A Comparison of Decision-Making Differences toward Participating in the U.S.-led Missile Defense System between Japan and South Korea.

• Main Authors: Yuan-Yuan Hsu, 徐圓媛
• Other Authors: Szue-Chin Philip Hsu
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2015
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/83618885966893173616

碩士 === 國立臺灣大學 === 政治學研究所 === 103 === Since the 1990s, Japan and South Korea have chosen dissimilar policy options with respect to the US-led missile defense(MD) systems in East Asia. Japan agreed to join the US MD program and co-develop technologies with the United States. In contrast to Japan, South Korea refused to participate in the US MD program and pursued indigenous anti-missile shield. The choices of two US allies in East Asia were utterly disparate even though both countries lacked the ability to ward off ballistic missile threats. This study will offer comparative analyses on different paths that Japan and South Korea have chosen for their MD policies and what cause the differences. What explains the two countries’ dissimilar MD strategies? In order to solve the research puzzle, we examine existing works about explanations for the dissimilar policy options chosen between Japan and South Korea and present “preventive threat credibility ” to explain the different paths taken by the two countries.