Korean Unification and the Future of the U.S.-ROK Alliance

Abstract

Security alliances can take many forms. They can be bilateral or multilateral, symmetric or asymmetric, highly institutionalized or largely unstructured. Regardless of form, security alliances as instruments of statecraft, at their most fundamental level, reflect a deliberate commitment among states to aggregate resources in the pursuit of common interests. For over 60 years, the U.S.Republic of Korea (ROK) alliance has defended South Korea from external attack and, through the combined efforts of both countries, contributed to peace and stability not only on the Korean Peninsula, but also in Northeast Asia, across the Asia-Pacific, and beyond.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 2016
Accession Number
AD1004294

Entities

People

  • David F. Helvey

Organizations

  • National Defense University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Air Force
  • Economic Systems
  • Governments
  • Health Services
  • Intergovernmental Organizations
  • International Organizations
  • Market Economy
  • Money
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • Political Systems
  • Supply Chain Management
  • Treaties
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare
  • Weapons Of Mass Destruction

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • International Relations, focusing on Korea-Africa and North Korea-South Korea relations, and Nigeria-Latin American Relations.
  • Strategic Security Studies