[학술논문] North Korean Nuclear Nationalism and the Threat of Nuclear War in Korea
...involving nuclear threat that need to be managed to avoid escalation to nuclear next-use. The artillery attack on Yeonpyeong island in November 2010 may be the second in what proves to be a series of such risky provocations. We conclude the paper by outlining the advantages of a ROK-Japan only nuclear weapon free zone relative to alternative ROK responses to the threat posed by the DPRK nuclear breakout...
[학술논문] Beyond the Nuclear Umbrella: Re-thinking the Theory and Practice of Nuclear Extended Deterrence in East Asia and the Pacific
...of the strategic nuclear situation on the Korean peninsula: the complexity and uncertainty associated with United States assurances of nuclear extended deterrence to South Korea (and Japan), and the potential contribution a nuclear weapon free zone to shifting the current impasse concerning North Korean nuclear weapons. The theoretical inquiry in to the current state of nuclear extended deterrence...
[학술논문] Implementing a Japanese-Korea Nuclear Weapon Free Zone: Precedents, Legal Forms, Governance, Scope and Domain, Verification and Compliance, and Regional Benefits
...Korean Peninsula itself, an alternative way forward would be the initial establishment of a nuclear weapon free zone (NWFZ) between Japan and South Korea, with North Korea encouraged to join at a later date. The negotiation of a Korean-Japan NWFZ would serve to confirm and guarantee the current non-nuclear-weapon status of Japan and South Korea, while acting as an important confidence-building step to...
[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...
[학술논문] NWFZ Treaty Regime and Denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula
... of Central Asia. The Joint Declaration on the Denuclearization could also theoretically evolve into a Nuclear Weapon-Free Zone Treaty. However, this is unlikely to happen if North Korea fails to denuclearize. Now, negotiated denuclearization of North Korea is unlikely. In this context, this study examines the legal and political issues related to the establishment of the NWFZ treaty regime and the...