[학술논문] The Paradox of Reputation Building: North Korea’s Gray Zone Strategy and Escalation Avoidance
... zone behavior through the lens of reputation dynamics, this study offers a novel framework for understanding escalation management in asymmetric rivalries.
[학술논문] Strategy Optimization of Peripheral Nuclear States: Hybrid Modality Deterrence in Confronting Regional and Extra-Regional Threats
...what may be described as a Hybrid Modality Deterrence model. Within this model, two posture types can be identified. The first, Systematic Central-Escalation, is directed against South Korea and relies on centralized command and calibrated escalation, including the option of first-use, to compensate for conventional inferiority. The second, Limited Retaliatory Response, is employed against the United...
[학술논문] North Korea’s Pursuit of Coercive Leverage in the Information Age: Expanding Cyber and Counterspace Capabilities
...cyber and space capabilities in North Korea's asymmetric warfare strategy. Specifically, it demonstrates how North Korea operates in these domains to exploit vulnerabilities in the interconnectedness of global networks to create new avenues for coercion without provoking full-scale military responses, while simultaneously increasing the risk of escalation. In conclusion, this study emphasizes, first...
[학술논문] 미중 패권 경쟁 시나리오와 북한의 대응 전략 분석
...틀로는 국제 체제 이론, 동맹 정치론, 수정주의 국가 이론을 활용하였다. 북한의 전략은 각 시나리오에서 △동맹 정책, △핵전략 및 핵태세, △대남·대미 전략 방법론이라는 세 가지 축을 중심으로 다음과 같은 방향으로 전개될 것으로 전망된다. 열전 시나리오에서는 북한이 사슬결박(chain-ganging)형 동맹 전략, 공세적 비대칭 확전(asymmetric escalation) 핵태세, 그리고 대북·대미 고강도 전략 도발을 통해 한반도 정세의 급격한 격화를 유도할 가능성이 높다. 신냉전/냉평화 시나리오에서는 비용 전가(buck-passing)형 동맹 외교, 선언적 공세와 실질적 억제를 병행하는 이중 핵전략(dual nuclear strategy), 그리고 제한적·국지적 도발을 활용하는 대북·대미 저강도 전략을...
[학위논문] 핵개발 전략이 핵협상에 미치는 영향 : 이란과 북한 사례를 중심으로
...choose the strategies of assured retaliation or asymmetric escalation. In the case of assured retaliation, North Korea's leadership can pick it up because it is possible to take control of the military. However, not the actual use of nuclear weapons, but just the nuclear threat can not be passed on to the United States, and the asymmetric escalation type has not the possibility of being chosen in...