Spring Semester 2014 Graduate School of International Studies Seoul National University Chang-Beom Cho, Ambassador Rt. Visiting Professor E-Mail: [email protected]

East Asia Regional Order and Inter-Korean relations - New Challenges and ’s Strategic Tasks -

1. Course Overview

Today East Asia is undergoing remarkable changes and difficult time. This course will examine new challenges in East Asia regional order and inter-Korean relations. It will start with overview of the structural characteristics of today’s international system and discuss key elements in the ongoing transformation of the regional order in East Asia. It will examine major power relationships together with the shift of structural power balance in the region and their possible impact on the future of the Korean Peninsula and inter-Korean relations. It will also explore a series of key strategic tasks Korea is required to fulfill in response to the emergence of a new order. The issues selected for in- depth analysis will include the rise of China and growing competition among major powers, US rebalancing/ pivot to Asia, Japan’s revisionism and shift to the right, Russia’s new looking-East policy, East Asian regional architecture, North Korea and its emergence as de facto nuclear weapon state, evolution of inter-Korean relations and the prospects for peace regime and unification of Korean peninsula, etc.

2. Course Objectives

The principal objective of this course is to provide students with the knowledge and analytical tools needed for comprehensive understanding of new East Asia regional order and the related challenges in the inter-Korean relations. The course will put much emphasis on the practicality of the studies. It will take the format of seminar and case-teaching, sharing practical experience gained through the instructor’s participation in the government foreign policy planning as well as various international negotiations during his diplomatic career.

3. Requirements

Students are expected to make presentations (15-20 minutes) at the class on the assigned topics and actively participate in interactive discussions. Each week’s topic and presenters will be announced in advance in class. There will be mid-term and final examinations.

4. Evaluation Class participation: 20% Presentation: 20% Examinations: 60% (Mid-term 30%, Final 30%)

5. Weekly work plan and recommended readings

 Week1: Course introduction and work programs

 Week 2: Overview of the structural characteristics of today’s international system and evolution of East Asia regional order

- National Intelligence Council, “Global Trends 2030: Alternative Worlds”, December, 2012, US Government Printing Office, To view electronic version: www.dni.gov/nic/globaltrends

- John Baylis, Steve Smith, Patricia Owens, The Globalization of World Politics, Fifth Edition, 2012, Introduction, Chapter 5-6

- Joseph S. Nye Jr./ David A. Welch, Understanding Global Conflicts and Cooperation: An Introduction to Theory and History, Ninth Ed, Pearson Longman, 2012, Chapter1-2, 9

- Fareed Zakaria, The Post-American World, W.W.Norton, New York, 2008 - Joseph S. Nye, Jr. The Future of Power (New York: Public Affairs, 2011), chapters 6-7.

- Ian Bremmer, Nouriel Roubini, A G-Zero World, ; Mar/Apr 2011, Vol. 90 Issue 2, p2-7, 6p 3

- G. John Ikenberry, Liberal Leviathan: The Origins, Crisis, and Transformation of the American World Order (Princeton: Press, 2011), chapters 6-7.

- Robert Cooper, The Breaking of Nations: Order and Chaos in the Twenty- First Century, Grove Press 2003, Part One (Chapter 1-3)

- Richard Haas, The Age of Nonpolarity: What will follow U.S. Dominance, Foreign Affaires, May/June 2008

- Betts, Richard K. “Conflict or Cooperation? Three Visions Revisited”, Foreign Affairs. Nov/Dec2010, Vol. 89 Issue 6, p186-194. 9p.

- Zbigniew Brezezinski, “After America: How Does the World Look in an Age of U.S. Decline? Dangerously Unstable,” Foreign Policy (Jan/Feb. 2012)

- DAVID SHAMBAUGH, “Asia in Transition: The Evolving Regional Order”, Current History, April 2006

 Week 3: The rise of China and growing strategic competition among major powers in the region (I)

- Joshua R. Itzkowitz Shifrinson and Michael Beckley. "Correspondence: Debating China's Rise and U.S. Decline." International Security 37, no. 3 (Winter 2012/13).

- Michael Beckley. "China's Century? Why America's Edge Will Endure." International Security 36, no. 3 (Winter 2011/12): 41-78., "To Stay Ahead of China, Stay Engaged in Asia." Policy Brief, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School, January 2012.

