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The Effect of US Foreign Policy on the Relationship Between South and North Korea: Time Series Analysis of the Post-Cold War Era

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 March 2016

Jong-Han Yoon
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In this study, I examine the effect of US foreign policy on the relationship between South Korea and North Korea. In particular, I analyze whether two different foreign policy approaches—the hard-line approach and the soft-line approach—have played a role in advancing or slowing steps toward peace in the Korean peninsula. I use the Integrated Data for Events Analysis dataset for the period 1990–2004. By employing a Vector Autoregression model, which analyzes the behavioral patterns of South and North Korea and the United States, I find that US foreign policy affects the relationship between the two Koreas by affecting North Korea's behavior toward South Korea. The triangular relationship among the United States, North Korea, and South Korea shows a reciprocal behavior pattern. This finding suggests that a soft-line and reciprocal US foreign policy toward North Korea is critical to maintaining peace in the Korean peninsula.

Keywords

hard-linereciprocitytriangular relationshipSouth KoreaNorth KoreaChinaUS foreign policypeaceKorean peninsulabehavioral patterns
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Journal of East Asian Studies , Volume 11 , Issue 2 , August 2011 , pp. 255 - 288
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Copyright © East Asia Institute 

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