South Korea and Vietnam established diplomatic relations only
twenty years ago. Today these former adversaries enjoy unexpectedly
cordial and rapidly expanding bilateral ties. Leaders of the two
nations --perceiving broadly shared interests and no fundamental
conflicts --seek to leverage their subregional influence on behalf
of common or complementary policy goals. Today they often profess a
"middle power" identity as they explain their foreign policy in
terms of such classical middle power goals as regional peace,
integration, and common goods.
Broadly similar in many respects, South Korea and Vietnam are
nonetheless sufficiently different that a comparison can yield
interesting insights --yet there is a dearth of systematic
comparative work on the two. While holding a range of views on the
contentious concepts of middle power and national identity, the
contributors to "Asia's Middle Powers?" help readers, both academic
and policy practitioners, to gain an enhanced appreciation of South
Korea and Vietnam's regional behavior and international
strategies.
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