Description
The Routledge Handbook of Europe–Korea Relations provides a comprehensive overview of the changing dynamics in relations between Europe and Korea, provided by leading experts in the field.
Informed by high-quality academic research and key trilateral data and statistics, this book brings scope, balance, and depth, with wide-ranging coverage examining the history of Europe-Korea relations, the Cold War, contemporary Europe-Korea and Europe-North Korea relations, Europe and inter-Korea relations within the regional context, and relations between European countries and the Korea. Through this approach, it increases awareness of the extent and intensity of the multi-faceted and multi-layered connections between the Europe and Korea. Finally, it proposes a way forward for a future relationship between Europe and the Koreas. As a key reference point, for advanced-level students, researchers, policy-makers and journalists producing, and consuming, new material in the area and beyond, it provides an essential understanding of both the historical backdrop to, and the current crisis in, this troubled peninsula.
This Handbook will be an essential reference for scholars, students, researchers and practitioners interested and working in the fields of Asian Politics/ Studies, EU Politics/Studies, European Politics/Studies, Korean Politics/Studies and International Relations.
The Routledge Handbook of Europe–Korea Relations is part of the mini-series Europe in the World Handbooks examining EU-regional relations.
Table of Contents
Foreword
Chang-beom Kim
Introduction: A Multi-Faceted and Multi-Layered Relationship
Ramon Pacheco Pardo, Nicola Casarini and Antonio Fiori
Part 1: Historical Evolution
1. Korea–Europe Relations from the Origins to 1950
Yongmin Kim
2. The Evolution of Europe and Korea Relations during the Cold War (1950-1990)
Yoo-Joung Kim
3. Contemporary EU-Korea Relations: 1991-2020
Ramon Pacheco Pardo
Part 2: Social and Cultural Relations
4. Korea-EU Intellectual and Cultural Exchange
Joohyun Go
5. New Perspectives of Korean Wave: Digital Media and Global Fandom
Saemee Kim
6. EU-Korea Education Cooperation
Changrhyong Oh
7. Immigration as Personal and Cultural Interchange: South Koreans in Germany, United Kingdom and France
Sung Eun Shim
8. Is the EU an Ever-Closer Partner? Reflecting the EU Representations in South Korea
Sung-Won Yoon and Sae Won Chung
Part 3: Economic Relations
9. EU-North Korea Economic Ties: Old Legacies and Future Prospects
Virginie Grzelczyk
10. Dynamics of the Korea-EU FTA: From the early stage to the entry-into-force
Heungchong Kim
11. EU-Korea FTA (2011-2020): First experience of Implementing the Trade and Sustainable Development Chapter under the FTA
Yoo-Duk Kang
12. Korea-EU Direct Investment Links: The Neglected Facet of a Tight Partnership
Françoise Nicolas
13. Development Cooperation: South Korea’s Transition from New to Established Donor
Axel Marx
14. Social Market Economy and Welfare in Europe and Korea
Chae-Bok Park
Part 4: Science and Technology, Energy and the Environment
15. EU–Korea Partnership on Energy and Climate Change: Common Paths toward Low Carbon Transition
Jae-Seung Lee
16. Scientific Innovation: The 4th Industrial Revolution and R&D Cooperation
Oh-Suk Yang
Part 5: Politics and Global Governance
17. The Strategic Partnership between the EU and Korea
Moosung Lee
18. EU-Korea and the International Community: The United Nations, the G20, and the Asia-Europe Meeting
Sunhee Park
19. Human Security: Emerging Area for Cooperation in Korea and the EU
Nam-Kook Kim and Sebastian Harnisch
20. The EU, North Korea and the Shifting Global Discourse on Human Rights
Zsuzsa-Anna Ferenczy
21. EU-Korea Relations in the age of COVID and Mounting US-China Tensions
Nicola Casarini
22. Legal Issues in Korea-EU Relationship
Hyungbok Chae
23. The European Union and Regional Integration in Northeast Asia
Michael Reiterer
Part 6: Bilateral Relations
24. Continued Ambivalence: The History and Present of Germany-Korea Relations
Eric J. Ballbach
25. France-Korea
Antoine Bondaz
26. Korea-Italy Relations: Consolidating Strategic Partnership
Si Hong Kim
Part 7: Security and the Regional Context
27. EU-Korea Cooperation in Non-proliferation and Disarmament
Jina Kim
28. EU Sanctions against North Korea: Making a stringent UN sanctions regime even tougher
Mario Esteban and Clara Portela
29. EU-Korea and Six Party Talks
Seungkeun Lee
30. EU-Korea in Crisis Management
Hae-Won Jun
31. Europe and Inter-Korean Relations
Antonio Fiori and Marco Milani
Conclusion: Future Challenges in Korea-EU Relations
Nam-Kook Kim and Jae-Seung Lee
