[현안분석] Examining the Nexus between Economic Ties at the Kaesong Industrial Complex and Security on the Korean Peninsulaa: Theoretical frameworks and evaluations

This article examines the nexus between economic ties and security on the Korean Peninsula by discussing three causal mechanisms. First, economic ties increase opportunity costs to constrain the two Koreas’ conflict behavior. Second, inter-Korean economic ties allow either or both to send a costly signal about their resolves during a crisis. Third, economic ties transform domestic interests and