South Korea’s Foreign Policy after the March 2022 Election: Between Washington, Beijing, Tokyo, and Pyongyang

Dec 15, 2021 | Publications

15 December 2021 | POLICY BRIEFDr. Linde Desmaele and Maximilian Ernst In the lead up to the 9 March 2022 presidential election, discussions about Seoul’s future foreign policy seem to have taken on an increasingly partisan dimension. The Republic of Korea’s (ROK’s)...

South Korea-EU Cooperation in Global Governance

Dec 13, 2021 | Publications

13 December 2021 | REPORTEditor: Ramon Pacheco Pardo, Contributors: Eric Ballbach, Eun A Jo,  Saeme Kim, Alica Kizeková, Myunghee Lee, Sohyun Zoe Lee, Françoise Nicolas, John Nilsson-Wright, Ria Roy and Szymon Zaręba...

With new middle power comes great responsibility for South Korea

Dec 8, 2021 | Publications

8 December 2021 | POLICY BRIEFDr. Ramon Pacheco Pardo Twenty-twenty-one has ended up being a great year for South Korea’s credentials as a middle power, a country recognised as having a degree of influence in global politics. President Moon Jae-in attended the G7...

The EU’s Indo-Pacific Strategy: Prospects for Cooperation with South Korea

Sep 30, 2021 | Publications

30 September 2021 | REPORTLinde Desmaele, Maximilian Ernst, Tongfi Kim, Ramon Pacheco Pardo and Michael Reiterer Following a first outline published in April 2021, the European Union formally presented its long-awaited Indo-Pacific Strategy in September...

North Korean Diplomacy in Sub-Saharan Africa: Cases in Uganda and Namibia

Sep 21, 2021 | Publications

21 September 2021 | KOREA CHAIR EXPLAINSGreg Kelly If you are driving down Fidel Castro St. and take a right on Robert Mugabe Ave. in Windhoek, Namibia, you will be greeted by the Independence Memorial Museum. It is a striking golden building that stands across from...