I am a South Korean political economist working on geopolitical risk and the geoeconomics of emerging tech, observing East Asia, the U.S., Europe and the Gulf.

I focus on the geoeconomics of technology in digital and energy transitions (DX/GX) and work on AI governance regarding frontier AI and risk, centering on the 6Cs:

1. Chips: AI semiconductors
2. Cars: RoboTaxis/UAMs (mobility AI)
3. Cloud: AI data centers (AI infrastructure)
4. Cables: 5G/6G networks (seamless AI)
5. Coins: crypto, stablecoins, CBDCs (digital finance)
6. Care: medical and bio AI (digital health)

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Résumé

I analyze different country policy responses to the digital transformation and energy transition, by focusing on industrial capacity and governance structures – domestic institutions, leaderships, and bureaucracies that shape the policy formation process.

I serve as a Senior Research Affiliate at the Centre for Digital Law at Singapore Management University from remote.

• [Book Chapter] June Park, 2025. “The ‘Geolegality’ of U.S. Investment Screening on Chips and AI: Cases from East Asia and the Gulf.” Springer Studies in Law & Geoeconomics, Vol I. Springer.
• [Book Chapter] June Park, 2025. ‘Bilateral Contracts, Licensed Production and Indigenous Development: South Korea’s COVID-19 Vaccine Procurement and Vaccination Drive,’ Scott L. Greer, Elizabeth J. King, Elize Massard da Fonseca and Holly Jarman eds. Vaccination Politics: The Comparative Politics of COVID-19 Vaccinations. University of Michigan Press. 

The latest:

• [Review Contribution] ‘In whose tech we trust – Part I: Mapping Indo-Pacific approaches to foreign owned, controlled or influenced technology’, Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI), November 2025.
• [Newspaper Interview] “Trapped Between U.S. and China, South Korea Feels Trade War’s Pressure.” by Daisuke Wakabayashi for The New York Times, October 27, 2025.
• [Policy Report] June Park. “Gulf LNG in the Time of U.S. Tariffs : Navigating Geoeconomic Turbulence amid Trump’s Trade War.” Issue Brief, Middle East Council on Global Affairs, Doha, Qatar (August 2025).
• [Expert Interview] June Park interviewed by Talha Haroon. “Sovereignty in Circulation: Monetary Blocs and the Future of Currency Power.” Nottingham Economic Review, Nottingham, UK (August 2025) 
• [Expert Interview] ‘Three Questions to June Park: South Korea, the United States, and the Gulf-Semiconductors in the Development of AI,’ Institut Montaigne, Paris, France. June 25, 2025. (English)
• [Expert Interview] ‘Trois questions à June Park : Corée du Sud, États-Unis et Golfe – les semi-conducteurs dans le développement de l’IA,’ Institut Montaigne, Paris, France. 25 juin 2025. (French)

Speaking at:

• June Park. “Defense AI and the Impact of LLMs on National Security in the Gulf:The Cases of the UAE, KSA and Qatar.” Workshop 7: Emerging Technologies and Defense Industrialization in the GCC: Navigating the Localization–Outsourcing Dilemma in the AI Era, Gulf Research Meeting 2026, The University of Cambridge, UK (July 21-23, 2025)

Recently spoke at:

• (Invited) June Park. “AI Data Centers in the Gulf: The Drive for Sovereign AI and the Limits of Infrastructure and Energy.” Korea National Defense University, Nonsan, South Korea (December 16, 2025)
• (Proposed) Track 3 – The Global AI Edge, World Summit on AI (WSAI) 2025, Doha, Qatar (December 9-10, 2025)
• (Invited) Panel “How AI is Transforming Islamic Fintech,” MENA Fintech & Insurtech Festival 2025, Doha, Qatar (December 2-3, 2025)
• (Invited) Closed AI Roundtable, MWC Doha, Doha, Qatar (November 26, 2025)
• (Invited) Closed AI Roundtable, KOTRA Doha Office, Doha, Qatar (November 24, 2025)
• (Invited) Guest Lecture on Geopolitics and Technology for Professor Matteo Dian – 96816 – INTERNATIONAL POLITICS OF EAST ASIA, University of Bologna-Forlì, Bologna, Italy (Hybrid: November 20, 2025)

Policy Engagement:

• 2026 U.S.-Northeast Asia Forum on AI Risks and Opportunities, CNAS (Center for a New American Security), Washington, DC USA (Kickoff-meeting: March 3, 2026)
• 2026 IASEAI (International Association for Safe & Ethical AI 2nd Annual Conference), UNESCO House, Paris, France (February 24-26, 2026)

Industry Engagement:

• Dubai World Congress for Self Driving Transport, World Trade Center, Dubai, UAE (September 24-25, 2025)
• Inaugural Technical AI Governance Forum, ERA & Oxford AI Governance Initiative, London, UK (August 16-17, 2025)

In the media: JPGeoEcon