Strategic Thought toward Asia in the Kim Young-sam Era
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The Kim Young-sam government came into office in February 1993 on the heels of two major developments: 1) the global end of the cold war, culminating in the dissolution of the Soviet Union and 2) genuine democratization in South Korea, as seen in the election of Kim as the first civilian president. In coping with an unsettled external strategic environment and a transformed domestic political environment, the munmin jongbu (civilian government) pursued new goals imbued with new strategic thinking. Beyond these factors, North Korea affected the conceptualization and implementation of South Korea’s foreign and national security policies in an entirely new fashion. The perennial dilemma over how to deal with the North took a dramatic turn owing to its pursuit of nuclear weapons and the impact on other states. With the convergence of these three factors, South Korea’s strategic environment was transformed significantly.
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Korean Peninsula Asian Financial Crisis Strategic Thinking Agree Framework Defense Spending
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