[학술논문] Changing Security Landscape of Northeast Asia in Transition : A View from Japan
...and bilateral relations between Japan and ROK, to broaden range of choices for both countries. (Not to antagonize or to contain China)To think about such challenge, this paper discusses three issues: Japan’s recent development of security strategy, its attitude toward China discussed in Japanese think tank community, and future of Japan-ROK bilateral and Japan-US-ROK trilateral cooperation.
[학술논문] The Korea-US Alliance as a Source of Creeping Tension: A Korean Perspective
...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 choices have derived...
[학술논문] ROK-US Cooperation in Deterring North Korea’s Military Threat
...is timely and important to examine potential military threats from North Korea and the countermeasures that the ROK and the US should prepare. This paper aims at studying the nature of North Korea’s military threats and various types of provocations and analyzing ROK-US cooperation to deter North Korea’s provocative actions. First, this paper points out that North Korea has been utilizing...
[학술논문] A Strategic Cooperation between the ROK and the US under the New Operational Cooperation Design
...scheduled or some time when North Korean regime still exists. For this, it firstly will explore why two states should strongly cooperate with each other in the future. Then, it will explain the main debate on the transfer of wartime operational control in South Korea. Lastly, it will suggest some strategic options for cooperation between the ROK and the US under the new direction of operational control.
[학술논문] China’s Anti-Access Strategy versus the US’s Air-Sea Battle Concept: Implications for the Korean Peninsula and East Asian Security
...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 a long-term strategy for cooperation. Finally, to prevent regional conflicts, regional states should establish a legally...