Prospects for South Korea’s G7 Membership: motivations and tasks
By Saeme Kim [Lecturer, Yonsei University and Ewha Woman’s University]
► Currently a Euro-centric grouping with only Japan representing Asia, the G7 is increasingly ill-equipped to address a world where the economic center of gravity and significant security challenges are shifting to Asia.
► South Korea must build on the improving momentum in its bilateral relationship with Japan.
► South Korea should expand its middle-power diplomacy, leveraging its technical competence and entrepreneurial flair to address issues that may appear geographically or politically remote but are crucial to global challenges.
