A New National Strategy for Korea

Preface

Introduction
Diplomacy in the 21st century

1. Global Diplomacy
*A strategy for Korea’s rising global stature
*Pragmatic realism: A key to managing relations with China
*Joint security vision will benefit Seoul, Tokyo
*Developing Seoul’s partnership with Moscow
*Korea-EU relations in the new political era
*Driving Korea-India ties on trade and investment
*Culture: The basis for ties with Middle East
*Evolution of Korean-Latin American relations
*Korea’s new global role
*A new national strategy for Korea: A middle-power vision
*Principles for Korea’s soft power diplomacy
*Striving for a foreign policy with dignity

2. South-North, Seoul-Washington Relations
*Welcome change in Seoul’s foreign policy
*Lee’s dilemma: Containment or engagement
*Carrots, sticks and North Korean human rights
*N.K. threats require deterrence, reconciliation
*No time for ‘business as usual’ in South Korea-U.S. relations
*Toward ROK-U.S. strategic alliance
*U.S. support needed to handle crisis in N.K.
*Building a peace regime and adjusting the UNC
*Seoul seeks flexibility on OPCON transfer
*Extending ROK-U.S. alliance beyond peninsula
*A pragmatic approach to ROK-U.S. ties

3. A New Development Paradigm
*Korea needs a new development paradigm
*Strategies for attracting foreign investment
*Creating a knowledge-based economy in Korea
*An external economic strategy for the future
*Korea’s options for coping with U.S. slump
*Essential elements of Korea’s energy diplomacy
*Korea needs environmental leadership
*Competition enhances firms’ competitiveness
*‘Reviving the economy’ by freeing corporations
*Helping corporations for the greater good
*Policies for balanced regional development
*Government reform: Evolution, not revolution