An Analysis of US Motives Behind THAAD Deployment in South Korea  

作　　者：Liu Chong Hong Jianjun 

机构地区：[1]the Institute of Security and Arms Control Studies,CICIR

出　　处：《Contemporary International Relations》2015年第4期129-153,共25页现代国际关系（英文版）

摘　　要：US plans to deploy a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense （THAAD） system in South Korea became a global concem following their disclosure in US media in May 2014. China has repeatedly expressed its concerns to the governments of the US and South Korea over the deployment. Since policy makers and scholars in the countries involved have varying views it is somewhat difficult to properly assess the different viewpoints. This article attempts to analyze why the US has chosen to deploy a THAAD system in South Korea and the strategic implications for China, the US, Japan and South Korea. It also examines and expounds on Washington＇s real motives for deploying the THAAD system, quoting analysts from official Chinese institutions and academic research circles.A U.S.deployment of a THAAD system in South Korea would prove that its anti-missile system is at least partly aimed at offsetting China’s deterrent capabilities.A THAAD platform will do little to improve South Korea’s military deterrence with North Korea;rather it will mean it will push China to take countermeasures,ushering in a new arms race in Northeast Asia and posing a severe test to regional security.

关 键 词：THAAD系统 韩国政府 部署 美国 防御系统 中国 华盛顿 学术界 

分 类 号：D815[政治法律—国际关系] E16[政治法律—政治学]