Darcie Draudt-Véjares
Darcie Draudt-Véjares seated beside Korean palace architecture

Darcie Draudt-Véjares

I study how South Korea uses industrial and technological capabilities to navigate geopolitical competition and build strategic partnerships.

I’m a Fellow for Korea Studies in the Asia Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, DC. My work explores how industrial policy and foreign policy shape each other—from the U.S.–South Korea alliance to Korea’s partnerships around the world.

I also examine how aging populations, AI, and automation are changing work and productivity, and how governments respond. Korea’s rapid population aging and adoption of advanced technologies offer insights into transitions unfolding around the world.

Background

Trained as a political scientist, I bring more than a decade of experience in policy research and international affairs.

Before joining the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, I held academic and research positions at Princeton University and George Washington University, and worked with foreign policy institutions including the National Bureau of Asian Research and the Council on Foreign Relations.

I’ve briefed policymakers on both sides of the Pacific, and my analysis has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Financial Times, Bloomberg, CNN, BBC, CNBC, and Al Jazeera.

I have a PhD in political science from Johns Hopkins University and an MA in Korean studies from Yonsei University. I lived in Seoul from 2008 to 2013.

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