[해외자료] Deterring a Nuclear North Korea: What Does the Theory Tell Us?

Executive Summary Deterrence has long been the centerpiece of security strategy on the Korean Peninsula. Over the past two decades, however, the security situation has undergone a fundamental change—deterrence now must account for a Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK or North Korea) armed with nuclear weapons and the ballistic missiles capable of delivering...

[해외자료] Learning From South Asia’s Nuclearization: Lessons for South Korea

Earlier this year, South Korea’s President Yoon Suk-Yeol said his country could a href="https://www.voanews.com/ a/why-south-korea-s-president-is-talking-about-nuclear-weapons/6919962.html"buildanuclear weapons if the security situation with North Korea continues to get worse. Amid increased weapons testing by North Korea, his statement was the first time this option has been...

[해외자료] North Korean Market Prices Suggest Serious Food Shortages

Recently, the BBCbecame one of few global outlets to succeed in a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-65881803"interviewing ordinary North Koreans inside the country about the food situationa, and the picture they painted is dire: starvation, empty markets and other signs of severe food shortages.

[해외자료] Arms Racing in Northeast Asia and Implications for the Korean Peninsula

...accelerated over the past few years–fueled by great power competition and North Korea’s rapidly advancing WMD capabilities. This competition has implications for continued efforts to denuclearize the Korean Peninsula, and could ultimately create a volatile situation in a region of such political, strategic, and economic importance, to both the US and broader international peace and security.

[학술논문] 북한 무인기 도발에 관한 Z세대의 안보 의식 조사

본 논문은 북한의 무인기 도발로 인해 한국의 Z세대가 느끼는 안보 상황을 분석하여 도출된 한국군의 문제를해결할 수 있는 안보 능력 고취 방안을 조사하는데 배경과 목적을 두고 있다. 본 연구의 대상은 00시에 소재한 대학생212명을 대상으로 설문지를 사용하여 실시하였다. 자료의 분석은 SPSS 26.0 통계 프로그램으로 신뢰도 분석을 위해Cronbach’s α 값을 산출하고 각 변인 간의 상관분석은 Pearson을 실시하였다. 또한 각 변인에 대한 조사대상자 특성차이는 독립표본 t-검정과 일원배치 분산분석(ANOVA), 왜도 및 첨도를 분석하여 정규성 진단을 위한 기술통계 방식을사용하였다. 이에 따른 연구 결과로 첫째, 안보 상황에 대한 인식에는 한국의 안보 상황을 불안하게 느끼고 한국군의전투준비태세와

[현안분석] Development of Unification Diplomacy Contents

...structure. Chapter II “Logic and Strategy of Unification Diplomacy toward the U.S.” predicts the possibility of U.S. entrapment in a conflict between its allies/partners and China, and prospects the situation of U.S. alliance/ security dilemma. For a convincing unification diplomacy toward the U.S., the paper (1) suggests the incentive beyond the logic to support Korean unification, (2) navigates...

[현안분석] Emerging strategic risks in the Asia-Pacific and the impact on the nuclear nonproliferation regime

...fragmentation of the international situation is expected to continue, and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is pushing the world into a second Cold War. ‣At the regional level, China is becoming a risk factor, and Japan’s recent change in its national security policy has intensified the arms race in Northeast Asia. ‣The strategic situation on the Korean Peninsula remains...

[현안분석] Blind Spots of Human Rights and Peace: North Korean Children’s Involvement in Military Activities

...Rights ( A/HRC/55/L.19) that was adopted on April 4 during the UN Human Rights Council session in Geneva mentions the link between human rights violations and abuses against North Korean residents and nuclear development by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK or North Korea). The phrase is identical to that of last year’s resolution on the situation of human rights ( A/RES/78/218)...

[현안분석] The UN Universal Periodic Review and North Korea: Problems and Potential Opportunities

...rights treaties in the 1980s, and is now a signatory to five of them (out of nine major human rights treaties). ❍The country’s human rights record has come under growing scrutiny, with aUN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (Special Rapporteur)appointed in 2004, and aCommission of Inquiry on Human Rights...