바람직한 군사통합방안 사례분석 및 교훈 연구

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to analyze the benefits of each military integration type based on conjoint analytical methods and through empirical study on past examples of military integration of divided countries, derive the optimal North and South Korean military integration options suited for our realities and military conditions as well as draw implications and lessons from those military integration cases in order to propose the way-ahead on how to integrate our military elements in the future. As key researching results show, military integration was classified into four types through theoretical contemplation on existing researches, namely ‘Integration by forcible absorption’, ‘Integration by consensual absorption’, ‘Equal level forcible integration’, ‘Equal level consensual integration’ depending on its form, and according to the results of benefit analysis using conjoint analytical methods on the preference and feasibility of the aforementioned 4 types through a survey conducted to Army/Navy/Air Force experts and Korea Institute for Defense Analysis experts in the military structure policy area, the most desirable integration option for the future North and South integrated military was analyzed to be either ‘integration by consensual absorption’ or ‘equal level consensual integration’. Following the results of the conjoint analysis, two cases that would allow us to derive implications and lessons, ‘integration by consensual absorption’ (Germany case) and ‘equal level consensual integration’ (Yemen case) were analyzed empirically to deduce an appropriate integration option for the reunified Korea. The statistical and empirical research on the optimal options regarding North and South Korean military integration examined through this research proves its significance.