The U.S.-ROK Alliance 2009년도 KINU Korea-U.S. 민간전략대화 및 국제적 공동연구 in the 21st Century T h e U . S .- R O K A lli a n c e in t h e 2 1 s t C e n t u r y ae nd The U.S.-ROK Alliance d Aited bra by ham De Jung-H in the 21st Century no m B aa rke edited by Jung-Ho Bae and Abraham Denmark The U.S.-ROK Alliance in the 21st Century Printed December 2009 Published December 2009 Published by Korea Institute for National Unification (KINU) Publisher President, Korea Institute for National Unification Editor Jung-Ho Bae and Abraham Denmark Registration number No.2-2361(April 23, 1997) Address 535-353 Suyu 6-dong, Gangbuk-gu, Seoul, Korea (zip code 142-728) Telephone (82-2) 900-4300; (82-2) 901-2527 Fax (82-2) 901-2543 Homepage http://www.kinu.or.kr Price Won 10,000 Design‧Print NEULPUMPLUS Co., Ltd. (82-2) 70-7090-1177 Copyright Korea Institute for National Unification, 2009 All KINU publications are available for purchase at all major bookstore in Korea. Also available at Government Printing Office Sales Center Store (82-2) 734-6818; Office (82-2) 394-0337 The U.S.-ROK Alliance in the 21st Century/editor by Jung-Ho Bae, Abraham Denmark. -- Seoul : Korea Institute for National Unification, 2009 p, ; cm ISBN 978-89-8479-543-3 93340 : ￦10000 한미 군사 협력[韓美 軍事 協力] ROK-US military cooperation... 349.11042-KDC4 327.519073-DDC21 CIP2009004247 The U.S.-ROK Alliance in the 21st Century ― Preface ― Joint Vision for the Alliance of the United States of America and the Republic of Korea Chapter 1 1 The Strategy of the Obama Administration toward Northeast Asia Abraham Denmark (Center for a New America Security, CNAS) Chapter 2 45 Myung-Bak Lee Administration’s North Korea Policy and the Inter-Korean Relations Jung-Ho Bae (Korea Institute for National Unification, KINU) Chapter 3 73 A Regional Approach to the North Korea Conundrum - Early Indications of an Obama Administration Policy L. Gordon Flake (The Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation) Chapter 4 103 North Korea’s Policy toward the United States and the Coordination between the United States and South Korea - A Korean Perspective Choon-Kun Lee (Korea Institute for National Unification,KINU) Chapter 5 137 Coordinating North Korea Policy - An American View Richard Fontaine & Micah Springut (Center for a New America Security, CNAS) Chapter 6 181 ROK-U.S. Defense Cooperation against the North Korean Nuclear Threat - Strengthening Extended Deterrence Tae-Woo Kim (Korea Institute for Defense Analyses, KIDA) Chapter 7 221 Coordinating U.S.-ROK Defenses against North Korean Nuclear/Missile Threat Stanley B. Weeks (Institute for Defense Analysis, Naval War College) Chapter 8 245 The ROK’s Perspective of the ROK-U.S. Cooperation in the Transformation of the DPRK Sung-Wook Nam (The Institute for National Security Strategy, INSS) Chapter 9 275 Needed: A Joint ROK-U.S. Strategy for Dealing with North Korea Ralph A. Cossa (Pacific Forum Center for Strategic and International Studies, CSIS) Chapter 10 317 Strengthening the U.S.-Korea Alliance for the 21st Century - The Role of Korean-American Partnership in Shaping Asia’s Emerging Order Daniel Twining (German Marshall Fund) Chapter 11 345 Strengthening of the ROK-U.S. Alliance for the 21st Century Sung-Han Kim (Korea University) Contributors 373 The U.S.-ROK Alliance in the 21st Century >>> Preface Northeast Asia is a region where the interests of several great powers are in constant flux between competition and cooperation. Such a peculiar strategic environment is reflected in the dynamics of the Korean Peninsula. Therefore, efforts to manage affairs related to the security and future of the Korean Peninsula, especially in regards to the North Korean nuclear issue, requires cooperation among a wide cast of regional and strategic players including the United States, Japan, China and Russia. Of particular importance in this equation is the United States. Since its beginning, the Myung-Bak Lee administration has worked diligently to strengthen the U.S.-ROK alliance. On June 16, 2009, the presidents of both countries adopted a common vision to broaden the scope of U.S.-ROK cooperation beyond the area of security to include politics, economics, society and culture. This redefinition of a 21st century U.S.-ROK alliance will help both countries be better prepared to address strategic issues regarding the Korean peninsula. This study aims to strengthen U.S.-ROK policy coordination and cooperation in order to resolve salient issues regarding North Korea. It is intended to provide evidence and support for bolstering the U.S- ROK strategic alliance and developing a joint U.S.-ROK North Korea strategy.