[뉴스] “북한-이란 무기 협력”…워싱턴서 HRNK 행사

북한인권위원회, HRNK가 21일 워싱턴DC에서 북한과 이란의 전략적 협력 관계를 다룬 신간 출간 행사를 열었습니다. ‘불량 동맹국들: 이란과 북한의 전략적 협력 관계(Rogue Allies: The Strategic Partnership between Iran and North Korea)’의 제목의 책은 브루스 벡톨 앤젤로주립대 교수와 안보학자 앤서니 셀소 박사가 공동 집필한 책입니다.

[뉴스] 미 국무장관 “핵무장한 북한과 살고 있어”

마코 루비오 국무장관은 22일 팟캐스트 방송에서 “우리는 북한이 핵무장을 하고, 이란이 핵 야심을 지닌 세상에 살고 있다(We live in a world with a nuclear-armed North Korea, with a nuclear-ambitious Iran)”고 발언했습니다.

[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 against Washington and its...

[뉴스] Lawsuit accuses Iran, Syria and North Korea of providing support for Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel

NEW YORK (AP) — Victims of Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel sued Iran, Syria and North Korea on Monday, saying their governments supplied the militants with money, weapons and know-how needed to carry out the assault that precipitated Israel’s ongoing war in Gaza.

[뉴스] Yes, North Korea is preparing for war — in Ukraine and the Middle East

...of erratic moves by North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un is leading many in Washington to speculate that he is preparing for waron the Korean Peninsula. But there’s another, more plausible explanation for the despot’s behavior — that he is focused on helping his friends in Russia (and Iran) win the wars they are already in. For the West, that is the newest and fastest-growing threat from the country.

[학술논문] 이란과 북한 체제의 비교 연구 : 정권 안정성의 공통 기제와 차이

본 연구는 이란과 북한이 제재와 군사적 압박 속에서도 정권 안정성을유지하는 이유를 비교하여 분석한다. 선출자 이론과 지대국가 이론을 결합하여 두 체제의 핵심 권력집단, 자원 배분, 외부 위협 활용 방식을 검토한다. 분석 결과 두 체제는 작은 승자연합의 결속과 지대 분배를 통해 위기를 흡수하지만, 이란은 IRGC와 석유 지대, 북한은 핵⋅동맹 기반 전략적지대에 의존한다. 다만 정보 개방성, 핵무기의 역할, 지대의 원천에는 차이가 있으며, 이는 두 체제의 안정성이 동일한 권위주의 유형이 아니라 서로 다른 자원구조와 안보환경 속에서 형성된 구조적 결과임을 보여준다.

[학술논문] Russia’s Approach to Nonproliferation

This article questions the presupposition of the Obama Administration that not only does the US need Russia to achieve nonproliferation outcomes in North Korea and Iran, but also that Russian policy on nonproliferation converges with that of the United States. The essay examines Russia’s policy towards these two proliferation issues and finds that while there are points of accord with Washington, Moscow...

[학술논문] Diagnosis and Assessment of North Korea’s Sociocultural Sector in 2012

In 2011, with the death of Kim Jong-il, North Korea faced the exigent task of establishing a stable successor regime around Kim Jong-un. At the same time, the regime was presented with the tasks of rapidly settling the Kim Jong-un regime, minimizing the problems that may arise during the accelerated, short-term power succession process due to Kim Jong-un’s untested ability, and presenting citizens

[학술논문] Nuclear Proliferation: Reassessing the Threat to Global Security

The proliferation of nuclear weapons has been widely characterized as one of the major threats to international security in the contemporary period. Many analysts, scholars, and policymakers have expressed the belief that the risks of nuclear proliferation are higher today than ever before and some even describe the danger from new nuclear weapons states as greater than that posed by the Soviet Union

[학술논문] Nuclear Issues in Iran and North Korea

오늘날 이란과 북한의 핵 문제는 국제정치의 주요 이슈이다. 양국은 국제사회의 압력에도 불구하고 핵 프로그램을 중단하지 않고 있다. 본 논문은 이란과 북한의 핵 개발의 역사적 배경과 현재 상황을 조사하고, 중동-북아프리카 비핵화 전략을 포함한 미국의 핵 정책 분석하고 있다. 이란의 핵 개발은 중동의 지정학적 패권을 장악하고 미국이나 이스라엘로부터의 안보 위협에 대응하기 위한 것이다. 즉, 자국의 안보를 확보하기 위해핵을 전략적으로 활용하여 미국 및 이스라엘의 압박과 패권에 도전해온 것이다. 반면 북한의 핵 개발은 공산독제체제의 유지를 위해서 적대적인 한미일동맹세력의 위협으로부터 안보 억제력을 확보하기 위한 것으로 분석된다. 즉,핵 무장을 통해 한반도 및 주변국에는 핵 위협을, 미국 등 강대국에 테러 불안을 조장함으로서

[해외] Why North Korea Got the Bomb (And Iran Did Not, for Now)

Why did North Korea get nuclear weapons when other states with similar nuclear ambitions like Iraq, Syria, and most recently Iran did not? The standard answer points to US policy failures. In a recent Foreign Affairs article, Victor Cha acknowledges that the US strategy for addressing North Korea’s nuclear program has failed and calls for a new framework aimed at managing its nuclear threat. Similarly...

[해외] Iran can’t have nuclear weapons but North Korea can? There’s logic here.

...trying to move the headlines away from the quagmire in Iran. Trump has acknowledged that North Korea is an established nuclear power before, even as he refuses to contemplate that concession with Iran. But it would be unfair to call this a double standard. The disparate approaches are rational given the states of the two nuclear programs. Iran’s program — in its nascent stages and based at known locations...

[해외] What Draws Trump to Kim Jong Un? The Answer Is Personal

...and again, that he would welcome another summit. During his visit to South Korea for last autumn’s APEC gathering, he made his interest plain, yet the meeting never came. On June 14, as the war in Iran was thought to be close to a resolution, Trump posted on Truth Social an uncaptioned photograph of himself walking beside Kim at their 2018 Singapore summit. No policy accompanied the image, and none...

[해외] After Iran: A Scenario for Renewed Trump-Kim Summitry

U.S. President Donald Trump reportedly told South Korean President Lee Jae Myung on the sidelines of the June 2026 G7 meetings in France that he would restart diplomacy with North Korea. As if to accentuate the point, he later posted a picture on social media of his stroll with Kim Jong-un at the Capella Hotel in Singapore. During Trump’s first term, he met with Kim three times in 2018 and 2019—in

[해외] Why Japan and South Korea Won’t Go Nuclear

...that South Korea and Japan do more for their own security and has redeployed Patriot missiles and THAAD systems from South Korea and U.S. Marines from Japan to the Middle East because of the war with Iran. A growing chorus of influential voices in Seoul and Tokyo seems to lend credence to the worry that this confluence of threats will prompt South Korea and Japan to cross the nuclear Rubicon. In 2023...