• Authors : Doo-Jin Kim
• Journal : ZdKDGS
• Publisher : K-G Association For Social Sciences
• Volume : 29(1)
• Publication Date : March, 2019
• Abstract :The UK has traditionally played an ambivalent role in European security and defence policy-making. With Brexit, the EU might lose one of its two serious military players. The Brexit also raises questions about the future relationship between the US and the United Kingdom. Over the short-to medium term Brexit will make the UK less valuable as a diplomatic and economic partner to the US. The EU is unlikely to afford the UK a strong role in the formulation of its security policy. In the face of US President Trump’s ambivalence towards NATO, some authors have suggested Brexit will not negatively impact either the UK’s ability to continue to work with its European security partners. The Franco-British relationship is often mentioned as a possibility. Under new post-Brexit circumstances, NATO may act as a bridge between Brussels and London, and become a platform for cooperation. The British perspective assumes that Britain should seize the opportunity to recast its role on the world stage and forge a foreign policy independent of both the US and the EU.

• Authors : Jiil Kim
• Journal : Strategic Studies
• Publisher : Korea Research Institute for Strategy
• Volume : 26(1)
• Publication Date : March, 2019
• Abstract : Since taking office, Moon Jae In’s administration has swiftly moved to amend the New Missile Guideline (NMG) between South Korea and the United States. In the past, missile agreements between the two states have been marked with considerable conflicts caused by difference in opinions. However, it took just six months of consultations regarding the NMG to reach a point of consensus. Why did the two allies conclude the NMG deal without difficulties unlike the past negotiations? The purpose of this study is to analyze the dynamics of the ROK-US alliance by looking at past cases of missile agreements. Using a case study method it reveals that ‘policy tradeoff’ played a role in the amendment of the NMG. In addition, the agreement was facilitated by the fact that North Korea’s nuclear missiles reached a stage of development which makes them capable of threatening the US mainland.

• Author: Doo-Jin Kim
• Title: The Religious Characteristics of Koreans Read in Oral Literature
• Publisher: The Academy of Korean Studies Press
• Published: August 2018
• Abstract: This study focuses on ‘religious mind’ as a central axis of Korean culture and seeks to interpret the literature in the “The Comprehensive Collection of Korean Folklore Literature(Revised and Enlarged)” through an interdisciplinary approach from humanities to social sciences. Analysis and methodology of religious philosophy, human geography, Korean literature, social psychology, and political sociology were used. In the political-sociological analysis, it emphasizes that there is ‘interpenetration’ or ‘interrelationship’ between the contents of the folk tales and the “Yongbieocheonga”. The political myth of the founding of Choseon Dynasty is a reflection of conflict and confrontation structure, but as a “control ideology,” it is believed that it has resulted in the net functional results of political communication. This study will trigger a new cognitive shift from the view that the formation of folktales is merely interpreted as spontaneous oral transmission by the grassroots.

What is the problem with Korea, China and Japan’s historical perception is a book Yasuaki Onuma, a professor of international law,  who has been studying Korea-Japan relations and practicing activities since the 1970s. It discusses the theme of ‘historical awareness’ which is the object of controversy between Korea and China based on the contents of the Tokyo trial, war responsibility and postwar responsibilities, Nanjing case, Sakhalin residual Korean people, and ‘comfort women’.

Preface
Chapter 1 Tokyo Trial _ International  ‘condemnation’ and Japan’s attitude of acceptance
Chapter 2 San Francisco Peace Treaty and “normalization of diplomatic relations” between Korea-China and Korea-Japan _ “ending” the war and colonial rule
Chapter 3 War Responsibility and Postwar Responsibility
Chapter 4 The issue of comfort women and the new situation _1990s to the 21st century
Chapter 5 21st Century World and Historical Awareness
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