[학술논문] Can—Should—Must We Negotiate with Evil?
...survival of humanity. Today a similar choice confronts Washington, Seoul, and Tokyo as they confront leaders in Pyongyang moving to expand their nuclear and missile capabilities. President George W. Bush placed North Korea on an “axis of evil.” He loathed a leader who permitted more than a million of his subject to starve. But even if this repugnance was justified, did it serve U.S. and...
[학술논문] Politics at the Water’s Edge: The Presidency, Congress, and U.S. Policy toward North Korea
This article seeks to explain why the Clinton and Bush administrations ultimately failed to prevent a nuclear North Korea. It finds the origins of this failure in the relations between the executive and the legislative branches and, more specifically, different government types: unified government and divided government. It particularly emphasizes the role of Congress and partisan politics in the making...
[학술논문] Risk-Taking or Risk-Aversive: Understanding North Korea’s Foreign Policy of Brinkmanship
...theory. In particular, we analyze the contrast between North Korea’s cooperative policies during the later Clinton era and its confrontational policies during the early period of the George W. Bush administration. Employing the content analysis method, we analyze Nodong Shinmun, the official newspaper of North Korea. Our analyses show that North Korea utilizes a cooperative policy when it perceives...
[학술논문] US Policy Toward Rogue States: Comparing the Bush Administration’s Policy Toward Iraq and North Korea
...States in the world. Iraq and North Korea had different implications for Bush’s grand strategy, thereby calling for different approaches. By tracing the strategic design of the Bush administration,we attempt to provide a more complete account of policy differences toward rogue states, as well as indicate the significant changes in US policy during the George W. Bush administration and since.
[학술논문] 정전협정 60주년의 의미와 평화체제 구축논의의 전제조건
...주기적으로 반복되는 평화체제 구상에 대한 요구를 어떻게 해소할 지 구체적인 대안을 마련할 필요가 있다. 평화체제에 대한 관심이 아직도 회자되는 것은 이를 비핵화의 수단으로 활용할 수 있다는 믿음 때문이다. 노무현 정부 당시 적극적 관심을 보였던 것도 비핵화라는 전략적 목표를 달성하는데 도움을 줄 수 있다고 판단했기 때문이다. 당시 조지 부시 (George Bush)미 대통령은 한․미 정상회담에서 종전선언을 의제화 했고, 2007년 남북 정상회담 합의문에도 종전선언의 필요성을 포함시켰다. 당사국들이 항구적 평화체제에 관해 협상한다는 문항에 서명함으로써 평화체제 구축문제가 일약 새로운 정책현안으로 대두되었던 것이다. 이러한 불씨는 여전히 움직이고 있다. 스티븐 보스워스 (Stephen W. Bosworth) 전 주한대사를...