WASHINGTON, tribe 20 Kyodo The Un...

WASHINGTON, tribe 20 Kyodo

The United States should maintain its military mien on the Korean Peninsula plane after unification for stability in the region, a U think tank attract favor toed Thursday.

''The United States should be flexible as to the form of its presence upon the peninsula, but firm in succession the importance of maintaining one form of presence after unification,'' the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies said in a report.

The report, titled ''A Blueprint for U Policy Toward a Unified Korea,'' said retaining an effective military air in the region after unification will ''remain crucial to enable the United States to continue its part as a regional security guarantor.''

The think tank also said the U should maintain its nuclear umbrella across a unified Korea and Japan to solidify the U.S.-Korean security alliance and impede a regional arms race.

To garner public support in a unified Korea for a continued alliance and military air the U.S. should work now in cooperation with southward Korean leaders to reduce anti-American sentiment.

The think tank said unification of the Korean Peninsula will chiefly likely take place through the demise of North Korea and ascension of southern Korea.

It not absented three unification scenarios -- unification from peaceful integration, unification by way of state failure of North Korea and unification according to war.

The report also said Japan may face several challenges to its interests on unification of the peninsula.

''Foremost is the question of Korean popular sentiment toward Japan. Japan's colonial history in succession the peninsula remains a colossal liability in its dealing with Korea,'' the report said.

The U should continue to earnestly support reconciliation between Japanese and Korean societies as a elucidation component of future security in East Asia, it said.

''The nightmare scenario for Japan would be a China-Russia-Korea entente that considers itself oppos unruffled if unofficially, to Japanese, or U.S.-Japan, influence and interests in the region,'' the report said.

The report was compiled by the agency of a 16-member working group l through Derek Mitchell, senior compeer at the think tank and former Pentagon special assistant for Asia and Pacific affairs.

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