June Park

Nonresident Fellow

Bio

June Park is a Non Resident Fellow at the Middle East Council on Global Affairs.

She is a Senior Research Fellow at the Middle East Institute, National University of Singapore, and concurrently a Non Resident Fellow of the National Bureau of Asian Research in Washington, D.C. She is an inaugural Asia Fellow of the International Strategy Forum at Schmidt Futures, and a member of the Helsinki Geoeconomics Society and the Digital Euro Association.

She is a political economist by training and works on the geoeconomics of technologies among East Asia, Europe, the Gulf and the U.S. She has published in World Development and Asian Perspective and has authored numerous book chapters and policy reports.

She is finalising her first book manuscript, DIGITAL TRADE WARS & CURRENCY CONFLICT: China, South Korea and Japan’s Responses to U.S. Pressures.

Park advises on economic security for governments and think tanks. She contributes to the Center for Asia Policy Studies at the Brookings Institution and provides her analysis to the East Asia Forum and The Diplomat, while engaging with various media outlets such as the BBC, Deutsche Welle, and Al Jazeera.

Research Areas

  • Digital economy
  • Emerging technologies and tech conflict
  • Energy transition

Countries of Focus

  • Gulf (GCC)
  • Northeast Asia
  • Western Europe
  • U.S.

Other Areas of Interest

  • Investment (MoUs)
  • Energy transactions (oil and gas, renewables, and nuclear)
  • Trade (FTAs)

Education

  • Ph.D., Political Science, Boston University, 2015
  • M.A., Political Science, Korea University, 2007
  • B.A, Political Science, Korea University, 2005

Articles

Experts from the ME Council and its network analyze the potential impacts of central bank digital currencies on MENA economies and the future of money globally.
Nader S. Kabbani, Tarik M. Yousef, Ahmet F. Aysan, Nasser Saidi, Rabah Arezki, June Park
Iraq, Türkiye, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates agreed to collaborate on the ambitious Development Road project. ME Council experts assess the drivers behind the agreement and feasibility of the initiative.    
Ranj Alaaldin, Dania Thafer, Galip Dalay, Özge Genç, June Park
The expansion of BRICS, announced at the August summit in South Africa, signals an emerging shift in the international order. Middle East Council experts analyze the significance of the bloc on the global stage and discuss questions raised at the summit about multipolarity, de-dollarization, and more.
Galip Dalay, Beverley Milton Edwards, Aisha Al-Sarihi, Shahram Akbarzadeh, Adel Abdel Ghafar, Ranj Alaaldin, June Park, Oumeyma Chelbi, Abdalftah Hamed Ali