[학술논문] Survivability of North Korea’s Military-First Policy and Prospects for the ROK-US Security Alliance Format
...proposes South Korea’s policy alternatives for the “soft-landing” of North Korea through the analysis of its military-first policy and the ROK-US security alliance format. The alternatives must be effective altering the North’s behaviors, since it follows the procedures that India, Pakistan and Israel have traced for the nuclear possession. It is absolute that North Korea should be...
[학술논문] Dilemma of Korea-China Relations with the Emergence of the G2 Era
...Korea and China have hampered the practical progress of these two countries’ “strategic cooperation partnership.” This article examines the popular perception of the current strategic threats and diplomatic challenges in the two countries, analyzing the results of Korean and Chinese public opinion polls. Observations on how such public perceptions affect the recognition of Korea-China...
[학술논문] The Different Choices of South Korea: Seeds of Discord of South Korea and US Relations
Abstract: South Korea–US relations were a success story of international cooperation during the Cold War on the basis of the robust bilateral alliance. In the post-Cold-War era, the security environment of the Korean Peninsula and the importance of the United States for South Korea’s security are no different from that during the Cold War. However, unlike the past, South Korea has not complied...
[학술논문] Korean Views of Korea-China Relations: Evolving Perceptions and Upcoming Challenges
... Island shelling further contributed to the rise of such concern. As the interactions grow in the future, South Korea and China will face challenges in seven areas: trade/commercial frictions, historical disputes, clashes of values and norms, North Korea’s nuclear weapons, the Korea-US alliance, territorial disputes, and Korean reunification.
[학술논문] The Korea-US Alliance as a Source of Creeping Tension: A Korean Perspective
South Korea’s alliance strategies for the past several years have demonstrated that Seoul has a strong desire to maintain the US–South Korean alliance and to accommodate the US requests to transform the alliance. The Korean government accepted the flexible use of US forces in Korea and increased cooperation with the United States in developing antimissile shields. South Korea’s strategic...