SOUTH KOREA’S POST-9/11 SECURITY ENVIRONMENT: CURRENT KEY ISSUES AND POLICY PRIORITIES
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This article presents an author’s personal view with the objective of providing several recommendations for security policy and military strategic planners as to how the ROK needs to adapt itself to the post-9/11 international security environments and deal with the related defense issues. Historically, the Korean peninsula has never been free from geopolitical interests and power dynamics of the neighboring nations, largely due to its unique geographical location. This truism still holds today. As the powerful neighboring nations believe that any significant change in the state of affairs on the Korean peninsula would variously affect their own interests, they are highly likely to intervene in Korean issues, thus solutions to the Korean problems should be devised not only in the inter-Korean but also at the international dimensions. Keeping these historical perspectives in mind and with special attention to a revolutionary change in the international security environments following the events of September 11, 2001, this article addresses the major security challenges and the related defense issues the ROK currently face or is likely to face, and offers some policy suggestions and recommendations, which are, for convenience, delineated according to the three levels of national strategy, security strategy and military readiness.
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This article presents an author’s personal view with the objective of providing several recommendations for security policy and military strategic planners as to how the ROK needs to adapt itself to the post-9/11 international security environments and deal with the related defense issues. Historically, the Korean peninsula has never been free from geopolitical interests and power dynamics of the neighboring nations, largely due to its unique geographical location. This truism still holds today. As the powerful neighboring nations believe that any significant change in the state of affairs on the Korean peninsula would variously affect their own interests, they are highly likely to intervene in Korean issues, thus solutions to the Korean problems should be devised not only in the inter-Korean but also at the international dimensions. Keeping these historical perspectives in mind and with special attention to a revolutionary change in the international security environments following the events of September 11, 2001, this article addresses the major security challenges and the related defense issues the ROK currently face or is likely to face, and offers some policy suggestions and recommendations, which are, for convenience, delineated according to the three levels of national strategy, security strategy and military readiness.