Darcie Draudt-Véjares

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Industrial Policy & Geopolitics

Critical industries have become central to economic security and international competition. I’m exploring how industrial strategy and geopolitical priorities shape each other, from the US–ROK alliance to South Korea’s partnerships beyond it.

Seoul skyline across the river

Photograph by Darcie Draudt-Véjares

South Korea’s Industrial Policy for the New Space Economy

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace · 2025 Report

With Kaylin Kim

Korea Clean Chip Strategy

Net Zero Industrial Policy Lab, Johns Hopkins University · 2025 Report

With Hannah Jeong and Tim Sahay

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.

An urban stream bordered by greenery and buildings

Photograph by Darcie Draudt-Véjares

From Labor Scarcity to AI Society: Governing Productivity in East Asia

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace · 2026 Report

With Sophie Zhuang

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.

The National Assembly building across the river

Photograph by Darcie Draudt-Véjares

The Transformation of South Korean Progressive Foreign Policy

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace · 2025 Report

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