- Eric X. Li, “Party of the Century: How China is Reorganizing for the Future”, January 10, 2014, Foreign Affairs, http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/140645/eric-x-li/party- of-the-century

- David Shambaugh, “China Goes Global: The Partial Power”, Oxford University Press, 2013 - John J. Mearsheimer, “The Gathering Storm: China’s Challenge to US Power in Asia”, The Chinese Journal of International Politics, Vol. 3, 2010, pp.381–396

- Henry Kissinger, On China, The Penguin Press, New York, 2011 - Liebental, Wang Jisi, "Strategic Distrust ", 2012 - Ikenberry, G. John and Stephen Walt. "Offshore Balancing or International Institutions? The Way Forward for U.S. Foreign Policy." Brown Journal of World Affairs XIV, no. 1 (Fall/Winter 2007): 13-23.

- James F. Hoge, Jr. A Global Power Shift in the Making, Foreign Affaires, July/August 2004

- G. John Ikenberry, The Rise of China and the Future of the West, Can the Liberal System Survive? Foreign Affaires, Jan/Feb 2008 - G. John Ikenberry, “The Political Foundations of American Relations with East Asia,” in G. John Ikenberry and Chung-In Moon. eds. The and Northeast Asia (New York: Rowman and Littlefield Publisher, 2008): 19-38.

- Aaron Friedberg, A Contest for Supremacy: China, America, and the Struggle for Mastery in Asia (New York: Norton, 2011), Introduction, chapters 8-10.

- Jeffrey Bader, Obama and China’ Rise: An Insider’s Account of America’s Asia Strategy, Brookings Institution Press, Washington, D.C. 2012

- Henry Kissinger, “The Future of U.S.-China Relations,” Foreign Affairs 91:2 (Mar/Apr. 2012), pp. 44-55

- Jonathan Pollack, “U.S. Strategies in Northeast Asia: A Revisionist Hegemon,” in Byung-Kook Kim and Anthony Jones. eds. Power and Security in Northeast Asia (New York: Rienner, 2007): 55-98.

- Charles Glaser, “Will China’s Rise Lead to a War,” Foreign Affairs 90:2 (March/April 2011), pp. 80-91.

- Robert Ross and Zhu Peng, “The Rise of China: Theoretical and Policy Perspectives,” in Robert Ross and Zhu Peng, eds. China’s Ascent: Power, Security, and the Future of International Politics (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2008), pp. 293-316.

- Avery Goldstein, “Power Transition, Institutions, and China’s Rise in East Asia: Theoretical Expectations and Evidence,” in G. John Ikenberry and Chung-In Moon. eds. The United States and Northeast Asia (New York: Rowman and Littlefield Publisher, 2008): 39-78.

- Jaewoo Choo, “Sea of Change under the Xi ? : A South Korean Perspective on 2013 Chinese Foreign Policy Issues”, EAI Issue Briefing No. MASI 2012-09, December 14, 2012

- Randall L. Schwaller, Xiaoyu Pu, “After Unipolarity: China’s Vision of International Order in an Era of U.S. Decline,” International Security 36:1 (summer 2011), pp. 41-72.

- Jisi Wang, “China’s Search for a Grand Strategy,” Foreign Affairs 90:2 (Mar/Apr. 2011), pp. 68-79.

- Robert Kaplan, “The Geography of Chinese Power,” Foreign Affairs 89:3 (May/June 2010): 22-41.

 Week 4 : The rise of China and growing strategic competition among major powers in the region (II)

 Week 5: US rebalancing/ pivot to Asia and the prospects of its continuing engagement

- Brad Glosserman, “Stressing the Linchpin: The US-ROK Alliance and ‘Rebalancing’ to Asia”, [Issue Brief No. 27], The Asan Institute for Policy Studies, September 19, 2012

- Hillary Rodham Clinton, "America's Engagement in the Asia- Pacific", Remarks at Kahala Hotel, Honolulu, HI, October 28, 2010 - Hillary Clinton, “America’s Pacific Century,” Foreign Policy, November 2011 - James B. Steinberg, “Engaging Asia 2009: Strategies for Success”, Remarks At National Bureau of Asian Research Conference by US Deputy Secretary of State, Washington, DC, April 1, 2009

- Sheena Chestnut Greitens, “U.S.-China Relations and America’s Alliances in Asia”, Brookings Northeast Asia Commentary | Number 65, Opinion | June 11, 2013

