1st Edition

Korea in the New Asia East Asian Integration and the China Factor

Edited By Francoise Nicolas Copyright 2007
192 Pages 8 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

192 Pages 8 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

192 Pages 8 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

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... Read more
Introduction; ONE Korea in the New Asia, Sophie Boisseau du Rocher, Françoise Nicolas; TWO Korean perceptions of China’s rise in East Asia, Suk Hee Han;

Part I. Korea, China, and East Asian economic integration;THREE Korea’s regional economic strategy in response to the rise of China,Françoise Nicolas; FOUR Financial integration in East Asia: which role for Korea? , Heungchong Kim and Yunjong Wang; FIVE Integration? What Integration? - Monetary co-operation in East Asia, the rise of China and implications for Korea, Ulrich Volz

Part II. A new regional policy for Korea; SIX Korea’s contribution to the emerging regional architecture in East Asia: An assessment, Jaewoo Choo and Sophie Boisseau du Rocher; SEVEN China’s ascendancy and the future of the Korean Peninsula, Taeho Kim; EIGHT China and the United States: the new power configuration in East Asia and South Korea’s regional policy, Changsu Kim; NINE China and South Korea’s future strategy, Robert Dujarric

Biography

Françoise Nicolas is a Senior Researcher at the Centre Asie of the French Institute of International Relations (IFRI), Paris, and an Assistant Professor at Marne-la-Vallée University (France).