At the crossroads of Northeast Asia, South Korea provides a critical vantage point for viewing changes in the region. This comprehensive review of the past quarter century covers its strategic thinking in regard to China, Japan, Russia, regionalism, and reunification.

Overview; G.Rozman, I.Hyun  & S.Lee CHRONOLOGY South Korean Strategic Thought toward Asia in the 1980s; K.Hong Strategic Thought toward Asia in the Kim Young-sam Era; I.Hyun Strategic Thought toward Asia in the Kim Dae-jung Era; S.Snyder Strategic Thought toward Asia in the Roh Moo-hyun Era; S.Sheen GEOGRAPHY South Korean Strategic Thought on Reunification; J.Bae  & G.Rozman South Korean Strategic Thought toward China; J.Chung South Korean Strategic Thought toward Japan; G.Rozman South Korean Strategic Thought toward Russia; G.Rozman South Korean Strategic Thought toward Regionalism; S.Lee

Gilbert Rozman is a Musgrave Professor of Sociology at Princeton University. In-taek Hyun is Professor and Director of the Ilmin International Relations Institute atKorea University. Shin-wha Lee isProfessor of the Department of Political Science and International Relations at Korea University.