Chung Jae Ho

Dr. Chung Jae Ho is a professor of international relations and director of the Program on U.S.-China Relations (PUCR) at Seoul National University. He also serves as the China Director for the Seoul Forum for International Affairs (SFIA). Professor Chung is the author or editor of nineteen books, including Central Control and Local Discretion in China (Oxford University Press, 2000), Between Ally and Partner: Korea-China Relations and the United States (Columbia University Press, 2007) and Centrifugal Empire (Columbia University Press, 2016). He is the recipient of Seoul National University’s Best Researcher Award in 2009, of the Korean Association for International Studies’ Best Book Award in 2012, and of the 2017 Choice Award for his most recent book Centrifugal Empire.