[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 against Washington and...

[뉴스] Friday Briefing: Will North Korea Attack?

Watching North Korea for signs of lethal military action North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, could take some form of lethal military action against South Korea in the coming months after having shifted his policy to one of open hostility, U.S. officials say.

[정치/군사] Nuclear North Korea

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.S. president angrily refers to...

[학술논문] South Korea-United States Relations in 2025: Lee Adjusts to Trump as the U.S.-China Conflict Deepens

.... South Koreans, after a period of foreign policy stasis under a series of acting, lame-duck presidents, elected Lee Jae-myung president in June. Lee, choosing a stability-oriented foreign policy agenda, struck a bargain with Trump that was surprisingly satisfactory for both sides. Korea committed to significant new investments in the U.S., along with more defense spending and burden-sharing, in exchange...

[학술논문] ROK Diplomacy: Navigating Uncharted Waters The Historic Significance of the Cheonan Incident for ROK Foreign Policy

...phase. The crisis appeared to be a proving ground for the nation and its leadership, which shares fundamental values and basic strategic interests with the U.S. and Japan, to set a fundamental course for the nation’s long-term foreign policy. Seoul, Washington and Tokyo should take advantage of the currently enhanced momentum to further reinforce cooperation in security areas, bilaterally and trilaterally...

[학술논문] Foreign Policy Practices and International Law Constraints in Korea

Korea’s bilateral foreign policy toward its neighboring states is firmly founded on the basis of the pragmatic realism. Korea has always prioritized national security and its alliance with the U.S. over any general rules of international law. By contrast, in the process of implementing Korea’s multilateral foreign policy, the norms of international law have been given serious consideration as Korea’s UN...

[학술논문] An Assessment of the Security Environment and Challenges in the Post-Cheonan Era: A South Korean Perspective

...regime, the desirable end state on the Korean Peninsula, and the roadmap and action plan for reaching that end state. Third, South Korea should develop its own security network to minimize the impact of the shifting balance of power between the U.S. and China. Finally, South Korea should consolidate a domestic base for security and North Korea policy by enhancing domestic strategic communication.

[학술논문] ROK-U.S. Cooperation in Preparation for Hostile Actions by North Korea in Possession of Nuclear Weapons

... general in its tone and content. This article analyzes this credibility issue pertaining to the U.S. extended deterrence, along with the North Korean nuclear threats and their security implications, and finally proposes a series of measures and policy implications to enhance theROK
U.S. security mechanism.

[해외] Building a Robust U.S.-ROK Cyber Alliance

This report, Building a Robust U.S.-ROK Cyber Alliance: A Joint Cyber Resilience Strategy, examines how the United States and South Korea can strengthen bilateral cyber cooperation in response to an increasingly complex and transnational threat environment. As cyber operations from North Korea, China, and Russia grow in scale and sophistication, the report argues that existing approaches are insufficient...

[해외] China is confronting new realities on the Korean Peninsula

...converged, including North Korea’s further consolidation of its nuclear status after the Ninth Party Congress, the further deepening of Russia-North Korea ties, intensifying U.S.-China competition, the growing institutionalization of U.S.-Japan-South Korean trilateral coordination, and the spillover effects of conflict in the Middle East. For that reason, China’s policy thinking does not begin with the...

[해외] Should Japan change its approach to North Korean denuclearization?

...U.S.-North Korea dialogue could create an opportunity to reopen talks, this too presents significant challenges. Simultaneously, declining Japan-China relations in the previous year have further complicated the Northeast Asian security environment. In response, Japan has pursued a dual strategy toward the Korean Peninsula and Northeast Asia: enhancing integrated deterrence through the Japan-U.S....

[해외] Pyongyang’s diplomatic calculus in an unstable multipolar order

North Korea’s contemporary diplomatic posture cannot be understood solely through the lens of U.S. relations with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). Rather, Pyongyang’s foreign policy reflects a broader reassessment of the global order, the regional security environment, and its own position within what it increasingly perceives as an emerging multipolar order. This recalibration has...

[국내] Status-Quo or Revisionism_Decoding North Korea’s Hostile Two-State via USFK

This paper examines whether North Korea's "hostile two-state doctrine" reflects a status quo or revisionist orientation by analyzing whether and if so, why Pyongyang’s position on the presence of U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) has changed. The analysis finds that the doctrine aligns more closely with a status-quo orientation and may be interpreted as a de facto official acknowledgment of a position long...