[학술논문] China’s Dilemma on the Korean Peninsula: Not an Alliance but a Security Dilemma
...analysis as the source of China’s attitudes toward North Korea’s provocations for two reasons: The first is that China reckons the cost of entrapment would be greater than any gain—a constraint that has the opposite effect for North Korea. The other is structural, in that neither China nor North Korea can afford to abandon the alliance against the South Korea-U.S. and U.S.-Japan alliances...
[학술논문] Korea’s Balancing Act: Playing the Long Game
...Northeast Asia focus largely on North Korea, China,and the ongoing maritime disputes within the region. There is less discussion,however, on the wider security outlook of the region and its impact on the individual countries of Northeast Asia. This paper analyzes the security environment of Northeast Asia and how it affects the defense decision-making of the Republic of Korea. This paper also assesses the...
[학술논문] China’s Dilemma on the Korean Peninsula
...uncertainty about security protection. While the distrust from the South is mainly due to the China-North Korea military alliance. China is facing a dilemma on the Korean peninsula: no matter how it strengthens or weakens its alliance with the North, it will inevitably hurt one of its friends. No matter how good China’s intentions are, its actions are questioned by the two Koreas. The way out of the...
[학술논문] China’s Anti-Access Strategy versus the US’s Air-Sea Battle Concept: Implications for the Korean Peninsula and East Asian Security
...of China's assertion nor agreeing to excessive military strategies of the US. To reduce the impact of the two rival strategies, as a supporting or coordinating actor, the Republic of Korea (ROK) must properly utilize 'ROK-US-China' and 'ROK-US-Japan' triangles based on the ROK-US alliance, while she has to pursue unilateral initiatives and invite reciprocation of North Korea as...
[학술논문] ROK-USA Alliance for Consolidating Peace Condition in the Korean Peninsula: Evaluation and Vision
... alliance. It was gradually extended to the fields of politics, economy, society and culture. The ROK-US alliance continues to change as a result of both advanced international status of South Korea and the status of the United States in international society. Especially both countries have shown about differences Japan and China, and North Korea. And the lingering awareness of the difference between...