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This report reflects the efforts of a group of RAND researchers to think about the implications of recent global and domestic changes for future U.S. national security challenges in great detail--"realism," "multinational security," "democratic internationalism," and "strategic independence." Although the differences between these strategies are profound, the commonalities provide some ground for identifying potential strategy components around which a future U.S. strategy might be developed: redefining the U.S. role in world affairs to deal with a perceived need for continuing U.S. engagement; reformulating U.S. military requirements to meet some core U.S. security concerns (e.g., protecting the security of the United States and of its citizens abroad and impeding the spread of weapons of mass destruction); and ensuring a greater linkage between U.S. foreign policy goals and domestic, especially economic, objectives. The report concludes with three overarching challenges the Administration will face in building a new national security strategy.

South Koreans are moving beyond both the historical and Cold War legacies in their thinking about Korea's long-time security. This major conclusion, which emerges from this report analyzing South Korean attitudes toward unification and long-term security

The United States and South Korea enjoy many benefits from close security cooperation but the relationship, although not currently endangered, is shifting. Although Korea is assuming more military responsibilities, action is needed to address Korea's desire for a more equal partnership. Even if the United States makes an effort to give Koreans a greater sense of ownership, Korea itself must act like an equal partner if it wants to be treated as one. It should make renewed efforts to reaffirm the value of the alliance and the importance of the U.S. military presence in its country.