[학술논문] Europe and North Korea: Competing Security and Humanitarian Impulses
...distinct issues from a European perspective. In general, the EU is likely to be a ready supporter of a new South Korean engagement policy toward the North. However, given Europe’s present financial crisis, it may also be diverted from playing too forthright a role in such a distant region. Rather, the EU and European states are likely to stake their approach to North Korea on the basis of both South...
[학술논문] An Arms Race between South and North Korea: A Causality Test
...defense spending of North Korea to that of South Korea. In addition, two more unidirectional causalities have been detected from defense spending of South Korea to GDP of South Korea and from GDP of South Korea to defense spending of North Korea. These findings suggest that to resolve the current economic crisis in North Korea, she should divert her defense spending to other more productive ends.
[학술논문] North Korea’s Instrumentalization of Diplomacy: Passing Through the “Danger Zone” of its Nuclear Weapons Program
...deflect threats of coercion or possibly preemption from its nuclear weapons program. After the decision was made to acquire nuclear weapons capability,Pyongyang decided to use the process of nuclear crisis diplomacy that unfolded in the early 1990s in ways that would allow it to weather any repercussions and counter any efforts of coercion. Pyongyang did not, it seems, negotiate in good faith toward...
[학술논문] Russian Influence on North Korea: Views of Former South Korean Ambassadors to Russia
...Cooperation with the North was signed. Moreover, the first trip for a Russian leader, Vladimir Putin, to North Korea was made in 2000. Third, since the beginning of the second North Korean nuclear crisis in 2002, Russia became an active participant in the Six-Party Talks. Russia realized that a balanced diplomacy toward the two Koreas works better for the interests of Russia rather than the pro-South...
[학술논문] China’s Anti-Access Strategy and Regional Contingencies: Implications for East Asian and Korean Security
...outstanding maritime disputes and various contingencies in the region. This article argues that China’s “anti-access capability”—a U.S.-coined term originally developed for a Taiwan crisis—is equally applicable to other major regional cases such as the Spratly disputes and a North Korean contingency. Furthermore,notwithstanding China’s continuous efforts to develop and deploy...