[뉴스] The ‘Axis of Evil’ Is Overhyped
Speaking at the Aspen Security Forum in July, longtime U.S. intelligence official John McLaughlin described the threat posed by China, Iran, North Korea, and Russia as “the distinguishing characteristic of our world right now.” McLaughlin, the former acting director of the CIA, warned that the United States’ adversaries had “formed a group” and were increasingly cooperating...
[뉴스] Japan is selling patrol vessels to the Philippines. Is Tokyo confronting Beijing with more ‘aggressive diplomacy’?
...purchase of Japanese patrol vessels amid growing tensions in the South China Sea is the latest indication of Tokyo’s growing role as a security provider in the region, observers say, as they point to the need to confront Beijing through deterrence and more “aggressive diplomacy”.
[뉴스] US, South Korea, Japan Seek to Expand Cooperation to Counter China
WASHINGTON — The United States, South Korea and Japan have expanded their security cooperation beyond North Korea with their Indo-Pacific Dialogue, which one expert called a “significant” development aimed at deterring Beijing from escalating threats in the region.
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...무기나 외교 전략의 결과가 아니라, 드라마·뉴스·대중음악·정치언어 속에서 형성되는 ‘감정의 전쟁’임을 밝힌다.
한류는 세계를 사로잡았지만 동시에 북한에는 사상적 위협으로 작동한다.
이 역설적 관계를 통해 저자는 ‘문화 안보(Cultural Security)’라는 새로운 분석 틀을 제시하며,
한국 사회가 직면한 안보·정체성·문화의 삼중 구조를 날카롭게 해부한다.
이 책은 정책학자, 언론인, 문화기획자, 대북전략 연구자들에게
‘안보를 말하는 새로운 언어’가 필요함을 보여주는 문화정치학의 필독서다...
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Victor D. Cha and David C. Kang’s Nuclear North Korea was first published in 2003 amid the outbreak of a lasting crisis over the North Korean nuclear program. It promptly became a landmark of an ongoing debate in academic and policy circles about whether to engage or contain North Korea. Fifteen years later, as North Korea tests intercontinental ballistic missiles and the U
[학술논문] 강화 평화 전망대 개발 콘텐츠 고찰
...utilizing the elements of play and fun along with the existing security and peace paradigms of the Ganghwa Peace Observatory. Ganghwa Island is a place with the potential to increase the influx of tourists based on its abundant tourism resources. Design, data, and methodology – This study directly surveyed major domestic peace and security observation posts located in the border area of the DMZ...
[학술논문] Rethinking the Helsinki Peace Model in Northeast Asia: Lessons, Limits, and Prospects
...pertinent to contemporary security challenges. Northeast Asia today faces intensifying US-China rivalry, North Korea’s advancing nuclear capabilities, recurring historical and territorial disputes, and the absence of an inclusive regional security framework. As the risk of interstate conflict and a large-scale arms race grows, the need to develop cooperative security mechanisms becomes more urgent...
[학술논문] Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Agreement between Russia and the DPRK: Striving for a new geopolitical reality on the Korean Peninsula
The signing of the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Agreement between the Russian Federation and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea on June 19, 2024, was a significant event that has a substantial impact not only on bilateral relations between Moscow and Pyongyang, but also on the geopolitical situation in the region as a whole. The treaty is also of strategic importance for correcting
[학술논문] Legitimacy and Regime Security in North Korea: Pyongyang’s Slogan Politics
...values and ideological rationality in North Korea between 1985 and 2004. In so doing, this paper will address the question of when and how new slogan was shifted, reformulated, and produced for regime security toward audiences at home and abroad. This paper argues that, unlike its conventional images of North Korea as an anachronistic, static communist country, North Korea actively seek to respond to internal...
[학술논문] Dilemma of South Korea’s Trust Diplomacy and Unification Policy
...to make it clear that the policy priority is to ensure peace and stability between the two Koreas. At the same time, South Korea needs to recognize different priority of North Korean motives among security, well-being, and self-esteem in order to develop effective strategy to build mutual trust with Pyongyang. It needs to continue to engage Pyongyang to build mutual trust and stable partnership first...