• List of Figures and Tables Preface
• 1. South Korea's Strategic Choices
• 2. Strategic Choices Under Authoritarian Rule
• 3. Roh Tae-woo and Kim Young-sam: Nordpolitik and Democratization
• 4. Kim Dae-jung and the Sunshine Policy
• 5. Roh Moo-hyun's Balancer Policy
• 6. Lee Myung-bak's Global Korea Policy
• 7. Park Geun-hye's Asian Paradox
• 8. The Paradox of South Korea's Middle-Power Status
• 9. Korea Between the United States and China
• 10. Unification and Korean Strategic Choices Epilogue: South Korean Strategic Choices and the U.S.-South Korea Alliance Select Source Documents
• 1. Mutual Defense Treaty Between the United States and the Republic of Korea, 1953
• 2. Joint Statement of North and South, 1972
• 3. Inter-Korean Agreement on Reconciliation, Non-aggression, and Exchanges and Cooperation Between South and North Korea, 1991
• 4. South-North Joint Declaration, 2000
• 5. Declaration on the Advancement of South-North Korean Relations, Peace, and Prosperity, 2007
• 6. Joint Vision for the Alliance of the United States of America and the Republic of Korea, 2009
• 7. Joint Declaration in Commemoration of the 60th Anniversary of the Alliance Between the Republic of Korea and the United States of America, 2013 Chronology of Important Events in South Korean Strategic History Notes Select Bibliography Index.
• (source: Nielsen Book Data)

Against the backdrop of China's mounting influence and North Korea's growing nuclear capability and expanding missile arsenal, South Korea faces a set of strategic choices that will shape its economic prospects and national security. In South Korea at the Crossroads, Scott A. Snyder examines the trajectory of fifty years of South Korean foreign policy and offers predictions-and a prescription-for the future. Pairing a historical perspective with a shrewd view of today's political landscape, Snyder contends that South Korea's best strategy remains investing in a robust alliance with the United States. Snyder begins with South Korea's effort in the 1960s to offset the risk of abandonment by the United States during the Vietnam War and the subsequent crisis in the alliance during the 1970s. A series of shifts in South Korean foreign relations followed, from the "Nordpolitik" engagement with the Soviet Union and China at the end of the Cold War; to Kim Dae Jung's "Sunshine Policy, " designed to bring North Korea into the international community; to "trustpolitik, " which sought to foster diplomacy with North Korea and Japan; to changes in South Korea's relationship with the United States. Despite its rise as a leader in international financial, development, and climate-change forums, South Korea will likely still require the commitment of the United States to guarantee its security. Although China is a tempting option, Snyder argues that only the United States is both credible and capable in this role. As South Korea remains vulnerable relative to other regional powers in northeast Asia despite its rising profile as a middle power, it must ultimately balance the contradiction of desirable autonomy and necessary alliance.
(source: Nielsen Book Data)

• 1. Pyŏnhwa ŭi sidae wa tamnon kongbu
• 2. Pundan ch'eje kŭkpok ŭl wihan mosaek
• 3. Ch'otpul ihu ingnŭn pyŏkhyŏkchŏk chungdojuŭi
• 4. Hanbando taejŏnhwan ŭi kilmok esŏ.

• 1. 변화 의 시대 와 담론 공부
• 2. 분단 체제 극복 을 위한 모색
• 3. 촛불 이후 읽는 변혁적 중도주의
• 4. 한반도 대전환 의 길목 에서.

• Pandora's box? South Korea's democratization and consolidation
• Altered states: economic and social change in South Korea
• Holy trinity: North Korean politics after 1989
• Economic tetralogies: socioeconomic conditions in North Korea
• Decussation effects? North-South relations since 1989
• Conclusion: two Koreas in the present.

North Korea and South Korea are never far from the news headlines - one for the alleged danger it poses to the world, the other for its apparent capitalist success story. In Bipolar Orders, Hyung Gu Lynn analyzes the processes driving both countries since the 1980s. North Korea has experienced severe economic deterioration and increasing international isolation, while South Korea has undergone democratization and witnessed the emergence of a vibrant consumer culture. Paradoxically, this growing gap in ideologies and material standards has led to improved relations between the two countries. Wh.

• List of Figures and Tables Preface
• 1. South Korea's Strategic Choices
• 2. Strategic Choices Under Authoritarian Rule
• 3. Roh Tae-woo and Kim Young-sam: Nordpolitik and Democratization
• 4. Kim Dae-jung and the Sunshine Policy
• 5. Roh Moo-hyun's Balancer Policy
• 6. Lee Myung-bak's Global Korea Policy
• 7. Park Geun-hye's Asian Paradox
• 8. The Paradox of South Korea's Middle-Power Status
• 9. Korea Between the United States and China
• 10. Unification and Korean Strategic Choices Epilogue: South Korean Strategic Choices and the U.S.-South Korea Alliance Select Source Documents
• 1. Mutual Defense Treaty Between the United States and the Republic of Korea, 1953
• 2. Joint Statement of North and South, 1972
• 3. Inter-Korean Agreement on Reconciliation, Non-aggression, and Exchanges and Cooperation Between South and North Korea, 1991
• 4. South-North Joint Declaration, 2000
• 5. Declaration on the Advancement of South-North Korean Relations, Peace, and Prosperity, 2007
• 6. Joint Vision for the Alliance of the United States of America and the Republic of Korea, 2009
• 7. Joint Declaration in Commemoration of the 60th Anniversary of the Alliance Between the Republic of Korea and the United States of America, 2013 Chronology of Important Events in South Korean Strategic History Notes Select Bibliography Index.
• (source: Nielsen Book Data)

Against the backdrop of China's mounting influence and North Korea's growing nuclear capability and expanding missile arsenal, South Korea faces a set of strategic choices that will shape its economic prospects and national security. In South Korea at the Crossroads, Scott A. Snyder examines the trajectory of fifty years of South Korean foreign policy and offers predictions-and a prescription-for the future. Pairing a historical perspective with a shrewd view of today's political landscape, Snyder contends that South Korea's best strategy remains investing in a robust alliance with the United States. Snyder begins with South Korea's effort in the 1960s to offset the risk of abandonment by the United States during the Vietnam War and the subsequent crisis in the alliance during the 1970s. A series of shifts in South Korean foreign relations followed, from the "Nordpolitik" engagement with the Soviet Union and China at the end of the Cold War; to Kim Dae Jung's "Sunshine Policy, " designed to bring North Korea into the international community; to "trustpolitik, " which sought to foster diplomacy with North Korea and Japan; to changes in South Korea's relationship with the United States. Despite its rise as a leader in international financial, development, and climate-change forums, South Korea will likely still require the commitment of the United States to guarantee its security. Although China is a tempting option, Snyder argues that only the United States is both credible and capable in this role. As South Korea remains vulnerable relative to other regional powers in northeast Asia despite its rising profile as a middle power, it must ultimately balance the contradiction of desirable autonomy and necessary alliance.
(source: Nielsen Book Data)