[해외자료] North Korea’s Efforts to Attain De Facto Nuclear Weapon State Status and ROK-US Response Strategy
...toward those milestones. To effectively counter North Korea’s strategic ambitions, it is imperative for the ROK (Republic of Korea)-US alliance to maintain a unified stance on the objective of North Korea’s denuclearization and to ensure the credible implementation of extended deterrence commitments in response to the security threats posed by North Korea’s nuclear capabilities.
[해외자료] Deterring a Nuclear North Korea: What Does the Theory Tell Us?
Executive Summary Deterrence has long been the centerpiece of security strategy on the Korean Peninsula. Over the past two decades, however, the security situation has undergone a fundamental change—deterrence now must account for a Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK or North Korea) armed with nuclear weapons and the ballistic missiles capable of delivering them.
[해외자료] Aircraft Return to Sunchon Airbase?
...Yoon’s state visit to the White Houselast week, the two nations announced the Washington Declaration, which aims to strengthen extended deterrence by establishing a shared decision-making framework and the Nuclear Consultation Group (NCG). The state visit came against the backdrop of increasing tension between the two Koreas for North Korea’s “unilateral”...
[해외자료] Speaking Loudly and Carrying a Small Stick: South Korea Backtracks Over the Nuclear Rubicon
...Yoon Suk-yeolmade a pronouncementthat no leader in Seoul has ever made before. He stated that South Korea—which benefits from US extended nuclear deterrence—could consider acquiring its own nuclear weapons if “North Korean provocations continued intensifying.” This claim...