英文摘要 |
After Gorbachev promoted his 'New thinking' foreign policy, the cold war ended and the former Soviet Union began to develop new relations with the Asia-Pacific, including the Korean peninsula. The former Soviet Union opened diplomatic relations with South Korea in 1990, becoming the only big power to have formal contacts with the two Koreas. Developing intense trade and investment cooperation with Seoul became a major goal for Moscow. At the same time ,the Kremlin never abandoned its politicalmilitary support of Pyongyang, despite North Korea's unhappiness with Gorbachev's behaviour.Russia inherited the Soviet Union's foreign obligations and international status in 1992, and continued to retain intense political-economic relations with South Korea. Moscow's policy to the Korean peninsula seems to favor Seoul at the expense of Pyongyang. Consequently, Moscow has lost influence over North Korea. Russia's pro=Seoul policy did not earned her economic cooperation, however. Thus after 1994, Russia was forced to revise its foreign policy regarding the two Koreas. |