Prof. Lee Shin-wha is a professor in the Department of Political Science and International Relations and Director of the Institute for Interdisciplinary Unification Studies (IIUS) at Korea University. She held key positions in global security and multilateral diplomacy, including Special Advisor to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the Rwandan genocide, Chair’s Advisor for the East Asian Vision Group (ASEAN+3), Teaching Professor at Columbia University, Visiting Scholar at MIT’s Center for International Studies, Advisory Group Member for the UN Secretary-General’s Peacebuilding Fund, Senior Visiting Fellow at the National University of Singapore’s East Asia Institute, and Ambassador for International Cooperation on North Korean Human Rights. Her research, including The United Nations, Indo-Pacific and Korean Peninsula: An Emerging Security Architecture (Routledge, 2024), focuses on multilateral security in East Asia, the UN’s security roles, human security, and the intersection of North Korean human rights and security. She earned her Ph.D. in International Relations from the University of Maryland, College Park, and conducted postdoctoral research at Harvard University’s Center for International Affairs.