The United States-South Korea Alliance: Why It May Fail and Why It Must Not (Paperback)

Preface
Acknowledgments
Part I. The U.S.?South Korean Alliance Under Trump and Moon and South Korean Domestic Challenges
1. The Threat to the U.S.?South Korea Alliance from Within
2. The Influence of the Trump and Moon Administrations on U.S.?South Korean Alliance Management
3. Political Polarization Under the Moon Jae-in Administration
4. South Korean Progressive Foreign Policy and Tensions in the U.S.?South Korea Alliance
Part II. External Threats to the Alliance
5. North Korean Infiltration and Influence Operations
6. South Korea’s Orientation and China’s Rise
7. U.S.?China Technology Competition vs. China?South Korea Economic Interdependence
Part III. Credibility of American Alliance Commitments and the Implications of Alliance Breakdown
8. The Credibility of the American Alliance Commitment
9. Imagining U.S. Foreign Policy Toward Asia Absent the U.S.?South Korea Alliance
10. Imagining South Korean Foreign Policy Absent the U.S.?South Korea Alliance
11. Sustaining U.S.?South Korea Alliance Contributions to International Security
Notes
Index