[학술논문] Building a Peaceful East Asian Community: Origins of a Regional Concept and Visions for a Global Age
...Union is premature, I consider the transforming international relationships among North Korea, South Korea, China,Taiwan, and Japan and examine the possibility of realizing such a community via sociocultural approaches. I trace the conceptual origins of East Asia and its historical place in international relations,investigate East Asia in the post–Cold War era through renewed cultural exchanges...
[학술논문] 격동의 동아시아: 박근혜 정부 대외정책의 과제
...talks with the Xi Jinping leadership, leading it to consider alternative approaches to the North Korean nuclear issue and a future unified Korea. The tumult in East Asia is another challenge for the Park Geun-Hye Administration’s foreign relations. The PRC-Japan relation is under stress due to disputes over the Senkaku Islands and colliding nationalisms, which is caused by rivalry in Northeast Asia...
[학술논문] 중국의 통일한국 인식과 역할
...China does not trust South Korea’s security strategies, China tries not to accept collapse of North Korea and South Korea-led unification. Even though China is expected to support establishment of a unified state on the Korean Peninsula which is friendly and cooperative to itself, it will be against a unified Korea under the influence of its competitors (the U. S. and Japan). Therefore, China...
[학술논문] The Roh Tae-woo Administration’s Nordpolitik and Its Diplomatic Intervention in North Korea-Japan Relations
This article examines the role of the South Korean government in the diplomatic normalization process between North Korea and Japan during the early 1990s, with a particular focus on the Roh Tae-woo administration’s Nordpolitik. While initially supportive of cross-recognition and improved North Korea– Japan ties as part of Nordpolitik, South Korea gradually shifted to a more cautious and...
[학술논문] A Review of the Chinese, Russian, US and EU Strategies in the Korean Peninsula from 2006-2012
...particular, any arrangement that (a) allowed China to further its role as a major stakeholder in the region or (b) allowed the US to advance the case for its continued military presence in Japan and South Korea would, quite interestingly, increase the level of mutual trust between the different players. We find therefore that arrangements (a) and (b) are not necessarily in contradiction to each other...