Envisioning Regional Order: Inter-Korean Relations and Varieties of Regionalism in South Korea

With its nuclear provocations and missile launches, North Korea has been viewed as a major impediment to building a cooperative security order in East Asia. What is puzzling, however, is that it is North Korea that has sparked a range of regional initiatives from South Korean governments. What is the role of North Korea in South Korea’s search for a new regional order in East Asia? Does the nature of inter-Korean relations affect the types of regionalism sought by South Korean governments? To address these questions, I examine the scope and priorities of the regional initiatives led by the four South Korean presidents in the past two decades. I argue that the nature of inter-Korean relations and the foreign policy orientation of South Korean leaders in power explain the different types of regionalism pursued by South Korean governments.

Title	Envisioning Regional Order: Inter-Korean Relations and Varieties of Regionalism in South Korea
Creator	Cho, Il Hyun
Publisher	Asian Perspective
Academic Department	Government & Law
Division	Social Sciences
Organization	Lafayette College
Date Issued	2022
Date Available	2022-06-28
Type	Article
Language	English
Keyword	regionalism
	foreign policy orientation
	regional security environment
	South Korea
	North Korea
	East Asia
Bibliographic Citation	Cho, I. H. (2022) "Envisioning Regional Order: Inter-Korean Relations and Varieties of Regionalism in South Korea." Asian Perspective 46 (2): 343-375.
Standard Identifier	DOI 10.1353/apr.2022.0014
Standard Identifier	Handle 10385/1r66j2536
Permalink	http://hdl.handle.net/10385/1r66j2536
Rights Statement	In Copyright
Rights Holders	Institute for Far Eastern Studies, Kyungnam University