[학술논문] Destabilizing the Balance of Threat on the Korean Peninsula: The Russia-North Korea Military Alliance

...power theory fails to explain this paradox, whereas Stephen Walt’s balance of threat theory provides a more convincing framework. Focusing on perceived intentions rather than material capabili-ties, the analysis identifies belligerent rhetoric and military provocations as key drivers of South Korea’s threat perception. Empirical evidence shows that North Korea’s mis-sile tests, nuclear development...

[학술논문] ROK–U.S.–Japan “Operational” Security Cooperation for Responding to a Two-Front Crisis

...one-theater” strategy to strengthen trilateral operational security cooperation without formal integration of theaters. This strategy focuses on diplomatic coordination to institutionalize a shared threat perception of a potential two-front crisis, conducting joint exercises tailored to simultaneous contingencies with a view to enhancing trilateral interoperability, and expanding multi-domain cooperation—particularly...

[학술논문] 韓國 戰爭指導體制의 發展 : 要因과 現狀

...factors of the type's transformation are the security environment and the president's perception of national security in the ROK. For the ROK, her unique security environment was created from the North Korea's threat and the dependence on the United States (US) security assistance. Likewise, the ROK presidents' perception of national security, which has been centered on North Korea and the United States...

[학위논문] Trilateral Security Model in The ROK’s Engagement with ASEAN

...autonomy when uncertainties arise about policy alignment with dominant partners. This dynamic is evident in the ROK. The enduring threat from the DPRK underscores the importance of its alliance with the U.S. However, as the ROK's power grows, its perception of the threat posed by the DPRK has shifted. Additionally, amid growing concerns about U.S. intentions, the ROK has sought greater autonomy, particularly...

[학위논문] 북한의 핵인식과 정책 변화 동인 연구: 6자회담 이탈 전후 시기를 중심으로

...Applying the framework of neoclassical realism, the study conceptualizes external pressure as the independent variable, mediated by regime stability, a key intervening variable that shapes threat perception. This perception subsequently determines North Korea’s nuclear outlook and policy orientation. The study identifies three distinct phases in the evolution of North Korea’s nuclear strategy. In the first...

[국내] 한국의 핵무장론과 비대칭동맹의 딜레마:연루와 방기의 비등가성

...Korea. Despite over 70 years of alliance history marked by U.S. extended deterrence commitments and institutional linkages, South Korea continues to perceive a heightened risk of abandonment. This perception has been reinforced by the North’s advancing nuclear capabilities, deepening military cooperation between North Korea and Russia, and alliance skepticism under the Trump administration. Rather than...

[국내] 한미일 안보협력 확대에 대한 각국의 인식과 주요 쟁점 및 과제

...△security assurance from North Korea's nuclear threat △containing China △reinforcing defense capacity. Therefore, in the short term, efforts should be made to maximize the elements of cooperation by focusing on the existing common perception as threats from North Korea and the perception of threats to China spread, while narrowing differences in perception through strategic communication in the medium-and-long...

[국내] 미중 경쟁과 한국의 대응: 냉전의 역사로부터 교훈 찾기

...current competition does not seem to reach a cold war phase in full swing. The United States, China and other countries should caution themselves against heightening the tension out of exaggerated threat perception and with overreaction. Security dilemma lies at the dynamics of U.S.-China competition as it was in the Cold War. The concerned countries should carefully manage the dilemma rather than trying...

[국내] 신호전달수단으로 미국의 대북억제(對北抑制)와 대한보장(對韓保障)에 대한 한국인의 신뢰

...expectation that increasing North Korean threats would weaken the credibility of US extended deterrence and assurance due to America’s risk aversion, South Koreans’ perception remains unaffected by the intensity of North Korea’s threat. (2) South Koreans place greater trust in ex ante measures, such as joint military exercises and the stationing of US forces in South Korea, over verbal commitments...

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

...norms of universality. The weakening unification discourse is hardly a temporary phenomenon, which is attributable to the structural change in the environment. What gets in the way of improving the perception toward the North is this structural background that has a negative influence on forming the positive unification discourse along with the South-South conflicts and the fixated framework of the unification...