Quasi-Alliance at Play: The Curious Case of South Korea’s Aborted Withdrawal from GSOMIA in 2019

This study aims to explain why countries maintain security cooperation with a partner even though they are in the middle of severe tensions. This is experienced by the Republic of Korea (ROK), which preferred to maintain its security cooperation with Japan under the General Security of Military Info...

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Autores principales:	Resi Qurrata Aini, Yandry Kurniawan
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Publicado:	Universitas Gadjah Mada 2021
Materias:	south korea-japan relations security cooperation military agreement quasi-alliance abandonment fears Political science (General) JA1-92 Social sciences (General) H1-99
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:e7134878bb4b4502a1075701f74bbae32021-12-02T17:20:45ZQuasi-Alliance at Play: The Curious Case of South Korea’s Aborted Withdrawal from GSOMIA in 20191410-49462502-788310.22146/jsp.59148https://doaj.org/article/e7134878bb4b4502a1075701f74bbae32021-06-01T00:00:00Zhttps://jurnal.ugm.ac.id/jsp/article/view/59148https://doaj.org/toc/1410-4946https://doaj.org/toc/2502-7883This study aims to explain why countries maintain security cooperation with a partner even though they are in the middle of severe tensions. This is experienced by the Republic of Korea (ROK), which preferred to maintain its security cooperation with Japan under the General Security of Military Information Agreement (GSOMIA). This research utilizes the concept of abandonment fears to explain South Korea's behavior in reversing its self-declared withdrawal from GSOMIA in 2019. By conducting a deductive-qualitative research approach, this research shows that South Korea was in a position of abandonment fears—fears of being ignored by Japan—magnified by the uncertainty of US commitment. For now, South Korea considers Japan as the most likely partner choice in the region. Thus, Seoul decided to maintain the partnership with Japan within the GSOMIA framework and compromise its grievances with the latter.Resi Qurrata AiniYandry KurniawanUniversitas Gadjah Madaarticlesouth korea-japan relationssecurity cooperationmilitary agreementquasi-allianceabandonment fearsPolitical science (General)JA1-92Social sciences (General)H1-99ENJSP: Jurnal Ilmu Sosial dan Ilmu Politik, Vol 24, Iss 3, Pp 253-267 (2021)
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description	This study aims to explain why countries maintain security cooperation with a partner even though they are in the middle of severe tensions. This is experienced by the Republic of Korea (ROK), which preferred to maintain its security cooperation with Japan under the General Security of Military Information Agreement (GSOMIA). This research utilizes the concept of abandonment fears to explain South Korea's behavior in reversing its self-declared withdrawal from GSOMIA in 2019. By conducting a deductive-qualitative research approach, this research shows that South Korea was in a position of abandonment fears—fears of being ignored by Japan—magnified by the uncertainty of US commitment. For now, South Korea considers Japan as the most likely partner choice in the region. Thus, Seoul decided to maintain the partnership with Japan within the GSOMIA framework and compromise its grievances with the latter.
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author	Resi Qurrata Aini Yandry Kurniawan
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title	Quasi-Alliance at Play: The Curious Case of South Korea’s Aborted Withdrawal from GSOMIA in 2019
title_short	Quasi-Alliance at Play: The Curious Case of South Korea’s Aborted Withdrawal from GSOMIA in 2019
title_full	Quasi-Alliance at Play: The Curious Case of South Korea’s Aborted Withdrawal from GSOMIA in 2019
title_fullStr	Quasi-Alliance at Play: The Curious Case of South Korea’s Aborted Withdrawal from GSOMIA in 2019
title_full_unstemmed	Quasi-Alliance at Play: The Curious Case of South Korea’s Aborted Withdrawal from GSOMIA in 2019
title_sort	quasi-alliance at play: the curious case of south korea’s aborted withdrawal from gsomia in 2019
publisher	Universitas Gadjah Mada
publishDate	2021
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Quasi-Alliance at Play: The Curious Case of South Korea’s Aborted Withdrawal from GSOMIA in 2019

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