현재 통일연구원 평화연구실의 연구위원이다. 일본 도쿄대에서 석·박사 학위를 취득하였으며, 외교통상부 외교안보연구원 책임연구원, 한양대 아태지역연구센터 HK연구교수를 역임하였고, 현재 한국유라시아학회 부회장으로 있다. 주요 연구영역은 러시아 및 유라시아 국제정치, 러시아 안보 정책, 북·러 관계이다. 저서로는 『중·러 협력과 한반도 평화·번영』(공저), 『한반도 평화·번영 실현을 위한 국경 협력』(공저), 『동북아평화협력구상과 유라시아 협력 추진을 위한 다자주의적 접근』(공저) 등 다수가 있다.

Research fellow at Peace Research Division of Korea Institute for National Unification (KINU). Dr. Hyun obtained his Ph.D degree from University of Tokyo, majoring in political science. His main research area is Russian and Eurasian international politics, Russian security policy, North Korea-Russia Relations. He became a senior researcher at Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade from 1994 to 1999, and he was a HK research professor at Hanyang University from 2009 to 2014. Also, he is currently the vice president at Korean Association for Eurasian Studies. There are a number of publications, such as 『China-Russia Cooperation and Peace and Prosperity on the Korean Peninsula』, 『Border Security in Neighboring Countries and Unification Environment on the Korean Peninsula』, 『Multilateral Approach for Advancing the Northeast Asia Peace and Cooperation Initiative and Partnership with Eurasia』.