Mr. AHN Sung Kyoo is Chief Editor of the Editorial Department of the Asan Institute for Policy Studies. Prior to joining the Asan Institute in May 2014, Mr. Ahn worked for nearly 30 years at the JoongAng Ilbo—a major South Korean newspaper agency—including as special correspondent for the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), editor-in-chief for foreign affairs and security issues for the JoongAng Ilbo Sunday edition, chief of the Institute for Unification and Culture, and correspondent in the Iraq War and in Moscow. Mr. Ahn received an M.A. in Public Administration from Seoul National University.