Northeast Asia Regional Security and the United States Military: Context, Presence, and Roles

Abstract

This is the 47th volume in the Occasional Paper series of the United States Air Force Institute for National Security Studies (INSS). Among its many contributions to United States security, two noted repositories of strategic expertise within the United States Army are its foreign area officer cadre and the Department of Social Sciences faculty at the United States Military Academy. This collection of papers on Northeast Asian regional security taps the combined strength of both; its authors are four Army officers with demonstrated regional expertise, all currently or formerly assigned to West Point's Department of Social Sciences. The combined set of papers covers a broad and relevant swath of territory, both geographic and conceptual. The first paper, by Jay Parker, addresses the regional security context with special emphasis on that strategic landscape as viewed from the perspective of Japanese security and the United States' role both in Japanese security and within the broader region. Sue Bryant then fits the Korean peninsula into that regional security context, adding special emphasis on the Korean road toward unification and on the continuing U.S. military presence in Korea both for peninsular and regional security reasons. Finally, Russ Howard and Al Wilner add China to the mix and also add the third level of analysis -- their focus is on post September 11, 2001 issues and opportunities, and the specific military-to-military dimension of the United States' overall military presence and policy. Together, the papers cover the region as well as policy recommendations from macro U.S. security and military policy, to force presence, to the significant roles of individual service members.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 2002
Accession Number
ADA435010

Entities

People

  • Albert S. Wilner
  • Jay M. Parker
  • Russell D. Howard
  • Susan F. Bryant

Organizations

  • United States Air Force Academy

Tags

Communities of Interest

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

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Geography
  • Intergovernmental Organizations
  • International Organizations
  • International Relations
  • Military Force Levels
  • Military Science
  • National Governments
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • Political Systems
  • Sociopolitics
  • Students
  • Treaties
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union