Seong-Ik OH, who was born and raised in Jeju, works as a director of the Overseas Construction Policy Dept. in Korea. He received Master’s degrees from Harvard Kennedy School and Tufts University, respectively. Also, he earned a Ph.D. from the School of Advanced International Studies(SAIS), Johns Hopkins University. He has worked as a civil servant at the Ministry of Ocean and Fisheries(MOF), the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport(MOLIT), and the Presidential Committee for Regional Development. He is also an adjunct professor at the Graduate School of Public Administration, Yonsei University. He co-authored Big Picture 2017: 4th Industrial Revolution and Irony of Isolationism(Thinking Garden. 2017).