한국의 아세안 소지역(sub-region) 협력 거버넌스: 메콩 유역을 중심으로 = ASEAN Sub-region Cooperation Governance in Korea: Focusing on the Mekong Basin

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

This study sees that the driving force of Mekong cooperative governance brings from the fundamental diplomatic strategy. Governance of cooperation with the Mekong River Basin(MRB) from the perspective of major countries starts from a balanced approach that seeks to minimize the influence of the target state while increasing its diplomatic influence and national interest. Comparing the Mekong governance of major countries provides very useful implications for Korea's Mekong cooperative governance as well as analyzing the approaches and goals of major countries. The importance of the MRB's geopolitical value and the expansion of its economic scale served as an opportunity to strengthen ROK's governance of cooperation with the Mekong. Relations between the two regions, which started with the Mekong-ROK Ministers’ Meeting in 2011, reached a turning point in 2019 with the first summit between the ROK and the Mekong countries. This study aims to summarize the achievements and future tasks achieved so far by examining in detail the concrete implementation of governance as well as expansion of economic relations in relation to Mekong-ROK cooperation. Finally, this study aims to find out how Korea should improve cooperation with the MRB, a sub-region of ASEAN, among major countries' cooperative governance.

국문 초록 (Abstract)

본 연구는 미국·중국·일본-메콩 협력 거버넌스의 동력이 메콩 그 자체의 가치보다 근원적인 거시적 외교 전략에서 출발한다고 보았다. 역외국의 시각에서 메콩과의 협력 거버넌스는 자국의 외교적 영향력과 국익을 증대하는 동시에, 대상국(target state)의 영향력을 최소화하고자 하는 균형적 접근에서 출발한다. 주요국의 메콩 거버넌스를 비교하는 것은 역외국의 접근 방법과 목표를 분석함은 물론 한국의 메콩 협력 거버넌스에 매우 유용한 시사점을 제공한다. MRB의 지정학적 가치의 중요성과 경제 규모의 확대는 한국의 대 메콩 협력 거버넌스를 강화하는 계기가 되었다. 2011년 한·메콩장관회의(Mekong-ROK Ministers’ Meeting)로 시작한 양 지역 관계는 2019년 한국과 메콩의 최초의 정상회담을 통해 전환점을 맞았다. 본 연구는 한국의 메콩 협력과 관련해 거버넌스의 강화, 경제관계의 확대와 더불어 거버넌스의 구체적 이행 등을 자세히 살펴봄으로써 현재까지 거둔 성과와 향후 과제를 정리해보고자 한다. 본 연구는 궁극적으로 한국이 아세안의 소지역인 MRB에 대해 주요국의 협력 거버넌스의 틈바구니에서 어떻게 협력을 개선해 나가야 할 것인지를 찾아보고자 한다.

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