1st Edition
South Korea’s New Southern Policy A Middle Power’s International Relations with Southeast Asia and India
List of Illustrations
List of Contributors
Acknowledgement
PART 1
Introduction 1
1 New Southern Policy: The Forging of an Incipient Foreign Policy Doctrine?
LAM PENG ER
PART 2
Seoul and ASEAN: Principles and Practices
2 South Korea’s New Southern Policy: The Limits of Indo-Pacific Geopolitics
CHOE WONGI
3 ASEAN and the Republic of Korea as Middle Powers: ASEAN Centrality and NSPP amid Great Power Transition
NUR SHAHADAH JAMIL
PART 3
Republic of Korea and the Mekong Sub-region
4 Seoul’s New Southern Policy Plus (NSPP) and the Mekong Region: Cooperation for Sustainable Development and Inclusive Growth
PARK HAHNKYU
5 From Partnership for Sustainability to Sustainable Partnership: A Thai Perspective on NSPP and South Korea’s Engagement in the Mekong Sub-region
SEKSAN ANANTASIRIKIAT
6 Great Expectations: Cooperation between Cambodia and South Korea amid Great Power Transition
VEASNA VAR
7 Vietnam-Republic of Korea Relations in the Age of Great Power Competition
HOANG THI HA
PART 4
Republic of Korea and the ASEAN Maritime States
8 Indonesia and South Korea: Two Middle Powers in Concord amid Great Powers Rivalry
RESI QURRATA AINI AND YANDRY KURNIAWAN
9 Korea-Malaysia Relations: Where the New Southern Policy and Look East Policy Meet
KIM HYUNGJONG
10 A Singaporean Perspective on the NSP Plus’ Outreach to ASEAN
SHAWN HO
PART 5
Republic of Korea and India
11 India-South Korean Relations in the Indo-Pacific: Overlapping Act East Policy and New Southern Policy Plus
JOJIN V. JOHN
PART 6
New Southern Policy and Human Security
12 Evolution of South Korea’s Diplomacy toward ASEAN: (Inconsistently) Embracing Human Security Perspectives in the NSP/NSP Plus
PARK MIN JOUNG
Index
Biography
Lam Peng Er is Head of the Korea Centre, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore.
