Автор: Anthony H. Cordesman
Название: The Military Balance in the Koreas and Northeast Asia
Издательство: CSIS
Год: 2017
Язык: English
Формат: pdf
Размер: 16,3 mb
Страниц: 593

The history of the events that have shaped the Korean balance, and the security strategies of North and South Korea, since the Korean war is complex and involves a wide range of different actors. In broad terms, however, South Korea (the Republic of Korea or ROK) has been in a largely defensive position, supported by the US. The balance and the strategies of each side have been shaped by a long series of crises that have been driven largely by North Korea (the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea's or DPRK’s) and by its need to use foreign threats to justify its dictatorship and militarism.

While there have been efforts to negotiate a peace or more stable balance of forces, and avoid the “nuclearization” of the Korean Peninsula, all have so far failed. Each of these effort has left the Koreas in a constant state of crisis, with growing military forces and the ever-present threat of war.