Dr. Seo-Hang Lee is President of Korea Institute for Maritime Strategy and Professor Emeritus at Korea National Diplomatic Academy. He is also Vice President of UNA-ROK. Before he was appointed to the current position, Dr. Lee was Consul-General to Mumbai, India. He was also a professor at the Institute of Foreign Affairs and National Security (IFANS), the policy research arm of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. He joined IFANS in 1989 and served as Dean of Research from 2004 to 2008. Dr. Lee was also Co-Chairman of the Korean Committee of the Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific (CSCAP). He also served as Chairman of the SLOC Study Group-Korea, a scholarly organization composed of professors, government and naval officers, and other experts on maritime affairs. Dr. Lee received a Ph.D. from Kent State University and a B.A. and M.A. from Seoul National University. He is the recipient of the Killam Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Dalhousie Law School, Canada. Dr. Lee has published or edited more than 80 monographs and books on international security issues and maritime affairs.

이서항 박사는 현재 한국해양전략연구소 소장으로 봉직하고 있으며, 전에는 단국대 우석한국영토연구소장, 인도 뭄바이 총영사, 한국유엔체제학회장, 핵확산금지조약(NPT) 한국정부대표, 한국해로연구회 회장, 아․태안보협력이사회(CSCAP) 한국위원회 공동의장, 유엔 아․태지역 군축회의 대표, 외교안보연구원 교수 등을 역임하였다. 이 박사는 서울대 문리과 대학에서 정치학 학사를, 미국 켄트(Kent) 주립대학에서 정치학 박사를 취득한 후 캐나다 달하우지(Dalhousie) 법대에서 Post-Doc 과정을 마치기도 하였다. 주요 논문 및 저서로는〈Global Ocean Politics〉(1989)을 포함한 〈남북한 군비통제방안 비교〉,〈동북아의 평화와 안정〉등 국제안보 및 해양문제관련 논문 다수가 있다.