1st Edition

India, South Korea and the ASEAN Middle Power Diplomacy in the Indo-Pacific

Edited By Harsh V Pant, Premesha Saha Copyright 2025
220 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge India

220 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge India

220 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge India

With the US-China geostrategic competition heating up, it is an opportune time for South Korea, ASEAN and India to draw on their middle power status to bolster regional security and economic cooperation to protect their interests from any potential superpower fallout. This book investigates the diverse possibilities for collaboration within the India-ASEAN-ROK trilateral framework. It explores... Read more

Introduction

Harsh V Pant and Premesha Saha

Setting the Context: Middle Power Diplomacy in the Indo-Pacific: The Case for an India-Korea-ASEAN Trilateral Cooperation

Harsh V Pant and Premesha Saha

SECTION I: The Concept of Middle Powers and Middle Power Diplomacy in the Indo-Pacific

1 South Korea: An Emerging Middle Power in the Indo-Pacific

Rajiv Kumar

2 India’s Indo-Pacific Reorientation

Dhruva Jaishankar

3 Indonesia in and with ASEAN: “Power” before “Middle Power”

Andrew W. Mantong

SECTION 2: Politics and Diplomacy

4 An Emerging Strategic Triangle: Assessing India-ASEAN-South Korea Relations

Shankari Sundararaman

5 Existing Multilateral Platforms as a Facilitator for India-ASEAN-ROK Cooperation: A ROK Perspective

Wondeuk Cho

SECTION 3: Defense and Security

6 Defense Cooperation between India, Indonesia, and ROK

Amarulla Octavian

7 Emerging Contours of Indo-Pacific Security and Prospects for India-South Korea-ASEAN Cooperation

G.V.C. Naidu

8 India-ASEAN-ROK Trilateral Defense and Security Cooperation: ROK Perspective

Tae-Hyung Kim

SECTION 4: Sustainable Development, the Environment, and Connectivity

9 Sustainability, Connectivity, Environment: A Case for India-ASEAN-ROK Cooperation

Abhijit Singh and Anasua Basu Ray Chaudhary

10 Prospects for India-ASEAN-ROK Cooperation on Maritime Connectivity, a Digital Deal, and Green Policy: A Southeast Asian Perspective

Tharishini Krishnan

11 Climate Diplomacy: The Clean Energy Transition of the Republic of Korea and Its Future Partnership with India

Saehee Jeong and Sunwoo (Vivian) Lee

12 Dealing with Disasters: Opportunities for ASEAN-ROK-India Cooperation in Disaster Management and Mitigation

Yanitha Meena Louis

SECTION 5: Economic Cooperation, Technology, and Trade

13 South Korea-India-ASEAN: Economic Cooperation, Trade and Investment, Supply Chain Networks – A Korean Perspective

Yoon Jung Choi

14 India-ROK-ASEAN Economic Cooperation in Trade: An Indian Perspective

Abhijit Mukhopadhyay and Nilanjan Ghosh

15 ASEAN-ROK-India: Leveraging the New Southern Policy for Triangular Cooperation

Nurliana Kamaruddin and Jan Vincent Galas

16 Global Competition in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: The Potential for Collaboration Between South Korea and India

JI Yeon-jung

 

Biography

Harsh V Pant, Professor of International Relations, King’s College London, UK and Vice President for Studies at Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi, India.

Premesha Saha, Fellow, Indo-Pacific, Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi, India.