[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] 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.
[학술논문] 북한의 핵 미사일 위협에 대한 일본의 군사 외교적 대응
...enhance the credibility of U.S. extended nuclear deterrence. The Nuclear Posture Review(NPR) published by the Department of Defense in April 2010, however, announced that the Tomahawk, nuclear-equipped, sea-launched cruise missile(TLAM-N) would be retired. Some Japanese government officials felt betrayed by this since the TLAM-N had long been hailed as the centerpiece of the U.S. extended nuclear deterrent...
[학술논문] International Cooperation for the Promotion of North Korea’s Reform and Opening
...regime stability, North Korea opted for the “Military-First Politics”and secret development of nuclear weapons. International sanctions under the U.N. Security Council resolutions have not succeeded in altering North Korea’s behavior. Further sanctions would not work without the support of the surrounding countries on the Korean peninsula. Sanctions alone would not solve the North...
[학술논문] 金正恩의 권력세습은 아직 未完成이다
...Reformer” carried by the September/October issue of the Foreign Policy, a U.S. bimonthly academic journal, he saw absolutely no hope for Kim Jong Un’s North Korea to take the path toward opening and reform. After 8 months from the passing of Kim Jong Il in December last year, Kim Jong Un, the late Kim Jong Il’s own deathbed choice, at the age of 28, for yet another round of hereditary...
[학술논문] China’s Anti-Access Strategy and Regional Contingencies: Implications for East Asian and Korean Security
...contingencies in the region. This article argues that China’s “anti-access capability”—a U.S.-coined term originally developed for a Taiwan crisis—is equally applicable to other major regional cases such as the Spratly disputes and a North Korean contingency. Furthermore,notwithstanding China’s continuous efforts to develop and deploy various types and classes...
[학술논문] 미국의 동북아 위협인식 변화에 따른 한반도 내 전술핵무기의 역할 연구
...themilitary roleand could beused in war. In 1970s,U.S.nuclear policy on the Korean peninsula were different from theconceptthattacticalnuclearweaponsreplaceconventionalforces becauseNixon Doctrineand SchlesingerDoctrineallowed nuclearweapon's militaryroletodecrease. Improvementin the relationship between U.S. and China caused the change in Chinese threat.U.S.had promoted nuclearpolicy to decrease tacticalnuclear...