Panel, “The Political Economy of Energy Security and Climate Change Response: Korea and Japan in Global Perspective”

Date and Time

September 18, 2023
12:00PM - 01:15PM EDT

Location

Bowie-Vernon Conference Room (K262), CGIS Knafel Bldg., 1737 Cambridge St., and Online (Zoom)

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Seong-ik Oh
Director General, Korea’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport 

Phillip Lipscy
Professor of Political Science and Chair in Japanese Politics & Global Affairs, University of Toronto; Director, Centre for the Study of Global Japan, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy; Professor, Graduate School for Law and Politics, University of Tokyo

Moderator: Christina L. Davis
Director, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations; Edwin O. Reischauer Professor of Japanese Politics, Department of Government, Harvard University.

This seminar is part of the Special Series on Japanese Economic Statecraft. Co-sponsored by the Korea Institute; Harvard University Center for the Environment; and the Harvard Undergraduate Japan Policy Network.

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Additional Resources
 

1. Seong-ik Oh, Overseas Energy Investment of Korea and Japan: How did Two East Asian Resources-Rare Industrial Giants Respond to Energy Security Challenges. Palgrave Macmillan, 2023. 

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2. Interview with Prof. Phillip Lipscy: Japan's Energy Policy. Japan Up Close, June 2, 2023.

3. Jonas Meckling, Phillip Y. Lipscy, Jared J. Finnegan, and Florence Metz. "Why Nations Lead or Lag in Energy Transitions." Science, Oct. 6, 2022.

4. Trevor Incerti and Phillip Lipscy, "The Energy Politics of Japan." In The Oxford Handbook of Energy Politics, May 2020.

5. Llewelyn Hughes and Phillip Y. Lipscy, "The Politics of Energy." Annual Review of Political Science, March 17, 2013.