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Transpacific Partnership as a component of America's "Pivot to Asia" strategy and its impact on South Korea.
Srpová, Laura ; Bečka, Jan (advisor) ; Sehnálková, Jana (referee)
Bachelor thesis deals with the topic of Transpacific partnership (TPP) as a component of America's pivot to Asia strategy. It focuses on the evaluation of the relationship between South Korea and the USA. The TPP, as the economical component of the policy, is a newly planned free trade area among countries of the Asia-Pacific region. China and the U.S. are the largest countries and major economical powers of the Asia-Pacific. Their rivalry raises concerns among countries of the region including South Korea. The current rapid rise of China's political and economical power strongly influeces the relationship between both traditional allies, the United States and South Korea. Therefore, the text deals with the issue of Chinese influence in the decision- making process of South Korea in joining the TPP. South Korean alliance with China, although it is economically beneficial, forces her at the same time to join the Transpacific partnership led by the United States. Thereby, Korea can mitigate China's rising influence and adopt balanced approach to both regional powers. South Korea will profit from this position and from the economical integration in the Asia-Pacific region. Politically, South Korea will remain China's ally but it will stay under the protection of the United States against Chinese...
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The U.S.-Japan Alliance: Key Building Stone of Obama's Pivot to Asia?
Srpová, Laura ; Sehnálková, Jana (advisor) ; Bečka, Jan (referee)
The thesis deals with the impact of the Obama administration's foreign policy strategy of rebalancing to Asia and its implications for the U.S. - Japan security alliance. The aim of this thesis is to evaluate the success in meeting the goals of rebalancing to Asia, taking into account the implications for the U.S. - Japan security alliance. In my thesis I focus mainly on the evaluation of the strategy and its goals, and analysis of the inner and outer challenges to the alliance. Finally, the thesis also analyzes the key documents of the U.S. - Japan alliance, which are the Guidelines for U.S. - Japan Defense Cooperation and the U.S. National Security Strategy from the year 2015. In the conclusion, I claim that Obama's strategy of rebalancing to Asia was only partially successful, whereas the majority of goals were not met because of the difficult domestic political and economic situation of both allies. Another reason for the partial success of the rebalance strategy were the unfavorable international circumstances, which distracted the United States and forced it to focus its financial and political resources to other regions of the world.
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Transpacific Partnership as a component of America's "Pivot to Asia" strategy and its impact on South Korea.
Srpová, Laura ; Bečka, Jan (advisor) ; Sehnálková, Jana (referee)
Bachelor thesis deals with the topic of Transpacific partnership (TPP) as a component of America's pivot to Asia strategy. It focuses on the evaluation of the relationship between South Korea and the USA. The TPP, as the economical component of the policy, is a newly planned free trade area among countries of the Asia-Pacific region. China and the U.S. are the largest countries and major economical powers of the Asia-Pacific. Their rivalry raises concerns among countries of the region including South Korea. The current rapid rise of China's political and economical power strongly influeces the relationship between both traditional allies, the United States and South Korea. Therefore, the text deals with the issue of Chinese influence in the decision- making process of South Korea in joining the TPP. South Korean alliance with China, although it is economically beneficial, forces her at the same time to join the Transpacific partnership led by the United States. Thereby, Korea can mitigate China's rising influence and adopt balanced approach to both regional powers. South Korea will profit from this position and from the economical integration in the Asia-Pacific region. Politically, South Korea will remain China's ally but it will stay under the protection of the United States against Chinese...
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