Collecting columns which Prof. Tae-Woo Park, one of the representative

intellectuals in Korea who covers not only domestic politics but international

politics as well, has written in chief English newspapers for the last few years,

he published a book as a form of e-book. The author as an international political

scientist well armed with theory actually participated in Korean politics as

well. With that, he acquired and considered the substantial things in the field

within the maelstrom of Korean politics. In the book, he skillfully analyzes from

a balanced view Korea's diplomatic problems as well as Korean political issues

with the axes of the problems of policies to North Korea, reunification issues in

the Korean Peninsula, the R.O.K.-U.S. alliance, and relations with China. He also

has eagerly and actively published solutions about chief pending issues at

certain moments through the press. This English column collection is the author'

s 15th book. The writings in it were published chiefly on the International

Herald Tribune, JoongAng Daily of JoongAng Ilbo, the affiliated newspaper, the

Korea Times, and the Seoul Times. It will provide a guideline which well

integrates ideal and reality for youths who intend to acquire the global sense.