Dr Chung Min Lee

Dr. Chung Min Lee is Professor of International Relations, Graduate School of International Studies, Yonsei University and was appointed as South Korea's Ambassador for National Security Affairs by President Park Geun-hye on June 14th. He is also an Adjunct Senior Fellow for Asian Security Affairs at the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) and was a visiting professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore (2005-2007), the Graduate Research Institute for Policy Studies, Tokyo (2004-2005), a policy analyst at the RAND Corporation (1995-1998), and a visiting research fellow at the National Institute for Defense Studies, Tokyo (1994-1995). Dr. Lee also served as a research fellow at the Sejong Institute, Seoul (1989-1994) and the Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis, Cambridge, Massachusetts (1985-1988).

Dr. Lee received his MALD and his Ph.D. from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University in 1988 and his B.A. in political science from Yonsei University in 1982. For over twenty years, Dr. Lee has written extensively on various aspects of East Asian security including strategic developments on the Korean peninsula. His research covers international and Asian security and defense planning, WMD proliferation, crisis management, and intelligence. Dr. Lee has lived in ten countries and is a citizen of the Republic of Korea.

Dr. Lee is a member of the IISS (London) and a member of the board of the Seoul Forum for International Affairs (SFIA).