Doctoral dissertation: Republic of Korea Vietnam strategic cooperative partnership and the way forward in the new context of global governance change in the 21st century

With the international order experiencing rapid change,many new and complex global issues have arisen. Most of these are having an impact on the East Asian region. Within this region, two very sensitive problems, the North Korean nuclear issue and territorial dispute in the South China Sea, remain unsolved. At the same time,a now wealthy and strong China has been demonstrating its power in the territorial disputes with Japan over the Senkaku islands and with Vietnam and Philippines over The Sprately islands; Nationalism in the East Asia is also becomingstrident and attractiveto many leaders asa political too.
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Doctoral dissertation: Republic of Korea Vietnam strategic cooperative partnership and the way forward in the new context of global governance change in the 21st century MINISTRY OF EDUCATION MINISTRY OF AND TRAINING FOREIGN AFFAIRS DIPLOMATIC ACADEMY OF VIETNAM ----------------------------------- PARK NOH WAN REPUBLIC OF KOREA-VIETNAM STRATEGIC COOPERATIVE PARTNERSHIP AND THE WAY FORWARD IN THE NEW CONTEXT OFGLOBAL GOVERNANCE CHANGE IN THE 21ST CENTURY DOCTORAL DISSERTATION MAJOR: INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS INDEX NUMBER: 62310206 HANOI – 2014MINISTRY OF EDUCATION MINISTRY OF AND TRAINING FOREIGN AFFAIRS DIPLOMATIC ACADEMY OF VIETNAM ----------------------------------- PARK NOH WAN REPUBLIC OF KOREA-VIETNAM STRATEGIC COOPERATIVE PARTNERSHIP AND THE WAY FORWARD IN THE NEW CONTEXT OFGLOBAL GOVERNANCE CHANGE IN THE 21ST CENTURY Major : International Relations Index number : 62310206 DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONSUPERVISOR: ASSOC.PROF.DR. NGUYEN THAI YEN HUONG HANOI – 2014 AFFIRMATION I affirm that this doctoral dissertation is the outcome of my ownresearch and study. All the statistics and figures included in the dissertationare authentic and precise. All the findings have never been published in anyother research study. AUTHOR PARK NOH WAN ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to express my deepest gratitude towards my supervisorAssoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Thai Yen Huong for her instruction, support andencouragement during my research process. My sincere thanks are also due to teachers and staff at the Faculty ofPost Graduate Study, Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam, for offering me themost favorable conditions to complete my dissertation. Finally, I am grateful to all my family members, friends and colleaguesfor their support and encouragement. Hanoi, April 2014 Author Park Noh Wan TABLE OF CONTENTSAFFIRMATIONACKNOWLEDGEMENTSLIST OF ACRONYMSLIST OF FIGURESPREFACE ........................................................................................................ 1CHAPTER 1: GLOBAL GOVERNANCE CHANGES AND THEIRCHARACTERISTICS .................................................................................. 14 1.1. Global Governance: Definition and Framework ............................ 14 1.1.1. Global Governance: Definition and Analytical Usefulness of the Concept ................................................................................................... 14 1.1.2. Global Governance: Transition and Structure .............................. 16 1.2. Governance Structure Changes and Their Characteristics ........... 19 1.2.1. Structural Change Background: The End of the Cold War .......... 19 1.2.2. Characteristics of Recent Global Governance Change ................. 20 1.2.2.1. Transition into Multi-Polar System: Declining US and Rising China ................................................................................................... 20 1.2.2.2. Strengthening Regionalism: Expansion of Economic Blocks 24 1.2.2.3. Global Issues and Limitation of UN and G8 Roles ............... 27 1.3. Global Governance: Reshaping and Prospects ............................... 30 1.3.1. Possibility of Reshaping Global Governance ............................... 30 1.3.2. Reshaping Prospects of Global Governance ................................. 32 1.4. Regional Governance Change in East Asia ..................................... 34 1.4.1. General Overview ......................................................................... 34 1.4.2. Northeast Asia: Regional Cooperation and Change ..................... 35 1.4.3. Southeast Asia: Regional Cooperation and Change ..................... 37 1.5. Remarks .............................................................................................. 40CHAPTER 2: ROK AND VIETNAM: POLICY RESPONSES TOGLOBAL AND REGIONAL GOVERNANCE CHANGE SINCE 1991 . 43 2.1. ROK and Vietnam: Responses to Global Governance Change ..... 43 2.1.1. Why it was Necessary for ROK and Vietnam to Respond ........... 43 2.1.2. ROK‟s Policy Responses .............................................................. 44 2.1.3. Vietnam‟s Policy Responses ......................................................... 48 2.2. Responses to the Global Economic Crisis on the Part of ROK and Vietnam ...................................................................................................... 52 2.2.1. Global Economic Crises and its Structural Trends ....................... 52 2.2.2. Policy Responses: ROK and Vietnam .......................................... 54 2.3. Responses to Regional Governance Change: ROK and Vietnam . 58 2.3.1. Rising China and Regional Governance Change .......................... 58 2.3.2. Responses of ROK and Vietnam to Regional Governance Change..................................................................................................... 63 2.4. Remarks .............................................................................................. 67CHAPTER 3: ROK-VIETNAM BILATERAL RELATIONS AND WAYSFORWARD IN THE CONTEXT OF REG ...