I. Introduction
In the aspect of security, the 21st Century after the post-Cold War is forecasted as an age of uncertainty being affected by the centripetal force of compromise and cooperation but on the other hand by the centrifugal force of feud an...
I. Introduction
In the aspect of security, the 21st Century after the post-Cold War is forecasted as an age of uncertainty being affected by the centripetal force of compromise and cooperation but on the other hand by the centrifugal force of feud and dispute. Under this uncertainty, it is very important to grasp the point on the planning and system of security environment as well as that of the neighboring four countries in order to understand the problems on the Korean peninsula as it is. Especially, to grasp the planning and system on the relationship of military cooperation among six countries in the northeastern Asia ? such as, Korea, the U.S.A., Japan, Russia, China and North Korea ? is an indispensable factor in establishing the security policy of Korea. Therefore, this study aims at grasping the point of unsettled security environment in the northeastern Asia and groping for drawing up a plan enabling to contribute to the settlement of peace in the northeastern Asia ! and the Korean peninsula by analyzing the real state of military cooperation' s planning and system in all areas of the northeastern Asia from the viewpoint of compromise and cooperation.
In order to analyze the military cooperation' s planning and system in the northeastern Asia, fist of all, I applied to the method of putting all bilateral military cooperation between individual countries, such as Korean- American relations, together. The bilateral military cooperation between individual countries is analyzed mainly at the point of cooperation background, recent cooperative actual condition and prospects. The results of this study are as follows:
Firstly, the military cooperation relationship of the northeastern Asia around the Korean peninsula has a distinguishing feature of diversification and activation than that of the Cold War. The leading role of the powers of the world in the military cooperation relationship of the northeastern Asia remain the same as that of the Cold War but Korea seize an opportunity of playing a leading part in the military cooperation relationship among China and Russia and of changing the ROK-U.S. military alliance to the equal relationship being based on the relative superior economic power that that of the old the Communist bloc.
Second, the estimated type of military cooperation in the northeastern Asia around the Korean peninsula may be the antagonistic relationship of changed the eternal triangle in the south and the north by "tentative discord structure between the U.S. and China" . That is to say, the military cooperation relationship in the northeastern Asia after the Cold War does not come out in the open as like the discord structure between the U.S. and the Soviet Union but involve a potential discord factor. The formation of cooling relationship between the U.S. and China is a good example.
We must understand the foreign military strategy ? groping in the dark the increase of military influence in the northeastern Asia - of powerful countries around the Korea peninsula clearly.
In this condition, the security strategy of Korea can be considered at the three ways. First, we have to consider what the most suitable direction for the security environment in Korea is? Second, how to approach to neighboring countries to establish the aforesaid security direction? Third, what should be done in the aspect of inner of Korea?
First, the security policy of Korea should be changed from the North Korea-centered concept to the all-directional concept. In due consideration of geopolitical character of Korea, we should discontinue the exclusive alliance relationship, which obstructs the security profit of neighboring countries and instead of it, have to develop the diversification strategy in the military corporation since 1980' s. We should construct a cooperative relationship based on local joint benefits and we make the North Korea to participate in this cooperative atmosphere.
Second, it is more realistic way that the military cooperation among the neighboring countries is made step by step. Namely, we should grope for a bilateral agreement or multilateral agreement through mutual trust and mutual interchange stage.
Third, we should make a condition so that the military cooperation can be put into operation at home. In these days of the security environment, the military cooperation is not necessarily is confined to only soldier or military institute but it must be a national-wide and racial operations collecting all the National Assembly, Governmental Organization, Koreans abroad, etc. However, it should be kept in mind that the strengthening of mutual cooperation with the neighboring countries must not be interpreted as the aggravation of the relationship to the U.S. In this time that the North Korea acknowledged the nuclear development program, as long as we are threatened by conventional war, Korea has the necessity of adjusting the security cooperation with the US. by connecting the development of South and North Korea' s relationship. Of course, the aim of military cooperation must be linked to the national goal.
According to the change of the drift of affairs in the world, the dynamics and military cooperation relationship in the northeastern Asia is now changing. The cooperation structure of the Korea-U.S.- Japan Security Treaty and North Korea-China-Russia is also changing. That is to say, after the terror of Sep. 11, 2002, the U.S.A. succeeded to obtain the military cooperation relationship with China and Russia. Therefore, the character and type of the military cooperation relationship in the northeastern Asia tends to the center of the U.S.A.
The stage of tension being made newly from the new political environment of the North Korea after the summit conference between the South and the North of Korea and the proposal of "Criminal Group" by the U.S.A. after the terror of Sep. 11, 2002 may cause rapid change in the military cooperation relationship in the northeastern Asia. The military cooperation relationship in the neighboring countries around the Korea peninsular and the discord factor among nations being caused by the acknowledgement of the North Korea' s nuclear development program will be a new task to be settled.