Publication Year: 2022

South Korea’s Diplomacy in an Era of US-China Strategic Competition

DOI: 10.1080/13439006.2022.2030537

Abstract: The purpose of this article is to examine the Republic of Korea’s (ROK, South Korea hereafter) diplomacy mainly during the Park Geun-hye and Moon Jae-in administrations, focusing on its efforts to develop a “strategic cooperative partnership” with China while emphasizing its alliance with the US amid the intensifying strategic competition between the US and China.