South Korea at the crossroads : autonomy and alliance in an era of rival powers / Scott A. Snyder.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Snyder, Scott, 1964- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International relations.

Korea (South)--Foreign relations--1960-1988.

Korea (South).

Korea (South)--Foreign relations--1988-2002.

Korea (South)--Foreign relations--2002-.

Korea (South)--Foreign relations--Korea (North).

Korea (North).

Korea (North)--Foreign relations--Korea (South).

Korea (South)--Foreign relations--United States.

United States.

United States--Foreign relations--Korea (South).

Korea (South)--Foreign relations--China.

China--Foreign relations--Korea (South).

China.

Diplomatic relations.

Physical Description:

xiv, 355 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, [2018]

Summary:

Against the backdrop of China's mounting influence and North Korea's growing nuclear capability, South Korea is a rising middle power and faces a set of strategic choices that will shape its economic prospects and national security. Snyder examines fifty years of South Korean foreign policy and recommends balancing autonomy with a robust alliance with the United States.

Contents:

South Korean strategic choices

Strategic choices under authoritarian rule

Roh Tae-Woo : Nordpolitik and democratization

Kim Dae-Jung and the sunshine policy

Roh Moo-Hyun's balancer policy

Lee Myung-Bak's global Korea policy

Park Geun-Hye's Asian paradox

The paradox of South Korea's middle-power status

Korea between the United States and China

Unification and Korean strategic choices

Epilogue : South Korean strategic choices and the U.S.-ROK alliance

Select source documents: 1953 mutual defense treaty between the United States and the Republic of Korea

1972 North-South joint communique between the two Koreas

1991 agreement on reconciliation, non-aggression, and exchanges and cooperation between South and North Korea

2000 June 15th North-South joint declaration

2007 October North-South joint declaration

2009 statement on joint vision for the alliance of the United States of America and the Republic of Korea

2013 joint declaration in commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the alliance

Between the Republic of Korea and the United States of America

Chronology of important events in South Korean strategic history.

Notes:

"A Council on Foreign Relations book."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Snyder, Scott, 1964- author. South Korea at the crossroads

ISBN:

9780231185486

0231185480

OCLC:

1004424597