KOREAN FOREIGN POLICY AND THE RISE OF THE BRICS COUNTRIES

• 발행기관: 개인저작물
• 저자명: Wang Hwi Lee Sang Yoon Ma Kun Young Park
• 간행물 정보: 『개인저작물 - 사회』제31권 제4호, 205~224쪽, 전체 20쪽
• 주제분류: 사회과학 > 개인저작물
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2007.12.31

영문 초록

In 2003 two emerging markets` investment analysis predicted that four rapidly developing countries-Brazil, Russia, India, and China, collectively the `BRICs economies`-by 2050 would have eclipsed most of the currently richest countries in the world. This article examines the impact of their rise in relation to Korea`s foreign policy. strategically and economically, the apparent power shift seems to have led Korea to doubt the validity and viability of the traditional U.S.-Korea relationship based largely on an asymmetrical military alliance. For example, it is China, not the United States, that has consistently played a crucial role in the Six-Party Talks established to denuclearize the Korean peninsula. China also has been Korea`s largest trading partner since 2005, while Russia has abundant natural resources vital to Korea`s energy security. Although the Korea-US. free trade agreement signed on April 2007 may help resuscitate bilateral relations, increasing interdependence between Korea and the BRICs, especially China, will make some type of realignment of the Korea-U.S. relationship necessary.

키워드

Korea foreign policy international relations BRICs