Implications of the Russia-Ukraine War for East Asia”
In this <Global NK Zoom & Connect> Commentary,
Yang Gyu Kim, Executive Director at the East Asia Institute (EAI), identifies
the Russia-Ukraine war as a case of deterrence failure from the U.S. and the
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)’s perspective. He points out weakened
U.S. feasibility of military and political punishments against Russia’s Fait
Accompli Strategy as the cause behind the escalation of the crisis.
Additionally, the author underscores the importance of maintaining the
feasibility of punishment in order to deter China and North Korea from
launching provocations in East Asia by misperceiving the credibility of the
U.S. alliance system’s deterrence posture in East Asia.
