[학술논문] Opening Pandora's Box: Is South Korea's Nuclearization Feasible and Desirable?

The nuclear armament debate has become prominent in contemporary South Korean politics, driven by security concerns toward North Korea's nuclear development and the credibility of U.S. extended nuclear deterrence. The Trump 2.0 Presidency has further heightened the debate, with advocates claiming strategic opportunities and necessities for South Korea's nuclear independence. This article examines...

[학술논문] ROK-U.S. Cooperation in Preparation for Hostile Actions by North Korea in Possession of Nuclear Weapons

...credibility of America’s extended deterrence become ever more imperative such that it will act as a stronger deterrence against further aggressive actions by North Korea and give greater assurance to South Koreans. The U.S. extended deterrence statement in its Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) is not really adequate, being rather general in its tone and content. This article analyzes this credibility issue...

[학술논문] Human Rights, Transparency and Transborder Collaboration in Korea: The Case for a Deliberative Approach at the Kaesong Industrial Complex

...Korea. By providing an analysis of ongoing developments and drawing upon recent scholarship on deliberative democracy, I argue that for Kaesong to reach its full potential and gain international credibility, its governance must be strengthened. The most promising way to achieve this aim, despite the seemingly long odds, is to launch a permanent forum in which representatives of all constituencies at...

[학위논문] Trilateral Security Model in The ROK’s Engagement with ASEAN

...factors: shifts in threat perceptions, changes in the national capabilities of weaker partners, and a decrease in the dominant power's credibility. While alliances remain vital for security in the face of ongoing threats, shifts in national power and doubts about the credibility of the dominant power can prompt weaker states to reassess the constraints of these alliances. Weaker states in alliances often...

[학위논문] 김정은 시기 성명·담화 분석을 통해 본 북한의 대외 커뮤니케이션 전략 연구

...Korea as a more “normal” and rational actor on the global stage. The reduction in slurs, vulgar idioms, and aggressive metaphors suggests a deliberate attempt to enhance the regime’s diplomatic credibility. Taken together, these changes indicate that following the declaration of nuclear completion, the North Korean regime recalibrated both the content and format of its external communication in response...

[해외] Why Japan and South Korea Won’t Go Nuclear

...be the “logical outcome” if the United States were to continue being distracted by conflicts in the Middle East. The Washington Post columnist Max Boot has argued that the increasingly uncertain credibility of the U.S. nuclear umbrella should prompt South Korea to seek its own nuclear deterrent. Their conjecture is neither surprising nor unprecedented. In the 1970s, for example, South Korea tried unsuccessfully...

[해외] The Trouble With Permanent Alliances

...threats to ignore or unilaterally withdraw from alliances, however, is no better. It simply alienates existing allies and potential partners in exchange for dubious short-term benefits. To maintain credibility in an increasingly multipolar world, the United States will need to formally renegotiate all its permanent alliances, abandoning some and reestablishing others as time-bound pacts, ensuring that...

[국내] 한국의 핵무장론과 비대칭동맹의 딜레마:연루와 방기의 비등가성

...inequivalence hypothesis to reinterpret the emergence of nuclear armament discourse in South Korea. Theoretically, the study challenges the symmetry assumption in existing alliance theories. From a policy perspective, it suggests that enhancing the credibility of U.S. entrapment (commitment) and reducing the perceived risk of abandonment are critical alternatives to the push for indigenous nuclear weapons.

[국내] 한국의 핵무장시 핵심 전력 건설 및 운용방향

...in contingency scenarios. While Seoul has relied on U.S. extended deterrence and sought to reinforce its conventional capabilities under an integrated deterrence strategy, concerns regarding the credibility of extended deterrence and the structural vulnerability arising from the nuclear imbalance between the two Koreas have not been resolved. As a result, debates advocating nuclear armament as a viable...

[국내] Europe’s Shifting Security Landscape and Implications for South Korea

...Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014 injected a sense of urgency into the discussion but substantive action was deferred until Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Central to the debate is the credibility of the United States (U.S.) security commitment to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) on the one hand, and the varying threat perceptions among European states on the other. These developments...