[학술논문] 북한의 대남 사이버공격 양상과 행태 : 사이버파워와 강압이론을 통한 분석

...국제안보학계에서 최근 주목받는 ‘사이버 파워’ 의 행동영역과 특성 및 ‘강압의 역동성’ 모델을 적용하였다. 북한의 사이버공격 유형은 권력기반 잠식, 지도자 리더십 공 격과 음해, 군사작전 방해, 사회불안과 혼란유도 유형으로 분류된다. 사이버 파워 유형과 수단 면에서 북한의 GPS 교란, 국방부 서버해킹, EMP 등은 보복·위협성이 강한 하드 파워이고, 사이버머니 현금화, 렌섬웨어 등은 소프트웨어를 볼모로 거액의 돈을 강탈하거나 요구하는 점에서 설득·유인의 행동 영역에서 힘으로 분석된다. 북한의 사이버공격은 2차 핵실 험을 기점으로 현실적 제재에 따른 탈출구적 성격을 갖는다. 한국은 북한의 공세적 사이버 파워가 방법과 능력에서 변화 하고 있음을 명확히 인식하고...

[현안분석] Strengthening South Korean Value Diplomacy for U.S.-South Korean Normative Alignment

...strong power can exercise normative foreign policy more effectively than a weaker power, as it can employ both hard and soft power. The United States played such an enforcement role during the post–Cold War unipolar world. A newly emerging strong state, such as China, can challenge an existing norm or establish a new norm. What about middle powers? Lacking unilaterally exercisable power, middle...

[현안분석] One Month of Trump 2.0 and the Indo-Pacific Geopolitics: Progress and Prospect

...operationalized to crack down on illegal immigration; on the economic front, a tariff war has been initiated; and lastly, on the security front, the maximum pressure campaign is imposed through hard power. Meanwhile, in its security approach, Trump 2.0 leverages the mechanisms of (1) expansion, (2) ambiguity, and (3) confusion to complicate the counterparts' preparation of a defense. Also, the...

[현안분석] 김정은 시기 군에 대한 당적 지도와 통제

...military, but it has reversibilitydepending on the situation. If the Kim Jong-un regime faces a situation where internal andexternal conditions deteriorate and the government's stability is a top priority, it is likely toattempt to resettle the military. It is worth noting that if the military is resettled, North Korea's hard-line routes to the outside and South could prevail.

[현안분석] Challenges and Opportunities Facing Middle-Power Nonproliferation Overachieverss: The Republics of Kazakhstan and Korea

... The next part reviews some of the challenges facing each state’s nonproliferation policies. These include Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and resulting nuclear dangers and renewed great- power rivalries that establish an unfavorable environment for nuclear progress and have even elevated interest among some South Koreans in acquiring nuclear weapons. The next part then suggests possible...