Given the limits of the prevailing hedging account for Seoul's puzzling behavior that is in conformity with the interests of its adversary (i.e. North Korea) and potential threat (i.e. China) rather than those of its principal ally (i.e. the United States) and security cooperation partner (i.e. Japan), this article emphasizes the impact of the progressive ideology on Seoul's security policy. In doing so, it calls for attention to a domestic source of ideology in explaining the security behaviors of a secondary state, which is under-researched and thus is poorly understood.
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Kim, M. H. (2023). Hedging between the United States and China? South Korea’s ideology-driven behavior and its implications for national security. International Relations of the Asia-Pacific, 23(1), 129–158. https://doi.org/10.1093/irap/lcab020
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