South Korea’s Middle Power Diplomacy in the Middle East: Development, Political and Diplomatic Trajectories

Cover
Half Title
Series Information
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
1 State-Building Processes in South Korea and the Middle East
	South Korea’s Foreign Policy Priorities Since the Cold War
	The Miracle On the Han River and the Emergence of East Asian Newly Industrialized Countries (NICs)
	State-building and Economic Modernization in the Middle East
	ROK’s Foreign Policy Identity as a Middle Power
	The Aims and Structure of the Book
	Notes
	References
2 From Tehran Boulevard to Post-JCPOA Iran
	Introduction
	Cold War Diplomacy: The UN, Islamic Revolution, and Iran–Iraq War
	The Pyongyang–Tehran Nuclear Factor
	Sanctions and Lawsuits: Bank Mellat and the Dayyani Family
	The JCPOA Agreement and Park Geun-Hye’s High-Profile Tehran Visit
	Trump’s Maximum Pressure Campaign and Unilateral U.S. Sanctions
	Conclusion
	Notes
	References
3 Oil, Business Diplomacy and Saudi–Korea Vision 2030
	Introduction
	Diplomatic and Political Relations During the Cold War
	The 1973 Oil Crisis and Economic and Health Cooperation
	The Gulf War, Energy Security, and the Saudi Construction Industry
	Business Diplomacy With the Al Sauds in the Aftermath of the Debt Crisis
	Roh Moo-Hyun’s Collaborative Governance and Middle East Diplomacy
	S-Oil, Hyundai E&C, and Lee Myung-Bak’s Resource Diplomacy
	Park Geun-Hye’s Creative Economy and Rafiq Diplomacy
	Saudi-Korea Vision 2030
	Korea’s SMART Nuclear Reactor and Nuclear Energy Cooperation
	Conclusion
	Notes
	References
4 Nuclear Energy and Security Cooperation With the UAE
	Introduction
	A History of ROK and UAE’s Economic Cooperation and Regional Security
	The Dubai Boom, Business Diplomacy, and Security Cooperation
	Lee Myung-Bak’s Resource Diplomacy and the Politics of Nuclear Energy Cooperation
	ROK’s Soft Power Projection in Korean Wave (Hallyu), Educational Exchange, and Health Care Cooperation
	Conclusion
	Notes
	References
5 Business and Security Implications After the Gulf Wars and Post-ISIS Iraq
	Introduction
	The Economic and Strategic Implications of the First Two Gulf Wars
	The Baghdad–Pyongyang Security Nexus
	The 2003 Iraq War and the Dispatch of Seohee, Jema, and Zaytun Units
	South Korea’s Commercial Interests in Post-War Reconstruction Iraq
	The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
	Conclusion
	Notes
	References
6 Conclusion
	South Korea’s Role Construction in Middle Power Diplomacy
	ROK–U.S. Alliance, the Rise of China, and East Asian Security
	American Foreign Policy in the Middle East and the Dusk of Pax Americana
	The Miracle On the Han River and Seoul’s Resource Diplomacy
	Conclusion
	Notes
	References
Index