[해외자료] The Devil’s Weapons: What Ordinary North Koreans Think about their Nuclear Program

Despite efforts at high-level diplomacy during the XXIII Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, the United States and its allies emerge from these Games with the specter of more North Korea nuclear and intercontinental missile tests in the offing. Experts believe that Pyongyang maybe months away from demonstrating a credible threat to the U.S. homeland.

[정치/군사] Nuclear North Korea

....S. president angrily refers to Kim Jong-un as “Rocket Man,” Nuclear North Korearemains an essential guide to the difficult choices we face. Coming from different perspectives—Kang believes the threat posed by Pyongyang has been inflated and endorses a more open approach, while Cha is more skeptical and advocates harsher measures, though both believe...

[학술논문] Choosing a Path to the Elusive Goal of DPRK Denuclearization

...the objective of most first-stage deals that have been proposed. of North Korea’s nuclear and missile programs and reduce the threat they pose to their countries and the security of Northeast Asia. Proponents of the much more ambitious effort to maximize pressures against North Korea in order to compel it to give up its nuclear deterrent completely and rapidly criticize such a long-term, incremental...

[현안분석] 가치의 구현과 이익의 실현: ‘규범적 유럽’과 북핵 문제

...security threat to Europe posed by North Korea’s nuclear and missile program is not very significant, while Europe’s foreign policy identity is based on differentiation from the US, and while sanctions are known to be not very effective tool for inducing desired changes in target countries’ behavior, Europe has been consistent in its pursuit of hawkish policy toward North Korea. Why...

[현안분석] 북한의 핵·미사일 위협과 동북아 국제관계: THAAD 배치의 정치동학

...속에서 발생할 수 있는 연루와 포기의 딜레마를 ‘관리의 차원’에서 적절히 다루어야 할 것이다. This study aims to find out the grounds for South Korean government’s decision to deploy Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) against North Korean nuclear threat using the theory of alliance dilemma. South Korea needs both the strategic alliance with the US and the economic relations with China...

[현안분석] 한미동맹과 한중관계에서 사드(THAAD) 논란이 갖는 의미: 자율성-안보 교환 모델의 적용

...situation, as it faces now. Since South Korea has to protect its people from the North Korean nuclear threat, it desperately needs. extended deterrence and additional assistance by the U.S. As clearly demonstrated by uncooperative actions by China regarding the international sanctions on North Korea after the sinking of South Korean warship Cheon-an and bombardment on the Yeonpyeong island in 2010, the partnership...

[학술논문] U.S. Foreign Policy toward East Asia in the Biden Era

... of diplomacy with Pyongyang and the threat of its ever-expanding nuclear capabilities, as well as potential ways to restart momentum on nuclear negotiations. Finally, the paper will conclude by highlighting the challenges and opportunities for allied cooperation on China and North Korea, and recommendations on how the United States and Republic of Korea (ROK) might enhance bilateral and multilateral...