주한미군 재배치와 한ㆍ미동맹의 개편방안

Abstract

The ROK-U.S. Alliance for the last half-century is at the threshold of a revolutionary transformation. The reduction of the 2nd Infantry Division and the realignment of U.S. troops in Korea is considered an extension of GPR(Global Defense Posture Review) of U.S. forces across the world. Its direction and reasons, had already been reported in Quadrennial Defense Review Report 2001. The future goal of the U.S. forces is to establish a posture that can respond to diverse and unpredicable security threats more promptly and effectively. The future USFK will be playing the role of a rapid strike force beyond the Korean Peninsula. The realignment of U.S. troops in Korea may have a bad influence on our security environment as follow: the acceleration of arms race in the Northeast Asia, the strengthening U.S.-Japan Alliance and the restoration of Japan's Militarism, an increase in the ROK's defense expenditure and its expansion of armaments, the transformation the ROK-U.S. Alliance into regional alliance and the reinforcement of the striking power against North Korea.In this context, the existing hierarchical Korea-U.S. Alliance should develop to become the equal relationship. In order to achieve this purpose, we should try to readjust the ROK-U.S. Alliance as follow: being restricted to “pure defensive alliance,” the reformation of the Combined Forces Command system and the dismantlement of the UN Command headquarters. The realignment of USFK will be an opportunity for readjustment of the ROK-U.S. relationship and revise the paradigm of the Korea’s security policy.