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In Search and The Capacity For A New Niche
In Search and The Capacity For A New Niche
NICHE:
V. Conclusion
South Korea’s middle power role has been limited with the
fashioning of the East Asian regional security.
With China on the West and Japan on the East, while the
United States and Russia are at the periphery, what hope is
there for South Korea to compete even with its sizeable
economic weight in global affairs?
(1) South Korea’s well rounded capability structure spanning on the economic and
military spheres
(2) In order for South Korea to find its sweet spot and transform itself as a middle
power by goals and not merely by capacity, it must be willing to take upon the
role and responsibility it might bring hence making it want it and willing
(3) G20 inherently and implicitly empowers South Korea as it accords both
responsibility and recognition with considerably less opposition from both
spectrum of power politics
THE INCOMPLETE BUT NECESSARY
DIMENSIONS OF CAPABILITY
Internal Opportunities
Military Strength
Economics
External Complements
Relational and geopolitico-spatial aspects of a nation’s
relationship
Creation of global economic partners