Journal Article - Quarterly Journal: International Security

Conventional Counterforce Dilemmas: South Korea's Deterrence Strategy and Stability on the Korean Peninsula

    Authors:
  • Ian Bowers
  • Henrik Stålhane Hiim
| Winter 2020/21

Summary

South Korea’s conventional counterforce and countervalue strategy represents both a short-term and a long-term hedge against U.S. abandonment. The strategy has significant implications for stability on the Korean Peninsula. Among them, any peace initiative between the United States and North Korea that does not also address the conventional balance of forces on the Korean Peninsula is unlikely to end in success.

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For Academic Citation:
Ian Bowers and Henrik Stålhane Hiim, "Conventional Counterforce Dilemmas: South Korea's Deterrence Strategy and Stability on the Korean Peninsula," International Security, Vol. 45, No. 3 (Winter 2020/21), pp. 7–39, doi.org/10.1162/isec_a_00399.

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Ian Bowers

Henrik Stålhane Hiim

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