Washington Really Need Korean Policy?: In the Two Faces of Split Policy.

U.S. foreign policy to Asia will not independently focus on the Korean Peninsula in a heavily highlighted taskforce, which has, as a matter of fact, used to be a part of the branches in Asia policy. Comparing to Japan, China, and Russia, the Korean Peninsula is not likely to outstrip any policy to those countries. Nonetheless, in the name of Korea-U.S. FTA, economic issue and foreign policy in denuclearization of North Korea have stuck U.S. Asia strategy. The U.S. has to cope with such geopolitical as well as geo-economic environment of the Korean Peninsula which is able to manipulate the power structure and security of Northeast Asia. The Korean Peninsula can venture out on overall U.S. foreign policy to establish its new standard in Asia. ..PAT.-Unpublished Manuscript [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]