[학술논문] When National Communism Meets Juche Ideology: Normative Convergence in Romanian-North Korean Relations
...provide only partial explanations of this relationship. The two states faced markedly different security environments, and North Korea was far from an attractive economic partner for Romania. Constructivism, however, by emphasizing the role of non-material factors, offers a more suitable framework for analysis. This paper therefore examines Romanian–North Korean relations through the lens of...
[학술논문] 대북지원과 통일자원:구성주의를 중심으로
This study aims to analyze the current situations of the aid projects for North Korea and unification resources and to suggest the future directions based on constructivism. The structural contexts, ideas, national interests, norms, and identities interact on each other are drawn as variables interacting on each other in the Korean peninsula issues. As a result, the policies of the four powerful nations...
[학술논문] The Different Choices of South Korea: Seeds of Discord of South Korea and US Relations
...not followed the US leadership since the Kim Dae-jung presidency, unlike in the past. In order to answer the above puzzle, this study tries to analyze the puzzling situation with the feature of constructivism, such as the change of national identity. From this study, I found that generational change in South Korea from the Korean War generation to the 386 and Internet generations played an important...
[학술논문] The North Korean Nuclear Threat and South Korea’s Identity Politics in 2006
...deeply linked to domestic politics, because policy toward North Korea includes cultural elements such as identity and norms. South Korea’s response to the North Korean nuclear issue, particularly the Roh administration’s countermeasures to North Korea’s first nuclear test, shows the merits of constructivism, which emphasizes culturalinstitutional elements such as norms and identity.
[학술논문] Resolving the North Korean Question: A Constructivist Perspective
Conceptualizing the inter-Korean relationship under national division as a “division structure” from the theoretical perspective of constructivism, this paper identifies its constituent components and clarifies the structural mechanism through which inter-Korean conflict has been maintained and reinforced. From that structural perspective, it attempts to uncover the fundamental source of...