Establishment of a Peace Regime on the Korean Peninsula: Definition, Process, and Cooperation
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Jootaek Lee
Abstract
Depending on how we define a peace regime, we can determine whether we have reached a peace regime on the Korean peninsula, or what and how we have to pursue to reach a peace regime. A new definition of a regime should not be too broad to admit the current balance of powers based on hegemonies and states’ patterns of behaviors, or too restrictive and formal to codify as a multi-national treaty; a simple peace treaty cannot cover everything a peace regime needs to have and reflect the complicated process of peace building, cooperation and tension-reduction. In this paper, I will attempt to find the most-realistic definition for a peace regime to provide an ultimate peace on the Korean peninsula. Further, I will think about how to reach the newly defined peace regime on the Korean peninsula and the obstacles to overcome to reach this peace regime, including: (1) Denuclearization; and (2) How a peace regime can be transnationally supported and peacefully digested and incorporated into the domestic level processes and norms, especially considering that reaching a regime reflecting national interests is a daunting task. Lastly, I will conclude with recommendations for states surrounding the Korean peninsula.
Article note
This paper was presented at the Korean Security and International Law Conference at the US Naval War College on 26 February 2019. The author thanks James Britt for his assistance.
© 2019 Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Boston
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Articles in the same Issue
- Frontmatter
- Articles
- Establishment of a Peace Regime on the Korean Peninsula: Definition, Process, and Cooperation
- Dignity, Integrity, and the Concept of a Person
- International(ized) Constitutional Court: Kosovo’s Transfer of Judicial Sovereignty
- Notes and Essays
- Reimagining Law and the Constitution: Carl Schmitt and American Constitutional Scholarship
