[학술논문] NORTH KOREA’S BRINKMANSHIP AND THE TASK TO SOLVE THE “NUCLEAR DILEMMA”

This article makes three points. First, the protracted negotiations of the Six Party Talks brought about unintended consequences of the nuclear dilemma: Technically, North Korea made advances in nuclear development as the talks progressed,and domestically the prolonged talks made it difficult if not impossible for the North Korean regime to move sequentially from the resolution of nuclear issues to

[학술논문] NORTH KOREAN STRATEGIES IN THE ASYMMETRIC NUCLEAR CONFLICT WITH THE UNITED STATES

...response to the international structure of power distribution, but also a reaction to a state&rsquo;s domestic situation. In addition to changes in the international power structure and perceived <em>security</em> threats, North Korea&rsquo;s flagging economy, guiding ideology,competition with the South, and regime legitimacy have all compensated for the asymmetry of power between North Korea and the United...

[학술논문] North Korea as a "Quasi-Nuclear Weapons State"

With North Korea having acquired nuclear weapons capability and a small arsenal, policies that aimed at preventing it from &ldquo;going nuclear&rdquo; have failed. New policies are needed. However, it is critical that these new policies take the repositioning of North Korea into proper account. In fact, a paradigm shift is needed. The new paradigm has to be mindful of the changed reality and North

[학술논문] NORTH KOREA’S NUCLEAR STRATEGY AND THE INTERFACE BETWEEN INTERNATIONAL AND DOMESTIC POLITICS

...thinking and strategy over the years. The second section offers a critical analysis of the changing dynamics of domestic politics in the making and unmaking of key denuclearization accords in the course of the first and second U.S.-DPRK nuclear standoffs. The third section brings the common-<em>security</em> engagement back in charting an alternative pathway toward a working peace system in the Korean peninsula.

[학술논문] THE KOREA NUCLEAR CRISIS AND THE CHANGING SINO-DPRK RELATIONSHIP

When the DPRK conducted its first nuclear test on October 9, 2006, the second Korea nuclear crisis reached a climax, but almost everybody still believed in that North Korea was just playing a political card. After it conducted a second nuclear test on May 25, 2009, most people changed their thoughts and concluded that the Six Party Talks which aimed to solve the crisis are a total failure. This article

[국내] Signals in the Noise: North Korea’s Participation in the Russian Invasion of Ukraine as a Catalyst for Europe-South Korea Cooperation

...first instance where <em>East</em> <em>Asian</em> forces have become direct participants in European hostilities.<br /> In spite of the seemingly unprecedented nature of this development, North Korea&rsquo;s entanglement in the war in Ukraine is in fact yet another demonstration of just how intertwined Europe and Asia are to the few that still consider them as separate and distinct <em>security</em> theatres. This includes...

[국내] 바이든 행정부 출범 이후 북미관계 평가와 전망: 전략적 의도를 중심으로

...S. and Japan △North Korea policy centered on the peaceful management of the status quo. There is little commonality or conflict between the goals of the foreign strategies of North Korea and the <em>East</em> <em>Asian</em> strategies of the U.S. Rather, overall inconsistencies are prominent. The U.S. is not willing to accept any of the key considerations of North Korea&#39;s foreign strategy as a prerequisite for the...

[국내] Will North Korea Join Russia and China in a Combined Military Exercise? A Game Changer for Northeast <em>Asian</em> <em>Security</em> Architecture

...Chinese military exercise against trilateral <em>security</em> partnership in other side, but there has been no research on this possible scenario and has only focused an independent North Korean threat. A possibility of the KPA to join a combined military exercise between the PLA and the Russian Army is under researched but a game changer for Northeast <em>Asian</em> <em>Security</em> Architecture rather than many nuclear and...

[국내] Development of Unification Diplomacy Contents

...allies/partners and China, and prospects the situation of U.S. alliance/<em>security</em> dilemma. For a convincing unification diplomacy toward the U.S., the paper (1) suggests the incentive beyond the logic to support Korean unification, (2) navigates various channels and level of discussion for the ROK-U.S. bilateral cooperation and dialogue on <em>East</em> <em>Asian</em> regional order, (3) prepares strategy of linking and delinking...

[국내] IFANS FORECAST 2018

...world order. However, with rising concerns over the resurgence of Russia and rise of China, it is likely that the US would explore recalibrating its stance.<br /> <br /> East <em>Asian</em> Regional Order: Key regional players in <em>East</em> Asia are expected to opt for maintaining the status quo in order to secure peace and stability rather than vying for predominance in the region.<br /> <br /> The North Korean...