List of Illustrations List of Contributors Acknowledgement PART 1Introduction 11 New Southern Policy: The Forging of an Incipient Foreign Policy Doctrine? LAM PENG ERPART 2Seoul and ASEAN: Principles and Practices 2 South Koreaes New Southern Policy: The Limits of Indo-Pacific Geopolitics CHOE WONGI3 ASEAN and the Republic of Korea as Middle Powers: ASEAN Centrality and NSPP amid Great Power Transition NUR SHAHADAH JAMILPART 3Republic of Korea and the Mekong Sub-region 4 Seoul?s New Southern Policy Plus (NSPP) and the Mekong Region: Cooperation for Sustainable Development and Inclusive Growth PARK HAHNKYU5 From Partnership for Sustainability to Sustainable Partnership: A Thai Perspective on NSPP and South Koreaes Engagement in the Mekong Sub-region SEKSAN ANANTASIRIKIAT6 Great Expectations: Cooperation between Cambodia and South Korea amid Great Power Transition VEASNA VAR7 Vietnam-Republic of Korea Relations in the Age of Great Power Competition HOANG THI HAPART 4Republic of Korea and the ASEAN Maritime States 8 Indonesia and South Korea: Two Middle Powers in Concord amid Great Powers Rivalry RESI QURRATA AINI AND YANDRY KURNIAWAN9 Korea-Malaysia Relations: Where the New Southern Policy and Look East Policy Meet KIM HYUNGJONG10 A Singaporean Perspective on the NSP Plus? Outreach to ASEAN SHAWN HOPART 5Republic of Korea and India 11 India-South Korean Relations in the Indo-Pacific: Overlapping Act East Policy and New Southern Policy Plus JOJIN V. JOHNPART 6New Southern Policy and Human Security 12 Evolution of South Koreaes Diplomacy toward ASEAN: (Inconsistently) Embracing Human Security Perspectives in the NSP/NSP Plus PARK MIN JOUNGIndex