In the 21st century, disputes between military and civilians are to occur in the arena of security or defense policies. The civil–military relations of Korea might be shifted from the political conflicts between political elites and military leaders to the democratic governances of the...

The Northeast Asian security environment is closely linked to Korea's growth perspectives for the future. The spectacular rise of the South Korean economy in the past half century, also known as 'Miracle on the Han River,' has been duly highlighted as one of the most successful cases of economic...

Introduction: Prelude to Korea 2032 -- PART 1. The Contemporary Korean Peninsula. Promise and Peril: Korea in Northeast Asia -- Ideas Matter in Inter-Korean Relations: Shifts in South Korea's Foreign Policy Interests and Behavior Vis-a-Vis North Korea -- The Status Quo and Its Discontents: The...