Professor Ho-Won Jeong is a lecturer and researcher at the Institute For Conflict Analysis And Resolution,George Mason University, USA.He is was the Founding Editor (and is currently Senior Editor) of the International Journal of Peace Studies and Senior Consulting Editor for Peace and Conflict Studies.Previous books include Globalization and the Environment (Philadelphia: Chelsea House, 2005), Peace Building in Postconflict Societies: Process and Strategy (Boulder: Lynne Reinner, 2005) and Conflict and Human Security: A Search for New Approaches to Peace-Building, edited with Hideaki Shinoda, Hiroshima: Institute for Peace Science (Hiroshima University, 2004)