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SCOTT A . SNYDER (cid:43) S O U T H K O R E A (cid:43) (cid:43) AT THE CROSSROADS (cid:43) (cid:43) Autonomy and Alliance (cid:43) (cid:43) (cid:43) (cid:43) in an Era of Rival Powers (cid:43) (cid:43) (cid:43) (cid:43) SOUTH KOREA AT THE CROSSROADS A COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS BOOK The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) is an independent, nonpartisan membership organization, think tank, and publisher dedicated to being a resource for its members, government officials, business executives, jour- nalists, educators and students, civic and religious leaders, and other inter- ested citizens in order to help them better understand the world and the foreign-policy choices facing the United States and other countries. 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The Council on Foreign Relations takes no institutional positions on policy issues and has no affiliation with the U.S. government. All views expressed in its publications and on its website are the sole responsibility of the author or authors. SCOTT A. SNYDER SOUTH KOREA AT THE CROSSROADS Autonomy and Alliance in an Era of Rival Powers Columbia University Press / New York Columbia University Press Publishers Since 1893 New York Chichester, West Sussex cup .columbia . edu Copyright © 2018 Columbia University Press All rights reserved Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Snyder, Scott, 1964– author. Title: South Korea at the crossroads : autonomy and alliance in an era of rival powers / Scott A. Snyder. Description: New York : Columbia University Press, 2017. | “A Council on Foreign Relations book.” | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2017024120 (print) | LCCN 2017045106 (ebook) | ISBN 9780231546188 (e-book) | ISBN 9780231185486 (cloth : alk. paper) Subjects: LCSH: Korea (South)—Foreign relations—1960–1988. | Korea (South)—Foreign relations—1988-2002. | Korea (South)—Foreign relations—2002– | Korea (South)—Foreign relations—Korea (North) | Korea (North)—Foreign relations—Korea (South). | Korea (South)—Foreign relations—United States. | United States—Foreign relations—Korea (South) | Korea (South)—Foreign relations—China. | China—Foreign relations—Korea (South) Classification: LCC JZ1747 (ebook) | LCC JZ1747 .S69 2017 (print) | DDC 327.5195—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017024120 Columbia University Press books are printed on permanent and durable acid-free paper. Printed in the United States of America Cover image: © Shutterstock In memory of Lee Sang-Seol, Richard H. Solomon, and Barnett Baron q CONTENTS List of Figures and Tables xi Preface xiii 1. SOUTH KOREA’S STRATEGIC CHOICES 1 2. STRATEGIC CHOICES UNDER AUTHORITARIAN RULE 20 3. ROH TAE-WOO AND KIM YOUNG-SAM: NORDPOLITIK AND DEMOCRATIZATION 53 4. KIM DAE-JUNG AND THE SUNSHINE POLICY 83 5. ROH MOO-HYUN’S BALANCER POLICY 114 CONTENTS 6. LEE MYUNG-BAK’S GLOBAL KOREA POLICY 143 7. PARK GEUN-HYE’S ASIAN PARADOX 170 8. THE PARADOX OF SOUTH KOREA’S MIDDLE-POWER STATUS 192 9. KOREA BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND CHINA 212 10. UNIFICATION AND KOREAN STRATEGIC CHOICES 237 EPILOGUE: SOUTH KOREAN STRATEGIC CHOICES AND THE U.S.–SOUTH KOREA ALLIANCE 262 Select Source Documents 275 1. Mutual Defense Treaty Between the United States and the Republic of Korea, 1953 275 2. Joint Statement of North and South, 1972 276 3. Inter-Korean Agreement on Reconciliation, Non-aggression, and Exchanges and Cooperation Between South and North Korea, 1991 278 4. South-North Joint Declaration, 2000 282 5. Declaration on the Advancement of South-North Korean Relations, Peace, and Prosperity, 2007 283 6. Joint Vision for the Alliance of the United States of America and the Republic of Korea, 2009 287 7. Joint Declaration in Commemoration of the 60th Anniversary of the Alliance Between the Republic of Korea and the United States of America, 2013 289 viii CONTENTS Chronology of Important Events in South Korean Strategic History 293 Notes 309 Select Bibliography 341 Index 343 ix
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