South Korea’s Changing Security Paradigm
For more than 60 years, South Korea has maintained a consistent, defensive security strategy, which relies excessively on US forces, in order to prevent another war on the Peninsula. But the unpredictability of the North Korean security threat demands a new strategic paradigm that allows for greater flexibility and adaptability.
https://prosyn.org/JglHSM2
SINGAPORE – Since the Korean War ended, the divided Korean Peninsula has stood at the center of complex power constellations in Northeast Asia involving the United States, Russia, China, and Japan. But, while South Korea’s geostrategic location and historical legacy – together with the enduring nationalist sentiments, alliance politics, territorial disputes, and superpower rivalries at play throughout the region – have generated a persistent security dilemmas, the country’s closest neighbor poses its defining security challenge.