South Korea’s Yoon: Return of the prodigal son?
Australia, just like the US, needs to start paying much more attention to South Korea and its role in an uncertain strategic environment.
2022 04 27
Yoon as a ‘window of opportunity’ in Australia-Korea relations?
If the Australia-Korea relationship is to grow to a level that can shoulder the highs and lows, and negate the need for “windows of opportunity,” there needs to be a serious rethink.
2022 04 11
Foreign policy and South Korea’s presidential elections
On both sides of politics in South Korea, Australia’s currently seen as little more than a mine, farm, beach, or a place to learn English – its relevance increasing only momentarily because of tighter resource markets and Australia’s increasing appetite for military hardware.
2022 02 23
Australia’s China blinders on Korea
Australia and South Korea need to first build a stronger shared narrative in order to understand what each other means by the term “strategic”.
2022 02 22
Australia’s relationship with South Korea
Australia and Korea signed a billion-dollar weapons contract, but it is only a very small step - there is much more to do to build the relationship.
2021 12 14
Time for South Korea to abandon the middle power moniker
For an author who was an early advocate for South Korea to fulfil its role as a middle power in international society, it’s hard to say - stop!
2021 11 19
Australia, Korea, and sixty years of benign neglect
The Australia - Korea bilateral relationship is successful but lacks the foundations upon which stronger relationships are built, including people-to-people, cultural and education links.
2021 11 01
Zooming out of digital diplomacy
The “essence” of diplomacy is not lost, it’s just frozen on a poor video connection. For diplomats, innovators, and students of diplomatic studies, it’s time to think beyond the video conference.
2021 10 12
Is North Korea expertise all talk?
Can you be an expert on a place without speaking the main language? In the case of North Korea, of course, that means Korean, and whether an analyst can read, write and speak Korean.
2021 05 21
When middle powers are caught in the middle
South Korea is set on a policy course that seeks to balance its economic relations with China and its security relations with the United States and this approach has attracted the Biden administration’s attention.
2021 03 22