Biography
Jaewoo Choo is Professor of Chinese foreign policy in the Department of Chinese Studies at Kyung Hee University, Korea. He was a Visiting Fellow at the Center for East Asia Policy Studies, Brookings Institution, Washington D.C. (March-June 2014) and a Visiting Professor in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs at Georgia Institute of Technology (2011-12). He is a graduate of Wesleyan University (BA in Government) and Peking University (MA & Ph.D. in International Relations).
He previously worked at many think tanks in Korea, such as the National Security Policy Institute and the Institute for International Trade at the Korea International Trade Association (KITA). He is also currently a consultant to Gerson Lehrman Group Councils, New York, on Chinese affairs since 2010. Research interests are Chinese foreign policy, multilateral security cooperation, US-China relations, and China-North Korea relations. He was also a contributor to Asia Times Online (www.atimes.com) from 2002 to 2005 and is currently a contributor to International Public Policy Review (www.ippreview.com), Hankook Ilbo (2018), and Aju Economy on Northeast Asian affairs.
Recent publications include US-China relations for Koreans: From Korean War to THAAD Conflicts (Seoul: Kyung-In Publishing House, 2017, in Korean), US and China’s Strategy on the Korean Peninsula: Reading from the Facts (Seoul: Paper & Tree, 2018, in Korean). Currently working on a book manuscript on US-North Korea relations and China-North Korean relations during Kim Jong-il’s era.
He previously worked at many think tanks in Korea, such as the National Security Policy Institute and the Institute for International Trade at the Korea International Trade Association (KITA). He is also currently a consultant to Gerson Lehrman Group Councils, New York, on Chinese affairs since 2010. Research interests are Chinese foreign policy, multilateral security cooperation, US-China relations, and China-North Korea relations. He was also a contributor to Asia Times Online (www.atimes.com) from 2002 to 2005 and is currently a contributor to International Public Policy Review (www.ippreview.com), Hankook Ilbo (2018), and Aju Economy on Northeast Asian affairs.
Recent publications include US-China relations for Koreans: From Korean War to THAAD Conflicts (Seoul: Kyung-In Publishing House, 2017, in Korean), US and China’s Strategy on the Korean Peninsula: Reading from the Facts (Seoul: Paper & Tree, 2018, in Korean). Currently working on a book manuscript on US-North Korea relations and China-North Korean relations during Kim Jong-il’s era.
