South Korea’s New Southern Policy

A Middle Power’s International Relations with Southeast Asia and India

Buch | Hardcover

244 Seiten

2023
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-032-40447-9 (ISBN)

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This book examines the first regional strategy of South Korea towards Southeast Asia and India. At issue is how a middle power (a G20 country with the tenth largest economy in the world) seeks to play a larger and more comprehensive role in regions beyond the Korean peninsula.

This book examines the first regional strategy of South Korea toward Southeast Asia and India. At issue is how a middle power (a G20 country with the tenth largest economy in the world) seeks to play a larger and more comprehensive role in regions beyond the Korean peninsula. Hitherto, South Korean foreign policy has focused on nuclearizing North Korea, alliance maintenance with the United States, tricky relations with its most important economic partner China, and difficult ties with Japan marred by historical and territorial disputes. The Moon Administration has sought to diversify South Korean foreign policy by elevating ASEAN and India to the same strategic level as the United States, China, Russia, and Japan. To be sure, the latter countries continue to be most significant to the Korean peninsula. However, this book offers different country and regional perspectives on Seoul’s first regional grand strategy to play a role commensurate with its status as a middle power.

Lam Peng Er is Head of the Korea Centre, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore.

List of Illustrations

List of Contributors

Acknowledgement

PART 1

Introduction 1

1 New Southern Policy: The Forging of an Incipient Foreign Policy Doctrine?

LAM PENG ER

PART 2

Seoul and ASEAN: Principles and Practices

2 South Korea’s New Southern Policy: The Limits of Indo-Pacific Geopolitics

CHOE WONGI

3 ASEAN and the Republic of Korea as Middle Powers: ASEAN Centrality and NSPP amid Great Power Transition

NUR SHAHADAH JAMIL

PART 3

Republic of Korea and the Mekong Sub-region

4 Seoul’s New Southern Policy Plus (NSPP) and the Mekong Region: Cooperation for Sustainable Development and Inclusive Growth

PARK HAHNKYU

5 From Partnership for Sustainability to Sustainable Partnership: A Thai Perspective on NSPP and South Korea’s Engagement in the Mekong Sub-region

SEKSAN ANANTASIRIKIAT

6 Great Expectations: Cooperation between Cambodia and South Korea amid Great Power Transition

VEASNA VAR

7 Vietnam-Republic of Korea Relations in the Age of Great Power Competition

HOANG THI HA

PART 4

Republic of Korea and the ASEAN Maritime States

8 Indonesia and South Korea: Two Middle Powers in Concord amid Great Powers Rivalry

RESI QURRATA AINI AND YANDRY KURNIAWAN

9 Korea-Malaysia Relations: Where the New Southern Policy and Look East Policy Meet

KIM HYUNGJONG

10 A Singaporean Perspective on the NSP Plus’ Outreach to ASEAN

SHAWN HO

PART 5

Republic of Korea and India

11 India-South Korean Relations in the Indo-Pacific: Overlapping Act East Policy and New Southern Policy Plus

JOJIN V. JOHN

PART 6

New Southern Policy and Human Security

12 Evolution of South Korea’s Diplomacy toward ASEAN: (Inconsistently) Embracing Human Security Perspectives in the NSP/NSP Plus

PARK MIN JOUNG

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	29.03.2023
Reihe/Serie	Routledge Contemporary Korea Series
Zusatzinfo	6 Tables, black and white; 10 Line drawings, black and white; 10 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	440 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
ISBN-10	1-032-40447-7 / 1032404477
ISBN-13	978-1-032-40447-9 / 9781032404479
Zustand	Neuware