1st Edition

Politics, International Relations and Diplomacy on the Korean Peninsula

Edited By Sojin Lim Copyright 2024
152 Pages 9 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

152 Pages 9 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

152 Pages 9 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This edited volume explores the past, present, and future of the Korean Peninsula, with special focus on South Korea, by connecting developments in politics with those in international relations and diplomacy. The book focuses on how South Korea’s politics and international relations have evolved since the founding of the First Republic in 1948, with particular attention to the period... Read more

Commentary

Colin Crooks

Preface

Sojin Lim

1. Out of Proportion: The 2019 Electoral Reform and the State of Representative Democracy in South Korea

Hannes B. Mosler

2. South Korea’s Democratic Experience: Political Leadership and Civil Society

Kyounghee Cho

3. What Role to Play? Assessing the Republic of Korea’s Future Nuclear Diplomacy

Virginie Grzelczyk

4. Reassessing the South Korea–China–Japan Trilateral Summits: The Limits of Institutionalism in East Asia

Ed Griffith

5. Diplomatic Competition between North and South Korea in the Southern Cone (1950–1977)

Camilo Aguirre Torrini

6. Why Presenting a Foe as a Friend Can Make Sense: Explaining Shifts in North Korea’s Construction of a South Korean Threat in State Media

Benedikt Christoph Staar

Biography

Sojin Lim is Reader in Asia Pacific Studies (with special reference to Korea), Course Leader for both MA North Korean Studies and MA Asia Pacific Studies, and Co-Director of the International Institute of Korean Studies at the University of Central Lancashire, UK. She is the author of articles and book chapters on sustainable development and political economy. Her recent publications include International Aid and Sustainable Development in North Korea: A Country Left Behind with Cloaked Society (2024). She frequently discusses changes in the Korean Peninsula in media interviews.