- US State Department, QDDR, Feb. 2012, www.state.gov - David Kang, “The U.S. Pivot to pacific and China’s Reponse”, 2012 International Conference in Commemoration of the 20th Anniversary of South Korea and China Diplomatic Relations hosted by KAIS, 20-21 August 2012, Seoul

- Robert S. Ross,”The Problem With the Pivot: Obama’s New Asia Policy Is Unnecessary and Counterproductive”, Foreign Affairs, November/December 2012 - Shawn Brimley and Ely Ratner, “Smart Shift: A Response to the Problem With the Pivot", Foreign Affairs, January/February 2013

- The First Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review (QDDR): Leading Through Civilian Power, Executive Summary, US State Department, 2010

- Barry R. Posen, “Pull Back-The Case for a Less Activist Foreign Policy”, Foreign Affairs, January/February 2013

- Stephen G. Brooks, G. John Ikenberry, and William C. Wohlforth. "Don't Come Home, America: The Case against Retrenchment." International Security 37, no. 3 (Winter 2012/13): 7–51. - Stephen M. Walt, “More or less: The debate on U.S. grand strategy”, Foreign Policy, Posted on www. Foreignpolicy.com, January 2, 2013 - Beckley, Michael. "To Stay Ahead of China, Stay Engaged in Asia." Policy Brief, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School, January 2012.

- T.J. Pempel, “The 2012 United States Election and the Implications for East Asia”, [Issue Brief No. 42] Asan Institute for Policy Studies, January 8, 2013

 Week 6: Japan’s revisionism and its shift to the right - Abe, Shinzo, “REBOOTING JAPAN”, Foreign Affairs. Jul/Aug2013, Vol. 92 Issue 4, p185-185

- Nye, Joseph. "Japan's Nationalism is a Sign of Weakness." Financial Times (London), November 27, 2012.

- Peter M. Beck, “Consider a Korea-Japan alliance”, Viewpoint, Korea JoongAng Daily, May 27,2011

- Christopher Hughes, “The DPJ’s New Grand Security Strategy: From Reluctant Realism to Resentful Realism?” Journal of Japanese Studies 38:1 (Winter 2012), pp. 109- 140. - Eric Heginbatham, Ely Ratner, and Richard Samuels, “Tokyo’s Transformation,” Foreign Affairs 90:5 (Sep/Oct 2011), pp. 138-148. - Tsuyoshi Sunohara, “The Anatomy of Japan’s Shifting Security Orientation,” The Washington Quarterly 33:4 (October 2010), pp. 39-57.

- Takashi Inoguchi and Paul Bacon, “Rethinking Japan as an Ordinary Country,” in John Ikenberry and Chung In Moon, eds. The United States and Northeast Asia (Maryland: Rowman and Littlefield, 2008), pp.79-98.

- Kimura Kan, “How Can We Cope With Historical Disputes?” in Marie Soderberg, ed. Changing Power Relations in Northeast Asia (London: Routledge, 2011), pp.19-38.

- Mark E. Manyin, “A South Korean-Japanese Strategic Partnership: An Emerging Reality, or an American Fantasy?”, Smart Talk with Mark E. Manyin , EAI, July 09, 2012

- T.J. Pempel, “Japan’s Search for the ‘Sweet Spot’: International Cooperation and Regional Security in Northeast Asia,” Orbis 55, no. 2 (Spring, 2011): 255-273

- Bong Young-shik & T.J.Pempel, JAPAN IN CRISIS: What Will It Take For Japan To Rise Again?, The Asan Institute for Policy Studies, 2012 Part 5 (7)

- Alexis Dudden, [Issue Brief No. 19] Japan’s Border Disputes: Dokdo at the Center of Bigger Things, March 9, 2012

 Week 7: Russia and its new looking-east policy

- Fiona Hill and Bobo Lo, “Putin's Pivot: Why Russia Is Looking East”, Foreign Affairs, July 31, 2013, http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/139617/fiona-hill- and-bobo-lo/putins-pivot

- Fiona Hill, “Putin Scores on Syria:How He Got the Upper Hand -- And How He Will Use It”, Foreign Affairs, September 11, 2013, http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/139905/fiona- hill/putin-scores-on-syria

