India-Korea Connections in the Indo-Pacific

IndiaKorea Connections in the IndoPacific presents multidimensional aspects of the Special Strategic Relationship between the Republic of Korea (ROK) and India, ranging from security, diplomacy, trade and FDI, and peopletopeople exchanges. It analyses the IndiaKorea partnership and its strategic implications and potential in the IndoPacific. Bringing together experts from both India and the ROK, this book situates the partnership in the context of the current geopolitical landscape in the IndoPacific, particularly the increasingly intensifying USChina rivalry and the postpandemic and geoeconomic fragmentation caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine. In this context, the chapters explore how the ROK and India as middle powers can strengthen the bilateral relationship between India and ROK and then work together within a host of existing minilateral and multilateral architectures in the IndoPacific for a rulebased international order embracing security and diplomacy, supply chain resilience, and crossborder FDI and trade cooperation as evident in Quad, IPEF, RCEP, CPTPP, DEPA. This book is a unique collaboration between experts across various domains from both countries, and it presents a new take on the IndiaROK bilateral relationship as a middle power axis in the IndoPacific. Presenting actionoriented policy recommendations for ROK and India to pursue an upgradation of the existing ROKIndia Special Strategic Partnership, this book will be of interest to researchers in the fields of Asian/IndoPacific studies, international relations and political science, looking to understand the IndiaKorea partnership and its strategic implications and potential in the IndoPacific, and policy analysts and professionals working in think tanks and research institutions, focused on foreign and security dynamics in the IndoPacific.