{"id":23406,"date":"2021-12-23T08:25:48","date_gmt":"2021-12-23T13:25:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/?p=23406"},"modified":"2025-02-22T11:29:10","modified_gmt":"2025-02-22T16:29:10","slug":"to-end-americas-longest-war-the-us-korea-alliance-must-change-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/to-end-americas-longest-war-the-us-korea-alliance-must-change-2\/","title":{"rendered":"To End America\u2019s Longest War the US-Korea Alliance Must Change"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>\u27aa see full post: <a href=\"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/to-end-americas-longest-war-the-us-korea-alliance-must-change\/\">HTML<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/fulltext\/211222%20End%20Longest%20War%20Korea.pdf\">PDF<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>by Charles Knight, initially published by the <a href=\"https:\/\/peacediplomacy.org\/\">Institute for Peace and Diplomacy<\/a>, 22 December 2021.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/to-end-americas-longest-war-the-us-korea-alliance-must-change\/moonbiden\/#main\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-23397\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-23397\" src=\"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/moonbiden-250x223.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"223\" \/><\/a>This article reports on South Korean President Moon&#8217;s latest peace initiative, which has achieved an agreement &#8220;in principle&#8221; by the U.S., North Korea, China, and South Korea to negotiate an &#8220;end-of-war declaration.&#8221;\u00a0 Recently, the U.S. appeared to have modified its nuclear disarmament approach, accepting that &#8220;step by step&#8221; is the realistic way to proceed.\u00a0 A few article excerpts:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-style: italic;\">A step-by-step approach requires give and take, [implying] that the U.S. might ultimately have to settle for some tempering of the North\u2019s nuclear arsenal rather than the complete, verifiable, and irreversible disarmament (CVID.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-style: italic;\">&#8230;a strategy of waiting patiently for sanctions to force Pyongyang\u2019s capitulation&#8230;overlooks how existentially critical nuclear weaponry has become in North Korea\u2019s strategic calculus. Without an adequate national security alternative, Pyongyang will most likely choose to suffer indefinitely under the economic pain of sanctions, however severe.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-style: italic;\">Alliances cannot and do not last forever. To endure from one era to another, they must adapt and change. If Washington returns to old habits of leveraging its hegemonic will to control affairs on the Korean Peninsula, it may reap the unintended consequence of hastening the end of the alliance.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u27aa see full post: HTML\u00a0 \u00a0PDF by Charles Knight, initially published by the Institute for Peace and Diplomacy, 22 December 2021. This article reports on South Korean President Moon&#8217;s latest peace initiative, which has achieved an<\/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":[21,34,3,9,8,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asia-pacific","category-featured","category-publications","category-regional-security","category-us-defense-policy","category-wars-and-military-operations"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>To End America\u2019s Longest War the US-Korea Alliance Must Change &#8211; Project on Defense Alternatives<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Alliances cannot and do not last forever. To endure from one era to another, they must adapt and change. If Washington returns to old habits of leveraging its hegemonic will to control affairs on the Korean Peninsula, it may reap the unintended consequence of hastening the end of the alliance.\" \/>\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\/to-end-americas-longest-war-the-us-korea-alliance-must-change\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"To End America\u2019s Longest War the US-Korea Alliance Must Change &#8211; Project on Defense Alternatives\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Alliances cannot and do not last forever. To endure from one era to another, they must adapt and change. If Washington returns to old habits of leveraging its hegemonic will to control affairs on the Korean Peninsula, it may reap the unintended consequence of hastening the end of the alliance.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/to-end-americas-longest-war-the-us-korea-alliance-must-change\/\" \/>\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=\"2021-12-23T13:25:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-02-22T16:29:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/moonbiden-e1643231874275.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"246\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"190\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\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\\\/to-end-americas-longest-war-the-us-korea-alliance-must-change\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/comw.org\\\/pda\\\/to-end-americas-longest-war-the-us-korea-alliance-must-change-2\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cknight\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/comw.org\\\/pda\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/42393d85f3bd421ec3eddf240991f664\"},\"headline\":\"To End America\u2019s Longest War the US-Korea Alliance Must Change\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-12-23T13:25:48+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-02-22T16:29:10+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/comw.org\\\/pda\\\/to-end-americas-longest-war-the-us-korea-alliance-must-change-2\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":222,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/comw.org\\\/pda\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/comw.org\\\/pda\\\/to-end-americas-longest-war-the-us-korea-alliance-must-change\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/comw.org\\\/pda\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/12\\\/moonbiden-250x223.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Asia-Pacific\",\"Featured\",\"Publications\",\"Regional Security\",\"U.S. Defense Policy\",\"Wars &amp; Military Operations\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":[\"WebPage\",\"AboutPage\"],\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/comw.org\\\/pda\\\/to-end-americas-longest-war-the-us-korea-alliance-must-change-2\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/comw.org\\\/pda\\\/to-end-americas-longest-war-the-us-korea-alliance-must-change\\\/\",\"name\":\"To End America\u2019s Longest War the US-Korea Alliance Must Change &#8211; Project on Defense Alternatives\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/comw.org\\\/pda\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/comw.org\\\/pda\\\/to-end-americas-longest-war-the-us-korea-alliance-must-change\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/comw.org\\\/pda\\\/to-end-americas-longest-war-the-us-korea-alliance-must-change\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/comw.org\\\/pda\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/12\\\/moonbiden-250x223.