Scott A. Snyder is senior fellow for Korea studies and director of the program on Korea-U.S. policy at the Council on Foreign Relations. He is coauthor of The Japan-South Korea Identity Clash: East Asian Security and the United States (Columbia, 2015) and the author of Middle-Power Korea: Contributions to the Global Agenda (2015). Snyder was previously senior associate in the International Relations Program of the Asia Foundation, a specialist for the U.S. Institute of Peace, and an acting director of the Asia Society's Contemporary Affairs Program.

• List of Figures and TablesPreface1. South Korea’s Strategic Choices2. Strategic Choices Under Authoritarian Rule3. Roh Tae-woo and Kim Young-sam: Nordpolitik and Democratization4. Kim Dae-jung and the Sunshine Policy5. Roh Moo-hyun’s Balancer Policy6. Lee Myung-bak’s Global Korea Policy7. Park Geun-hye’s Asian Paradox8. The Paradox of South Korea’s Middle-Power Status9. Korea Between the United States and China10. Unification and Korean Strategic ChoicesEpilogue: South Korean Strategic Choices and the U.S.–South Korea AllianceSelect Source Documents1. Mutual Defense Treaty Between the United States and the Republic of Korea, 19532. Joint Statement of North and South, 19723. Inter-Korean Agreement on Reconciliation, Non-aggression, and Exchanges and Cooperation Between South and North Korea, 19914. South-North Joint Declaration, 20005. Declaration on the Advancement of South-North Korean Relations, Peace, and Prosperity, 20076. Joint Vision for the Alliance of the United States of America and the Republic of Korea, 20097. Joint Declaration in Commemoration of the 60th Anniversary of the Alliance Between the Republic of Korea and the United States of America, 2013Chronology of Important Events in South Korean Strategic HistoryNotesSelect BibliographyIndex

South Korea at the Crossroads provides a lucid and expansive coverage of the major forces that have shaped and influenced South Korean diplomacy since its founding in 1948. Snyder emphasizes the contradictory forces that have shaped Seoul's foreign policy, such as the pluses and minuses of geography, nationalism and internationalism, and autonomy and alliance through each administration. This volume will stand out as the best single-volume study on South Korean foreign policy. -- Chung Min Lee, Yonsei University

Scott A. Snyder is senior fellow for Korea studies and director of the program on Korea-U.S. policy at the Council on Foreign Relations. He is coauthor of The Japan-South Korea Identity Clash: East Asian Security and the United States (Columbia, 2015) and the author of Middle-Power Korea: Contributions to the Global Agenda (2015). Snyder was previously senior associate in the International Relations Program of the Asia Foundation, a specialist for the U.S. Institute of Peace, and an acting director of the Asia Society's Contemporary Affairs Program.

• List of Figures and TablesPreface1. South Korea’s Strategic Choices2. Strategic Choices Under Authoritarian Rule3. Roh Tae-woo and Kim Young-sam: Nordpolitik and Democratization4. Kim Dae-jung and the Sunshine Policy5. Roh Moo-hyun’s Balancer Policy6. Lee Myung-bak’s Global Korea Policy7. Park Geun-hye’s Asian Paradox8. The Paradox of South Korea’s Middle-Power Status9. Korea Between the United States and China10. Unification and Korean Strategic ChoicesEpilogue: South Korean Strategic Choices and the U.S.–South Korea AllianceSelect Source Documents1. Mutual Defense Treaty Between the United States and the Republic of Korea, 19532. Joint Statement of North and South, 19723. Inter-Korean Agreement on Reconciliation, Non-aggression, and Exchanges and Cooperation Between South and North Korea, 19914. South-North Joint Declaration, 20005. Declaration on the Advancement of South-North Korean Relations, Peace, and Prosperity, 20076. Joint Vision for the Alliance of the United States of America and the Republic of Korea, 20097. Joint Declaration in Commemoration of the 60th Anniversary of the Alliance Between the Republic of Korea and the United States of America, 2013Chronology of Important Events in South Korean Strategic HistoryNotesSelect BibliographyIndex

South Korea at the Crossroads provides a lucid and expansive coverage of the major forces that have shaped and influenced South Korean diplomacy since its founding in 1948. Snyder emphasizes the contradictory forces that have shaped Seoul's foreign policy, such as the pluses and minuses of geography, nationalism and internationalism, and autonomy and alliance through each administration. This volume will stand out as the best single-volume study on South Korean foreign policy. -- Chung Min Lee, Yonsei University

Scott A. Snyder is senior fellow for Korea studies and director of the program on Korea-U.S. policy at the Council on Foreign Relations. He is coauthor of The Japan-South Korea Identity Clash: East Asian Security and the United States (Columbia, 2015) and the author of Middle-Power Korea: Contributions to the Global Agenda (2015). Snyder was previously senior associate in the International Relations Program of the Asia Foundation, a specialist for the U.S. Institute of Peace, and an acting director of the Asia Society's Contemporary Affairs Program.

• List of Figures and TablesPreface1. South Korea’s Strategic Choices2. Strategic Choices Under Authoritarian Rule3. Roh Tae-woo and Kim Young-sam: Nordpolitik and Democratization4. Kim Dae-jung and the Sunshine Policy5. Roh Moo-hyun’s Balancer Policy6. Lee Myung-bak’s Global Korea Policy7. Park Geun-hye’s Asian Paradox8. The Paradox of South Korea’s Middle-Power Status9. Korea Between the United States and China10. Unification and Korean Strategic ChoicesEpilogue: South Korean Strategic Choices and the U.S.–South Korea AllianceSelect Source Documents1. Mutual Defense Treaty Between the United States and the Republic of Korea, 19532. Joint Statement of North and South, 19723. Inter-Korean Agreement on Reconciliation, Non-aggression, and Exchanges and Cooperation Between South and North Korea, 19914. South-North Joint Declaration, 20005. Declaration on the Advancement of South-North Korean Relations, Peace, and Prosperity, 20076. Joint Vision for the Alliance of the United States of America and the Republic of Korea, 20097. Joint Declaration in Commemoration of the 60th Anniversary of the Alliance Between the Republic of Korea and the United States of America, 2013Chronology of Important Events in South Korean Strategic HistoryNotesSelect BibliographyIndex

South Korea at the Crossroads provides a lucid and expansive coverage of the major forces that have shaped and influenced South Korean diplomacy since its founding in 1948. Snyder emphasizes the contradictory forces that have shaped Seoul's foreign policy, such as the pluses and minuses of geography, nationalism and internationalism, and autonomy and alliance through each administration. This volume will stand out as the best single-volume study on South Korean foreign policy. -- Chung Min Lee, Yonsei University