Tools For Trilateralism

by Schoff, James L.

• ISBN13: 9781574889833
• ISBN10: 1574889834
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-11-11
• Publisher: Potomac Books Inc

Summary

One of the more successful innovations of the last six years in the area of U.S.'Japanese and U.S.'South Korean alliance management has been the establishment and use of the Trilateral Coordination and Oversight Group for developing common policies toward North Korea. This book examines how the TCOG process can and should be strengthened and expanded (or simply copied) to encourage trilateral coordination beyond that of North Korean policy and, by means of such coordination, to strengthen the two bilateral alliances. In this collaborative effort, U.S., Japanese, and South Korean scholars conducted dozens of interviews with past and current policymakers and identify crisis contingency planning and response as providing important opportunities to enhance trilateral cooperation. The book also includes a report of a simulated joint crisis management planning exercise.

Author Biography

James L. Schoff is the associate director of Asia-Pacific Studies at the Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis.

Table of Contents

Introduction and Acknowledgments	v
Chapter 1 The Evolution of the TCOG as a Diplomatic Tool	1	(34)
The Logic of Trilateral Cooperation	1	(3)
The Political and Diplomatic Backdrop for the TCOG	4	(5)
The Start of TCOG	9	(9)
The TCOG in Transition	18	(11)
The TCOG in a Six-Party Context and Beyond	29	(6)
Chapter 2 Security Policy Reforms and a Crisis Response Planning Opportunity	35
Trilateral Cooperation beyond the TCOG	35	(6)
Impact of U.S. Military Transformation and Related Reforms in Japan and Korea	41	(17)
The U.S. GPR and Military Transformation	42	(2)
Security Reforms in Japan and South Korea	44	(9)
Potential Areas for Trilateral Consultation	53	(5)
The Example of NATO and the Partnership for Peace (PfP)	58	(4)
The December 2004 Tsunami and the Case for Trilateral Crisis Response Planning	62	(32)
The Diplomatic and Military Response by the TCOG Three	62	(16)
Factoring in the Civilian/NGO Response and Civil-Military Cooperation	78	(11)
Key OUA Lessons Learned	89	(5)
Tools for Trilateralism and Broader Collaboration	94
The PSI Model and the Possibility of a Crisis Response Core Group	96	(4)
TCOG Relevance	100	(2)
Other Tools for Trilateralism	102
Appendix A: Select Chronology on the North Korean Nuclear Issue	A1
Appendix B: TCOG Meeting Chronology	A8
Appendix C: Acronyms and Abbreviations	A12
About the Author and the Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis	A15