[학술논문] 통일 당위성과 통일편익의 법적기반 조성을 위한 조세 및 토지정책 연구

...cost varies from 50 billion dollars to 5 trillion dollars depending on people who estimates the cost. If we think about the fact that construction of 1 bridge of Han River costs about 1 billion dollars, then total unification costs will be close to 5 trillion dollars. If we understand that total income of North Korea has to be raised up to 2/3 of South Korea income, and that population is half of South...

[학술논문] Power Transition Theory and the U.S. Decisions in Favor of Preventive War: A Linkage between Theory and Practice

...other major and strong middle powers like China and North Korea. However, the U.S. launched preventive wars against weak middle and small powers such as Iraq and Grenada largely because the expected costs of wars in these conflicts were very low. In order to verify these arguments, this paper presents the modified version of the hypotheses of power transition theory and identifies intervening variables...

[학술논문] Beyond Security towards Peace on the Korean Peninsula: Strategies for Transforming A Nuclear Conflict

...and later at getting Pyongyang to renounce them have thus far failed. This paper contends that such strategic interaction, whether focusing primarily on conflict management through increasing the costs to target states of following policies which pose a threat to peace and security, or looking to reconcile conflicting interests, generate common good, and ultimately to resolve conflicts with a final...

[학술논문] Beyond Kant and Sen: Capacity Building by European NGOs in North Korea

...European NGOs in and for North Korea. According to our findings, a successful experience of the European NGOs is based on a ‘help for self-help’ approach as well as a long-term opportunity costs approach which involves time-consuming and risky rural development with and for local people on the spot. It is also a process of mutual learning for the NGOs and North Koreans, through which the ‘global...

[학술논문] 존폐위기의 개성공단: 현황과 전망

...of concern that could limit South Korea's military options by raising the possibility of South Korean workers in the KIC being held hostage. On the other hand, however, the closure of the KIC costs a lot in terms of lost business opportunities and property, diminished chances of diplomatic engagement with the North, and betrayed hopes for peace. The only gain from the closure of the KIC is the...