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Industrial Policy & Geopolitics
Strategic industries are a central part of economic security and international competition today. I examine how industrial policy and geopolitical priorities shape each other, from the US–ROK alliance to South Korea’s partnerships beyond it.
Battery Ecosystems: A Comparative Analysis of Lithium-Ion Tech Policy
Governing AI in the Shadow of Giants: Korea’s Strategic Response to Great Power AI Competition
The Iran War Is Also Now a Semiconductor Problem
Korea Clean Chip Strategy
ROK–U.S. MRO Cooperation and the Political Economy of Alliance Industrial Policy
Demography, Technology & Work
Aging populations and technological change are reopening questions about productivity, work, and economic opportunity. I’m interested in how governments respond—and how those choices shape people’s roles in the economy and society. This builds on my earlier work on citizenship, multiculturalism, and labor and family policy.
Photograph by Darcie Draudt-Véjares
From Labor Scarcity to AI Society: Governing Productivity in East Asia
Korean Politics
Korea combines compressed social and political transformation with the enduring challenges of a divided peninsula. What draws me to this work is how domestic politics, nationalism, and peninsular affairs intersect with wider struggles over democracy, security, and international order.
