Obama’s Pivot to Asia and Its Failed Japan-South Korea Historical Reconciliation

Liu, Chien

doi:10.1007/s12140-018-9304-7

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“…Unfortunately, South Korea and Japan remain rivals due to previous conflict as well as disagreements over Dokdo/Takeshima and maritime claims in the East Sea/Sea of Japan (Choi, 2005;Liu, 2018;Moon and Li, 2010;Selden, 2011;Van Dyke, 2007;Wiegand, 2015). If the historical and territorial/maritime disputes and diplomatic confrontations between South Korea and Japan remained within their bilateral relationship, having little influence on US grand regional strategy and security interests, it would be no problem for the US.…”

Section: Promoting Better and Strategic Cooperation Between South Korea And Japanmentioning

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The US–South Korea alliance: How the patron benefits from the protégé

Lee

Prins

Wiegand

2021

International Area Studies Review

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Since the end of World War II, the US military has continuously deployed troops to South Korea. The alliance works as an asymmetrical alliance, where the US is a patron and South Korea is a protégé. While it is argued that this deployment has significant political, economic, and military effects on South Korea and the region, few studies have examined how the presence of US forces there enhances US military and economic power as well as national security interests. In this paper, we examine the costs and benefits of the US–South Korea alliance, specifically focusing on US troop deployment on the Korean Peninsula. In particular, we argue that the US military alliance with South Korea has significant benefits to both partners, but particularly for the sake of US national security interests. In this sense, the protégé state provides significant benefits to the patron state. We discuss the strategic importance of South Korea in US foreign policy in the region and emphasize the benefits of the US–South Korea alliance at the various levels.

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Section: Promoting Better and Strategic Cooperation Between South Korea And Japanmentioning

confidence: 99%

The US–South Korea alliance: How the patron benefits from the protégé

Lee

Prins

Wiegand

2021

International Area Studies Review

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“…Additionally, studies criticizing Japanese history distortion have focused on Japan’s prime minister’s visit to Yasukuni Shrine, Japan’s denial of its military sexual enslavement intervention, and a positive interpretation of the colonial rule (Liu, 2018; Schneider, 2008; S. Song, 2021).…”

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The Rising Sun Flag at the Olympics: Determining South Koreans’ Perspectives Using Semantic Network Analysis

Choi

Park

2023

SAGE Open

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The political conflicts between South Korea (from now on, Korea) and Japan occurred whenever the Rising Sun Flag (RSF) appeared at sporting events. This study investigates why Koreans react sensitively to the RSF and how Koreans perceive the RSF. This study gathers the data using TEXTOM, a big data text mining program and uses UCINET 6 to conduct a semantic network analysis for drawing diagrams of social networks. This study confirmed that the RSF reminds Koreans of Japanese militarism and the colonial period; thus, displaying the RSF in sports is problematic from the Korean perspective. This paper contributes to the literature on mega sport event-related politics and provides academic evidence that supports prohibiting the use of RSF at sporting events. This study also serves to raise awareness of how the use of symbols can be embedded with historical associations and politically sensitive at sporting events.

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Left-wing nationalist-populist movement and identification: A psycho-political analysis of the “comfort woman” statue movements in South Korea

Lee

2024

Political Geography

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Obama’s Pivot to Asia and Its Failed Japan-South Korea Historical Reconciliation

Cited by 7 publications

References 24 publications

The US–South Korea alliance: How the patron benefits from the protégé

The US–South Korea alliance: How the patron benefits from the protégé

The Rising Sun Flag at the Olympics: Determining South Koreans’ Perspectives Using Semantic Network Analysis

Left-wing nationalist-populist movement and identification: A psycho-political analysis of the “comfort woman” statue movements in South Korea

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