Wongi Choe is a Professor and Head of Center for ASEAN–India Studies at the Korea National Diplomatic Academy (KNDA). He holds B.A. and M.A. in International Relations from Seoul National University in Korea and Ph.D. in Political Science from University of Washington at Seattle in the United States.

Since 2006 he has been conducting policy-oriented research at KNDA on such topics as Korea’s FTA policy, regional integration and regional architecture building in East Asia, G20 and global governance, and Korea’s approach toward UN climate change negotiation, etc.

He was an advisory member of ROK government delegation at the UNFCCC meetings and participated in the multilateral climate change negotiations for about a decade from 2010 to 2019. He is currently a member of advisory group at the Presidential Committee on New Southern Policy in Korea.

As head of Center for ASEAN–India Studies at KNDA, he engages in policy research on such topics as New Southern Policy, which is Korea’s new foreign policy initiative toward Southeast Asia and beyond, regional cooperation and integration in East Asia, and geo-political dynamics and regional architecture in the Indo-Pacific.

His recent writings include “Why South Korea Wants to Tie in with ASEAN (2019),” “New Southern Policy and US Indo-Pacific Strategy: Directions for US-ROK Cooperation (2019),” “Recent Developments in Indian Foreign Policy and Implications for Korea (2019),” and “Korea’s New Southern Policy: Achievements and Challenges (2019),” etc.

현 국립외교원 교수. 서울대 외교학과와 동 대학원을 졸업하고, 미국 워싱턴 대학(University of Washington)에서 정치학 박사 학위를 받았다. 현재 국립외교원 산하 아세안-인도 연구센터 책임교수를 맡고 있으며, 최근 신남방정책, 미국의 인도태평양 전략, 동아시아 지역협력 등의 주제로 연구를 진행하고 있다. 최근 연구로는 『한-아세안 외교 30년을 말하다』 (2019, 공편) “최근 인도의 외교전략”(2019), “신남방정책과 미국 인도태평양 전략: 향후 한미협력 추진방향”(2019), “신남방정책의 성과와 외교적 과제”(2019) 등이 있다.