• Strategy21
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• 통권40호
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• pp.162-189
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• 2016

This research deals with the PLAN's capabilities and its implication for regional security, and suggests some measures for maritime security cooperation among regional states. China has began to focus its national strategy more on 'rising as a new maritime power' since the 18th Party Convention in November 2012. Chinese new strategy aims at building a strong navy, contributing economic prosperity and national security, and thus elevating its prestige in international society. Most of all, building a strong navy is the foremost task at this time, and that is why the PLAN has the priority for military modernization. Chinese new maritime strategy could cause naval arms race in East Asia and aggravate maritime territorial disputes among concerned parties. It is the time for regional states to discuss some measures to build confidence, such as arms control of naval weapons, establishment of multilateral maritime security mechanism, and foundation of regional security regime, thus enhancing regional maritime cooperation.

• Strategy21
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• 통권45호
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• pp.148-187
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• 2019

본 논문은 '국가해양안보전략서'의 필요성과 발전방향을 분석하기 위한 것이다. 이를 위해 한국의 해양안보전략서의 필요성, 해양안보전략관련 한국의 실태와 주요선진해양국의 사례, 한국의 '해양안보전략'의 비전·목표·전략·수행체계를 살펴본 후 결론을 도출해본 것이다. '세계 5대 해양강국(Ocean G5)' 등과 같은 국가해양전략 비전의 달성은 우리나라가 국민의 해양안전과 해양안보를 유지·강화해 나갈 수 있을 때 가능함은 물론이다. 세월호사건은 우리에게도 해양선진국처럼 '국가해양안보전략서'가 절실히 필요하다는 것을 잘 일깨워주고 있다. 선진해양국가처럼 국가해양안보전략이 효율적으로 수행되기 위해서는 해군·해경의 협력을 포함한 관련기관의 협력을 결집시키기에 충분한 권한과 위상을 보유한 전담부서를 두어야 한다. 국가안보회의 예하에 장관급으로 구성된 의결기구인 가칭 해양안보위원회와 관련부처 실무자로 구성된 집행기구인 가칭 해양안보수행단을 설치하면 좋을 것으로 판단된다. 미국이나 영국처럼 우리도 국민의 해양안전·해양안보를 위한 국가해양안보전략을 성공적으로 수행해 나가기 위해서는 보다 더 긴밀한 국내의 범정부적 협조체제와 국제적 협력체제, 그리고 해당 분야별 해양안보능력을 더욱 보강해 나가야 할 것이다. 이를 위해 해군에 의한 해양안보전략의 수립·추진; 해군·해경 간의 작전적 연계강화; 국가차원의 해양감시능력의 강화 및 민간영역과의 공유의 활성화 등을 모색·추진해 나가야 할 것이다.

• 해양안보
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.57-81
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• 2023

본 연구는 러시아의 크림반도 합병의 해양안보적 고찰을 목표로 하였다. 본 연구는 러시아의 국가안보 인식에 대한 포괄적인 분석을 바탕으로 러시아의 해양안보전략과 흑해·아조프해의 안보적 중요성에 대해서 검토하였으며, 이후 크림반도 합병을 해양 안보적으로 고찰하였다. 이를 통해 본 연구는 러시아의 크림반도 합병이 군사적으로는 흑해함대의 활동을 보장하며 대서양으로의 진출 통로를 확보하여 NATO의 동진에 대항하고 경제적으로는 천연자원의 생산 및 수송, 해운의 안정적인 보장, 흑해경제권 내에서의 영향력 확보를 위한 전략적 고려를 바탕으로 이뤄졌음을 드러냈다.

• Strategy21
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• 통권31호
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• pp.220-250
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• 2013

South Korean national security strategy should be developed to effectively handle and counter increasing maritime threats and challenges. There are three major maritime threats South Korea faces today; maritime disputes on the EEZ boundary and Dokdo islet issues, North Korean threats, and international maritime security. Maritime disputes in the region are getting intensified and turned into a military confrontation after 2010. Now regional countries confront each other with military and police forces and use economic leverage to coerce the others. They are very eager to create advantageous de facto situations to legitimize their territorial claims. North Korean threat is also increasing in the sea as we witnessed in the Cheonan incident and Yeonpyoung shelling in 2010. North Korea resorts to local provocations and nuclear threats to coerce South Korea in which it may enjoy asymmetric advantages. The NLL area of the west sea would be a main hot spot that North Korea may continue to make a local provocation. Also, South Korean national economy is heavily dependent upon foreign trade and national strategic resources such as oil are all imported. Without an assurance on the safety of sea routes, these economic activities cannot be maintained and expanded. This paper argues that South Korea should make national maritime strategy and enhance the strength of naval forces. As a middle power, its national security strategy needs to consider all the threats and challenges not only from North Korea but also to maritime security. This is not a matter of choice but a mandate for national survival and prosperity. This paper discusses the importance of maritime security, changing characteristics of maritime threats and challenges, regional maritime disputes and its threat to South Korea's security, and South Korea's future security strategy and ways to enhance the role of naval forces. Our national maritime strategy needs to show middle and long term policy directions on how we will protect our maritime interests. Especially, it is important to build proper naval might to carry out all the roles and missions required to the military.