- Alexander Zhebin, “ Strategic Implications of Strengthening Russia-China- North Korea Security Cooperation”, 2012 International Conference in Commemoration of the 20th Anniversary of South Korea and China Diplomatic Relations hosted by KAIS, 20-21 August 2012, Seoul - Georgy TOLORAYA, Russia and North Korea: New Putin’s Term-Old Policy?”, IFANS Review, Vol.20, No.1 June 2012, Korea National Diplomatic Academy (KNDA),Seoul

- President of Russia, “Executive Order on measures to implement foreign policy,” May 7, 2012, 18:20. http://eng.kremlin.ru/acts/3764

- Vladimir N. Kolotov, Russia’s Views of the Security Situation in East Asia, Brookings Northeast Asia Commentary |Number 61, Brookings Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies (CNAPS), The Brookings Institution, September 2012

- Jung-Ho Bae and Alexander N. Fedorovskiy. Russian national strategy and R.O.K. - Russian strategic partnership in the 21st century, Korea institute for national unification, Seoul, 2010.

 Week 8: Mid-term examination (Take-home)

 Week 9: East Asian regional architecture and Korea’s new Initiative for Northeast Asia Peace and Cooperation

- CHAIRMAN’S STATEMENT OF THE 20TH ASEAN REGIONAL FORUM, 2 July 2013, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam

- , Evelyn Goh, Reassessing Security Cooperation in the Asia- Pacific: Competition, Congruence, and Transformation, MIT Press, August 2007, Introduction, pp.1-17 - Lee Shin-wha, The East Asia Summit and the Difficulty of Establishing a Security Regime in Northeast Asia, FA, Nov/Dec, Council on Foreign Relations Press, November 2011 - Dick K. Nanto, East Asian Regional Architecture: New Economic and Security Arrangements and U.S. Policy, CRS Report for Congress, Congressional Research Service, Jan. 2008 - Lee, Sook Jong. 2008. “Korean Perspective on East Asian Regionalism.” In Kent E. Calder and Francis Fukuyama ed. East Asian : Prospects for Regional Stability (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University), pp 198-213.

- Amitav Acharya, “The Emerging Regional Architecture of World Politics,” World Politics 59 (July 2007): 629-652. - Ellen Frost, Asia’s New Regionalism (New York: Lynne Rienner, 2008): 1-41. - Wu Xinbo, “Chinese Perspective on Building East Asian Community in the Twenty-first Century,” in Michael Green and Bates Gill. eds. Asia’s New Multilateralsim (New York: Columbia University Press, 2009): 55-77. - Amitav Acharya, “Asia Is Not One,” The Journal of Asian Studies 69:4 (November 2010): 1001-1013.

- Andrew Yeo, “China, Japan, South Korea Trilateral Cooperation: Implications for Northeast Asian Politics and Order”, EAI Issue Briefing No. MASI 2012-07, East QAsia Institute, November 6, 2012

 Week 10: North Korea’s emergence as de facto nuclear weapon state: Can North Korean nuclear issue be resolved through negotiations?

- UN Security Council documents, Resolutions, S/RES/1874(2009), S/RES/1718(2006), S/RES/2094 (2013)

- Bajoria, Jayshree. "The Six-Party Talks on North Korea's Nuclear Program." Mar 2013. Council on Foreign Relations. Aug 2013.

- Statement by the President of the UN Security Council, S/PRST/2012/13, April 16,2012, New York

- Arms Control Association resources, Chronology of U.S.- North Korean Nuclear and Missile Diplomacy, UpdatedApril 2013, available at http://www.armscontrol.org/factsheets/dprkchron

- CHEON, Seongwhun, The Rise and Demise of North Korean Nuclear Agreements and the 2012 Leap Day Deal, IFANS Review, Vol.20, No.1 June 2012, Korea National Diplomatic Academy (KNDA),Seoul

- Gareth Evance, Kawaguci, Special Commission Report on Non- Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and Disarmament, 2010 - Roehrig, Terence. “North Korea’s Nuclear Weapons: Future Strategy and Doctrine”, Policy Brief, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School, May 2013.

