[정치/군사] 북핵 퍼즐과 한반도 아마겟돈

...상황을 신속히 해결하기 위해 절대적으로 주의를 기울여야 한다고 믿는다(...we believe it is imperative that the United States turn its attention to quickly resolving this dangerous situation)"는 스티븐 보즈워스(Stephen Bosworth) 전 국무부 대북정책 특별대표와 로버드 갈루치(Robert L.Gallucci) 전 미 국무부 차관보가 「인터내셔널 뉴욕 타임즈」에서 한 공동의 주장에 대해 깊이 생각해보아야 할 것이다. 다행히 위키리크스에 의해 미공개된 많은 중요한 정보가 개방되어 분석에 큰 도움이 되었고 뒤이어 미 정부에서도 의회조사국 보고서를 더욱 많이 공개하여 책에 많은 도움이 되었다. 언론이 제대로 보도를...

[학술논문] North Korean Refugee Women in China: Causes of Flows and Current Situation

...Korean state-run economy. The essential solution to the North Korean refugee women issue in China might be related to a peaceful transition of North Korean failed state system. In the meantime, the international support network for North Korean refugees in China needs to throw more efforts into protecting women from victimization of human trafficking and sex slavery. Facilitating self-help forms of lifeline...

[학술논문] 중재협정을 통한 상사분쟁의 해결촉진

...means of dispute resolution is an important element in the orderly growth and encouragement of international trade and investment. Increasingly, arbitration, instead of litigation in national courts, has become the preferred means of resolving private international commercial disputes. Under the situation, it will be important thing for arbitral institutions to reach an agreement to promote the dispute...

[학술논문] 데탕트의 쇠퇴와 남-북-미 관계의 동학 -판문점 도끼만행사건을 중심으로-

...of this article is to study the international background of Ax-murder Incident at Panmunjeom in 1976 and the limits of the Republic of Korea (ROK) - the United States (US) responds to the incident, then provides effective measures against the North Korean provocations. The state of international affairs prior to the incident was changing sharply. As the international détente was waning, the ROK-US...

[학술논문] Gathering Storm or Silver Lining Out of the Clouds? The North Korean Nuclear Issue and the Case for Coercive Diplomacy

The nuclear weapons tests conducted by North Korea in October 2006 and May 2009 demonstrated the failure of attempts by the international community led by the United States to deter such development. The situation has now become a problem of compelling the North to give up its weapons program. Drawing from the literature on deterrence failures and coercive diplomacy, and from past case studies, this...

[학술논문] People’s Exit in North Korea: New Threat to Regime Stability?

...China and South Korea, would not encourage exile dissident movements against North Korea for fear of Pyongyang’s collapse. The North Korean regime’s stability does not seem to be threatened by the current refugee situation, although the potential of refugees becoming a critical threat should not be discounted should people’s exit ever reach the point of developing into an uncontrollable mass exodus.

[해외] Beyond the Blanket Ban: Reframing the International Response to North Korea’s Overseas Labor

...exports, North Korea continues to use overseas labor as a financial pipeline for its weapons of mass destruction (WMD) program—the very threat that prompted the sanctions. The sanctions have not only failed to achieve their intended security objectives but have also largely sidelined the human rights situation of these overseas workers, many of whom endure conditions amounting to modern-day slavery.

[국내] 북한의 시장화 현황과 경제체제의 변화 전망

...predicting North Korea’s full transition to a market economy. However, the Stalinist state has been placed in an abnormal situation where a planned economy and markets coexist in the country. As it is not likely that the socialist planned economy would prosper in such a situation, for North Korea, the transition to a market economy is almost inevitable. This report studies the marketization of North...

[국내] 러시아-북한-중국 삼각관계'의 전략적 함의: '미국 요인'과 한국에의 시사점

...러-북-중 삼각관계가 동북아 지정학에서 중요한 전략적 가치를 가지고 있다는 것은 부인하기 어려운 현실이 되었다. The purpose of this work is to provide the Park Geun-hye administration with policy implications in response to the current diplomatic situation in the East Asia region: a rising China, the US “Pivot to Asia”, Japan’s reversion to conservatism under the Abe administration, and North Korea’s revisionist behavior. To this end, this research...

[국내] The Denuclearization of North Korea and the US-China rivalry

...measures such as a partial lift of sanctions from the American side. There is a growing expectation that early next year, there will be a second breakthrough summit between North Korea and the United States, but the nature of the North Korean nuclear problem is changing against the background of the Northeast Asian international situation, especially the extensive clash between Washington and Beijing.

[국내] South Korea´s Denuclearization Policy: A Never Ending Story?

...and the United States is essential for the denuclearization of North Korea. The author emphasizes that South Korea, which continues to change its stance in accordance with the changing denuclearization situation, should now develop a “Seoul Process” in its denuclearization policymaking. In other words, we need to come up with ways to lead the denuclearization situation rather than be dragged along.