Transformation of the Regional Security Agenda in Northeast Asia in the Post-Covid Period: Non-Military Aspects

The global pandemic of Covid-19 has made very serious adjustments to the development of both international and regional and national processes. Significant progress has been made in almost all areas.

Northeast Asia is no exception. Rather, on the contrary, the region again distinguished itself by its "dissimilarity" to other regions of the world. Let's start with China. This country, which is one of the two largest economies in the world, is still demonstrating its own approach to the issue of the pandemic. The approach is very tough, with the use of lockdowns even when only 1 case is detected. The country's borders are still locked up, which leads to very serious economic, social, and trade consequences, both within the country and for neighboring countries, for the entire Northeast Asia region. It must be assumed that China, when it opens (when it happens) will already be a completely different country than it was before 2020. Serious political and technological transformations are underway in the country. And this, of course, will affect the further development of the entire region. In the meantime, these processes have had a very strong impact on migration issues. Thus, in the Russian Far East, there is a severe shortage of workers (the shortage of which was made up for by China, as well as partly by North Korea). Japan (despite its closed nature) is also experiencing a shortage of skilled labor. South Korea and Taiwan are experiencing a shortage of, on the contrary, unskilled labor, but the pace of migration has also slowed down significantly. In China itself, there is also an acute shortage of labor reserves, and the number of foreigners in the country during the pandemic has fallen several times. And this is just one of the problems. Significant growth in transport services, deterioration in logistics and delivery times, crisis in the construction industry and much more.