Asymmetric Fear and its Effects on the Alliance: Comparative Studies Between the Perceptions of Koreans and Americans

• 발행기관: 한국학술연구원
• 저자명: Sangbeom Yoo
• 간행물 정보: 『Korea Observer』Vol 50, No 3, 355~372쪽, 전체 18쪽
• 주제분류: 사회과학 > 정치외교학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2019.09.30

영문 초록

The author tries to find an asymmetry of perception regarding threats and alliance robustness, especially a non-linear relationship between how people perceive threat and alliance coherence in the small state, with a linear one in the strong state, in an asymmetric alliance. In an effort to find a possible explanation for this question, this project hypothesizes an inverted U-Shaped relationship between threat level and alliance coherence, and tests it through survey data, offering a framework to explain the decoupling phenomena caused by asymmetric fear. The results of a statistical model supports the hypothesis and the author argues that there is a decoupling concern about the ROK-US alliance in South Korean people s perception, while there is no observable trend in the perceptions of people in the U.S. The inverted U-shape relationship between threat and alliance coherence of people s perception can be accounted for in explaining NK behaviors more comprehensively.

목차

Abstract

I. Introduction

II. Literature Review on Alliance

III. Framework for Decoupling

IV. Research Design

V. Analysis of Results

VI. Implications and Conclusion

References

키워드

Threat Perception Alliance Coherence Change of Alliance North Korean Nuclear Threat and De-coupling