[뉴스] Can America Live with a Nuclear North Korea?
If the United States has decided to live with North Korean nuclear weapons, it should take some actions to reduce the risks of those weapons.
[뉴스] North Korea claims another successful test of its hypersonic glide missile tech
North Korea on Monday claimed to have again tested a missile that could become one of the world’s fastest and most accurate weapons – with the potential to ultimately be fitted with a nuclear warhead.
Kim Jong Un’s regime successfully tested a hypersonic glide vehicle that was fired aloft using solid-fueled engines on Sunday, the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA)...
[뉴스] North Korea claims to test underwater nuclear-capable drone after US, South Korea and Japan show off naval might
Seoul, South KoreaCNN — North Korea on Friday claimed it had successfully tested an underwater nuclear weapons system earlier this week in response to naval drills by the United States, South Korea and Japan.
[학술논문] The Trust-building Process on the Korean Peninsula and Directions to Resolve North Korea’s Nuclear Issues
... North to come to negotiations for dismantling its nuclear program, facilities, materials, and weapons in a complete, verifiable, and irreversible way, South Korea needs to adopt a two-track strategy toward North Korea with a strategy of deterrence and pressure on the one side and diplomacy on the other. In the consultation process, South Korea needs to develop a grand package deal by combining economic...
[학술논문] 동아시아 안보에서의 초국가적 위협
지금까지 살펴본 바와 같이 냉전의 잔재가 계속되고 역사 문제와 해양 영토 문제 등의 국가 간 미해결의 정치적 이슈에 결박되어 있는 동아시아 지역은 북한의 핵 보유와 한중일 3국의 원자력 사업의 확대, 그리고 말라카 해협의 해적 활동 증가에 의해 초래될 수 있는 초국가적 위협의 가능성이 전쟁 이상의 위협으로 다가오고 있지만, 전통적인 국가 주권과 군사 안보에 집착하여 이러한 초국가적 안보 위협에 효과적으로 대응하고 있지 못함을 알 수 있다. 이러한 상황에서 안보를 단순히 군사적 영역 내지 인간 안보적 차원으로 구분하고 그 개념을 대칭적인 것으로 파악하는 것은 매우 비현실적이라고 말할 수 있다. 북한의 핵개발은 국가 안보 추구를 위한 노력의 일환으로 진행되었지만, 이로 인해 발효된 유엔 안보리에 의한 북한에 대한
[학술논문] Strategies for Positive Engagement with North Korea
...North Korea must be encouraged to stop the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, with a strong emphasis on transparency. The most appropriate policy for effectively dealing with North Korea is a bold, open approach that combines positive engagement with a genuine willingness to negotiate, with the ultimate goal of preventing nuclear proliferation and other potentially dangerous situations. In...
[학술논문] North Korea’s Nuclear Decision-making and Plausible Scenarios
... losses resulting from using nuclear weapons. In the meantime, the advancement and enlargement of the nuclear arsenal can help reduce the risks associated with using them. The Kim Jong Un regime, with its expanding nuclear program, is thus growing all the likelier to use nuclear weapons in possible future wars, and also to increase the number of nuclear weapons it would employ in such wars.
[학술논문] On the Non-Use and Abuse of Nuclear Proliferation Intelligence: The Cases of North Korea and Iran
Most attention focuses on the “supply-side” problem of nuclear proliferation intelligence — that is, the challenge of providing policymakers with timely and accurate information about the activities of states seeking nuclear weapons-making capability. Scant attention has focused on the “demand-side” problem, where policymakers sometimes prefer not to receive information...