South Korea’s Arctic policy: political motivations for 21st century global engagements

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Polar Journal Pub Date : 2021-01-02 DOI:10.1080/2154896X.2021.1917088

Eunji Kim, A. Stenport

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Abstract

ABSTRACT As one of the Arctic Council’s permanent observer states, South Korea has implemented various policies related to the Arctic despite its significant geographical and cultural distance from the Arctic countries. While most literature analysing the country’s active involvement in the region has focused on economic interests, little attention has been dedicated to the political aspect of South Korea’s Arctic policy. In this article, we argue that South Korea’s international influence as a middle power state needs to be recognised, and that the Arctic has served as an arena for the ROK to assert its influence on international issues. With this political intent, South Korea’s policies of globalisation and soft power also served as tools in its middle power diplomacy in the Arctic. We examine this political aim of South Korea’s Arctic interests by chronicling the country’s Arctic policy and middle power diplomacy.

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韩国的北极政策：21世纪全球参与的政治动机

摘要作为北极理事会的常驻观察员国之一，韩国尽管与北极国家有着显著的地理和文化距离，但仍实施了各种与北极有关的政策。虽然大多数分析韩国积极参与该地区的文献都集中在经济利益上，但很少关注韩国北极政策的政治方面。在这篇文章中，我们认为，韩国作为一个中等强国的国际影响力需要得到承认，北极是韩国在国际问题上发挥影响力的舞台。出于这种政治意图，韩国的全球化和软实力政策也成为其在北极地区进行中等大国外交的工具。我们通过记录韩国的北极政策和中等大国外交来审视韩国北极利益的这一政治目标。

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Polar Journal Arts and Humanities-Arts and Humanities (all)

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