South Korea's evolving Indo-Pacific strategy : opportunities and challenges for cooperation with the EU

Zusammenfassung: South Korea has been late to embrace the concept of the Indo-Pacific. Its strategic approach developed from initial neglect to mere tactic acknowledgment and careful engagement under the Moon administration (2017–2022), to the now clear support for a distinct Indo-Pacific strategy under the Yoon administration (since 2022). While South Korea’s Indo-Pacific strategy represents an important step in formulating its own interests in the region, its implementation will be influenced by the larger strategic environment, the dynamic relationships between a network of different actors in the region, and the coordination of its approach with like-minded partners. Despite the Yoon administration’s closer alignment of its Indo-Pacific strategy with that of the US, there are ample opportunities to strengthen cooperation between the EU and the Republic of Korea (ROK or South Korea) on the Indo-Pacific. This is a consequence of overlapping interests regarding the Indo-Pacific region, which are expressed through strong similarities in the respective strategy papers of South Korea and the EU. Building on a solid existing basis of bilateral cooperation enabled by their strategic partnership, cooperation between the EU and the ROK should now be deepened beyond their already well-developed bilateral frameworks within the economic realm to the wider field of security cooperation. As South Korea’s and the EU’s Indo-Pacific strategies highlight similar areas of action, economic security, maritime security and cyber security are the most likely issue-areas in which the two sides will expand their links

Angaben zum Objekt

• Standort: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Umfang: 1 Online-Ressource (32 Seiten)
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anmerkungen: Gesehen am 17.03.2023

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: SWP research paper / Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik ; 2023, 2 (March 2023) ; SWP research paper ; 2023, 2 (March 2023)

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Politik ; Wirtschaft

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wo): Berlin
• (wer): SWP
• (wann): [March 2023]
• Urheber: Ballbach, Eric J.
• Beteiligte Personen und Organisationen: Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik

Weitere Informationen

• DOI: 10.18449/2023RP02
• Handle: 10419/270651
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2023062108514953342351
• Rechteinformation: Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 14.08.2025, 10:48 MESZ