Alliance Politics and Missile Defense: Explaining US Missile Defense Deployments to Poland and the Republic of Korea

• 영문명: Alliance Politics and Missile Defense: Explaining US Missile Defense Deployments to Poland and the Republic of Korea
• 발행기관: 한국학술연구원
• 저자명: Sunghyun Kim Jaehak Kim
• 간행물 정보: 『Korea Observer』Vol 55, No 3, 409~435쪽, 전체 27쪽
• 주제분류: 사회과학 > 정치외교학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2024.09.30

국문 초록

The relevant literature on missile defense is limited in that it primarily consists of policy-oriented prescriptive studies that support or oppose the deployment of missile defense in a host country. To address this deficiency, the current research compares two controversial cases of US missile defense deployment in Poland and the Republic of Korea. A theoretical framework is developed based on the alliance security dilemma to explain why certain allies accept US missile defense. The framework is used to evaluate two key aspects of missile defense deployment: whether a missile defense target is a shared adversary and the degree of reliance on the alliance. These variables are utilized as measures of entrapment and abandonment fears to explain why allies accept US missile defense systems.

목차

Ⅰ. The Puzzle of Missile Defense Deployments

Ⅱ. A Review of US Missile Defense and Alliances

Ⅲ. Understanding the Dynamics of US MD Deployment to Allies

Ⅳ. Poland and the “Third Site” in Europe

V. THAAD Deployment in the ROK

Ⅵ. Conclusion and Implications

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키워드

missile defense alliance politics United States Poland Republic of Korea