[학술논문] North Korea’s Aggressive Nuclear Posture and its Implications －Based on the alternative nuclear optimization theory－

Global society has been engaged to nail down on the hitherto unresolved North Korean nuclear issue. Due to shallow understanding of the North’s current status and core interest as well as the Pyongyang’s ambivalent attitude, most policies had short lived and the day of denuclearization seems still far-off. The goal of this article is to provide a framework to use in analyzing North Korea’s