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@article{ART002625602},
author={Cho,One-Sun},
title={A Study of R.O.K.'s Response to the Pressure Levied by the U.S.'s Withdrawal of USFK: R.O.K’s Lobby Strategy to the U.S. Congress in the Ford Administration Era},
journal={The Journal of Northeast Asia Research},
issn={2005-4432},
year={2020},
volume={35},
number={1},
pages={139-174},
doi={10.18013/jnar.2020.35.1.005}

TY - JOUR
AU - Cho,One-Sun
TI - A Study of R.O.K.'s Response to the Pressure Levied by the U.S.'s Withdrawal of USFK: R.O.K’s Lobby Strategy to the U.S. Congress in the Ford Administration Era
JO - The Journal of Northeast Asia Research
PY - 2020
VL - 35
IS - 1
PB - The Institute for Northeast Asia Research
SP - 139
EP - 174
SN - 2005-4432
AB - Why did the R.O.K. make use of lobby strategy to the U.S. congress in the Ford Administration era? To answer this research question, I distinguish the Ford Administration’s foreign policy on the R.O.K from those of Nixon and Carter Administration’s. Compared to the Nixon and Carter administrations, the scope of the research is centered on the period of the Ford administration, which has not been specifically studied. Also, I analyze the R.O.K.’s lobby strategy to the process of the U.S. Congress and result in the Ford Administration through historical and theoretical case study based on primary sources. In the context of foreign affairs, this study defines the ROK-US alliance as a security dilemma in alliance based on an ‘asymmetric alliance’. A visible factor of cohesiveness was the USFK in the ROKーUS alliance. The debate about the withdrawal of USFK forced up Korea a fear of ‘abandonment’. As a response to the fear of ‘abandonment’, the R.O.K. made a decision to implement a government-level lobby strategy targeting the U.S. Congress. Moreover, the paper analyzes the policy changes caused by the relationship between the government and congress in the process of making foreign policy in the context of domestic affairs. The R.O.K. actively used diplomatic strategies for the U.S Congress, which has budgetary power in the process of making foreign policy decisions. This was effective, unlike the traditional approach adopted by weak countries in the asymmetric alliances. The lobby strategy to the U.S. Congress influenced the unique change in the foreign policy toward the R.O.K. in the Ford Administration. After all, the Ford Administration reconfirmed Asia intervention resolution and decided not to withdraw USFK further. It resulted in strengthening cohesiveness in the ROK-US alliance.
KW - ROK-US Alliance;USFK;Lobby Strategy;Ford Administration;National Security Policy
DO - 10.18013/jnar.2020.35.1.005
ER -

Cho,One-Sun. (2020). A Study of R.O.K.'s Response to the Pressure Levied by the U.S.'s Withdrawal of USFK: R.O.K’s Lobby Strategy to the U.S. Congress in the Ford Administration Era. The Journal of Northeast Asia Research, 35(1), 139-174.

Cho,One-Sun. 2020, "A Study of R.O.K.'s Response to the Pressure Levied by the U.S.'s Withdrawal of USFK: R.O.K’s Lobby Strategy to the U.S. Congress in the Ford Administration Era", The Journal of Northeast Asia Research, vol.35, no.1 pp.139-174. Available from: doi:10.18013/jnar.2020.35.1.005

Cho,One-Sun "A Study of R.O.K.'s Response to the Pressure Levied by the U.S.'s Withdrawal of USFK: R.O.K’s Lobby Strategy to the U.S. Congress in the Ford Administration Era" The Journal of Northeast Asia Research 35.1 pp.139-174 (2020) : 139.

Cho,One-Sun. A Study of R.O.K.'s Response to the Pressure Levied by the U.S.'s Withdrawal of USFK: R.O.K’s Lobby Strategy to the U.S. Congress in the Ford Administration Era. 2020; 35(1), 139-174. Available from: doi:10.18013/jnar.2020.35.1.005

Cho,One-Sun. "A Study of R.O.K.'s Response to the Pressure Levied by the U.S.'s Withdrawal of USFK: R.O.K’s Lobby Strategy to the U.S. Congress in the Ford Administration Era" The Journal of Northeast Asia Research 35, no.1 (2020) : 139-174.doi: 10.18013/jnar.2020.35.1.005

Cho,One-Sun. A Study of R.O.K.'s Response to the Pressure Levied by the U.S.'s Withdrawal of USFK: R.O.K’s Lobby Strategy to the U.S. Congress in the Ford Administration Era. The Journal of Northeast Asia Research, 35(1), 139-174. doi: 10.18013/jnar.2020.35.1.005

Cho,One-Sun. A Study of R.O.K.'s Response to the Pressure Levied by the U.S.'s Withdrawal of USFK: R.O.K’s Lobby Strategy to the U.S. Congress in the Ford Administration Era. The Journal of Northeast Asia Research. 2020; 35(1) 139-174. doi: 10.18013/jnar.2020.35.1.005

Cho,One-Sun. A Study of R.O.K.'s Response to the Pressure Levied by the U.S.'s Withdrawal of USFK: R.O.K’s Lobby Strategy to the U.S. Congress in the Ford Administration Era. 2020; 35(1), 139-174. Available from: doi:10.18013/jnar.2020.35.1.005

Cho,One-Sun. "A Study of R.O.K.'s Response to the Pressure Levied by the U.S.'s Withdrawal of USFK: R.O.K’s Lobby Strategy to the U.S. Congress in the Ford Administration Era" The Journal of Northeast Asia Research 35, no.1 (2020) : 139-174.doi: 10.18013/jnar.2020.35.1.005