[뉴스] The most significant ambassador jobs in Trump’s second term
Donald Trump has announced two of the highest-profile ambassador jobs — but many of the most significant ones are still to come.
While several foreign posts are important in any administration because the country is a close U.S. ally or a neighbor to an adversary, some ambassadorial jobs will take on heightened significance in Trump’s second term because of the incoming president’s...
[뉴스] The ‘Axis of Evil’ Is Overhyped
Speaking at the Aspen Security Forum in July, longtime U.S. intelligence official John McLaughlin described the threat posed by China, Iran, North Korea, and Russia as “the distinguishing characteristic of our world right now.” McLaughlin, the former acting director of the CIA, warned that the United States’ adversaries had “formed a group” and were increasingly cooperating
[뉴스] North Korea demolishes symbolic unification arch, satellite imagery suggests
North Korea appears to have demolished a large monument in Pyongyang symbolizing hope for unification with South Korea, according to NK News analysis of satellite imagery, after leader Kim Jong Un ordered it be removed earlier this month.
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...March." The analysis also extends outward, dissecting North Korea's formidable military, its destabilizing nuclear program, its sophisticated cyber warfare capabilities, and its fraught foreign relations with China, the United States, and its estranged sibling, South Korea.
Ultimately, this work provides an indispensable guide to understanding the forces of change bubbling beneath...
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...태세(Aligning Global Military Posture with U.S. interests)」라는 보고서가 기사화되었다. 이 보고서의 핵심은 대만 유사시 주한미군이 신속히 투입될 수 있어야 하며, 중국과 북한의 선제타격에 노출되지 않도록 주한미군을 감축해서 일본이나 괌으로 재배치해야 한다는 것이다. 그런데 보고서 작성자 중 한 명은 2월 25일 Foreign Affairs에 기고한 논문인 “대만 집착: 미국의 전략은 이길 수 없는 전쟁에 의존해서는 안 된다(The Taiwan Fixation: American Strategy Shouldn’t Hinge on an Unwinable War)”에서 제2의 애치슨 라인을 그려야 한다고 주장했다. 이렇게 미국이 북한과의 핵전쟁을...
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...the dangers posed by her state. But how did the youngest daughter of Dear Leader Kim Jong Il, his ‘sweet princess’, become the ruthless chief propagandist, internal administrator and foreign policymaker for her brother’s totalitarian regime?
The Sister uncovers the truth about Kim Yo Jong, her close bond with Kim Jong Un and the lessons in manipulation they learned...
[학술논문] North Korea’s Instrumentalization of Diplomacy: Passing Through the “Danger Zone” of its Nuclear Weapons Program
...imperial Germany embarked on a plan to build a major navy. In order to prevent preemption to be triggered by such a radical program, its leadership developed the so-called Tirpitz Plan, which German foreign policy wanted to become the instrument of this armament program and prevent preemption. By using the Tirpitz Plan as a matrix for analysis of North Korea’s nuclear diplomacy,new light is shed...
[학술논문] 金正恩의 권력세습은 아직 未完成이다
Victor Cha could not be more correct to me when, in his essay entitled “Kim Jong Il Is No Reformer” carried by the September/October issue of the Foreign Policy, a U.S. bimonthly academic journal, he saw absolutely no hope for Kim Jong Un’s North Korea to take the path toward opening and reform. After 8 months from the passing of Kim Jong Il in December last year, Kim Jong Un, the...
[학술논문] The North Korean Nuclear Threat and South Korea’s Identity Politics in 2006
...neoclassical realist theory, even if there was some kind of “underbalancing” phenomenon. In the case of South Korea, it is impossible to generalize about how domestic politics is reflected in foreign policy with several domestic variables. In South Korea, inter-Korean relations are deeply linked to domestic politics, because policy toward North Korea includes cultural elements such as identity...
[학술논문] 북한 대외경제중재법의 주요 개정내용과 문제점
...the core cause of unsuccessful accomplishment to promote economic activities and secure economic profits of foreign investment enterprises. Recognizing the statutory shortage, North Korea legislated the Foreign Economic Arbitration Act in July 1999 (FEAA of 1999) to resolve disputes with foreign investment enterprises efficiently and systematically. Subsequently, the FEAA of 1999 was revised completely...
[학술논문] China’s Anti-Access Strategy and Regional Contingencies: Implications for East Asian and Korean Security
...Its more than a dozen sources of foreign technologies are a nightmare for system integration and interoperability. • There exists asymmetry of military capability between China and its weaker neighbors. While the PLAN is weak in several important aspects, many of its neighbors’ navies are weaker still. • Some have argued that China’s foreign policy behavior apparently became...