Monthly Archives: July 2023

[POLICY] Semiconductor Fieldwork to Taipei, Taiwan with The Hague Center for Strategic Studies (HCSS) of The Netherlands

From July 1 to 5, 2023, I visited Taipei, Taiwan alongside colleagues of The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies (HCSS) of The Netherlands. Given the geopolitical tensions across the Taiwan Straits and the crucial importance of chips, our visit was filled with discussions with local policymakers, academics and industry persons on contingency scenarios, U.S.-China tensions […]

[POLICY] Trip to Paris, France for the 2023 Paris Defence Young Leaders Programme organized by IRSEM (Institut de la Recherche Stratégique et Militaire)

From June 11 to 16, 2023, I participated in the second edition of the Paris Defence Young Leaders Programme organized by IRSEM (Institut de la Recherche Stratégique et Militaire). My engagements with the foreign embassies in Seoul regarding economic security had led to the opportunity – when I was recommended by Sandra Cohen, Conseillère of […]

[PUBLICATION] ‘US-ROK Science and Tech Partnership on Critical Technologies’ published by the Pacific Forum and George Mason University Korea

At the end of summer in 2022, when I was pulling myself out of the Washington, DC policy circles after the passing of the CHIPS & Science Act and the Inflation Reduction Act in the U.S., I was invited to contribute to a joint conference on US.-ROK Science and Tech Partnership on Critical Technologies in […]

[PUBLICATION] ‘Asia in the GCC: A New Strategic Partner?’ published by the Middle East Council on Global Affairs (MECGA) and Waseda University

In August 2022, I was asked to join the project on ‘Asia in the GCC: A New Strategic Partner?’ by Dr. Adel Abdel Ghafar of the Middle East Council on Global Affairs (MECGA) in Doha, Qatar. MECGA (formerly the Brookings Doha Center) had the proposal to hold two international conferences, one in the Gulf (MECGA […]