[학술논문] International Cooperation for the Promotion of North Korea’s Reform and Opening
...on the Korean peninsula. Sanctions alone would not solve the North Korea problem and thus, besides sanctions, we need to develop policies for inducing a change from the inside by promoting reform and opening of North Korea. Encouraging a more open and market-friendly economic system would benefit the North Korean people as a whole and generate a less confrontational foreign policy. Helping North Korea...
[학술논문] In Search of Balance between Inducements and Sanctions: Evaluating the Lee Myung-bak Administration’s North Korea Policy
...heavily toward economic inducement. Learning from that experience, the Lee Myung-bak administration gave equal weight to use of economic sanctions and reestablished a principle of “compensation for cooperation, sanctions for deviation.” Within its structural limitations, the Lee administration has sought to maximize the effectiveness of its policy measures. Because North Korea had become too...
[학술논문] Long-Stalled Six-Party Talks on North Korea’s Nuclear Program: Positions of Countries Involved
...assesses that besides North Korea’s persistent nuclear ambition, “relative gain” concerns of countries involved have been obstacles in implementing previous agreements made within the SPT. As alternatives, it recommends placing stringent international economic sanctions on North Korea in a concerted manner and/or launching a new type of SPT that focuses on verified denuclearization...
[학술논문] Economic Security in Transition: The Role of RussiaNorth Korea Cooperation on the Korean Peninsula
... international sanctions and complicating regional security dynamics. This article analyzes key areas of economic cooperation, including trade, energy, labor, infrastructure, and such emerging sectors as tourism and digital technology. It argues that although Russia’s economic capacity to support North Korea remains limited compared to China’s, the political and strategic significance of...
[학술논문] Toward a Governance System and Political Understanding to Permit a Verified Nuclear-free Korean Peninsula: Policy Developments and Operational Challenges
...government’ssuspension of economic assistance and cooperation with the North, and the UNSecurity Council sanctions against the North. This paper accordingly examinesthe North Korean nuclear issue—the most pressing security problem on the KoreanPeninsula during the past two decades. This paper explores the recurring patternof the North Korean nuclear crises and North Korea’s negotiating behavior...