Jihokorejská zahraniční politika vůči KLDR: Reflexe faktoru státní identity

Presented work analyses the South Korean foreign policy vis a vis DPRK through the role of state (and national) identity. The analysis is focused on the period between 1998 and 2013 comprising the administrations of three South Korean presidents, however, historical development and regional context are also included in order to provide background for understanding of the nature and sources of identity changes in later foreign policy choices. The author uses the concept of national other and its implications for explaining continuities and discontinuities in South Korean identification towards its Northern neighbor. The aim of the work is to trace changes in South Korean identification and how they were translated into concrete foreign policy measures, furthermore it explores the between these continuities and turns in identity towards DPRK in relation to South Korean identity towards other important regional actors (the U.S. in particular).