CPOL 542 Security Politics of the Korean Peninsula
What factors influence the foreign policies of North and South Korea? Why do they remain divided, and why does the United States maintain a military alliance with South Korea? How do politics on the Korean Peninsula affect the East Asian security environment and vice versa? This course undertakes an examination of these questions and others as a way of understanding North and South Korean security behavior and how it impacts regional and U.S. security. The course will review the domestic political circumstances of North and South Korea, their respective security concerns, and the factors most likely to determine if the Korean Peninsula will remain at peace or erupt into war once again.