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Contemporary Arab Affairs
Contemporary Arab Affairs (2020) 13 (4): 70–87.
Published: 10 December 2020
... policy trade oil Among all members of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), excepting Saudi Arabia, the looking-East orientation of no other country has turned out to be more critical and consequential than the approach pursued by the United Arab Emirates (UAE). In spite of the fact that some other...
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In spite of the fact that the linchpin of the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) politico-strategic objectives rests on keeping close connections to a small number of countries in the West and the Middle East, the Emiratis have in recent years strived to forge a somewhat multifaceted relationship with Asia. This is aiming primarily to secure the UAE’s own increasingly growing economic and financial interests in a resurgent East. The UAE seeks to make the most of its current regional standing and advantageous position by serving as a bridgehead of sorts to boost the sprouting presence of the rising Asian powers in the Middle East. The Asians are equally capitalizing on the Emirati looking East in order to vouchsafe their sedimented interests in the region and beyond.
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Contemporary Arab Affairs
Contemporary Arab Affairs (2013) 6 (4): 552–566.
Published: 01 October 2013
... Middle East South Korea diplomacy Lee Myung-bak Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Persian Gulf trade construction energy sanctions Déjà vu diplomacy: South Korea s Middle East policy under Lee Myung-bak Shirzad Azad Department of Political Science and International Relations, Seoul National...
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This paper probes major directions in South Korea's Middle East foreign policy under the presidency of Lee Myung-bak, during a turbulent transitional period in the region. These include serious attempts to forge multifaceted and long-lasting connections with members of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), efforts to penetrate Kurdistan's energy and construction industries, and strategies to overcome the quandary of sanctions against Iran. Epitomized by the concept of ‘déjà vu diplomacy’, this study argues that Lee drew heavily on his previous experiences in the Middle East in a nostalgic sense of thrill and action, striving to foster Seoul's policy goals and to extend the country's increasing vested interests in the region. Drawing on international relations theory, this research also attributes the Lee administration's achievements in the Middle East to a combination of both individual (statesman) and international system (structure) elements, with a greater emphasis on the former than on the latter. However, it in no way gainsays the overall contribution of the state bureaucracy as an ancillary component to other parameters.