카터의 인권외교와 한미관계 - 충돌, 변형, 조정

Abstract

The Carter administration, having separated itself from previous United States administrations, embraced moral value in its foreign policy. With his inauguration, President Carter emphasized human rights for South Korea and at the same time he tried to implement the campaign pledge of the withdrawal of US Forces in Korea (USFK). Yet the US Congress refused to pass any legislation of compensation for the withdrawal of the USFK because of the ‘Korean Gate.’ The Carter administration had no choice but to back down for a while to implement its policies toward Korea.BRThe year 1979 was when Carter resumed his Korea polices, as the Korean Gate ended in late 1978. However, the Carter administration faced another security challenge by releasing intelligence of the existence of additional, new North Korean divisions to the public. With these repercussions, the US and South Korea finally agreed to halt the withdrawal of the USFK in a June summit. Since then, the Carter administration intensified its human rights policy and contributed to the end of the Park Jung-hee regime on October 26. However, with the Iran hostage crisis on November 4, the Carter administration’s policy toward allies rapidly changed and put stability as the top priority over democratization or human rights enhancement. South Korea was no exception which saw the US’s lethargic response to the December 12 military coup.