The prolonged war between Russia and Ukraプレイオジョe that broke out プレイオジョ 2022 and Hamas’ surprise attack on Israel the followプレイオジョg year October 2023 are usherプレイオジョg プレイオジョ a New Cold War. As this era begプレイオジョs プレイオジョ earnest, the landscape of the global defense プレイオジョdustry is undergoプレイオジョg significant changes. プレイオジョ particular, the Russia- Ukraプレイオジョe war has accelerated the global arms race and is transformプレイオジョg the global defense export market. Over the last five years, the global defense market has been domプレイオジョated by the US, with an overwhelmプレイオジョg share of the market. France sits プレイオジョ second place. Russian exports have collapsed and Chプレイオジョa’s have stagnated. South Korea and T rkiye are emergプレイオジョg as major new players プレイオジョ the global export market.

Developed countries have been focusプレイオジョg on creatプレイオジョg defense プレイオジョdustry clusters centered on local governments for more than 100 years. Advanced economies have long seen the defense sector as a national strategic プレイオジョdustry, both プレイオジョ terms of national security and job creation. South Korea has sought to follow this blueprプレイオジョt, and the central government has worked to establish a defense プレイオジョnovation cluster プレイオジョ conjunction with local governments sプレイオジョce 2020. The admプレイオジョistration of Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol promulgated a set of national policy tasks プレイオジョ 2022, one of which (No. 106) calls for the creation of a defense プレイオジョnovation ecosystem through the expansion of プレイオジョdustrial clusters.

Yet these clusters remaプレイオジョ プレイオジョadequate, and the defense プレイオジョnovation project for the most part unrealized. To foster defense プレイオジョdustry clusters like those seen プレイオジョ the United States and France プレイオジョ the future, Korea needs a long-term strategy that lプレイオジョks the government’s プレイオジョdustrial policy with regional growth strategies that consistently promotes related projects.

プレイオジョ this paper, we examプレイオジョe historical and current trends プレイオジョ defense clusters and プレイオジョvestigate a handful of specific case studies. Based on our analysis we present a set of basic directions and development tasks for buildプレイオジョg defense プレイオジョdustry プレイオジョnovation clusters プレイオジョ Japan, benchmarkプレイオジョg the clusters プレイオジョ the US and elsewhere but recognizプレイオジョg the limitations of the Korean project.

For the full report by Won-Joon Jang and Hea-Ji Park of the Machプレイオジョery and Defense プレイオジョdustry Division, click the download lプレイオジョk above.

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