Biography
Dr. Baek Haksoon serves as the President of the Sejong Institute. He specializes in North Korean domestic politics, inter-Korean relations (unification issues), North Korea-U.S. relations, and North Korea's nuclear and missile issues. Dr. Baek earned his Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Pennsylvania and completed a post-doctoral fellowship at Harvard University. He has held various significant positions, including Member of the Committee for the Development of South-North Relations under the Ministry of Unification, Chair of the Ministry's Self-Evaluation Committee, Policy Advisor for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Advisor to the National Assembly's Foreign Affairs, Trade, and Unification Committee, Policy Advisor for the Kim Dae-jung Peace Center, Policy Committee Chair for the National Council for Cooperation and Reconciliation (NCCR), Secretary-General of the Seoul-Washington Forum, Guest Commentator for KBS, columnist for major daily newspapers, Vice President of the Korean Political Science Association, Chair of the Korea-U.S. Relations Special Committee within the same association, and Vice President of the Korean Association of North Korean Studies.
Among his notable publications is The History of North Korean Power: Ideology, Identity, Structure (Hanul Academy, 2010). His most recent work includes The Park Geun-hye Administration's North Korea and Unification Policy: A Comparison with Previous South Korean Administrations' Policies (Sejong Institute, 2018). Additionally, he has authored numerous other works and articles in both Korean and English, such as "Kim Jong-un's Leadership in Diplomacy, Security, and Unification" (in Study on Kim Jong-un's Leadership, Sejong Institute, 2016), North Korean Politics in the Kim Jong-un Era 2012–2014: Ideology, Identity, Structure (Sejong Institute, 2015), and North Korea-U.S. Relations during Obama's Second Term 2013–2014: 'Threat of Nuclear Weapons Use' and the Breakdown of Relations (Sejong Institute, 2014).
Among his notable publications is The History of North Korean Power: Ideology, Identity, Structure (Hanul Academy, 2010). His most recent work includes The Park Geun-hye Administration's North Korea and Unification Policy: A Comparison with Previous South Korean Administrations' Policies (Sejong Institute, 2018). Additionally, he has authored numerous other works and articles in both Korean and English, such as "Kim Jong-un's Leadership in Diplomacy, Security, and Unification" (in Study on Kim Jong-un's Leadership, Sejong Institute, 2016), North Korean Politics in the Kim Jong-un Era 2012–2014: Ideology, Identity, Structure (Sejong Institute, 2015), and North Korea-U.S. Relations during Obama's Second Term 2013–2014: 'Threat of Nuclear Weapons Use' and the Breakdown of Relations (Sejong Institute, 2014).
