中美战略竞争背景下韩国的外交灵活性实践

South Korea’s Practice of Diplomatic Flexibility in the Context of Sino-US Strategic Competition

美国拜登政府上台后,将中国视为首要竞争者,中美全面战略竞争日益加剧,韩国被迫“选边站队”所承受的体系压力相应增大。面对中美之间的战略竞争,韩国充分发挥外交灵活性,坚持基于韩美同盟关系推进韩中战略合作伙伴关系协调发展的外交策略。韩国一方面选择追随与依赖美国,不断升级韩美同盟战略关系;另一方面又不断强化与中国的战略沟通,以多种渠道、从多个领域与中国进行互动合作。未来,在尹锡悦政府时期,韩国的外交灵活性如何发展演变仍然存在着诸多变量。

The Biden administration has been regarding China as the primary competitor since it took office.The intensifying comprehensive strategic competition between China and the U-nited States made the systemic pressure on South Korea to"choose sides"keep building up.In the face of Sino-US strategic competition,the ROK has given full play to diplomatic flexibility by adhering to the diplomatic strategy of promoting the coordinated development of the ROK-China strategic cooperative partnership based on the ROK-US alliance.On one hand,South Korea chooses to follow and rely on the United States and upgrade the strategic relationship of the ROK-US alliance continuously;on the other hand,it shows goodwill to China and keeps interacting and cooperating with China through various channels and from various fields.In the future,there are still many variables in how South Korea;s diplomatic flexibility will evolve during the Yoon Seok-yeol administration.