Global Korea: South Korea`s Contributions to International Security

The e-book, a compilation of papers presented at the conference "Is Global Korea Really Global? Assessing South Korean Contributions to International Security," jointly organized by the East Asia Institute (EAI) and the Asia Foundation's Center for Korean Policy Studies on November 30, 2011, has been published.

The Council of Foreign Relations has released an E-book entitled Global Korea: South Korea's Contributions to International Security. This E-book includes all the chapters that were presented as papers at the Global Korea Conference hosted by the EAI on November 30, 2011.

Overview

The Korean peninsula often comes to mind as a global security flash point. The most recent reminders include North Korea's April 2012 failed test of a multistage rocket and the November 2010 North Korean shelling of South Korea's Yeonpyeong Island. Given the seriousness of the ongoing standoff on the Korean peninsula, South Korea's emergence as an active contributor to international security addressing challenges far from the Korean peninsula is a striking new development, marking South Korea's emergence as a producer rather than a consumer of global security resources. This volume outlines South Korea's progress and accomplishments toward enhancing its role and reputation as a contributor to international security.

Contents



Overview | Scott A. Snyder

Korea and PKO: Is Korea Contributing to Global Peace? | Balbina Hwang



South Korea's Counterpiracy Operations in the Gulf of Aden | Terence Roehrig



The ROK Provincial Reconstruction Team in Afghanistan | John Hemmings



Counterproliferation and South Korea: From Local to Global | Scott Bruce