Eurasian Vector of Foreign Policy of the Republic of Korea: the Factor of Central Asia

The article studies the role of cooperation between the Republic of Korea and Central Asian countries in the context of a continental strategy for Korea’s New Northern policy. The authors consider the main political discourses of the continental policy of the Republic of Korea, such as the problem o...

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Main Author: M. A. Bulanakova
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: President of the Russian Federation, Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, North-West Institute of Management 2021-01-01
Series:Евразийская интеграция: экономика, право, политика
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Online Access:https://www.eijournal.ru/jour/article/view/858
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description The article studies the role of cooperation between the Republic of Korea and Central Asian countries in the context of a continental strategy for Korea’s New Northern policy. The authors consider the main political discourses of the continental policy of the Republic of Korea, such as the problem of resolving the “Korean issue”, the problem of balancing interests in the East Asian region, and the problem of diversifying traditional partnerships. Korea’s foreign policy is interpreted within the framework of the “middle power” concept. An important part of the study is the analysis of cooperation between RoK and Central Asia both on a multilateral and bilateral basis. It is obvious that uneven two-way interaction of Korea with the Central Asian countries, encourages the RoK to implement specific projects relevant to the partners, at the same time, the RoK uses multilateral cooperation, to predict the cooperation prospects in the most relevant areas of cooperation — health, environment, digital policy. Attracting data of the current situation in the region and the world, the author notes important changes in the foreign policy of RoK, first of all, the ODA strengthening as an important tool for strengthening Korea in a specific region, as an important resource for solving problems of the pandemic COVID-19 impact. As the research result, the author comes to the conclusion that the implementation of the Eurasian vector in Korea’s foreign policy is a natural and necessary condition for the further development of Korea as a regional and global player. Cooperation with Central Asia is a priority resource for developing RoK’s international influence and an important component of the new Northern policy.
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spelling doaj.art-2268614f9bea4c8ba17f0e8d7dbfbcd62024-12-28T17:11:26ZengPresident of the Russian Federation, Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, North-West Institute of ManagementЕвразийская интеграция: экономика, право, политика2073-29292021-01-01144708710.22394/2073-2929-2020-4-70-87338Eurasian Vector of Foreign Policy of the Republic of Korea: the Factor of Central AsiaM. A. Bulanakova0North-West Institute of Management — branch of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public AdministrationThe article studies the role of cooperation between the Republic of Korea and Central Asian countries in the context of a continental strategy for Korea’s New Northern policy. The authors consider the main political discourses of the continental policy of the Republic of Korea, such as the problem of resolving the “Korean issue”, the problem of balancing interests in the East Asian region, and the problem of diversifying traditional partnerships. Korea’s foreign policy is interpreted within the framework of the “middle power” concept. An important part of the study is the analysis of cooperation between RoK and Central Asia both on a multilateral and bilateral basis. It is obvious that uneven two-way interaction of Korea with the Central Asian countries, encourages the RoK to implement specific projects relevant to the partners, at the same time, the RoK uses multilateral cooperation, to predict the cooperation prospects in the most relevant areas of cooperation — health, environment, digital policy. Attracting data of the current situation in the region and the world, the author notes important changes in the foreign policy of RoK, first of all, the ODA strengthening as an important tool for strengthening Korea in a specific region, as an important resource for solving problems of the pandemic COVID-19 impact. As the research result, the author comes to the conclusion that the implementation of the Eurasian vector in Korea’s foreign policy is a natural and necessary condition for the further development of Korea as a regional and global player. Cooperation with Central Asia is a priority resource for developing RoK’s international influence and an important component of the new Northern policy.https://www.eijournal.ru/jour/article/view/858new northern policy“middle power”“c5 + 1”“сa — rok” forumeurasian continentcentral asianeocontinentalism
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Eurasian Vector of Foreign Policy of the Republic of Korea: the Factor of Central Asia
Евразийская интеграция: экономика, право, политика
new northern policy
“middle power”
“c5 + 1”
“сa — rok” forum
eurasian continent
central asia
neocontinentalism
title Eurasian Vector of Foreign Policy of the Republic of Korea: the Factor of Central Asia
title_full Eurasian Vector of Foreign Policy of the Republic of Korea: the Factor of Central Asia
title_fullStr Eurasian Vector of Foreign Policy of the Republic of Korea: the Factor of Central Asia
title_full_unstemmed Eurasian Vector of Foreign Policy of the Republic of Korea: the Factor of Central Asia
title_short Eurasian Vector of Foreign Policy of the Republic of Korea: the Factor of Central Asia
title_sort eurasian vector of foreign policy of the republic of korea the factor of central asia
topic new northern policy
“middle power”
“c5 + 1”
“сa — rok” forum
eurasian continent
central asia
neocontinentalism
url https://www.eijournal.ru/jour/article/view/858
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