[해외자료] Recalibrating US Strategy on North Korea

Introduction The election of Donald Trump to a second presidential term provides an opportunity to reevaluate American policy towards the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK or North Korea), especially given the President’s summitry with Kim Jong Un during his first term in office. Although the Biden administration’s approach focused on reinforcing deterrence...

[외교안보] The most significant ambassador jobs in Trump’s second term

Donald Trump has announced two of the highest-profile ambassador jobs — but many of the most significant ones are still to come. While several foreign posts are important in any administration because the country is a close U.S. ally or a neighbor to an adversary, some ambassadorial jobs will take on heightened significance in Trump’s second term because of the incoming president’s...

[해외자료] Global Leaders Forum Address by His Excellency President Moon Jae-in

...Excellency Moon Jae-in, President of the Republic of Korea, delivered a Global Leaders Forum address to a Washington D.C. foreign policy audience of more than 250 at CSIS headquarters. This occasion marked several firsts: President Moon's first foreign policy address abroad, his first visit to the United States as president, and his first summit meeting with the Donald J. Trump administration.

[해외자료] Peace in Korea? What You Need to Know about the Koreas Summit and the Trump-Kim Summit

...South Korea, to avoid the collision course that the United States and North Korea appeared to be on until the end of 2017, with 20 ballistic missile tests by North Korea and threats by the Trump administration to rain “fire and fury” on North Korea. The inter-Korean summit, and the upcoming North Korea–U.S. summit, have cooled tensions considerably, but for how long is uncertain...

[해외자료] U.S.-South Korea Cost-Sharing Negotiations Impacting Korean Public Support for U.S. Security Umbrella

...of alliance dissonance. While all negotiations over how much the two allies should pay annually for the non-personnel costs of stationing 28,500 U.S. forces on the Korean peninsula are difficult, this year’s is particularly so because the Trump Administration has called for a more-than-five-fold increase in payments from South Korea ($896 million in 2019 to $5 billion in 2020).

[현안분석] 트럼프 정부의 핵 현대화 정책 전망과 한반도 시사점

...substantial enhancement of nuclear capabilities of Russia and China. The first Trump administration adopted an assertive stance on nuclear modernization, guided by its "America First" doctrine and a "Peace Through Strength" military philosophy. Looking ahead to a potential second Trump administration, the commitment to nuclear modernization — encompassing the modernization...

[학위논문] 보호책임(R2P) 및 군사개입관여의 한반도 적용 문제 분석

...believe it is too early to say 'no' to these questions If we can effectively prepare for unification through analyzing Syrian case, it may lead us to the optimum solution Trump administration insists that they will implement an new isolationism foreign policy, but I think that American foreign policy of engagement to the world issues and military engagement under the multilateralism...

[현안분석] 트럼프 2.0시대 강대국 정치의 특징과 한국의 과제

...마련하는 한편, 우리와 공통적 이해관계를 가진 국가들과의 협력이 필요하다. 단기 대응이 필요한 과제와 포스트 트럼프 시대의 대응 과제를 식별하는 것도 중요하다. 뿐만 아니라 강대국 경쟁의 경계를 관통하는 다양한 협력체계를 구축하는 등 한반도가 지정학적 단층대에 놓이지 않게 관리해야 할 것이다. The second Trump administration is ushering in significant changes to the global order. As the United States pursues a foreign policy centered on its own interests, the liberal international order is retreating, and tensions...

[현안분석] 해외 원자력 추진 잠수함 도입 사례 및 쟁점 분석과 시사점

...Korea’s nuclear threat-including the development of SSBNs-makes it difficult to dismiss the need for such capabilities, despite the associated financial and diplomatic costs. Notably, the Trump administration’s emphasis during its second term on strengthening allied self-defense capabilities and fostering defense industrial cooperation-particularly in the shipbuilding sector-suggests a potentially...

[현안분석] The First 100 Days of the Second Trump Administration: An Assessment of Foreign and National Security Policies and Outlook

...perceived as a symbolic milestone and a barometer for forecasting the success of the four-year term. The second Trump administration’s first 100 days can be characterized by a focus on the economic front while cultivating favorable conditions for national security initiatives. The administration’s designation of April 2 as “Liberation Day” exemplifies its aggressive tariff agenda to...