The Editors : György Széll is Prof. em. of Social Science at the University of Osnabrück (Germany), Director of the Japan Research Centre and was Visiting Professor at the Graduate School of International Studies of Seoul National University (Republic of Korea) in 2007. Werner Kamppeter is Resident Director of the cooperation office of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation in Seoul (Republic of Korea). Woosik Moon is Professor of Economics at the Graduate School of International Studies of Seoul National University (Republic of Korea) and Vice-Director of the SNU/KIEP European Studies Centre.