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Analysis of the Geopolitical Value of the Korean Peninsula and the Military Competition between the U.S. and China

Kang, Jungill 1

1육군 교육사

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This research paper is about the Geopolitical value of the Korean Peninsula, which is one of the factors the U.S. and China’s battle for hegemony. To further analyze “geopolitical position” that implies, Spykman's Rimland theory was used, and past examples were used to obtain a better answer on “What Kind of do they seek within the Korean Peninsula? And what kind of military strategies have been utilizing?”. The change in the military strategies of the U.S. and China, or other word’s China's anti-access/regional denial (A2AD) strategy and U.S. multi-domain operations (MDO) were analyzed in order to examine how the traditional U.S. and Chinese view of Korean Peninsula is currently being applied. This gives a better understanding how important the Korean Peninsula is, and what it implies for the future of U.S. and China. The Korean Peninsula is a key area from a strategic point of view where the U.S. and China can pitch their power, as the land and sea can separated, and on the contrast, the a coastal area can also provide to be medicator that can connect the force on opposite sides, Therefore with these reason the Korean Peninsula has no choice but to be in middle of a continuous conflict. During the Cold War, the Korean Peninsula was a sensitive buffer zone that had to endure political and ideological conflicts, and with the current separation maintained between South Korea and North Korea, ti is still one of the only places where the legacy of the Cold War is preserved. With regards to military security, the Korean Peninsula is located within the first island chain of A2AD strategy hence it is a competitive space for the U.S’s MDO and its containment policy on China. South Korea must take into consideration Geopolitical factors and prepare to make strategic choices by closely monitoring the operational environment regardless dichotomous thinking.

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