Resilience amid Fluctuations: South Korea and Japan’s Security Strategies toward China Revisited
- Title
- Resilience amid Fluctuations: South Korea and Japan’s Security Strategies toward China Revisited
- Author
- 김지영
- Keywords
- Resilience; China-Japan Relations; China-South Korea Relations; Security Relations
- Issue Date
- 2021-09
- Publisher
- 한국학술연구원, 2021. / Institute of Korean Studies, 2021.
- Citation
- Korea Observer 52. 3 (2021): 407-433.
- Abstract
- What factors have driven South Korea’s and Japan’s strategic approaches toward China? In contrast to scholarly claims that the Sino-Korean and Sino-Japanese relationships have generally been exacerbated since 2010, we argue that the relationships have shown a consistent pattern of resilience and moderate development over the last two decades. An examination of the security and diplomatic relations from 2008 to 2019 shows that bilateral relationships remained at a manageable level, barring episodic stagnations. The findings indicate that converging factors—economic interdependence and the presence of the United States (US)—have consistently motivated Japan and Korea to accommodate China. Major economic entities in South Korea and Japan have prevented their countries from applying irreversible pressure on China. Further, the strong security commitment of the US toward Japan and South Korea has served as a bulwark preventing security dilemmas by reducing fears of Chinese military threat in the region.
- URI
- https://www.proquest.com/docview/2577807689?accountid=11283https://repository.hanyang.ac.kr/handle/20.500.11754/170528
- ISSN
- 0023-3919
- DOI
- 10.29152/KOIKS.2021.52.3.407
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