한반도 평화 구축을 위한 글로벌사우스와의 협력 방안 = Cooperative Strategies with the Global South for Peace on the Korean Peninsula

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Given that past international efforts at Nk’s denuclearization have been assessed as lacking effectiveness due to China and Russia support to Nk, this paper proposes a strategy to achieve peace and denuclearization on the Korean Peninsula by leveraging the “Global South,” which has recently been expanding its influence in the international community. The Global South does not align exclusively with either side and pursues pragmatic interests, yet it stands at a crossroads amid the U.S.-China hegemonic rivalry. In this context, ROK, as a nation with experience in both the Global South and Global North and points of contact with both the Global West and East, can serve as an “honest broker” mitigating conflicts among great powers within the Global South, and can strengthen “interdependence” by linking various countries and promoting projects related to digital ICT, eco-friendly energy, and the Korean Wave. With interdependence thus enhanced, ROK can seek points of convergence with China and Russia—Nk’s allies within the Global South—to secure positive cooperation on Korean Peninsula peace and denuclearization. This study analyzes the process through the lenses of liberalism, realism, and constructivism, and integrates these perspectives using the new concept of “Interlinked Constructivism,” thereby presenting a cooperative model within the Global South led by ROK. Through the lock-in effect of path dependency, this cooperative model will strengthen leverage over Nk by ensuring that the countries involved maintain their cooperative stance all the way through to the peace and denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula as advocated by ROK.