The role of the US-ROK alliance in the NATO-ROK global partnership

NATO’s attention was directed to “enlargement” and “tight connection” with Global Partnership countries as prime agenda. In this context, the main objective of this paper is to find the cause of “a loose connection” between NATO and ROK by analyzing the geopolitical concern in NEA and comparing the US-ROK alliance. Besides, we will forecast the NATO-ROK partnership through 1) an exclusive interview with Major Hwang from Korean Army, currently working at NATO, which was conducted by Mo Rang KIM, 2) interviews with twenty Korean elites, and 3) a conversation with the Director of Security Policy and Partnerships at NATO. Judging from the study, it is highly probable that 1) the US-ROK alliance would cooperate in military security, 2) NATO-ROK Partnership would cover non-traditional security.