Rethinking ROK-US Security Cooperation in an Era of Transformation: Rebuilding the Command Relationship for the Future

"South Korean diplomacy must be reborn before it is too late. It must cultivate the insight to properly understand the international order of the era of transformation and develop new alternatives as quickly as possible. Then, based on an accurate diagnosis of the reality, it must formulate a strategy for transformation and actively engage in the competition to reshape the East Asian international order." - From the Preface

"The Transfer of Wartime Operational Control is Not a Matter of Timing"

Rebuilding the ROK-US Military Alliance Command Relationship on Mutual Trust in the Era of Transformation

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Adjusting the ROK-US Command Relationship: Unresolved Tasks

Chapter 2: Variables in the ROK-US Command Relationship Transition Process

Stable Process Management

Credible Institutional Mechanisms

Development in Conjunction with Other Security Issues

Chapter 3: A Vision for the Future ROK-US Command Relationship under a 'Complex Alliance'

Basic Concepts

New Operational Cooperation Structure: Strengthened Upper Structure and Flexible Lower Structure

A New Approach to the Concept of 'ROK Leadership'

Chapter 4: New Future-Oriented Operational Cooperation Forms

Conventional Full-Scale War on the Korean Peninsula

Full-Scale War on the Korean Peninsula, Including Nuclear Aspects

Joint Military Response to Regional Crises

Managing North Korean Sudden Changes

Cooperation in International Counter-Terrorism Solidarity and Peacekeeping Operations

Chapter 5: Conclusion: Preparing for 'Reconstruction'

Appendix

For the convenience of our readers, parts of the manuscript of this book are being made public.