1st Edition

Global Expansion of Korea's Defense Industry Implications for Global Security in Flux

By Wooyeal Paik Copyright 2027
192 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book examines the politics of the Korean defence industry's global expansion and outreach in the recent 2020s, exploring the future evolution of the industry, which has been undergoing the stunningly speedy AI transformation (or equivalent) and the role it is set to play in the global security structure. Despite being faced with considerable challenges over the past 60-plus years... Read more

Chapter 1. Introduction: The Global Expansion of Korea's Defense Industry

Chapter 2. Current Status of Global Expansion of Korea's Defense Industry

Chapter 3. Global Expansion of Korea's Defense Industry: A Case of Poland

Chapter 4. The International Impact of Korea's Defense Industry Global Expansion: Interregional Security Convergence and Intraregional Security Cleavage

Chapter 5. The Domestic Implications and Outcomes of Korea's Defense Industry Global Expansion

Chapter 6. Global Expansion of Korea's Defense Industry: Strategic Implications for Future Sustainability and Consequences

Biography

Wooyeal Paik (PhD, UCLA) is Professor and Chair at the Department of Political Science and International Studies, Seoul. He was also a visiting fellow at Institut de recherche stratégique de l’École militaire (IRSEM), Paris and adjunct professor at Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels. His recent research focuses on the interactions between domestic politics and international politics from global strategic perspectives as well as convergence of Indo-Pacific and Euro-Atlantic regions and key security dimensions (military, political, economic, technological).