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CONTRIBUTORS Bradley O. Babson is a consultant on Asian affairs, concentrating on economic engagement with North Korea and Northeast Asia economic cooperation. He worked for the World Bank for twentysix years before retiring in 2000. His most recent publications include North Pacific Policy Papers 9 (University of British Columbia, 2002) and an article in ERINA Report (Economic Research Institute for Northeast Asia, 2002). (Email: bbabson@worldbank.org) Young Jong Choi is Assistant Research Professor at the Asiatic Research Center, Korea University. A specialist on regional integra­ tion and international political economy, his latestwork is "Compar­ ative Regional Integration" (with James A. Caporaso) published in Handbook of International Relations (Sage Publications, 2002). (Email: oldchoi@korea.ac.kr) Avery Goldstein is Professor of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania and Associate Director of the Christopher H. Browne Center for International Politics. Specializing in interna­ tional relations, security studies, and Chinese politics, he has pub­ lished in various international journals, and is also the author of Deterrence and Security in the 21st Century: China, Britain, France and the Enduring Legacy of the Nuclear Revolution (Stanford University Press, 2000). (Email: agoldstn@sas.upenn.edu) Yong-Sup Han is Professor and Head of the International Affairs Research Division at Korea National Defense University's Research Institute on National Security Affairs. He was Special Assistant to the Korean Minister of Defense in 1993 and a Senior Staff Member to the South-North Joint Nuclear Control Commission in 1991-92. He has published in several journals and is also the author of Nuclear Disarmament and Nonproliferation in Northeast Asia (United Nations, 1995). (Email: yshan@kndu.ac.kr) Dae-Won Koh is Assistant Professor of International Relations at Yonsei University. His major interests include foreign policy and Northeast Asian political economy. His other recent journal publications examine domestic political factors of foreign policy­ making and North Korea's behavior towards South Korea. (Email: dwko@dragon.yonsei.ac.kr) Hyunwook Koh is Professor of Economics and Dean of the Grad­ uate School at Kyungnam University, Korea. He is co-author of a chapter in Two Koreas in Transition: Implications for U.S. Policy (In Depth Books, 1998) and is currently engaged in preparing a college textbook on the North Korean economy. (Email: hwkoh@kyungnam .ac.kr) Nae Young Lee is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Korea University. He holds a Ph.D from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He has recently published in the Asian Journal of Latin American Studies and co-edited the book Changing World Order and East Asia (Oruem Publishing House, 2001). (Email: nylee@korea. ac.kr) Haksoon Paik is Research Fellow at the Sejong Institute, Korea. He is a specialist on North Korea, and has written extensively on North Korean politics, inter-Korean relations, Korean unification, and North Korea-U.S. relations. He is co-author of North Korean Party and State Institutions in the Kim Jong II Era (Sejong Institute, 2000), and author of "North Korea's Opening and Reform and Prospects for De-socialization" (in Korean) (Sejong Institute, 2001). (Email: hspaik@sejong.org) Wendy R. Sherman is a Principal of the Albright Group, LLC. She has served as Counselor of the Department of State with the rank of Ambassador, Special Advisor to the President and Secretary of State on North Korea, and Assistant Secretary of State for Legisla­ tive Affairs. She directed the Fannie Mae Foundation as President and CEO and also served as a member of the Fannie Mae Operat­ ing Committee. (Mail: Albright Group LLC., 901 15th Street N.W., Suite 1000, Washington, DC 20005) Dae-Sook Suh is Professor of Political Science at the University of Hawaii. His research interests include the origins of Asian commu­ nism and influence of Russian politics on East Asian countries. Widely translated into Korean, Chinese, and Japanese, his works include The Korean Communist Movement (Princeton University Press, 1967) and Kim II Sung: The North Korean Leader (Columbia University Press, 1995). (Email: daesook@hawaii.edu) Xiaoming Zhang is Deputy Director, Institute of International Relations at Peking University, Beijing. He is author or co-author of several books in Chinese, including Cold War and Its Legacy (Shanghai People's Press, 1998), Contemporary Sino-Korean...

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