[학술논문] Does Political Generation Matter for Foreign Policy? South Korea’s Foreign Policy Changes, 2003 to 2007
...2003–2007, in this article I show that when a political generation with distinctive emotions and preferences rises in power, it can have a significant impact on foreign policy. Despite the alliance ties with the United States and North Korea’s continuing development of nuclear weapons, the Roh government sought to redefine relations with the former, while deepening economic and political...
[학술논문] China’s Anti-Access Strategy versus the US’s Air-Sea Battle Concept: Implications for the Korean Peninsula and East Asian Security
... 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 a long-term strategy for cooperation. Finally, to prevent regional conflicts, regional...
[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)...
[학술논문] ROK-USA Alliance for Consolidating Peace Condition in the Korean Peninsula: Evaluation and Vision
The alliance of the Republic of Korea (ROK or South Korea) and the United States of America (or US) was brought as a result of the Korean War. To South Korea, the war was to defend freedom and democracy with democratic countries including US, on the other side, to North Korea, it was to spread the communism revolution by invading South Korea. The original alliance of both South Korea and US was military...
[학술논문] 독자적 억제전략이 해답: 북한 3차 핵실험에 대한 10문 10답
...experts. For us today whether willing or not, there is no other way but to suspend ‘the deactivation of CFC’ firstly, set the national prepared posture against NK’s various complex provocations, deter and respond to them properly, and move up the free unification to our best. For this end, above all, we need to encompass neighboring Big Fours, especially ‘ROK-US alliance’ and...