[학술논문] Balance-of-Fear Theory and Korea-Japan-U.S. Relations, 1945-1953
...with balance-of-fear theory, explains the puzzling triangular dynamics of Korea-Japan-U.S. relations in the early Cold War period. Glenn Snyder’s concept of “alliance security dilemma” associated with abandonment/entrapment fears among allies, though useful, is not enough for explaining alliance/alignment politics among states. This article additionally employs two more fears: fear...
[학술논문] Alliance Theory and Northeast Asia: Challenges on the 60th Anniversary of the Korea-U.S. Alliance
...alliance with the United States in lieu of multilateralism or confidence-building measures among regional states. The problem, however, is that while the Korea-U.S. alliance has evolved into a relationship that encompasses economic, social and cultural cooperation in the post-Cold War period, South Korea’s core security interest—the improvement of inter-Korean relations and the realization of peace...
[학술논문] China’s Dilemma on the Korean Peninsula: Not an Alliance but a Security Dilemma
...source of China’s attitudes toward North Korea’s provocations for two reasons: The first is that China reckons the cost of entrapment would be greater than any gain—a constraint that has the opposite effect for North Korea. The other is structural, in that neither China nor North Korea can afford to abandon the alliance against the South Korea-U.S. and U.S.-Japan alliances. An abandonment...
[학술논문] Game Changer: North Korea under the Obama-Lee Partnership and Beyond
... Factors of domestic politics and ideological confrontation in South Korean society are also analyzed as part of several popular but flawed arguments concerning inter-Korean relations. In addition,the author assesses the current status and forecasts the future of the North Korean regime, a key factor in the inter-Korean relationship,the ROK-U.S. alliance, and future U.S. Northeast Asia strategy.
[학술논문] South Korea’s Strategic Partnerships: Reinforcing the U.S.-Led Security Network
...than the Korean Peninsula issue itself. Given the increasing sophistication of North Korean threats, why is South Korea expanding its strategic partnerships with countries in the Indo-Pacific region, potentially spreading its capabilities thinner? Some argue that this represents South Korea's diversification of security affiliations beyond the United States, preparing for a potential U.S. retreat...