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-12-23T13:25:48+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-02-22T16:29:10+00:00\",\"description\":\"Alliances cannot and do not last forever. To endure from one era to another, they must adapt and change. If Washington returns to old habits of leveraging its hegemonic will to control affairs on the Korean Peninsula, it may reap the unintended consequence of hastening the end of the alliance.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/comw.org\\\/pda\\\/to-end-americas-longest-war-the-us-korea-alliance-must-change\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/comw.org\\\/pda\\\/to-end-americas-longest-war-the-us-korea-alliance-must-change\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/comw.org\\\/pda\\\/to-end-americas-longest-war-the-us-korea-alliance-must-change\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/comw.org\\\/pda\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/12\\\/moonbiden-e1643231874275.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/comw.org\\\/pda\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/12\\\/moonbiden-e1643231874275.jpg\",\"width\":246,\"height\":190},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/comw.org\\\/pda\\\/to-end-americas-longest-war-the-us-korea-alliance-must-change\\\/#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\":\"Regional Security\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/comw.org\\\/pda\\\/category\\\/publications\\\/regional-security\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"To End America\u2019s Longest War the US-Korea Alliance Must Change\"}]},{\"@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":"To End America\u2019s Longest War the US-Korea Alliance Must Change &#8211; Project on Defense Alternatives","description":"Alliances cannot and do not last forever. To endure from one era to another, they must adapt and change. If Washington returns to old habits of leveraging its hegemonic will to control affairs on the Korean Peninsula, it may reap the unintended consequence of hastening the end of the alliance.","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\/to-end-americas-longest-war-the-us-korea-alliance-must-change\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"To End America\u2019s Longest War the US-Korea Alliance Must Change &#8211; Project on Defense Alternatives","og_description":"Alliances cannot and do not last forever. To endure from one era to another, they must adapt and change. If Washington returns to old habits of leveraging its hegemonic will to control affairs on the Korean Peninsula, it may reap the unintended consequence of hastening the end of the alliance.","og_url":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/to-end-americas-longest-war-the-us-korea-alliance-must-change\/","og_site_name":"Project on Defense Alternatives","article_publisher":"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Project-on-Defense-Alternatives\/133638503385018","article_published_time":"2021-12-23T13:25:48+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-02-22T16:29:10+00:00","og_image":[{"width":246,"height":190,"url":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/moonbiden-e1643231874275.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"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\/to-end-americas-longest-war-the-us-korea-alliance-must-change\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/to-end-americas-longest-war-the-us-korea-alliance-must-change-2\/"},"author":{"name":"cknight","@id":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/#\/schema\/person\/42393d85f3bd421ec3eddf240991f664"},"headline":"To End America\u2019s Longest War the US-Korea Alliance Must Change","datePublished":"2021-12-23T13:25:48+00:00","dateModified":"2025-02-22T16:29:10+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/to-end-americas-longest-war-the-us-korea-alliance-must-change-2\/"},"wordCount":222,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/to-end-americas-longest-war-the-us-korea-alliance-must-change\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/moonbiden-250x223.jpg","articleSection":["Asia-Pacific","Featured","Publications","Regional Security","U.S. Defense Policy","Wars &amp; Military Operations"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":["WebPage","AboutPage"],"@id":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/to-end-americas-longest-war-the-us-korea-alliance-must-change-2\/","url":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/to-end-americas-longest-war-the-us-korea-alliance-must-change\/","name":"To End America\u2019s Longest War the US-Korea Alliance Must Change &#8211; Project on Defense Alternatives","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/to-end-americas-longest-war-the-us-korea-alliance-must-change\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/to-end-americas-longest-war-the-us-korea-alliance-must-change\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/moonbiden-250x223.jpg","datePublished":"2021-12-23T13:25:48+00:00","dateModified":"2025-02-22T16:29:10+00:00","description":"Alliances cannot and do not last forever. To endure from one era to another, they must adapt and change. If Washington returns to old habits of leveraging its hegemonic will to control affairs on the Korean Peninsula, it may reap the unintended consequence of hastening the end of the alliance.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/to-end-americas-longest-war-the-us-korea-alliance-must-change\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/to-end-americas-longest-war-the-us-korea-alliance-must-change\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/to-end-americas-longest-war-the-us-korea-alliance-must-change\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/moonbiden-e1643231874275.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/moonbiden-e1643231874275.jpg","width":246,"height":190},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/to-end-americas-longest-war-the-us-korea-alliance-must-change\/#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":"Regional Security","item":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/category\/publications\/regional-security\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"To End America\u2019s Longest War the US-Korea Alliance Must Change"}]},{"@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\/23406","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=23406"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23406\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24906,"href":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23406\/revisions\/24906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}