{"id":15721,"date":"2020-04-01T15:27:28","date_gmt":"2020-04-01T19:27:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/?p=15721"},"modified":"2025-02-25T17:40:55","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T22:40:55","slug":"korea-conventional-military-balance-the-path-to-disarmament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/korea-conventional-military-balance-the-path-to-disarmament\/","title":{"rendered":"Korea versus Korea: Conventional Military Balance and the Path to Disarmament"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n

by Charles Knight and Lutz Unterseher<\/span>, Lit Verlag, Munster, Germany,<\/span> April 2020.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u27aa full book PDF<\/a><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Chapter: “A Path to Reductions of Conventional Forces on the Korean Peninsula<\/strong>” by Charles Knight.<\/p>\n

\u27aa read full English text:\u00a0 PDF <\/a><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 or\u00a0 \u00a0\u27aa\u00a0Korean auto-translation (DeepL)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"korea<\/a><\/p>\n

Varied incremental steps that embody and signal the accumulating commitment to a minimally acceptable common political future for Korea are key to this process. Progressive reduction of cross-border invasion threats through mutual confidence building force restructuring will constitute a virtuous circle<\/em> of reinforcement for a changed relationship. [Through the] accumulation of the sunk costs of iterative reciprocity North and South Korea will arrive at a point where the demonstrated commitment to smaller restructured military postures is sufficient to allow rapid progress toward a stable level and disposition of arms compatible with a new peaceful political relationship.\u00a0 \u00a0~ Knight<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Die Konfrontation auf der Halbinsel, mit offensivir Oreintierung und Bereitschaft zur Praemption, impliziert Stabilitatsrisiken. Diese werden noch erhoht durch Entwicklung und Einfuhrung prazier ballistischer Raketen, welche die Illusion nahren, den Gegner im Konfilktfall ‘enthaupten’ zu konnen.\u00a0 \u00a0~ Unterseher<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

