South Korean Identity and Global Foreign Policy

Flamm, Patrick

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“…38 South Korea, though a much smaller country, also aspires to join the club of the leading economies in the world (the G7). 39 In the contemporary world-system, they are semi-peripheral or semi-core countries that strive to reach the position of the core. 40 However, sociologist Randall Collins notes that economic might is insufficient to confer a prestigious status upon an aspiring country or region.…”

Section: The World-system and Cultural Politics Of The Olympic Winter Gamesmentioning

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Olympic Winter Games in Non-Western Cities: State, Sport and Cultural Diplomacy in Sochi 2014, PyeongChang 2018 and Beijing 2022

Lee

2021

The International Journal of the History of Sport

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The summer and winter Olympics share the five-ring logo. However, their social and political connotations differ. The Olympic Winter Games displays an aura of a game for the rich and powerful. A few aspiring nations intend to host this luxurious sporting festival in order to polish their international reputations as powerful actors in the global capitalist order. The cases of Sochi 2014, PyeongChang 2018 and Beijing 2022 illustrate this pattern. Wallerstein's world-system theory is a useful conceptual tool to examine the context of each Olympics, the content of the Olympic ceremonies, the nature of athletic competitions, and the post-event political environment. Although the three nations have different historical backgrounds and different diplomatic aims, the winter Olympics provided the trio with an opportunity to construct an image of major global or regional power. Russian Olympic diplomacy in Sochi was impressive but its post-event aggression undercut its soft power exercise on the ice. South Korea acquired desired political outcomes by hosting the Olympic Winter Games and its peace campaign continued after the event. China has the potential to highlight its emerging world power status at Beijing 2022. Yet, increasing China scepticism in the West may impede its winter Olympic diplomacy.While the summer and winter Olympics are global sport mega-events that share the identical five-ring logo, the social and political connotations of the two occasions differ significantly. 1 Most notably, the global north and south divide is more clearly visible at the Olympic Winter Games than its summer counterpart because economic and cultural barriers to winter sports are higher than most summer sporting activities. 2 At the same time, the winter Olympics today seems to reinforce Western cultural hegemony and white privilege as North American, European and Scandinavian athletes prevail in most of the winter Olympic events. 3 The winter sport mega-event awarded to non-Western cities, namely Sochi 2014, PyeongChang 2018 and Beijing 2022, involves a distinctive interplay amongst state, sport, and cultural diplomacy. 4 Despite, or because of, the economic and cultural

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Section: The World-system and Cultural Politics Of The Olympic Winter Gamesmentioning

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Olympic Winter Games in Non-Western Cities: State, Sport and Cultural Diplomacy in Sochi 2014, PyeongChang 2018 and Beijing 2022

Lee

2021

The International Journal of the History of Sport

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“…Regarding Antarctic governance, the article also clearly shows the aspiration to first only "participate" but later "lead Antarctic governance agenda through science" (ibid.). This leadership ambition is hardly surprising as it has become a main feature of South Korean global foreign policy in general, whether in climate diplomacy or international peacekeeping (Flamm, 2019). When asked in an interview about the reasons for the increase in funding of the last two decades, a member of KOPRI's Policy Unit answered: "Overall, the drivers behind the government's decision to increase KOPRI's budget so exceptionally are prestige and important science as contribution to international efforts to better understand climate change" (Interview with KOPRI Policy Unit in Incheon, September 2018).…”

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An unlikely partnership? New Zealand–South Korea bilateral cooperation and Antarctic order

Flamm

2021

Polar Record

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While the Antarctic Treaty System intended to keep Antarctica an area of international cooperation and science free from militarisation and international conflict, the region has not been completely shielded from global power transitions, such as decolonisation and the end of the Cold War. Presently, emerging countries from Asia are increasingly willing to invest in polar infrastructure and science on the back of their growing influence in world politics. South Korea has also invested heavily in its Antarctic infrastructure and capabilities recently and has been identified as an actor with economic and political interests that are potentially challenging for the existing Antarctic order. This article first assesses the extent and performance of the growing bilateral cooperation between South Korea and one of its closest partners, New Zealand, a country with strong vested interests in the status quo order. How did the cooperation develop between these two actors with ostensibly diverging interests? This article finds that what may have been a friction–laden relationship, actually developed into a win-win partnership for both countries. The article then moves on to offer an explanation for how this productive relationship was made possible by utilising a mutual socialisation approach that explores socio-structural processes around status accommodation.

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“…Regarding Antarctic governance, the paper also clearly shows the aspiration to first only "participate" but later "lead Antarctic governance agenda through science" (ibid.). This leadership ambition is hardly surprising as it has become a main feature of South Korean global foreign policy in general, whether in climate diplomacy or international peacekeeping (Flamm, 2019). When asked in an interview about the reasons for the increase in funding of the last two decades, a member of KOPRI's Policy Unit answered: "Overall, the drivers behind the government's decision to increase KOPRI's budget so exceptionally are prestige and important science as contribution to international efforts to better understand climate change" (Interview with KOPRI Policy Unit in Incheon, September 2018).…”

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An unlikely partnership? New Zealand-South Korea bilateral cooperation and Antarctic order

Flamm¹

2021

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© The Author(s) 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press. While the Antarctic Treaty System intended to keep Antarctica an area of international cooperation and science free from militarisation and international conflict, the region has not been completely shielded from global power transitions, such as decolonisation and the end of the Cold War. Presently, emerging countries from Asia are increasingly willing to invest in polar infrastructure and science on the back of their growing influence in world politics. South Korea has also invested heavily in its Antarctic infrastructure and capabilities recently and has been identified as an actor with economic and political interests that are potentially challenging for the existing Antarctic order. This article first assesses the extent and performance of the growing bilateral cooperation between South Korea and one of its closest partners, New Zealand, a country with strong vested interests in the status quo order. How did the cooperation develop between these two actors with ostensibly diverging interests? This article finds that what may have been a friction-laden relationship, actually developed into a win-win partnership for both countries. The article then moves on to offer an explanation for how this productive relationship was made possible by utilising a mutual socialisation approach that explores socio-structural processes around status accommodation.

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South Korean Identity and Global Foreign Policy

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Olympic Winter Games in Non-Western Cities: State, Sport and Cultural Diplomacy in Sochi 2014, PyeongChang 2018 and Beijing 2022

Olympic Winter Games in Non-Western Cities: State, Sport and Cultural Diplomacy in Sochi 2014, PyeongChang 2018 and Beijing 2022

An unlikely partnership? New Zealand–South Korea bilateral cooperation and Antarctic order

An unlikely partnership? New Zealand-South Korea bilateral cooperation and Antarctic order

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