[뉴스] [단독] 美전문가 "주한미군 감축, 4년 내 현실화 가능성"
피트 헤그세스 미국 국방장관의 수석 고문을 지낸 댄 콜드웰, 워싱턴 DC의 싱크탱크 ‘국방 우선순위(Defense Priorities)’의 제니퍼 캐버노 선임연구원은 9일 공동으로 발간한 보고서에서 현재 약 2만8500명 수준인 주한 미군 중 지상 전투 병력 대부분을 철수하고 약 1만명 정도만 남겨야 한다고 주장했다. 이는 트럼프 정부 들어 ‘주한미군의 전략적 유연성과 일부 철수·이전 배치’에 관한 내러티브가 부쩍 늘어난 미 조야(朝野) 분위기를 반영하고 있는데, 국방부가 해외 주둔 미군 태세를 들여다보고 있고 이르면 8월 새 국방전략(NDS) 발표를 앞두고 있는 시점이라 적지 않은 파장이 일고 있다.
[뉴스] Putin’s China Visit Highlights Military Ties That Worry the West
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia attended a trade fair on Friday in a northeastern Chinese city and toured a state-backed university famous for its cutting-edge defense research, highlighting how economic and military ties between the countries have grown despite, or perhaps because of, Western pressure.
[학술논문] Transforming Korea-US Defenses: The Agenda Ahead
...sharplyreduce the U.S. military presence in the ROK from 520,000 to perhaps 450,000 activeduty soldiers, the two countries’ diverging missile defense architectures in Asia, elevated ROK interest in acquiring preemptive strike options against the DPRK, and other defense and deterrence differences. Yet, the ROK-U.S. alliance has overcome earlier challenges of equal magnitude and its enduring goals remain...
[학술논문] Military Alliances and Reality of Regional Integration: Japan, South Korea, the US vs. China, North Korea
...Seemingly Unrelated Regression(SUR) method in estimating defense goods demand functions. The findings are that Japan considered the U.S. to be a closer ally than the U.S. did during 2000~2005 and South Korea may regard the U.S. as a closer ally than vice versa. The U.S. regards Japan as a closer ally than Korea. South Korea’s demand for defense goods has not been increased by the threat from the...
[학술논문] Can North Korea Catch Two Rabbits at Once: Nuke and Economy? One Year of the Byungjin Line in North Korea and Its Future
North Korea claims the Byungjin Line is indeed the “treasured sword” with whichit can achieve both economic development and defense reinforcement to speed upthe construction of a strong and prosperous socialist nation. Aiming at evaluatingits prospects, this study seeks to capture the main features, goals and tasks of theByungjin Line envisioned by the Kim regime and then assess if its...
[학술논문] 러시아와 신동북아 문화권
...Russia. As they have a different view toward each territory, their position on such issues as missile defense and North Korea’s nuclear problem also varies, which may seriously hampers New North East Asia Culture. Therefore, the countries in North East Asia need to respond to U.S. missile defense system and North Korea nuclear problem in a long-term and forward-looking manner. And, as we can see...
[학술논문] Security Issues and Challenges for South Korea 2014: Domestic and Regional
...strategic location it occupies, South Korea is no exception—a result of the inherent limitations to the makeup of its national strength and theconstant threats it faces from the North. Security and defense are therefore areasof utmost attention for not only a scholar such as the author, but for all Koreans. The intention in writing this paper is to delineate the anguish and struggles Koreansare experiencing...