• 한국항해항만학회지
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• 제29권7호
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• pp.619-625
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• 2005

The security vulnerabilities in Korea maritime domain were mentioned and analysed with the static data of crimes relating to maritime security. The counterterrorism and initiatives to reduce the security risk and to minimize the damage are introduced and evaluated. The maritime security strategy and the near term initiatives to enhance the non-military security at Korean sea and ports are proposed in order to response maritime security threats economically, efficiently and safely.

• Strategy21
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• 통권43호
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• pp.57-88
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• 2018

Security situations are fundamentally and rapidly changing on the Korean Peninsula. Above all, as North Korea(NK) is heightening its nuclear and missile capabilities, Republic of Korea(ROK) is facing an existential threat. At the same time, as China's economic, diplomatic and military power is quickly rising, the balance of power is shifting and strategic competition between the Unite States(US) and China is accelerating in the Asia-Pacific region. Under the pressure of development of these situations, ROK seems to face allegedly the most serious crisis in its national security since the end of the Korean War. In the current grim geopolitical situation, maritime security may become the most difficult security challenge for ROK in the years to come. The purpose of this paper is to compare major changes in maritime security affairs of the ROK during last twenty years from 1998 until now(2018). 1998 was when this journal 『Strategy 21』 was published for the first time by the Korea Institute for Maritime Strategy. Then, this paper tries to identify challenges and risks with which this country has to deal for its survival and prosperity, and to propose some recommendations for the government, the Navy, and the Coast Guard as they are responsible for the maritime security of the country. The recommendations of this paper are as follows: strengthen ROK-US alliance and expand security cooperation with regional powers in support of the maintenance of the current security order in the region; building-up of maritime security capacity in preparation for crisis on the maritime domain with the navy targeting to acquire 'a non-nuclear, balance-of-terror capability, to improve interoperability with the Coast Guard based on 'a national fleet,' and to actively pursue innovation in naval science and technology. Finally, this paper proposes that naval capability the country needs in another twenty years depends on how effectively and rigorously the navy put its utmost efforts towards building 'a strongest navy' today.

• Strategy21
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• 통권42호
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• pp.258-292
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• 2017

This paper is designed to make a national strategic concept for the ROK's maritime security and to explore cooperation directions for the ROK Navy and Coast Guard in order to implement the newly-made maritime security strategic concept. As strategy is composed of three main categories(goals, ways, means), the goal of the ROK's maritime security strategy is 'Safe and Affluent Sea' and the way to realize the goal is the principle of cooperative leverage, and the means as tasks to implement the strategic concept are maritime safety, maritime security, and maritime stewardship. The concept of national fleet as used in the US is applied to promoting the cooperation between the ROK Navy and Coast Guard. Thus, under the newly-established maritime security strategic concept along with the national fleet model, followings are suggested as policy proposals for facilitating mutual cooperation between the ROK Navy and Coast Guard in dealing with not only traditional threats but also non-traditional treats at sea and from the sea as well. First, the ROK Navy and Coast Guard has been making efforts to enhance interoperability between the two sea services. However, the mutual cooperations have been focused mainly on areas on operational level rather than policy level. Therefore, the two sea services are recommended to enlarge exchanges and cooperation in policy areas. Second, there are still demands for further cooperation areas between the two sea services in command and communications. The interoperability in C2 between the two needs to be upgraded even to the areas of anti-terrorist activities ar sea, ASUW, ASW, maritime interdiction, etc. Third, mutual comparability between the two needs to be reflected in the maritime forces development to ensure the comparability in UNREP and other logistics areas. Fourth, the standardization of logistical materials and equipments is needed as a way of sustaining operational capability and logistical capacity for the ROK Navy and Coast Guard as well. Fifth, the ROK Navy and Coast Guard are recommended to participate more actively in international maritime cooperation activities such as PASSEX. Sixth, Complementary laws and regulations need further to be revised and to be newly made for collectively managing swiftly maritime accidents and natural disasters at sea.