by Charles Knight and Lutz Unterseher, Lit Verlag, Munster, Germany, April 2020. \u27aa full book PDF\u00a0 Chapter: “A Path to Reductions of Conventional Forces on the Korean Peninsula” by Charles Knight. \u27aa read full English text:\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_10167552604075290_133638503385018":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[18,21,45,34,32,3,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arms-control","category-asia-pacific","category-confidence-building-defense","category-featured","category-guest","category-publications","category-regional-security"],"yoast_head":"\nKorea versus Korea: Conventional Military Balance and the Path to Disarmament – Project on Defense Alternatives<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"steps that embody and signal the accumulating commitment to a peaceful common political future for Korea are key to this process\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/fulltext\/Knight_Unterseher_KvsK.pdf\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Korea versus Korea: Conventional Military Balance and the Path to Disarmament – Project on Defense Alternatives\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"steps that embody and signal the accumulating commitment to a peaceful common political future for Korea are key to this process\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/fulltext\/Knight_Unterseher_KvsK.pdf\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Project on Defense Alternatives\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Project-on-Defense-Alternatives\/133638503385018\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-04-01T19:27:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-02-25T22:40:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cknight\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@defensealt\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@defensealt\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cknight\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"ScholarlyArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/comw.org\\\/pda\\\/fulltext\\\/Knight_Unterseher_KvsK.pdf#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/comw.org\\\/pda\\\/korea-conventional-military-balance-the-path-to-disarmament\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cknight\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/comw.org\\\/pda\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/42393d85f3bd421ec3eddf240991f664\"},\"headline\":\"Korea versus Korea: Conventional Military Balance and the Path to Disarmament\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-04-01T19:27:28+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-02-25T22:40:55+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/comw.org\\\/pda\\\/korea-conventional-military-balance-the-path-to-disarmament\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":183,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/comw.org\\\/pda\\\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Arms Control\",\"Asia-Pacific\",\"Confidence Building Defense\",\"Featured\",\"Guest\",\"Publications\",\"Regional Security\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":[\"WebPage\",\"AboutPage\"],\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/comw.org\\\/pda\\\/korea-conventional-military-balance-the-path-to-disarmament\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/comw.org\\\/pda\\\/fulltext\\\/Knight_Unterseher_KvsK.pdf\",\"name\":\"Korea versus Korea: Conventional Military Balance and the Path to Disarmament – Project on Defense Alternatives\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/comw.org\\\/pda\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2020-04-01T19:27:28+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-02-25T22:40:55+00:00\",\"description\":\"steps that embody and signal the accumulating commitment to a peaceful common political future for Korea are key to this process\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/comw.org\\\/pda\\\/fulltext\\\/Knight_Unterseher_KvsK.pdf#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/comw.org\\\/pda\\\/fulltext\\\/Knight_Unterseher_KvsK.pdf\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/comw.org\\\/pda\\\/fulltext\\\/Knight_Unterseher_KvsK.pdf#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/comw.org\\\/pda\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Publications\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/comw.org\\\/pda\\\/category\\\/publications\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Military & Strategic Studies\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/comw.org\\\/pda\\\/category\\\/publications\\\/military-strategic-studies\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"Confidence Building Defense\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/comw.org\\\/pda\\\/category\\\/publications\\\/military-strategic-studies\\\/confidence-building-defense\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":5,\"name\":\"Korea versus Korea: Conventional Military Balance and the Path to Disarmament\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/comw.org\\\/pda\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/comw.org\\\/pda\\\/\",\"name\":\"Project on Defense Alternatives\",\"description\":\"adapting defense policy to emerging challenges and opportunities\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/comw.org\\\/pda\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/comw.org\\\/pda\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/comw.org\\\/pda\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Project on Defense Alternatives\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/comw.org\\\/pda\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/comw.org\\\/pda\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/comw.org\\\/pda\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2012\\\/09\\\/bannerviolet21-e1618955985362.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/comw.org\\\/pda\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2012\\\/09\\\/bannerviolet21-e1618955985362.jpg\",\"width\":900,\"height\":180,\"caption\":\"Project on Defense Alternatives\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/comw.org\\\/pda\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/pages\\\/Project-on-Defense-Alternatives\\\/133638503385018\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/defensealt\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/comw.org\\\/pda\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/42393d85f3bd421ec3eddf240991f664\",\"name\":\"cknight\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/comw.org\\\/pda\\\/\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/comw.org\\\/pda\\\/author\\\/cknight\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Korea versus Korea: Conventional Military Balance and the Path to Disarmament – Project on Defense Alternatives","description":"steps that embody and signal the accumulating commitment to a peaceful common political future for Korea are key to this process","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/fulltext\/Knight_Unterseher_KvsK.pdf","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Korea versus Korea: Conventional Military Balance and the Path to Disarmament – Project on Defense Alternatives","og_description":"steps that embody and signal the accumulating commitment to a peaceful common political future for Korea are key to this process","og_url":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/fulltext\/Knight_Unterseher_KvsK.pdf","og_site_name":"Project on Defense Alternatives","article_publisher":"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Project-on-Defense-Alternatives\/133638503385018","article_published_time":"2020-04-01T19:27:28+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-02-25T22:40:55+00:00","author":"cknight","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@defensealt","twitter_site":"@defensealt","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cknight","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"ScholarlyArticle","@id":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/fulltext\/Knight_Unterseher_KvsK.pdf#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/korea-conventional-military-balance-the-path-to-disarmament\/"},"author":{"name":"cknight","@id":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/#\/schema\/person\/42393d85f3bd421ec3eddf240991f664"},"headline":"Korea versus Korea: Conventional Military Balance and the Path to Disarmament","datePublished":"2020-04-01T19:27:28+00:00","dateModified":"2025-02-25T22:40:55+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/korea-conventional-military-balance-the-path-to-disarmament\/"},"wordCount":183,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Arms Control","Asia-Pacific","Confidence Building Defense","Featured","Guest","Publications","Regional Security"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":["WebPage","AboutPage"],"@id":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/korea-conventional-military-balance-the-path-to-disarmament\/","url":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/fulltext\/Knight_Unterseher_KvsK.pdf","name":"Korea versus Korea: Conventional Military Balance and the Path to Disarmament – Project on Defense Alternatives","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/#website"},"datePublished":"2020-04-01T19:27:28+00:00","dateModified":"2025-02-25T22:40:55+00:00","description":"steps that embody and signal the accumulating commitment to a peaceful common political future for Korea are key to this process","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/fulltext\/Knight_Unterseher_KvsK.pdf#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/fulltext\/Knight_Unterseher_KvsK.pdf"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/fulltext\/Knight_Unterseher_KvsK.pdf#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Publications","item":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/category\/publications\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Military & Strategic Studies","item":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/category\/publications\/military-strategic-studies\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Confidence Building Defense","item":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/category\/publications\/military-strategic-studies\/confidence-building-defense\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"name":"Korea versus Korea: Conventional Military Balance and the Path to Disarmament"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/#website","url":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/","name":"Project on Defense Alternatives","description":"adapting defense policy to emerging challenges and opportunities","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/#organization","name":"Project on Defense Alternatives","url":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/bannerviolet21-e1618955985362.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/bannerviolet21-e1618955985362.jpg","width":900,"height":180,"caption":"Project on Defense Alternatives"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Project-on-Defense-Alternatives\/133638503385018","https:\/\/x.com\/defensealt"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/#\/schema\/person\/42393d85f3bd421ec3eddf240991f664","name":"cknight","sameAs":["https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/"],"url":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/author\/cknight\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15721","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15721"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15721\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18952,"href":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15721\/revisions\/18952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}