[학술논문] Survivability of North Korea’s Military-First Policy and Prospects for the ROK-US Security Alliance Format
This inquiry 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...
[학술논문] The Korea-US Alliance as a Source of Creeping Tension: A Korean Perspective
... choices have derived from the precarious situation on the Korean peninsula and the North Korean threat. Although the convergence of security interests between China and South Korea works against the transformation of the US alliance, North Korea’s provocations stimulate South Korea’s desire to maintain the alliance and limit the ability of South Korea to refuse the US requests.
[학술논문] A Strategic Cooperation between the ROK and the US under the New Operational Cooperation Design
...faced severe opposition from conservative groups who claim that it may make the ROK security situation more un-stable by weakening the ROK-US alliance and by provoking an arms race amongst neighboring states. In addition, it could, they argue, cause an economic crisis due to the heavy expenditure involved in replacing US forces with Korean ones. Nevertheless, the transfer is scheduled for December 2015...
[학술논문] China’s Anti-Access Strategy versus the US’s Air-Sea Battle Concept: Implications for the Korean Peninsula and East Asian Security
...much 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...
[학술논문] 한반도 신뢰프로세스가 성공하려면: 국방안보 관점에서
...shared views as manifested in the summit will help serve as strong foundation for the alliance’s future policies toward North Korea. Meanwhile, two things need to be reaffirmed and recommitted by Seoul and Washington. One is the end state of the North Korean nuclear problem, and the other is the ROK-US alliance’s ultimate goal. A complete, verifiable, and irreversible dismantlement (CVID)...