Conference Materials

PLENARY SESSION VII: Reducing Tensions on the Korean Peninsula: Possible Steps and the Role of Multilateral Diplomacy
SHIN Beomcheol, Professor, Korea National Diplomatic Academy (KNDA); Fmr. Director-General for Policy Planning, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA, 2013–2016), Republic of Korea Dr. Shin Beomchul is a Professor at the Korea National Diplomatic Academy. Until August 2016, he served for the Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs as the Director-General for Policy Planning. Before he joined the Ministry in 2013, he was the Head of the North Korean Military Studies Research Division at the Korea Institute for Defense Analyses. Prior to that, he worked very closely with the Minister of National Defense of Korea as the Senior Policy Advisor in 2009 and 2010. He also has served in many advisory positions both at the National Security Council at the Office of the President and the National Assembly Foreign Affairs and Unification Committee. He is currently a member of the Board of Directors at the Korean Society of International Law as well. Dr. Shin is the author of several books on law and security and articles on Korea-U.S. alliance, North Korea, and Northeast Asian politics and security. Dr. Shin received his B.A. in Chungnam National University and did his graduate studies at Seoul National University, School of Law. He received his J.S.D.(Doctor of Judicial Science) from Georgetown University Law Center. Record

PLENARY SESSION VII: Reducing Tensions on the Korean Peninsula: Possible Steps and the Role of Multilateral Diplomacy

SHIN Beomcheol, Professor, Korea National Diplomatic Academy (KNDA); Fmr. Director-General for Policy Planning, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA, 2013–2016), Republic of Korea

Dr. Shin Beomchul is a Professor at the Korea National Diplomatic Academy. Until August 2016, he served for the Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs as the Director-General for Policy Planning. Before he joined the Ministry in 2013, he was the Head of the North Korean Military Studies Research Division at the Korea Institute for Defense Analyses. Prior to that, he worked very closely with the Minister of National Defense of Korea as the Senior Policy Advisor in 2009 and 2010.

He also has served in many advisory positions both at the National Security Council at the Office of the President and the National Assembly Foreign Affairs and Unification Committee. He is currently a member of the Board of Directors at the Korean Society of International Law as well.

Dr. Shin is the author of several books on law and security and articles on Korea-U.S. alliance, North Korea, and Northeast Asian politics and security.

Dr. Shin received his B.A. in Chungnam National University and did his graduate studies at Seoul National University, School of Law. He received his J.S.D.(Doctor of Judicial Science) from Georgetown University Law Center.

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