- Richard N. Haas, Defining ‘Success’ Down, The Washington Post, May 14, 2009 - Henry A. Kissinger, North Korea’s Nuclear Blackmail, The New York Times, August 10, 2009 - Arms Control Association resources, Arms Control and Proliferation Profile: North Korea, Chronology of U.S.-North Korean Nuclear and Missile Diplomacy, available at http://www.armscontrol.org

- Joel S. Wit, Daniel B. Poneman, Robert L. Gallucci, Going Critical: The First North Korean Nuclear Crisis, Brookings Institution Press 2004 - Charles Pritchard, Failed Diplomacy: The Tragic Story of How North Korea Got the Bomb (Washington D.C.: The Brookings Institution, 2007): chapters 7-9.

- Victor D. Cha and David C. Kang, Nuclear North Korea: A Debate on Engagement Strategies. Columbia University Press, 2003 - Brown, Michael E., Owen R. Coté, Sean M. Lynn-Jones, and Steven E. Miller, eds. Going Nuclear: Nuclear Proliferation and International Security in the 21st Century. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 2010. - Miller, Steven E. and Scott D. Sagan. "Alternative Nuclear Futures." Daedalus 139, no. 1 (Winter 2010): 126-137 - Park, John S. "The Leap in North Korea's Ballistic Missile Program: The Iran Factor." Policy Brief, National Bureau of Asian Research, December 2012 - The ROK Government Statement on North Korea’s Missile Launch, April 13, 2012

- Peter Hayes, “A Breakthrough Six-Party Summit in 2013? Why Not?”, Nautilus Peace and Security (NAPSNet), December 27, 2012

- David Kang, “They Think They’re Normal: Ending Questions and New Research on North Korea,” International Security 36:3 (Winter 2011/12), pp. 142-171.

 Week 11: Inter-Korean relations and Korean peninsula trust- building process

- John Delury, “Pyongyang Perseveres: Why Washington Should Learn to Work With North Korea”, REVIEW ESSAY, Foreign Affairs, July/August 2013

- Park Geun-Hye, Address to the joint Session of the United States Congress, May 09, 2013

- Park Geun-hye, “A New Kind of Korea: Building Trust Between Seoul and Pyongyang”, Foreign Affairs, September/October 2011

- Yun Byung-se, “Trustpolitik and Expanding Horizon of Korea’s Foreign Policy”Remarks at the World Journalists Conference, Seoul, April 15, 2013

- Han Sung-Joo,”What lies ahead for North Korea?” Korea Review, Volume II, Number I, May 2012, pp.99-122

- Victor Cha, The Impossible State: North Korea, Past and Future, Ecco, 2012

- Chung-in Moon, The Sunshine Policy: In Defense of Engagement as a Path to Peace in Korea, Yonsei University Press, 2012

- Peter Beck, “North Korea in 2011” & Katrin Katz , Victor Cha, “South Korea in 2011,” Asian Survey, v. 52, n. 1 (February 2012), pp. 52-64, 65-71.

- Roehrig, Terence. "The Roles and Influence of the North Korean Military." Chap. 3 in North Korea in Transition: Politics, Economy, and Society. Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., December 2012.

- LEE Sang-sook, “The Power Structure of Kim Jong-un Regime and Possibility of Opening-up”, IFA NS BRIEF 2012- 16 , July 23, 2012, Korea National Diplomatic Academy (KNDA),Seoul

- HAN, Dong-ho, “Exploring the Possibility of Korean Reunification: A Brief Survey of Internal and External Factors”, IFANS Review, Vol.19, No.2, December 2011, Korea National Diplomatic Academy (KNDA),Seoul

- CHOI, Jinwook, Beyond Debate between Principle and Flexibility: Searching for a Comprehensive North Korea Policy, IFANS Review, Vol.19, No.2, December 2011, Korea National Diplomatic Academy (KNDA),Seoul

 Week 12: Special Lecture by Invited guest (TBA)

 Week 13: The prospects for the peace regime and Korean reunification - Andrei LANKOV, The Unification Diplomacy: Mission Possible?, IFANS Review, Vol.19, No.1 June 2011, Korea National Diplomatic Academy (KNDA),Seoul

- James J. Przystup, Peace Regimes, Security Mechanisms and the Road Ahead, IFANS Review, Vol.15, No.2, December 2007, Korea National Diplomatic Academy (KNDA),Seoul

- IFANS, Peace Regime and Korea's Diplomacy, IFANS Review Vol.15 No.2 December 2007, Korea National Diplomatic Academy (KNDA),Seoul

- Paul B. Stares and Joel S. Wit, “Preparing for Sudden Change in North Korea” Council on Foreign Relations Special Report No. 42 (January 2009).

