Geopolitics and Environment: Incidence of climate change and geopolitics interests in the Artic

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https://doi.org/10.15359/ri.93-1.4

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Artic, International Regime, Commerce, Routes, Conflict, Territorial, Disputes, International Right, Geopolitics

Abstract

During Park Geun hye and Moon Jae presidential terms, there was implemented a foreign policy that emphasized the construction of a collective identity for the pacification of the peninsula. The article seeks to answer how the South Korean leaders used identity elements, either similar or different, in the context of their foreign policies for the pacification of the peninsula. A qualitative research methodology was used through interviews, analysis of documents and official websites, these being interpreted by the content analysis method. It is stated that South Korea's foreign policy towards North Korea, during these administrations, was based on an ideational structure that rescued the construction of a Korean collective identity, being these identity elements (shared by South Korean leaders) the factors that favored social interaction for the promotion of pacification.

Author Biographies

Javier Johanning Solís, Universidad de Costa Rica

Universidad de Costa Rica, Escuela de Ciencias Políticas, Costa Rica. Docente universitario e investigador del Observatorio de la Política Internacional. Correo: javier.johanning@gmail.com  

Carlos Alberto Peña Menjivar, Universidad Nacional

Universidad Nacional, Escuela de Relaciones Internacionales, Costa Rica. Estudiante de la Maestría en Relaciones Internacionales y Diplomacia de la Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica. Correo: carlospmenjivar@gmail.com

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2020-05-13

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Geopolitics and Environment: Incidence of climate change and geopolitics interests in the Artic. (2020). Relaciones Internacionales, 93(1), 83-111. https://doi.org/10.15359/ri.93-1.4

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Geopolitics and Environment: Incidence of climate change and geopolitics interests in the Artic. (2020). Relaciones Internacionales, 93(1), 83-111. https://doi.org/10.15359/ri.93-1.4

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