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US Indo-Pacific Strategy through the Lenses of International Political Theories

미(美) 인도태평양전략의 국제정치학적 해석

  • Received : 2019.06.01
  • Accepted : 2019.07.24
  • Published : 2019.08.31
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Abstract

The paper introduces US Indo-Pacific Strategy and discusses its meanings and implications for international security and our strategy. It tries to look at the Indo-Pacific strategy(IPS) through the lenses of international political theories. The paper provides three important observations. First, the US Indo-Pacific strategy is a declaration of the national identity of the US as an Indo-Pacific nation. The paper argues that the IPS reflects the US leadership that would facilitate the formation of, so called, the Indo-Pacific community. In arguing these points, the paper notes that the IPS has rich elements of constructivist approaches including norms and national identity. Second, the paper observes that the IPS report serves as an effective deterrent strategy. The IPS does not call out China as an enemy. But, it tries to deter against a range of actors including China by warning that whoever violates the rules-based order in the region would have consequences. Third, the paper maintains that the IPS is an effort by the US to mitigate the risk of a great power war between the US (an established power) and China (a challenging power) because the IPS articulates the United States's willingness to work with China as long as it plays by the rules. There will be challenges to the US and other countries in the region including South Korea particularly because of economic interdependence. However, the paper argues that the IPS stands for an optimistic sign of the future security in the Indo-Pacific region because it is a manifestation of the US for its national will to defend the status quo characterized as Pax Americana which has been maintained since the end of the Second World War. It also argues that South Korea also can, and should make the most of this opportunity by enhancing our capacity in national defense.

본 논문을 통해, 필자는 국제정치학 패러다임을 통해 인도태평양전략이 갖는 의미를 살펴보고, 그 전략적 함의를 생각해보았다. 핵심 관찰사항으로, 첫째 미(美) 인도태평양전략은 미국의 국가정체성에 대한 선언이라는 것이다. 즉 미국이 인도-태평양 국가이고, 현존하는 국제질서를 만든 국가라는 것을 명확히 하면서, 앞으로도 그럴 것이라는 강력한 국가의 의지를 밝히고 있다. 특히, 필자는 인태전략이 자유롭고, 열린 인도-태평양을 지지하는 국가들 간의 집합적인 정체성, 즉 인도-태평양 커뮤니티의 형성을 추도하는 미국의 노력으로 볼 수 있다고 주장한다. 둘째, 인태전략은 국제안보의 위협 세력에 대한 억제전략이 라는 것을 설명한다. 셋째, 인태전략은 미국의 전략적 우위를 유지하면서 신흥강대국인 중국을 포용하는, 즉 강대국 간 충돌을 예방하기 위한 위험감소를 위한 노력이기도 하다, 특히, 인태전략은 기준, 규범, 국제제도와 같은 구성주의 요소들과 접근법을 활용함으로써, 정당성과 국제적 지지를 유지하는 동시대, 국제질서와 국익을 보장하는 잘 구성된 전략이다. 물론, 이에 대한 제한점과 도전 요인도 따를 것이다.

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