- Bruce W. Bennett, Jennifer Lind, The Collapse of North Korea:Military Missions and Requirements, International Security, Volume 36, Number 2, Fall 2011, pp. 84-119

- Kim HyunWook Korea-US-China Trilateral Coordination on North Korea Policy IFA NS BRIEF 2012-21 August 1, 2012 Korea NationalDiplomatic Academy (KNDA)

- Evans J.R. Revere, Kim Jong-un’s New Year’s Speech: A Kinder, Gentler North Korea?, Opinion | January 3, 201

- Korea Institute for National Unification, Korean Unification from an International Perspective: KINU-KPSA Joint International Forum, Korea Institute for National Unification, Seoul, October 2012

- Jung-Ho Bae, Korean Unification and the Positions and Roles of the Four Neighboring Powers, Korea Institute for National Unification, Seoul, December 2011 (http://www.kinu.or.kr)

- Park Jong Chul, Hong Woo Taek, Lee Kyu Chang, A New Approach to the National Community Unification Formula: Focusing on the Three Communities Unification Initiative, Studies Series 2011-01 2011, Korea Institute for National Unification,Seoul,2011

 Week 14: The emergence of a new order and Korea’s strategic vision and tasks - Diplomatic White Paper 2013, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Korea , October 2013 Seoul, Chapters 1-3

- Park Geun-hye, “A New Kind of Korea: Building Trust Between Seoul and Pyongyang”, Foreign Affairs, September/October 2011

- Hyeong Jung Park, “South Korea’s New President Prepares to Meet a Turbulent Northeast Asia”, Brookings Northeast Asia Commentary Number 65, Brookings Institution, January 2013

- LEE Myung-bak, “The New World Order and Korea”, Keynote Speech, World Leaders Forum for Commemorating the 60th Anniversary of the Republic of Korea, 30 October, 2008

Koen De Ceuster, Pride and Prejudice in South Korea's Foreign Policy, The Copenhagen Journal of Asian Studies 21 2005 - Bae Kichan (Translated by Kim Jin), Korea at the Crossroads: The History and Future of East Asia, HAPPYREADING, 2007

- Sook-Jong Lee , “South Korea as New Middle Power Seeking Complex Diplomacy”, EAI Asia Security Initiative Working Paper No. 25, The East Asia Institute, September 12, 2012

- Choi, Young Jong. 2009. “South Korea’s Regional Strategy and Middle Power Activism.” The Journal of East Asian Affairs 23;1; pp 47-67. - Nye, Joseph S. Jr. "South Korea's Growing Soft Power." Daily Times, November 11, 2009.

- Joseph S. Nye, Jr. Soft Power: The Means to Success in World Politics (New York: Public Affairs, 2004)

- Republic of Korea : 60 and beyond, Institute of Foreign Affairs and National Security(IFANS), MOFAT, 2008

- Lee Ji-yong, “Evaluating the 20th Anniversary of Korea- China Diplomatic Relations”, IFANS BRIEF 2012, 17 August 6, 2012, Korea National Diplomatic Academy (KNDA),Seoul

- LEE, Ji-Yong, “Korea-China Summit Results and Future Challenges”, IFANS FOCUS 2012-01, Korea National Diplomatic Academy (KNDA), Seoul

- Chung, Jae-ho. China’s rise and Korea–China Relations. Seoul: Seoul National University Press, 2011

- Xiaohe CHENG, “China’s Relations with the DPRK in the Post- Kim Jong-il Era”, IFANS Review, Vol.20, No.1 June 2012, Korea National Diplomatic Academy (KNDA),Seoul

- Troy Stangarone, “Ten Foreign Policy Issues for the Next South Korean Administration”, [Issue Brief No. 31], The Asan Institute for Policy Studies,, October 23, 2012

- US State Department,Fact Sheet; The United States- Republic of Korea Alliance, Washington, DC, May 7, 2013 - Brad Glosserman, “Stressing the Linchpin: The US-ROK Alliance and ‘Rebalancing’to Asia”, Issue Brief No.27 Sep.19, 2012, Asan Institute for Policy Studies

- Zbigniew Brzezinski, Strategic Vision: America and the Crisisof Global Power, Basic Books 2012, Part 3, Chapter 2: The geopolitically most endangered States

 Week 15: Wrap-up discussions

 Week 16: Final examination ///