Scientific and technological cooperation between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Korea: Problems and solutions
Abstract. Scientific and technical cooperation between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Korea has good prospects. The scientific and technical potential of the parties complements each other, both countries strive for effective and fruitful partnership, but the results of their cooperation cannot be fully called mutually beneficial. The transfer of "minds and technologies" has a pronounced bias towards South Korea. Russia buys South Korean high-value-added goods, supplying "brains" and raw materials in return. The Republic of Korea actively attracted technology and exported high value-added products, while Russia exported technology and bought finished products. Despite this, South Korea showed a great interest in the cooperation with Russia. The events of 2022 and the sanctions they caused created a unique chance to revise the existing relations and form a new strategy for bilateral relations. The work must be built on the basis of the challenges and tasks facing the Russian economy, with a detailed study of the vision and development plans of the Korean side. The author offers his own analysis of the causes of the current situation and ways to resolve it.
Keywords: scientific and technical cooperation, the Russian Federation, the Republic of Korea, technology
Highlights:
♦ there is a need to develop a new position on the cooperation between Russia and the Republic of Korea and to prepare tools for its implementation;
♦ it is necessary to develop a concept of the scientific and technical cooperation based on program documents and long-term forecasts of the development of Russia and South Korea, clearly defining tasks of the bilateral cooperation for our country and the target dates for their solution;
♦ the goals and objectives of the scientific and technical policy of the Russian Federation, the mechanisms for its implementation, as well as the priorities of this policy in relation to South Korea should be clearly formulated and communicated to the broad business and scientific circles of both countries.
Vasily E. Grudev - Ministry of Investment Policy of the Sakhalin Region, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia