[학술논문] Does Political Generation Matter for Foreign Policy? South Korea’s Foreign Policy Changes, 2003 to 2007
...economic and political engagement with the latter to an unprecedented extent. I argue that the rise of what I call the “democratization generation” in Korean politics is the key to understanding why Korea’s foreign policy changed in this period. The findings of the paper suggest that a salient political generation is indeed an important domestic source of foreign policy preferences and...
[학술논문] Reciprocity in South Korean Security Policy Vis-à-vis North Korea and the United States
I review the principle of reciprocity in South Korean security policy with regard to North Korea and the United States and analyze how the principle fits with US security policy concerning South Korea. Diffuse reciprocity shaped Korean security policy starting with President Kim Dae-jung’s Sunshine Policy. The Lee Myung-bak government’s hard-line approach increased military tension and...
[학술논문] Blame Game under Fire: Parsing South Korean Debate on North Korea Policy
...paper critically evaluates key arguments pervading the debate on how Seoul’s policy has affected Pyongyang’s recent aggression,and offers an alternative perspective. It argues that all conventional wisdom (which either denies the significance of Seoul’s North Korea policy or views the level of engagement as mainly shaping Pyongyang’s behavior) has only weak empirical support, but...
[학술논문] The Disappointments of Disengagement: Assessing Obama’s North Korea Policy
As a presidential candidate, Barack Obama boldly promised to enhance US engagement with North Korea (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea; DPRK). But in his first term as president, his administration was determined to significantly lower the foreign policy priority of North Korea and carried out a policy of concerted disengagement, an approach the administration called “strategic patience...
[학술논문] The Revival of Russia’s Role on the Korean Peninsula
...Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia has been marginalized on major issues in Northeast Asia. The prospect of a consistent, long-term North Korea policy under Putin places Moscow in a strong position to sustain the process of engagement with North Korea. More significantly, it serves Moscow’s demographic, economic, and security interests to be a positive influence in the region in order...