New Convergences in EU-ROK Economic Security Relations

Both the Republic of Korea (ROK) and the European Union, along with its member states, are confronting a complex, challenging, and increasingly insecure global security environment shaped by the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and great power competition between China and the United States. To withstand the pressure from significant economic and geopolitical shifts, liberal democratic middle powers have intensified their commitment to multilateralism and international cooperation with like-minded countries. It is at this historic juncture that the ROK and the EU have a crucial opportunity to enhance their security cooperation to counteract disruptive tendencies that threaten their economic stability and security. The four papers in this volume offer new insights on the strategic rationales for a ROK-EU alignment, as well as detailed assessment of the prospects for cooperation between the two sides in the defence industrial sector and in the semiconductor industry.