Overseas Energy Investment of Korea and Japan / Progress in Mathematics (PDF)

Under the contraction of global energy supply brought on by geopolitical situation, this timely book addresses how resource-scarce developing countries respond to challenges in energy security. In particular, for countries underpinning efforts for an autonomous supply of energy, either oil/natural gas, nuclear power or renewable energy, this book revisits the evolution of overseas energy investment of two industrial giants in East Asia, Korea and Japan. It will provide meaningful lessons of how the state sets up policies and navigates political procedures for energy security. While a historical case study, it also offers its readers new insight into the international energy market by taking the stark déjà vu in its repetitive nature and putting it into context.

Seong Ik Oh received master's degrees from Harvard Kennedy School and Fletcher School, Tufts University, respectively. Also, he earned a Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). Continuing much of his career in public service, from the Korean Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, to the Presidential Committee on Regional Development, he is currently a director at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. He also teaches as adjunct professor at the Graduate School of Public Administration, Yonsei University.