한국군 군사전략의 역할과 전략구상에 대한 담론 = Discourse on the Role of Military Strategy and Making Strategy within Korean Military

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The security environments in the Korean peninsula has been rapidly changing. Increase in the fog of uncertainty evidently requires the important role of military strategy in national security. That is because the role of strategy is to provide directions in midst of the uncertainty. So far there has been a low level of linkages between strategy and operation / force planning. Due to North Korea’s persistent military threat and repeated provocations, the military strategy - which requires a deep thinking and a long-term perspective - had difficulty in fully engaging with the operation and force planning processes. Thus both had developed their own independent territories outside of the influence of military strategy. Now is the time to revisit and reexamine the role, position, and function of military strategy as well as strategy planning process. This study suggests that the role of military strategy lies on all realm of government policies, not only security and defense arena, but also political, economy, societal, and cultural arena. This paper also defines the position and function of military strategy by explaining interaction between the horizontal evolution and the vertical diversification of military strategy. Lastly, the study underscores the importance of the three elements of military strategy in the planning process - ends, ways, and means - and how the interact with each other to develp valid strategic concepts.