• Strategy21
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• 통권40호
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• pp.5-36
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• 2016

Recently, the Japanese government revised the three guidelines of its security policy, the National Security Strategy(NSS), the National Defense Program Outline and Midterm Defense Buildup Plan, exceptionally at one time. This means Japan has been seeking the new strategy and strengthening military power considering changing regional security environment. Moreover, Japan revised the security laws for the right to collective self-defense, which authorized the use of force even when Japan is not under attack. Also, Japan renewed the Guidelines for Japan-U.S. Defense Cooperation in twenty years, and has expanded JSDF's scope of activity to a worldwide level. These changes imply Japan would constantly seek to build military forces focusing on naval forces. Because Japan's naval forces, the JMSDF is the means that allow Japan to use its force at anywhere overseas and expand its roles and missions in international society by the basis of the right to collective self-defense. This research will analyze Japan's new maritime strategy and trend of force development and eventually look for the implication on our maritime security These days, Japan has perceived Chinese rapid increase of naval power and pursuing of maritime hegemony as a grave threat. In response to this, Japan is designing new maritime strategy, which are "remote islands defense and recapture" and proactively develop a new type of naval forces to accomplish this new strategy. The Japan's "remote island defense and recapture strategy" is to harden its defensive posture in Nansei islands which correspond to China's 1st island chain for chinese A2/AD strategy and directly encounter with China and to protect its own dominium and maritime interest while supporting US national strategy in East Asia. Japan continues to build compact, multi-functional ship to accomplish "remote island defense and recapture strategy" and keep strengthening its maritime power projection capability to include build of new amphibious ship, and large, multi-functional ship which can provide effective C2. These changes imply that Japan is shifting its strategy from passive and defensive to proactive and aggressive way and continues to pursue naval buildup.The implication of Japan's new maritime strategy and naval buildup needs to be observed carefully and we need to keep developing naval power required to protect our maritime sovereignty and interest.

• Strategy21
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• 통권43호
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• pp.175-199
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• 2018

Recent marine territorial disputes in the East China Sea and the South China Sea have come to us as a great threat. China, which has recently established the China Coast Guard and has rapidly developed maritime security forces, is trying to overcome the various conflict countries with its power. Japan is also strengthening intensively its maritime security forces. Since Korea, China, and Japan are geographically neighboring and sharing maritime space in Northeast Asia, there is no conflict between maritime jurisdiction and territorial rights among the countries. The struggle for initiative in the ocean is fierce among the three coastal nations in Northeast Asia. therefore, Korea needs more thorough preparation and response to protect the marine sovereignty. As the superpowers of China and Japan are confronted and the United States is involved in the balance of power in strategic purposes, the East Asian sea area is a place where tension and conflict environment exist. China's illegal fishing boats are constantly invading our waters, and they even threaten the lives of our police officers. The issue of delimiting maritime boundaries between Korea and China has yet to be solved, and is underway in both countries, and there is a possibility that the exploration activities of the continental shelf resources may collide as the agreement on the continental shelf will expire between Korea and Japan. On the other hand, conflicts in the maritime jurisdictions of the three countries in Korea, China and Japan are leading to the enhancement of maritime security forces to secure deterrence rather than military confrontation. In the situation where the unresolved sovereignty and jurisdiction conflicts of Korea, China and Japan continue, and the competition for the strengthening of the maritime powers of China and Japan becomes fierce, there is a urgent need for stabilization and enhancement of the maritime forces in our country. It is necessary to establish a new long-term strategy for enhancing the maritime security force and to carry out it. It is expected that the Korean Coast Guard, which once said that it was a model for the establishment of China's Coast Guard as a powerful force for the enforcement of the maritime law, firmly establishes itself as a key force to protect our oceans with the Navy and keeps our maritime sovereignty firmly.

• Strategy21
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• 통권45호
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• pp.33-59
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• 2019

본 논문의 목적은 최근 중국의 해양안보전략의 수단과 실행방법, 그 특징을 구체적으로 분석하는 것이다. 중국은 급격한 경제성장 및 강화된 군사력을 바탕으로 '해양강국 건설'이라는 국가목표를 설정하고 이를 달성하기 위해 노력하고 있다. 특히 해양강국을 뒷받침하기 위해 자국의 해양영토주권 수호, 배타적 해양권익 확보 등을 중점적으로 추진하고 있다. 이러한 목표 아래 추진되고 있는 중국의 해양안보전략은 그 수단과 방법 면에서 과거와는 많은 차이를 보인다. 과거 해양안보전략의 주 구현 수단이 해군이었다면 현재는 해군 뿐 아니라 준군사력이 해경과 예비전력인 해상민병도 적극 참여하고 있다. 또한 과거에는 해양에서 전면적인 무력행동을 통해 전략적 목표를 달성하려 했지만 최근은 직접적 충돌 보다는 살라미 자르기 전략, 회색지대전략 및 양배추 전략 등의 전면적 전쟁까지는 이르지 않는 분쟁 수준의 통제를 통해 자신들의 목적을 달성하려 하고 있다. 이러한 중국의 해양안보전략 추구에 대응하여 한국은 적절한 대응방안을 모색할 필요가 있다. 먼저 서해에서의 해군력 현시를 강화해야 하며, 전면전이 아닌 중강도 분쟁에 대비한 전력을 발전시켜야 한다. 또한 회색지대전략, 양배추 전략 등을 활용한 중국의 공세적 해양활동에 효과적으로 대응하기 위해 '해양전장 선점 전략'개념을 발전시킬 필요가 있다.