JP GeoEcon

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 am a Contributor on AI Policy for the Qatar Computing Research Institute (QCRI) at Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU) in Doha, Qatar. I am working on 1) the national/economic consequences of Large Language Models (LLMs) and 2) on comparative AI regulatory frameworks concerning digital healthcare.

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

June Park, Ph.D

Political Economist on

Geoeconomics and Technology

Coming soon:

  • [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:

Speaking 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)

Recently spoke at:

  • (Invited) Forum C: ‘The Algorithmic War: How AI is Redefining Influence and Security?’ under the theme, “The Future of Global Order: Cooperation or Confrontation?” Margalla Dialogue 2025, Islamabad Policy Research Institute (IPRI), Islamabad, Pakistan (November 11-13, 2025)
  • (Invited) Roundtable Conference, Islamabad Policy Research Institute (IPRI), Islamabad, Pakistan (November 10, 2025)
  • (Invited) Panel on “Confronting Supply Chain Insecurity: Critical Minerals, Semiconductors and Economic Coercion,” Annual Conference 2025, Center for Asian Studies, Institut français des relations internationales (IFRI), Paris, France (November 6, 2025)
  • (Invited) Panel S5, “AI and the New World Order: Sovereignty, Security, and Strategy in a Digital Age,” at the Conference on AI Ethics: The Convergence of Technology and Diverse Moral Traditions,  Research Center for Islamic Legislation and Ethics (CILE), Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU), Doha, Qatar (September 28-29, 2025)
  • In-Person Workshop “AI and Geopolitical Risk in the Indo-Pacific,” Kubernein Initiative, Mumbai, India (September 8, 2025)
  • Panel on “Technology and Human Rights: Between Individual Autonomy, Technological Sovereignty, and International Regulation,” American Society of International Law (ASIL) Abroad Meeting, Singapore (September 3, 2025)
  • “The IGCC-LKYSPP workshop on Economics, Security, and Asian Regional Dynamics (September 2, 2025) and the 33rd Northeast Asia Cooperation Dialogue (NEACD) (September 4-5, 2025), The UC Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation (IGCC) and the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (LKYSPP), National University of Singapore, Singapore (September 2-5, 2025)
  • Panel on ‘INDUSTRIAL POLICY: The Indispensable Firm: How Industrial Policy Creates Corporate Power, and Becomes Dependent on It,’ (August 14, 2025), Helsinki Geoeconomics Week 2025, Helsinki, Finland (August 11-15, 2025)
  • “From Crypto to CBDCs and Stablecoins: Interests and Risk Aversion in Digital Finance in the Gulf,” Workshop 1, ‘GCC 2030 and Beyond: National Visions, Fintech, and the Future of Finance,’ (Directors: Ahmet Faruk Aysan, HBKU; Konstantinos Tsanis, IFC), Gulf Research Meeting, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom (July 22-24, 2025)

Engaging with the Industry (as participant):

  • 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)

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