한반도 , 독일의 냉전구조해체방안 비교연구와 정책적 함의

• Published in: 한국과 국제정치 Vol. 18; no. 1; pp. 97 - 133
• Main Authors: 김학성, Hak Sung Kim, 황병덕, Byung Duck Hwang, 박종철, Jong Chul Park, 전성훈, Seong Whun Cheon
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Korean
• Published: 경남대학교 극동문제연구소 2002; 극동문제연구소
• Subjects: Cold War structure; Ostpolitik; sunshine policy; unification policies; 정치외교학; sunshine policy; Cold War structure; unification policies; Ostpolitik
• ISSN: 1225-3006; 2713-7570

A Cold War structure, underlined an international order pivoting Washington and Moscow for the latter half of the 20th century, was dismantled with the demise of communist regimes in the Soviet Union and the Eastern Europe. A remnant of the Cold War era, division of the Korean peninsula, unfortunately remains without resolution at the beginning of the 21 century. So freeing the peninsula and its people from the custody of the outmoded ideological confrontation must be an important task of the contemporaries for the benefit of peace and stability of the international community in the new century. One way to attain this is to learn practical lessons for application of the other parts of the globe that experienced some similarities in the past. In particular, West Germany’s Ostpolitik and Germany policy are worthy of pursuing a serious investigation. West German policy toward East Germany and South Korea’s sunshine policy toward North Korea are overlapping in the following two points: (1) the two policies try to overcome the limits of existing unification policies and to propose new visions for their people and (2) they focus on fostering auspicious environments for unification through peaceful management of division in the first place rather than hastily justifying the virtues and necessities of unification. Noting these commonalities, this paper attempts to draw valuable lessons from the German experiences and apply them in the Korean case with due consideration of the strains of the Korean peninsula. The paper first performs an analysis about West Germany’s Ostpolitik. Its background, basic policy thinking and the result of policy implementations are thoroughly reviewed. West German’s efforts for dismantling Cold War structure are explained in two dimensions: inter-German and European. A similar analytic framework is used to analyze the sunshine policy in the case of Korea. South Korea’s efforts for getting rid of a Cold War remnant are also detailed in two dimensions: inter-Korean and Northeast Asian. Based on the analyses, the two policies are compared and policy implications are drawn for the peaceful management of Korean division and for ultimate unification in the end. KCI Citation Count: 1