[학술논문] The Korea-US Alliance as a Source of Creeping Tension: A Korean Perspective
South Korea’s 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...
[학술논문] Ieodo as Metaphor? The Growing Importance of Sovereignty Disputes in South Korea–China Relations and the Role of the United States
...Korea–China relations over the past decade as concerns about regime stability in China and North Korea deepen, as Chinese foreign policy becomes more assertive, and as South Korea reacts to these developments. Analyzing such disputes is important for understanding how the bilateral relationship is evolving. Some of these disagreements also have implications for the US–Republic of Korea relationship.
[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] 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...