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Lee Myung-Bak Pragmatic Foreign Policy And The Korea-U.S.A-Japan Trilateral Relations

Posted on:2014-08-18Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:G X HeFull Text:PDF
GTID:2256330401960424Subject:International politics
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On February19,2013, the then south Korean President lee myung-bak issued a farewell address, Mr Lee said:Merits during5years in power will be handed over to the history to evaluate, but one thing is clear, that is, the edge of South Korea is no longer a small country, but the center of the world countries. Lee myung-bak of South Korea’s President, it is the end of the career.On February25,2008, lee myung-bak in South Korea the17th President in history. Lee myung-bak came to power, puts forward the pragmatism diplomatic philosophy, pragmatism diplomacy is regarded as a kind of practical effects of foreign policy, he has the characteristics of myopia, flexibility, and timeliness, and pragmatism in Mr. Lee’s interpretation and new features. Mr Lee’s pragmatic foreign policy has its emerging background and the environment:Korea-u. s. relations reached an all-time low, the korea-u. s. alliance is threatened; Korea-japan relations have been in the doldrums, the impact of the economic and trade cooperation between the two countries; Tension on the Korean peninsula, the former regime for the "sunshine policy" of and so on. The lee myung-bak faces a diplomatic mission is:Be badly in need of repair the rift with the United States, do well the korea-u. s. relations to ensure that South Korea’s national security; To seek to improve relations with Japan and Japan’s economic cooperation; To strengthen economic and trade relations with China; Carried out with Russia’s energy diplomacy; Reasonable and guarantee toward denuclearization of the peninsula and peace and direction on the policy. Under this background, lee myung-bak, accordingly puts forward new repair relations with the United States, the korea-u. s. alliance as the cornerstone of diplomacy, pushing on the strong "seedless, open,3000" policy, advocates of "new thinking", china-rok relations promoted the strategy partner relations, the development and the foreign policy of Russia’s energy diplomacy of pragmatism. Lee pragmatic foreign policy reflect the general characteristics of pragmatism diplomatic, more reflect the time background of his ruling period and region characteristics of Korea itself, presents the dependence on the United States, on the nuclear issue on the passive, the imbalance of economic and political relations with China, etc. Lee myung-bak pragmatism diplomatic idea have their personal political philosophy, and was formed under the judgment of the situation, and the academic circles and people’s dissatisfaction with the former foreign policy. Pragmatic foreign policy is its characteristic for myopia, flexibility, timeliness, etc, for this complex region of many variables of the Korean peninsula, the interests of the immediate, short may not be forever, may will bring negative things.Lee myung-bak came to power after the first put forward the repair korea-u. s. relations will, relations between the United States and South Korea’s lee pragmatism diplomatic cornerstone; The focus of diplomatic relations with Japan and lee myung-bak. Although there is no formation of alliance between Japan and South Korea, but in the korea-u. s. alliance and, on the basis of the us-japan alliance, has actually formed the us-led korea-u. s. a-japan trilateral relations, korea-u. s. a-japan trilateral relations, Japan and South Korea relationship has always been a weak link, how to deal with korea-u. s. a-japan trilateral relations not only test diplomacy, and affects the relations with China and north Korea, is the focus of this paper.
Keywords/Search Tags:lee myung-bak, pragmatism, The korea-u.s.Alliance, korea-u.s.a-japan
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