Korea in the New Asia: East Asian Integration and the China Factor (Routledge Advances in Korean Studies)

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• Year: 2007
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 191
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Since the late 1970s a number of regional developments have impacted upon South Korea’s political and economic standing in Asia. China’s spectacular growth and closer integration with its neighbouring economies, along with a tendency toward more assertive political and diplomatic activity, have deeply altered both the economic and political East Asian environment. Simultaneously, the 1997-98 financial crisis catalysed a process of increased regional co-operation in East Asia. China’s rise has imposed a leadership problem that may constitute a major obstacle on the road to deeper regional integration, as well as add force to the need for collective action, and it is this paradox that may give South Korea a key role in the reorganization of the region. Moreover, inter-Korean relations and Korea’s future security environment may also feel the effects of the rise of China. Korea in the New Asia seeks to analyze to what extent and how South Korea may contribute to, and take advantage of, the new regional configuration in East Asia. The book represents the first study to address Korea’s regional policy responses to the rise of China as an economic power and the regional economic integration of East Asia. Written by an international team of experts, this multidisciplinary study will appeal to researchers, academics and students with an interest in international relations, security studies, economics and East Asian politics. .

✦ Table of Contents

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 6
Copyright......Page 7
Contents......Page 8
Figures......Page 10
Tables......Page 11
Contributors......Page 12
Acknowledgements......Page 14
1 Korea in the new Asia......Page 18
2 Korean perceptions of China’s rise in East Asia......Page 28
Part I: Korea, China, and East Asian economic integration......Page 42
3 Korea’s regional economic strategy in response to the rise of China......Page 44
4 Financial integration in East Asia: Which role for Korea?......Page 69
5 Integration? What Integration?: Monetary co-operation in East Asia, the rise of China, and implications for Korea......Page 86
Part II: A new regional policy for Korea......Page 110
6 Korea’s contribution to the emerging regional architecture: An assessment......Page 112
7 China’s ascendancy and the future of the Korean Peninsula......Page 134
8 China and the United States: The new power con.guration in East Asia and Korea’s regional policy......Page 152
9 China and South Korea’s future strategy......Page 173
Index......Page 182