Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/270651 
Year of Publication: 
2023
Series/Report no.: 
SWP Research Paper No. 2/2023
Publisher: 
Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP), Berlin
Abstract: 
South Korea has been late to embrace the concept of the Indo-Pacific. Its strategic approach developed from initial neglect to mere tactic acknowledgment and careful engagement under the Moon administration (2017-2022), to the now clear support for a distinct Indo-Pacific strategy under the Yoon administration (since 2022). While South Korea's Indo-Pacific strategy represents an important step in formulating its own interests in the region, its implementation will be influenced by the larger strategic environment, the dynamic relationships between a network of different actors in the region, and the coordination of its approach with like-minded partners. Despite the Yoon administration's closer alignment of its Indo-Pacific strategy with that of the US, there are ample opportunities to strengthen cooperation between the EU and the Republic of Korea (ROK or South Korea) on the Indo-Pacific. This is a consequence of overlapping interests regarding the Indo-Pacific region, which are expressed through strong similarities in the respective strategy papers of South Korea and the EU. Building on a solid existing basis of bilateral cooperation enabled by their strategic partnership, cooperation between the EU and the ROK should now be deepened beyond their already well-developed bilateral frameworks within the economic realm to the wider field of security cooperation. As South Korea's and the EU's Indo-Pacific strategies highlight similar areas of action, economic security, maritime security and cyber security are the most likely issue-areas in which the two sides will expand their links.
Subjects: 
South Korea
North Korea
Strategy for a Free
Peaceful
and Prosperous Indo-Pacific Region (SFPPIP)
Moon Jae-in
EU
USA
Russia
China
New Southern Policy (NSP)
Free and Open Indo-Pacific (FOIP)
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Document Type: 
Research Report

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