2012~2015 한일정상회담의 부재

학위논문 (석사)-- 서울대학교 국제대학원 : 국제대학원 국제학과 국제지역학 전공, 2016. 2. 박철희.The more than three years long summit disengagement following the rapid chilling of relations from late 2012, immediately after the heydays of ROK-Japan shuttle diplomacy, was a puzzling turn of events. Although the initial discord of 2012 could be attributed to several visible events like President Lees visit to Dokdo, it is difficult to provide an easy answer as to why such discord continued for such a long time in the form of summit disengagement. There have been troubled relations in the past, but this was the first time summitries were foregone for such a long time. This paper seeks to explain this anomalous summit disengagement between the ROK and Japan during the years 2012~2015. Based on the understanding that Realist and Liberal security/utility maximizing rational choice models prescribe closer cooperation and not disengagement between the ROK and Japan, I have employed the Constructivist approach to analyze the 2012~2015 summit disengagement by employing the concepts of national identity and historical memory, and their functions in the ROK-Japan relational dyad. As a result, from examining various statements of the two countries heads of state and their foreign policy conceptions, and how the eventual November 2015 summitry and December 2015 announcement on mutual steps for resolving the issue of comfort women came to be, it was possible to identify frictions between the Park administrations national identity of regional moderator and the Abe administrations national identity of resurgent Japan. Specifically, the frictions arose between the Park administrations pursuits of trustpolitik that conceptualized Japans trustworthiness on its succession of correct understanding of history, and the Abe administrations passive reactions on issues regarding history due to their controversial nature, the issues negative effects to the pursuit of Japans pride and honor, and the relatively small presence of the ROK in the administrations foreign policy conception. Present in this friction were divergent historical memories that conditioned the Park administrations pursuit of Japans correct understanding of history, and the Abe administrations pursuit of Japans pride and controversies in its domestic politics like those regarding history education. Similar friction could also be found in the issue of comfort women between the ROK and Japan.I. Introduction 1 II. Literature Review 4 III. Friction of National Identities between the Park and Abe administrations 17 1. Park administrations national identity of regional mediator 19 2. Abe administrations national identity of resurgent Japan 24 3. Lead up to the November 2015 summitryincremental convergences of national identity 31 IV. Analysis of the Friction of National Identities Through the Issue of Comfort Women 39 1. Trust and the issue of comfort women in statements of President Park 42 2. Japans honor and the issue of comfort women in PM Abes statements 44 3. December 2015 announcement of mutual steps to resolve the issue of comfort women 47 V. Conclusion 53 Bibliography 56 Appendix 64 국문초록 91Maste