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Korea & the World (10) Pax Americana. 2010. 5. 11 김 병 구 bkkim9@gmail.com. This Week in Brief. 한중 , 북중 연쇄 정상회담 – 실세 과시 미 핵무기 보유 5113 기 , 최초 공식 발표 군축 이행 약속 , 핵무기 보유량 공개 방침 유럽 Euro 16 국 그리스 구조금융 지원 결정 프랑스 , 벨지움 , 네델란드 부르카 착용금지법 급속확산 추세. Rise & Fall of World Empires.
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Korea & the World(10)Pax Americana 2010. 5. 11 김 병 구 bkkim9@gmail.com
This Week in Brief • 한중, 북중 연쇄 정상회담 – 실세 과시 • 미 핵무기 보유 5113기, 최초 공식 발표 • 군축 이행 약속, 핵무기 보유량 공개 방침 • 유럽 Euro 16국 그리스 구조금융 지원 결정 • 프랑스, 벨지움, 네델란드 부르카 착용금지법 급속확산 추세
Rise & Fall of World Empires • Persian Empire : 6 c. BC - 4 c. BC • Roman Empire : 2 c. BC – 7 c. AD • Mongolian Emp. : 13 c. AD – 14 c. AD • Ottoman Empire : 16 c. AD – 18 c. AD • Pax Britannia : 19 c. AD • Pax Americana : 20 c. AD • ??? : 21 c.
American History (1) • 1492 Columbus discovers America • 17 c. Massive immigration from Europe • Eradication of American Indians • 1776 Declaration of Independence (UK) • 1865 Civil War, slavery abolished • Civil rights for Afro-Americans • 1914 World War I started, boom economy • 1929 Great Depression
American History (2) • 1945 World War II ended, atomic bomb • 1950 Korean War, dispatch UNPKF • 1961 Establish Peace Corps • 1969 Apollo 11 Moon landing • 1975 Defeated in Vietnam War • 1989 USSR collapsed, sole super power • 2001 9.11 terror attack, IRQ War • 2008 First black president elected
US Presidential Election System • 4 year term, one time re-election possible • Candidacy: native born citizen • Primary election system for two parties • Republican (red): conservative, big business • Democrat (blue): liberal, small, minorities • Majority winner of electoral college (270 votes) • 50states proportional E.C. votes : 538 • Majority winner takes all E.C. votes for state • Nationwide popular vote winner may loose the E.C. votes
Who is Barack Hussein Obama II? • 1961born in Hawaii(48) • 1959. 8 Hawaii became 50th state of USA • Father: Kenyan black, mother: Kansas white • Childhood in Hawaii, Indonesia, Africa • Bachelor from Columbia College in ‘International Relations’ • Law doctor from Harvard Univ.(magna cum laude) • WifeMichelle,Harvard law school graduate • Civil rights lawyer in Chicago • First term senator from State of Illinois
Obama and the Nobel Peace Prize • Surprising news from Oslo (Oct. 9, 2009) • A Call to Action • Nobel committee citation - "for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and co-operation between peoples.“ - “his vision for nuclear weapon-free world through nuclear disarmaments” • Third US president after Ted Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson
US Civil Rights History • 1620 Mayflower pilgrims African slavery, native Indians • 1776 300,000 black slaves • 1861 Civil War: Confederacy vs Federal Union • 1868 Citizenship to blacks • 1968 Assassination of Rev. King • 2008 Obama elected for 44th US President
Characteristics of Pax Americana • ‘Melting pot’ republic, starting from British Puritan immigrants • Rapid growth through WW I, II mainly in Europe • Utopian vision, ‘land of opportunity’ • World’s brightest, most talented immigrated to US (60% of all Nobel Prize winners) • Shy away from overseas colonization • International contribution with Christian spirit • 20 century on international standards • Language: English, currency: US$
LonelySuper Power • Difficulty of early years • Black slaves from Africa: racial discrimination • Rapid growth to the West • Right to arm: culture of violence • Limits of American democracy to overseas • Balance of power change after Soviet collapse • Middle East unrest from US bias policies for Israel • Losing international trust due to Christian arrogance
Challenges for President Obama • First priority: recovery from financial crisis • US troop withdrawal from Iraq in two years • War against terror: Afghanistan • Reform public health insurance • Invest on R&D for alternative energy • International diplomacy– multilateral regimes • Nuclear disarmaments, nonproliferation • Positive steps taken
US/Korea History • Education, medical universities from 19th century • Yonsei, Ewha, Paijai, etc. • Agricultural immigrants to US from 19th century • Divided peninsula after WW II by US/USSR • Stopped communism with UN forces during Korean War • 20,000 US army died during the War, 20,000 stationed now • Korean army sent to Viet Nam, Iraq • Single largest overseas education, immigration • Best supporter of Korean economic miracle • US educated Korean elites repatriated • US export market for industrial boom
Future Vision : US/Korea Relations • 21century tripartite world • US, EU, Asia • Obama foreign policy on Korea • US troops in Korea: long term pull-out plan • Until NK threats, regime collapse • Reconsider radical anti-America sentiments • From US dependency to equal partnership • Currency swap, no visa, FTA , etc.