US strategic retrenchment and security-seeking behaviors of the US allies in Northeast Asia

<p>This research is planned to explore how a regional state could improve its security during the time of its patron’s strategic retrenchment. It introduces a theory of a regional state’s security-promoting behaviors during the time of its patron’s retrenchment. According to this theory, it is hypothesized that there is covariation between the level of a regional state’s security concern and the scope of its domestic drives to increase societal contribution to autonomous defense posture. It also hypothesizes the existence of covariation between the level of a regional state’s security concern and the level of its commitment to the pursuit of a military policy against its patron’s strategic interests. Empirical findings from the case study of the security-seeking behaviors of the US allies in Northeast Asia support the two research hypotheses. A reader may want to test the validity of the theory against another context of a superpower’s strategic retrenchment.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Political Science

Year

2016

Author dc:creator

• Kang, Seok Ryul

Contributors dc:contributor

• Keith L. Shimko
• Aaron M. Hoffman
• Harry R. Targ
• Eric N. Waltenburg

• Social sciences
• Asymmetric military alliance
• Internal balancing
• Security-seeking strategy
• Strategic retrenchment
• Us allies in Northeast Asia
• International Relations

Repository record dc:identifier

https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/open_access_dissertations/780

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:docs.lib.purdue.edu:open_access_dissertations-1972