The Evolutionary Characteristics And Influencing Factors Of The US-south Korean Alliance Since "9 · 11"

An alliance is a bilateral or multilateral group formed between sovereign states,based on formal agreements or commitments,for security,threats,defense,mutual assistance,etc.The US-ROK alliance originated from the Korean War,and was the unique product of the bipolar pattern during the Cold War period.The signing of "US-ROK common defense treaty" in 1953 marked the formation of The US-ROK alliance.,becoming the cornerstone of the United States' containment strategy which aimed at the Soviet Union and other social countries in East Asia,As well as serving the United States' Asia Pacific and even global hegemony strategy.The US-ROK alliance is structurally an asymmetrical military alliance,and the United States has played a leading role in intra-alliance relations.In function,the main role is to play a deterrent role in the security pattern of East Asia and Asia Pacific.After the end of the Cold War,the survival of the US-ROK alliance has become the focus of the world.As the Korean Peninsula has a geopolitical significance,the US-ROK alliance has achieved a smooth transition.After the "9.11" incident in 2001,Global security is facing grim situation,and the traditional security factors and non-traditional security factors are intertwined.The United States strategy has made a major turning point,turning its attention to the counter-terrorism and preventing the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.North Korea was included in the list of "evil axes" that support terrorism,and the status and role of the US-ROK alliance once again highlighted.In the period of Bush-Kim Dae-jung and Roh Moo-hyun,The US-ROK alliance has been weakened due to their differences between the United States and South Korea on the DPRK policy and the handling of the DPRK nuclear issue.In the period of Obama-Lee Myung-bak,Park Ji-hui,the United States and South Korea have a common fit in the East Asian strategy,more unified attitudes in dealing with the DPRK nuclear issue,alliance relations to strengthen.Overall.After "9.11" the US-ROK alliance shows a slow "V" type trend on the basis of the upgrade.The center inflection point appeared before and after the financial crisis in 2008.Early decline was the trend,the latter is the upward trend."V" trend reflects the degree of close relations of US-ROK relations and the basic change of alliance upgrade.The downward trend is still based on the upgrade and optimization.So what is the evolution characteristics of the US-ROK alliance since "9 · 11" ? What are the factors that affect evolution? This paper argues that,the overall characteristics of the evolution of the US-ROK alliance have several aspects,such as increasingly apparent in the direction of equal and reciprocal alliance,continuously adjusted and upgraded in military cooperation,expanding in strategic regional positioning,the comprehensive development of alliance relations to,ideology Into the silence period.The factors influencing the evolution of the US-ROK alliance are mainly internal factors and external factors.Among them,the internal factors mainly include the "alliance dilemma" between the two countries concerns,leading to cognitive differences unbridgeable differences alliance.It can be seen that this internal factor is in fact the inherent dilemma faced by all alliances,so it is a factor that weakens the Alliance;The external factors include the North Korean nuclear issue that External factors,including the North Korea nuclear issue,continue and even ferment,changes in the overall situation in the East Asia,the readjustment of the U.S.-Asia Pacific strategy,the improvement of relations between China and South Korea,the impact of China's peaceful rise,the impact of the global economy.In these factors,including North Korea's development of nuclear weapons,the changes of the overall situation in the East Asia,the United States to return to Asia are prompted to upgrade the US-ROK alliance,and China impact of the rise,relations between China and South Korea to improve relations,the financial crisis and so on to upgrade the US-ROK alliance has a restraining effect.The influencing factors can be divided into two aspects: strengthening and weakening.The strengthening factors include the North Korean nuclear crisis,the change of the overall situation in East Asia,the deterioration of Sino-US relations with China-South Korea,and other factors.The weakening factors are mainly "alliance dilemma" and the Union cognitive differences,relationship mitigation between North Korea and South Korea and other factors.These factors are not isolated,but interrelated,often play a Synthetic force affecting the trend of the league.A certain period of time,the weakening factors are precisely the causes of strengthening the alliance.The coexistence and effect of two kinds of Synthetic force make the US-ROK alliance show a number of slow "V" type fluctuations,So that the US-ROK alliance into the binary cycle structure of the strengthening and weakening.As the United States and South Korea have the same idea in East Asia's strategy and interests,and the willingness to maintain bilateral alliance is still strong,the upgrading trend of US-ROK alliance will be the developing mainstream in the future.But it is also influenced by the change of the leaders of the two countries,especially the replacement of the president of South Korea and the policy toward the DPRK.In view of the US-ROK alliance fluctuation and upgrading situation threatening regional peace and stability,therefore,China must make the necessary prevention and response.