1st Edition

South Korean Identity and Global Foreign Policy Dream of Autonomy

By Patrick Flamm Copyright 2019
184 Pages
by Routledge

182 Pages
by Routledge

182 Pages
by Routledge

In the 20th century, South Korea was usually seen as a "shrimp amongst whales", a minor player with limited agency in regional and global affairs. Korea’s risen status as a "middle power" today, however, begs the question about related changes in the South Korean identity or "sense of self" in the world. In this book, Patrick Flamm presents the first comprehensive and agency oriented... Read more

1. Introduction 

2. Korea in the World: Identity and Foreign Policy 

3. Identity and Roles in International Relations 

4. A Model for Inquiry into International State Identity 

5. South Korea and Peacekeeping 

6. South Korea and Climate Diplomacy 

7. South Korea and Global Foreign Policy: Snapshots of Identity 

8. Conclusion: Dream of Autonomy 

Biography



Patrick Flamm is Lecturer in International Relations at the School of History,



Philosophy, Political Science and International Relations at Victoria University



of Wellington. His research interests are South Korea as a rising power in global



affairs, identity and foreign policy, as well as international environmental and



Antarctic politics. Patrick studied Political Science and International Relations



at Goethe-University Frankfurt, Germany, and Korea University, Republic of



Korea, and holds a PhD in Asian Studies from the University of Auckland.