[학술논문] Sino-American Relations and the Unification of the Korean Peninsula
...vis-à-vis American capability and utilize the concept of strategic pragmatism. Korea’s options include positive peaceful coexistence, deepened inter-Korean cooperation based on the wotrack strategy, peninsular arms control along with the institutionalization of Northeast Asian multilateral security cooperation, a modernized Korea-U.S. alliance, and upgraded cooperative relations with China.
[학술논문] The North Korea A.S.E.M. Security Paradigm: Sitting Comfortably on the Fence
...indecisive with regard to the security situation on the Korean Peninsula. A.S.E.M. has not developed a coherent strategy, neither for an A.S.E.M. consensus approach towards North Korea, nor for a substantial role for A.S.E.M. with regard to security on the Korean Peninsula. Although significant attempts have been made in the past, neither the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (A.S.E.A.N.) nor the...
[학술논문] To What Extent Has a Concert of Powers Emerged in Response to the Security Challenge in the Korean Peninsula?
...unlikely that the Northeast Asian region can establish a cooperative security regime easily because it lacks both a collective regional identity and multilateral institutional experience owing to its legacy of colonialism and its bipolar structure during the Cold War. It was the North Korean nuclear issue, however, that led major regional actors to establish multilateral security dialogues, that is...
[학술논문] Implementing a Japanese-Korea Nuclear Weapon Free Zone: Precedents, Legal Forms, Governance, Scope and Domain, Verification and Compliance, and Regional Benefits
... nuclear weapons. North Korean nuclear acquisition could well provide the rationale for either or both to acquire nuclear weapons. In the Northeast Asian region there is already a lengthy history of denuclearization proposals and even agreements. While the focus of previous proposals have concentrated on the Korean Peninsula itself, an alternative way forward would be the initial establishment of...
[학술논문] Political Prospects for a NWFZ in Northeast Asia
A Northeast Asian Nuclear Weapons Free Zone (NWFZ) or a Japan-South Korea NWFZ could entice the DPRK to carry out its commitment in the September 2005 Six-Party Joint Statement to “abandoning all nuclear weapons and existing nuclear programs”. In two possible scenarios for the nuclear future of North Korea, and in turn, the security of South Korea and Northeast Asia: containment, in which...