Northeast Asian Strategic Security Environment Study

Abstract

In the post-Cold War era, bilateral relations between Northeast Asian states have developed alongside long established U.S. relations with Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan. These intra-regional relationships will continue to grow, perhaps overshadowing American links to the region. Whether it is destined to become a superpower or suffer domestic chaos, China is an important factor in all these regional relationships. This paper reviews threat perceptions and security objectives of Northeast Asian states, highlights three key bilateral relationships, and briefly presents six regional trends that will shape the Northeast Asian security environment in the years ahead. It is proposed that American policy makers must become better aware of these regional trends, perceptions, and relations if the United States is to continue playing a leading role in keeping the region peaceful and in promoting American security policies such as missile defense.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 2001
Accession Number
ADA398464

Entities

People

  • Kongdan O. Hassig

Organizations

  • Institute for Defense Analyses

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Counter WMD
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Birds
  • Cold War
  • Commerce
  • Economic Systems
  • Foreign Relations
  • Governments
  • International Organizations
  • International Relations
  • Military Budgets
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • Political Science
  • Political Systems
  • Recreation
  • Sociopolitics
  • Treaties
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union