Description
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.
Author: Lam Peng Er
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 04/17/2023
Pages: 244
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.19lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.63d
ISBN13: 9781032404479
ISBN10: 1032404477
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies | General
- Social Science | Research
- Social Science | Regional Studies
About the Author
Lam Peng Er is Head of the Korea Centre, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore.
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