국방문민화 과정의 재조명 -성과와 과제를 중심으로- = Reassessing the Civilianization of the Defense Sector

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Today the issue of civilianizing the defense sector is not a matter of a democratic principle of civilian control over the military but rather one of efficiency in defense management. The Ministry of National Defense (MND) was established as a military-civilian complex based on complementary collaboration between the military and civilian staff. However, the gravity of the MND has shifted towards military personnel, and the civilian officials have been marginalized. From 2005 onwards, therefore, the civilianization of the MND HQs has been strongly executed as a central part of ``Defense Reform 2020.`` As planned, by 2009 about 70% of director-generals and division directors have been staffed by civilians. Upon closer inspection, however, most of the high-ranking posts formerly occupied by military officers have been filled with retired generals and/or incoming personnel, not by civilian officials already within the MND. The Ministry has yet to turn its focus inward and place top priority on cultivating potential competencies and expertise among civilian staff. The sustainable development of defense policy largely depends on the competencies of civilian officials who have long been working for the MND. Hence it should pay a particular attention to educating and training civilian employees while institutionalizing a system by which talented and trained civilians automatically assume higher posts.

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