[해외자료] Signals on U.S.-South Korea Cost Sharing Negotiations Outpace Those of Inter-Korean Talks

... Korean internet users showed relative indifference toward the high level inter- Korean exchanges this week. Instead, they appeared to care more about upcoming talks with the Americans. On March 4, the Korean-language Wikipedia page forRepublic of Korea (ROK)- U. S. Combined...

[해외자료] Living History with Ambassador Shin Kak-soo

This Living History interview features Shin Kak-soo, former South Korean ambassador to Japan (2011-2013). Ambassador Shin reflects on the complexities of Korea’ s relations with its neighbor Japan. He provides an overview of how entrenched partisan politics can prevent the successful resolution of crises between these two key U. S. allies.

[해외자료] U.S.-South Korea Cost-Sharing Negotiations Impacting Korean Public Support for U.S. Security Umbrella

...with its ally South Korea last week in a rare sign of alliance dissonance. While all negotiations over how much the two allies should pay annually for the non-personnel costs of stationing 28,500 U. S. forces on the Korean peninsula are difficult, this year’ s is particularly so because the Trump Administration has called for a more-than-five-fold increase in payments from South Korea ($896...

[학술논문] The Future of the U.S.-South Korean Alliance: Increasingly Off-Peninsula

...force threat, South Korea, the U. S. and Japan resumed combined military exercises after a four-year hiatus to reverse the degradation in allied deterrence and defense capabilities. Those exercises and additional measures must continue in order to protect territory and people of our three nations. The South Korea- U. S. alliance will also need to address issues -- such as South Korean nuclearization...

[학술논문] The Growing DPRK Nuclear Threat and the U.S.-ROK Response

...made in advancing its nuclear and missile capabilities, examines the shift in DPRK nuclear strategy that these advances have permitted and signaled, addresses key dangers posed by the DPRK’ s nuclear and missile programs and the shift in its nuclear strategy, and outlines possible U. S.-ROK responses to the growing North Korean threat, including reinforcing the U. S. extended nuclear deterrent.

[현안분석] The Costs and Benefits of Unification on the Korean Peninsula

...ROK- U. S. alliance. Accordingly, the inauguration of the Lee administration signaled a switch of the policy direction to some degree based on the critical assessment of the policy on North Korea for 10 years since the Kim Dae-jung administration. However, despite the shift of the Cold War paradigm, the undismantled Cold War framework and the culture defined by the notion of the Cold War on the Korean Peninsula...

[현안분석] Development of Unification Diplomacy Contents

...toward the U. S.” predicts the possibility of U. S. entrapment in a conflict between its allies/partners and China, and prospects the situation of U. S. alliance/security dilemma. For a convincing unification diplomacy toward the U. S., the paper (1) suggests the incentive beyond the logic to support Korean unification, (2) navigates various channels and level of discussion for the ROK- U. S. bilateral...

[현안분석] The Likelihood of China-Russia-North Korea Alliance and South Korea’s Response Strategies

...the Korean Peninsula and near Japan until early October. The Chinese naval vessels were deployed from the waters of the East Sea of ​Korea to the vicinity of Imori Strait in Japan, the Korea Strait, and Okinawa, while Russia conducted operations in the eastern Pacific of Japan, effectively encircling the Japanese islands. Amidst the backdrop of joint exercises involving the ROK- U. S.-Japan alliance and...