[학술논문] 북한 대외경제중재법의 주요 개정내용과 문제점
...it has not brought out favorable outcomes. North Korea’s inherent political risks, low credit rating and poor investment environments have been often addressed to explain the failure but the absence of arbitration statutes was the core cause of unsuccessful accomplishment to promote economic activities and secure economic profits of foreign investment enterprises. Recognizing the statutory shortage...
[학술논문] Power Transition Theory and the U.S. Decisions in Favor of Preventive War: A Linkage between Theory and Practice
...U.S. after World War II, this paper argues that the expected cost of war has been a crucial factor affecting the decision to engage in preventive war. In this context, this paper argues that the absence of war between the U.S. and the Soviet Union in the Cold War era was caused largely by the prohibitively high expected cost of war rather than by the preponderant power of the U.S. over the Soviet...
[학술논문] “The Mystery of the Century:” Lay Buddhist Monk Villages (Chaegasŭngch’on) Near Korea’s Northernmost Border, 1600s–1960s
...region, their long history and, more importantly, their monastic identity and Buddhist lifestyle, narratives about these communities are almost absent in the historiography of Korean Buddhism. The absence of a written history is ascribed to that historiography’s privileged focus on the influential figures, doctrines, texts, and schools that contributed to the protection of the state. Colonial...
[학술논문] North Korea and the Use of Force in International Law
...military intervention. This article examines the various legal justifications that might be offered to justify military action against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. It claims that in absence of United Nations Security Council authorization, or an imminent armed attack triggering the right of self-defense, or an invitation of the North Korean government to intervene, any other category...
[학술논문] South Korea’s Regional Cooperation: A Challenge to the European Integration Model
...integration to the double view that South Korea has on regional cooperation: territorial and identity-led with regards to North Korea; functional and economically-led with regards to rest of the world. By analyzing some concrete cooperation examples (Six-party Talks, FTAs, ASEAN Plus Three), it highlights the absence of a true regional integration design and the contrast with European construction.