SOUTH KOREA'S SECURITY RELATIONS WITH JAPAN: A VIEW ON THE CURRENT TREND
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Recently, South Korea and Japan have significantly increased their bilateral security cooperation. They have strengthened direct military to military links, achieved a better understanding of their respective roles as allies of the United States in the event of a contingency on the Korean peninsula, and are developing ways to coordinate their handling of the North Korean threat. The emergence of North Korea as a mutual threat to South Korea and Japan, has increased the incentive for improving bilateral security relations. Yet, more crucial was political leadership in Seoul and Tokyo. To be sure, the bilateral security cooperation is still underdeveloped and may prove fragile. However, their cooperative security relationship is crucial for regional security. Although some may fear that the deepening of their bilateral security ties might provoke North Korea and, more importantly, China, it can be defended as the first step toward a more comprehensive confidence-building process in East Asia.
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Recently, South Korea and Japan have significantly increased their bilateral security cooperation. They have strengthened direct military to military links, achieved a better understanding of their respective roles as allies of the United States in the event of a contingency on the Korean peninsula, and are developing ways to coordinate their handling of the North Korean threat. The emergence of North Korea as a mutual threat to South Korea and Japan, has increased the incentive for improving bilateral security relations. Yet, more crucial was political leadership in Seoul and Tokyo. To be sure, the bilateral security cooperation is still underdeveloped and may prove fragile. However, their cooperative security relationship is crucial for regional security. Although some may fear that the deepening of their bilateral security ties might provoke North Korea and, more importantly, China, it can be defended as the first step toward a more comprehensive confidence-building process in East Asia.