[학술논문] The North Korean Nuclear Program: From a Conditional Bargaining Chip to the Ultima Ratio in Deterrence

...conducted nuclear weapons tests. In addition, it launched missiles in an attempt to advance and showcase its related technologies. As a consequence, the fact of the matter is that the DPRK has repositioned itself today. This repositioning is of a fundamental nature and will not be impacted by any tactical maneuvering or short-term political concessions. In this paper, I claim that the opportunity to achieve...

[학술논문] Engaging the DPRK Enrichment and Small LWR Program: What Would It Take?

...moment for engagement with Pyongyang, another point of leverage over how its nuclear weapons program evolves, and a new opportunity to determine whether it can be influenced to recommit to the global nuclear non proliferation and disarmament regime. We believe that it may be possible to slow and even reverse the DPRK’s nuclear breakout by collaboration that assists it to develop small light water reactors...

[학술논문] Implementing a Japanese-Korea Nuclear Weapon Free Zone: Precedents, Legal Forms, Governance, Scope and Domain, Verification and Compliance, and Regional Benefits

...Internationally, the commitment of the US Obama Administration to a reduced reliance on nuclear weapons, the recent unanimous final document of the 2010 NPT Review Conference calling for expansion of NWFZs, and the greater openness of the US and other nuclear powers to NWFZ establishment in areas of regional conflict, suggest that we now have a new window of opportunity for denuclearization of Northeast Asia.

[학술논문] Russia's Security Priorities in Northeast Asia

...Pacific Russia’s economy. Currently Russia is trying to use APEC summit in Vladivostok (September, 2012) to promote its interests in the APR and to introduce Primorsky Krai as Russia’s window of opportunity for foreign investment – not only in Primorsky Krai, but in much wider region, which is stretched to Western borders of Krasnoyarsky Krai – half way between Vladivostok and Moscow. Russia is also...

[학술논문] G-2시대 한중관계의 주요딜레마와 쟁점에 대한 시론적 검토

...viewpoint that the rise of China is an opportunity rather than threat to East Asia, Korean policy to China is required not only to promote a full-scale development of relation, but also to alleviate some conflicts between China and Korea. Fourthly, it is necessary to continue a trilateral full cooperation with US, China, and Korea to revolve the North Korea's nuclear issue. Fifthly, because the Korea-China...

[국내] For Kim Jong Un, Trump is the Best, and the Last, Opportunity

...promised in the last meeting? As many experts speculate over the prospects of the upcoming summit between the two unpredictable leaders, one thing seems to be clear. Mr. Trump represents a unique opportunity for Kim. Trump is unique because he is the first American president, and possibly the only one, who is willing to meet with Kim without many preconditions. This is exactly what happened in the last...

[국내] 북한군 파병이 북한 체제 안정에 미치는 영향 분석

...out socialist revolution and protect the supreme leader and the people, has now been reduced to cannon fodder for Russia’s interests. However, North Korea also views the deployment as a strategic opportunity to break through its prolonged international isolation—caused by extended sanctions—by strengthening ties with Russia. Militarily, key North Korean forces such as the Storm Corps have been exposed...

[국내] 바이든 행정부 출범 이후 북미관계 평가와 전망: 전략적 의도를 중심으로

...dialogue under its current foreign strategy considerations. Currently, opportunity factors and constraints coexist in the state of stagnation in U.S.-North Korea relations. North Korea's relatively less aggressive attitude in comparison with the past, such as refraining from messages criticizing the U.S. can be evaluated as opportunity factors. On the other hand, the fact that North Korea is unlikely to...

[국내] 김정은 시대 북한의 남북대화 전략과 정책적 고려사항

...military issues, an agenda for North Korea's nuclear program, and a breakthrough. Looking at the inter-Korean talks strategies in the Kim Jong-un era, it is expected that there is a high possibility of visible results when inter-Korean talks resume in the future. It is necessary to use the US-China summit and the Beijing Winter Olympics as an opportunity for inter-Korean talks. Furthermore, South Korea...

[국내] The Costs and Benefits of Unification on the Korean Peninsula

...Unification not only can bring us the economic benefits but also give us the opportunity for new changes in politics and society. The current divided state has served as a hindrance in the political and social realms in the South Korean society. Acute military confrontations on the Korean Peninsula, including the North's nuclear threat have made people of both Koreas carry the fear for war with them all...