Messages from a middle power: participation by the Republic of Korea in regional environmental cooperation on transboundary air pollution issues

2013 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 147-162 ◽  
Author(s):  
Inkyoung Kim
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Republic Of Korea ◽  
Environmental Cooperation ◽  
Middle Power ◽  
Transboundary Air Pollution ◽  
The Republic

scholarly journals Perceived hazardous physical work environments and job-related affective well-being of navy officers aboard the Republic of Korea Navy ships and submarines in South Korea

2021 ◽  
pp. bmjmilitary-2020-001702
Author(s):  
Doseon Jo ◽  
C K Koh
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Personal Space ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Work Environments ◽  
Working Environment ◽  
Republic Of Korea ◽  
Physical Work ◽  
Thermal Discomfort ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Naval Officers

IntroductionNavy ships and submarines are important military measures that protect the Republic of Korea. They also comprise naval officers’ workplace. However, few studies have examined naval officers’ working environment and their job-related well-being. This study aimed to explore exposure to hazardous work environments among navy officers aboard ships and submarines and their association with job-related affective well-being.MethodsThis was a cross-sectional descriptive study. The sample comprised 146 officers from 4 navy ships and 98 officers from 5 submarines. Items of exposure to the eight types of hazardous work environments and the Job-related Affective Well-being Scale (JAWS) were included in the self-report survey questionnaires.ResultsThe most common hazards reported by officers aboard navy ships were vibration (63.7%) and air pollution (56.2%). For submarine officers, these hazards were lack of personal space (72.4%) and air pollution (67.3%). The average JAWS score for ship officers and submarine officers was 69.81 (SD=10.89) and 70.50 (SD=10.83), respectively. For ship officers, exposure to air pollution, noise, vibration, thermal discomfort during summer or winter and lack of personal space were significantly correlated with lower JAWS scores. For submarine officers, exposure to fire, burning or electrical shock, air pollution, noise, thermal discomfort during summer or winter and lack of personal space were significantly correlated with lower JAWS scores.ConclusionsThis study revealed that some naval officers aboard ships or submarines are exposed to hazardous work environments. Moreover, certain types of hazardous work environments were associated with naval officers’ job-related affective well-being.

Mapping Institutional Linkages in European Air Pollution Politics

2003 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 14-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
Henrik Selin ◽  
Stacy D. VanDeveer
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
International Institutions ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Environmental Cooperation ◽  
Transboundary Air Pollution ◽  
Causal Pathways ◽  
Institutional Linkages ◽  
International Environmental Cooperation

The growing literature about linkages between international institutions remains littered with proposed taxonomies. Most of these taxonomies are conceptual, rather than empirically driven, remaining too vague to offer guidance for empirical research regarding linkages as possible avenues of influence across international institutions. This article argues that institutional linkages are potential causal pathways by which policy making and implementation are influenced. It supplements concepts of structural governance linkages, which are common in the existing literature, with attention to agent-oriented actor linkages. The article offers a typology of governance and actor linkages that can be operationalized in empirical research. It discusses governance and actor linkages between policy making within the Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution and the European Union. The paper argues that research on international environmental cooperation would benefit from greater empirical attention to linkages in a context of a multitude of connected governance and actor linkages.

scholarly journals National Security and Development as Strategic Priorities of the Republic of Korea and Japan

2021 ◽  
Vol 65 (8) ◽  
pp. 41-50
Author(s):  
A. Fedorovskii ◽  
V. Shvydko
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
National Security ◽  
Development Strategy ◽  
Technological Development ◽  
World Order ◽  
Republic Of Korea ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Middle Power ◽  
The Republic

The article explores new policies related to security and economic development as represented by the cases of the Republic of Korea and Japan. It assesses combination of old and new internal and external challenges to security, economic development, and social stability, noting the increased interplay of factors affecting national security and innovative growth. The latter is increasingly viewed as an indispensable condition for military, political and social security of a nation, for effectively responding to external pressures as well as to ecological, epidemiological and technology-related risks. Rising technological capabilities in the two Northeast Asian nations contribute to their international ambitions. The authors analyze the tendency in the Republic of Korea to pursue a more independent foreign policy as a “middle power”, and Japan’s growing international and military profile in the Asia Pacific. The risks and possible future consequences of this trend are explored and assessed. The authors identify the priorities of the Republic of Korea’s development strategy within the framework of the “Korean New Deal”, and a new vision of the future of Japan as presented in the strategic documents of its government. They note greater aspirations of the two nations to increase their competitive edge in the regional and global race to reach and retain leading positions in the international hierarchy of economic and political power. New tools to ensure this edge are being tested by South Korean and Japanese governments, as old instruments of industrial policy seem to be losing strength and produce little effect. Acknowledgements. This paper was written as part of the research project “Post-Crisis World Order: Challenges and Technologies, Competition and Cooperation” under the grant of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation for conducting major scientific projects in priority areas of scientific and technological development (Agreement No. 075-15-2020-783).

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