POLICY REPORTS

  • (Forthcoming) “AI Chip Competition amid U.S. Chip Export Controls Expansion into the Gulf.” Issue Brief, Middle East Council on Global Affairs. (Expected publication date: Spring 2024)
This report is part of the 'ROK-GCC' research project at the Middle East Council on Global Affairs. The CBDC conference by the ME Council will be held in Istanbul, Türkiye on May 10-11, 2024.
This report is an outcome of the HCSS Hybrid Workshop held on March 7, 2023. A study trip to Taiwan on semiconductors was conducted with HCSS in July 2023.
  • June Park. “Industrial Policy and Uncertainties in US-ROK Cooperation in Semiconductors: The U.S. Chips & Science Act Subsidy Conditions and Guardrails,” in Mark Manantan and So-young Kwon eds., ‘US-ROK Science and Tech Partnership on Critical Technologies.‘ Pacific Forum & George Mason University Korea. July 25, 2023.
This report is an outcome of the Pacific Forum Conference on U.S.-ROK Cooperation in Technology held in Honolulu, HI USA November 8-12, 2022.
  • June Park. “South Korea in the Gulf: Emboldening Economic and Political ties with the GCC amid the U.S.-China Tech Conflict,” in Adel Abdel Ghafar and Abdullah Baabood eds., ‘Asia in the GCC: A New Strategic Partner?’ Middle East Council on Global Affairs (MECGA) & Waseda University Qatar Chair. July 12, 2023.
This policy report is an outcome of a joint project and conference organized by the Middle East Council on Global Affairs (Doha, Qatar, September 18-19, 2022) and Waseda University (Tokyo, Japan, February 27-28, 2023).
  • June Park. “Data protection versus data use for scientific research and public health: The case of South Korea.” in ‘Public Health’ Section of the Democracy in Asia (Phase II) Project Report. The Brookings Institution. December 14, 2022.
This policy report is an outcome of Phase II of the ‘Democracy in Asia’ Project of the Brookings Institution, encompassing the four sections of: disinformation, corruption, inequality and public health. The project kicked off on March 17, 2022 and a workshop was held on May 17, 2022. The report launch event was held on December 14, 2022.
This policy report is an outcome of the project, 'U.S.-Korea Technology Cooperation for Climate Change Mitigation: The Path to Net Zero' sponsored by the Korea Foundation.
This policy report is an annual outcome of the project, 'Nuclear Power and the Middle East in 2025: Uncertainties & Opportunities' conducted by the Energy Policy and Security Program, Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs (IFI), American University of Beirut (AUB), supported by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation (G-1708-152348).