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Abstract

Though South Korea is a new player in the international energy politics but has already established itself as a significant one; hence its role can no longer be ignored. However in the analysis of global energy relations Korean case has often been overlooked. Korea’s stake in the developments of global energy politics is high, given the energy profile the country with negligible proven domestic resources, high external dependency with substantial proportions of energy consumption. At the dawn of the new millennium following the instability in the international energy market and the intensified competition for resource acquisition, energy has become a critical component of Korean national security debate and a decisive factor in the shaping of Korean foreign policy. This paper makes the case of Korea as an emerging power in the international energy politics, focusing on Korea’s energy relations with Africa and Central Asia.

About the Speaker

Dr. John Jojin has recently submitted PhD thesis at the Centre for East Asian Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University in Korean Studies. John has been a Visiting Research Fellow at the Seoul National University (2012) and a Visiting Researcher at Academy of Korean Studies, South Korea (2010-11)