[단독]Severe evaluation of “Korea has fallen into lack of will, energy, and power”

The cover of’Crisis Phase and New Phase: Fudan International Strategic Report 2020′ published by the Institute for International Affairs of Shanghai Fudan University.

“Korea, where the year of the presidential election in 2021 began, is in a state of drifting in the US, China, and North Korea’s nuclear issue with lack of will, force, and power.”
This is a harsh evaluation of South Korea’s diplomacy contained in the ‘2021 International Strategic Report: Crisis and New Phases’ released last month by the Institute for International Affairs at Fudan University in Shanghai, China.(復局與新局) In a report, Ji-Yong Ji (鄭繼永, 48), head professor of the Korea Research Center at Fudan University, said in a report, “Korea has lost its ability to dominate the situation on the Korean peninsula, and the weight and position in the North American games continue to decline, as well as the US-China competition. He pointed out that the difficulty is increasing from the strategy of striking both legs.” In addition, he calmly stated, “As the struggle between conservative and progress in domestic issues has become a concern of society, there is no way to even use economic issues.”

The evaluation of the inter-Korean issue, which has been focused throughout the Moon Jae-in administration, is even harsher. “In the inter-Korean issue, South Korea has entered a phase of zero (0) exchange, which is rare,” he said. “All of South Korea’s diplomacy, internal affairs, and economy have entered a vicious cycle of infinite repetition because of North Korea’s (hard) position.” This is completely contrary to the evaluation of the policy toward North Korea that the Moon Jae-in administration, which once advocated the driver theory on the Korean peninsula and promoted North Korea-US relations through progress in inter-Korean relations.

News of the’Crisis Phase and New Phase: Fudan International Strategic Report 2020′ presentation held at the Fudan University International Research Institute in Shanghai on January 13th. Woo Shin-bo (吳心伯) Director of the Institute for International Studies at Fudan University is presenting the report. [푸단대 국제문제연구원 웹사이트]

In his report, Professor Jeong included this analysis under the title of “The Biden Administration’s Three Major Policies on the Korean Peninsula: Pulling North Korea, Soothing South Korea, and Pushing Out China.” The Institute for International Studies at Fudan University was designated as an important cooperation organization for policy research by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China in 2019-2021. It means that it communicates closely with the Chinese diplomatic authorities. For this reason, the report even observes whether it contains the intent of Chinese experts and Chinese authorities who are looking at Korea. Regarding the harsh analysis of Korea in the report, a Chinese diplomatic expert pointed out, “Before the Biden administration attempts to restore the ROK-US alliance in earnest, it is a basic investigation to understand the situation in Korea.”
The report’s position on North Korea is friendly. According to the change of the US government, North Korea analyzed that “from the past’hedgehog maneuver’ to the’onion skin maneuver’ in the Trump era, and the’tit for tat’ maneuver with the introduction of the Biden government.” Regarding the declaration of “strong versus strong, good versus good” at the 8th Labor Party Congress last month, he stated, “I have the expectation of changing the Biden government’s policy toward North Korea in a friendly way through patience and equal response.
They also argued that the US has changed its view of the North Korean nuclear program. Prof. Jeong said, “When Biden’s diplomatic team analyzes past North Korea policies, it evaluates that’if China intervenes, the United States loses more, and if China intervenes less, the United States gains more.’ He pointed out that it has changed from’an impossible threat’ to a’game card’ that will attack China.”
Kim Heung-gyu, director of Ajou University’s US-China Policy Research Institute, commented on China’s policy on the Korean Peninsula, which was not shown in the public report, “China pulls South Korea, North Korea soothes, and does not directly conflict with the United States. ) It was predicted that the content would have been included. It is an analysis that the US’s policy on the Korean peninsula will be embodied and will perform the opposite counterattack. Prof. Kim pointed out that it is an attempt to pull Korea toward China when Wang Yi, the Chinese Foreign Minister, said, “I oppose the division of the camp by ideology,” during the talks made earlier on the 16th.
Beijing = correspondent Shin Kyungjin [email protected]