Abstract
Abstract This article, adapted from Robert Dujarric's Korea After Unification: Challenges for US Strategy (Indianapolis: Hudson Institute, 2000), argues that in the coming decade, perhaps much sooner, the North Korean military threat will end, probably with unification of the peninsula under the aegis of the Republic of Korea (ROK). Some may think that this development should be followed by the withdrawal of the United States Forces Korea (USFK). But even after unification, the United States should retain a large military presence in Korea. This will help prevent deterioration of Korean-Japanese relations and defuse rivalries in Northeast Asia, between China, Japan, Russia, and Korea that could emerge after unification. To further strengthen the ROK-US military partnership, the Korean military should establish permanent bases in the United States, to provide the ROK with enhanced training possibilities and further strengthen ROK-US military cooperation. Korea should also take a leading role in internation...
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