute, September 28, 1992)
• “The New World Order and Northeast Asian Political Structure,” in Chul-Bum Kim, ed., The Twenty-first century New World Order and the Korean Peninsula, (Seoul: Pyungminsa, 1992)
• “Political Change in Northeast Asia: Security in the Korean Peninsula,” in One World through Harmony, vol. 3 (Seoul: Pung-nam, 1990)
• “Unification of Germany and its implication on Korean Peninsula,” (Seoul: Sejong Institute, 1990)

Academic and Professional Services

• Professor of International Relations, Graduate School of International Studies, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea (2003~present)
• Associate Professor of International Relations (tenured 2000), Graduate School of International Studies, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea (1998~2003)
• Director of the Division of International Education and Exchange, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea (2000~present)
• Co-Director, Air Power Program, Center for International Studies, Graduate School of International Studies, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea (1998~present)
• Associate Dean for External Cooperation, Yonsei University,Seoul, Korea (1999~2000)
• Policy Analyst, International Studies Group, RAND, Santa Monica, California, U.S.A. (1995~1998)
• Visiting Research Fellow, National Institute for Defense Studies, Self Defense Agency, Tokyo, Japan (1994~1995)
• Research Fellow, The Sejong Institute, Seoul, Korea (1989~1994)
• Visiting Research Fellow, Institute of East and West Studies, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea (1988~1989)
• Research Fellow, Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis, Cambridge,Massachusetts, U.S.A. (1985~1988)

Professional Activities

• Member of the IISS (London) (1996~ present)
• The Korean International Studies Association (1992~present)
• The Seoul Forum for International Affairs (1996~present)
• Editorial Board Member, Comparative Security (2003~present)
• Director General of CSCAP (Council on Security and Cooperation in Asia Pacific) Korea National Committee (1998~present)
• Member of the Policy Advisory Committee, the ROK Air Force (2001~present)
• Member of the Advisory Committee, the ROK National Security Council Secretariat (1999~2001)
• Special Assistant to the Chairman of the Asia Europe Vision Group (1993~1994)
• Member of the Advisory Committee, ROK Joint Chiefs of Staff (1993~1994)

Commentaries

• Frequent commentator on South-North relations, South Korean politics, U.S.-ROK relations, defense issues, and regional strategic developments in Korean and foreign media.
• Interviewed extensively by CNN, BBC, NBC, ABC News as well as BBC Radio, NPR, and various radio programs in Australia, Singapore, and Germany.
• Interviewed and quoted extensively in foreign newspapers including the New York Times, The Washington Post, Asian Wall Street Journal, LA Times, The Economist, The Far Eastern Economic Review, The Australian, Le Figaro, Mainichi Shinbun, etc.
• Contributed articles to the Asian Wall Street Journal and Far Eastern Economic Review.
• Guest Columnist for the Joongang Ilbo (Korea’s second largest daily) since July 2003.
• Guest Commentator for KBS (Korea’s largest TV network) on international affairs since August 2003. (Served as KBS Guest Commentator from 2000-2001)

Languages and International Experiences

• Fluent in Korean and English, advanced Spanish, elementary Japanese and German Lived in eight countries including the United States, Mexico, the Congo, France, Germany, Indonesia, Japan, and Uganda Traveled extensively throughout East Asia, Europe, North America, and Latin America
• International Security, Crisis Management, Intelligence and National Security, History of War, Research Methodology(Philosophy of Social Science), International Relations of Korea (I/II)[undergraduate], Diplomacy[undergraduate]