Programming Partner: 3 Embassies (Australia, South Korea, Japan)
Wongi Choe
Professor of Indo-Pacific Studies
Korea National Diplomatic Academy, South Korea
Speaker Bio
Wongi Choe is a professor of Indo-Pacific Studies at the Korea National Diplomatic Academy (KNDA). He served as the founding Head of the Center for ASEAN–India Studies at KNDA (2018-2025). His interests include South Korea’s foreign policy and regional strategy, ASEAN and India, maritime security in East Asia and Indo-Pacific regional security.
His recent writings include “AUKUS: Strategic Implications for Regional Security” (in Korean, February 2024);“Status Quo Change in the South China Sea and Prospects for Maritime Order in East Asia” (in Korean, December 2023);“US-China Rivalry and the Atrophy of ASEAN Centrality” (in Korean, December 2023);“ROK’s Indo-Pacific Strategy: Achievements to Date and Challenges Ahead ” (in Korean, October 2023);“South Korea’s New Southern Policy: the Limits of Indo-Pacific Geopolitics” (book chapter, April 2023);“The ROK’s Indo-Pacific Strategy under President Yoon: Key Elements and Strategic Implications” (December 2022);“The Quest for Strategic Balance and South Korea’s Indo-Pacific Conundrum” (August 2021);Thirty Years of ASEAN-ROK Relations (A co-edited volume in Korean, 2019), etc.
He received BA and MA in international relations from Seoul National University in Korea and PhD in political science from University of Washington in the United States.
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