South Korea in the Context of US-China Competition

Kevin Gray is Professor of International Relations in the School of Global Studies, University of Sussex, UK.Antonio Fiori is Associate Professor of History and Institutions of Asia at the University of Bologna and President of the Asia Institute, Italy.

• 1. Korea as the Faultline of Asian Geopolitics 2. South Korea, Rebounding to a Balanced Strategy: Steering a Middle Way in US-China Rivalry 3. Simplistic Solutions to Complicated Problems: Yoon Suk Yeol's Foreign Policy Toward Japan 4. Geopolitics of Scientific Uncertainty and the Seoul Fulcrum: Accountability Struggles in the Fukushima Wastewater Controversy across Japan, Korea, and the Nuclear Pacific 5. Contrasting Approaches to Middle Power Diplomacy: A Comparative Study of the Moon Jae-in and Yoon Suk Yeol Administrations 6. The US-China Tech War and South Korea’s Strategy: A Case Study of the Chip Industry in South Korea 7. South Korea’s Partnering with NATO: Challenges and Ambiguities 8. South Korea and Sino-U.S. Relations: Competing and Collaborating for Energy Technology Development 9. Nationalist Globalisation: South Korea’s Soft Power Strategy between China and the United States 10. De-risking China: South Korea’s Geo-economic Strategy in the Semiconductor Industry 11. Navigating Rivalries: Moon and Yoon’s Foreign Policy Approaches Toward the U.S., China, and ASEAN 12. The role of the domestic political divide and public perception in South Korea’s strategy towards the US and China