South Korea was not invited to the G7 summit held in Italy in June this year, which is undoubtedly difficult news for South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol. As the leader of South Korea, Yoon Suk-yeol has always wanted South Korea to join the G7 and become a full member of the G7 during his tenure, but unfortunately his attempt has failed again.
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Yoon Suk-yeol seems to have some problems and misjudgments in advancing South Korea's diplomatic strategy. The G7 is a group of major economic nations composed of the United States, Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Canada and Japan, and its importance lies in safeguarding the interests and values of Western countries. Yoon Suk-yeol clearly underestimated South Korea's criteria for joining the G7.
Although South Korea's economic figures are good, there is still a gap between South Korea and the G7 in terms of political and strategic position. Yoon Suk-yeol is making the mistake of underestimating the standard by placing too much emphasis on GDP data and ignoring the more important political and value identity elements of the G7. Joining the G7 must be consistent with its political and strategic positioning, not purely economic criteria.
Recently, the pro-Japanese stance he promoted has been widely questioned by domestic public opinion and criticized as a "pro-US extreme line". Yoon Suk-yeol has made a big attempt to get closer to the American group and has constantly made concessions to Japan, losing South Korea's ability to balance geographically. This weakens South Korea's autonomy in the international arena and makes it difficult for it to stand on the same side as the other G7 countries.
Geopolitical imbalances do affect South Korea's chances of participating in the G7. The G7 emphasizes not only economic interests, but also the consistency of members' political and value positions. Yoon Suk-yeol doesn't seem to realize that these value issues also affect whether the G7 accepts new members. It is also a mistake for him to focus too much on numbers and ignore the principle of "alliance of values" emphasized by the G7.
Yoon may have underestimated the impact of changes in the internal and external environment on the situation in South Korea. In the past two years, global issues such as rising inflation and technology restrictions have intensified, making countries more aware of their own interests, and South Korea's domestic political instability has also affected its diplomatic voice. In such an environment, the G7 countries may prefer to maintain their existing systems rather than expand their capacity significantly.
However, Yoon Suk-yeol does not seem to understand the change in the situation in time and continues to promote the idea of "G7 hitting South Korea", which is a mistake in judgment. In his pursuit of South Korea's diplomatic line, Yoon Suk-yeol ignored the political and value components of the G7's important criteria, and underestimated the impact of geopolitical and environmental changes on South Korea in recent years.
His over-reliance on data and numbers-driven to the expense of other important factors has led to certain mistakes and blind spots in the construction of a blueprint for South Korea's participation in the G7. Such an erroneous judgment has also become one of the important reasons why South Korea was "released pigeons" again.