[학술논문] Time to Balance Deterrence, Offense, and Defense? Rethinking South Korea’s Strategy against the North Korean Nuclear Threat
...defensive capabilities, which are three general types of preparedness for ordinary nations. Seoul should specifically strengthen its capabilities to retaliate against the North Korean leadership. It should also develop a plan to neutralize North Korean nuclear weapons in case of either an imminent or actual North Korean nuclear offense. It is about time for South Korea to build missile defense in...
[학술논문] 북한의 핵 미사일 위협에 대한 일본의 군사 외교적 대응
...completed in 2012. Two different systems are being introduced as key components of the Japanese BMD measures. One is the Standard Missile-3(SM-3) Block IA, an upper-tier, mid-course defense system deployed on Aegis destroyers. The other system is Patriot Advanced Capabilities-3(PAC-3), a ground-based, lower-tier, terminal-phase defense system. Of these two systems, the Aegis-based SM-3 is more important...
[학술논문] The Trust-building Process on the Korean Peninsula and Directions to Resolve North Korea’s Nuclear Issues
...North Korea, North Korea should show a positive attitude toward denuclearization including declaration of its will to denuclearize by setting a moratorium on its existing nuclear and missile program and capabilities. To induce the North to come to negotiations for dismantling its nuclear program, facilities, materials, and weapons in a complete, verifiable, and irreversible way, South Korea needs...
[학술논문] North Korea’s Pursuit of Coercive Leverage in the Information Age: Expanding Cyber and Counterspace Capabilities
This study explores North Korea's evolving use of cyber and counterspace capabilities, highlighting their development as key instruments of coercion in overcoming the regime’s leverage deficit and advancing its broader strategic objectives, particularly following the failure of the 2018 and 2019 U.S.–North Korea summits. By redefining the offense–defense theory within the context...
[학위논문] 北韓의 對美 非對稱 抑止.强制 戰略 : 핵과 미사일 사례를 중심으로
...정책적 딜레마를 극복할 수 없었던 북한은 핵과 미사일 개발을 선택하였다. 북한의 목표는 현 체제를 그 상태로 인정받아 안보 위협을 없애고, 제한된 억지력을 바탕으로 경제적 보상을 받아내는 것이었다. 그러기 위해서 제국주의의 핵심세력인 미국을 직접 상대하고자 했던 것이다. 그리고 스스로 고안한 것이든, 1990년대의 경험을 통해 배운 것이든 핵과 미사일의 효용을 극대화하는 전략을 구사하고 있다.
셋째, 북한이 비대칭 억지ㆍ강제 전략을 구사하는 근본적 이유는 체제의 생존을 위한 것이었다. 즉, 미국으로부터의 안보위협을 억지하고, 체제 생존에 급박하게 필요한 정치ㆍ경제적 지원을 받아내고자 하는 것이었다. 어쩌면 북한은 소규모의 핵과 미사일 개발을 통해 미국의 한반도 개입비용을 높임으로써...