[뉴스] The ‘Axis of Evil’ Is Overhyped

Speaking at the Aspen Security Forum in July, longtime <em>U</em>.<em>S</em>. 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’<em>s</em> leader, Kim Jong-un, could take some form of lethal military action against South Korea in the coming months after having shifted his <em>policy</em> to one of open hostility, <em>U</em>.<em>S</em>. officials say.

[정치/군사] Nuclear North Korea

Victor D. Cha and David C. Kang’<em>s</em> 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 <em>policy</em> circles about whether to engage or contain North Korea. Fifteen years later, as North Korea tests intercontinental ballistic missiles and the <em>U</em>.<em>S</em>. president angrily refers to...

[학술논문] The Limited Influence of the Kim Young-sam Government on <em>U</em>.<em>S</em>. <em>Policy</em>: Causes and Factors

...<em>policy</em> of small states needs to be adjusted in this new world order. However, the Kim government stuck to its realist approach to international order and the attitude toward the <em>U</em>.<em>S</em>. The government adopted a containment <em>policy</em> toward North Korea and tried to alter <em>U</em>.<em>S</em>. <em>policy</em> by using realist <em>policy</em> tools, such as manipulation and taking a neutralist position, while dispensing with liberal <em>policy</em>...

[학술논문] China'<em>s</em> <em>Policy</em> toward (South) Korea: Objectives of and Obstacles to the Strategic Partnership

...reinforced ROK
U.<em>S</em>. alliance. This paper examines the reasons behind this partnership, theorizing that the significance hierarchy within the partnership had been weakened, and that the meaning of ‘‘strategic’’had been expanded. Other reasons contributing to the forging of the new partnership between Korea and China included the following: counter-balancing the excessively pro-<em>U</em>.<em>S</em>. <em>policy</em> adopted by Korea...

[학술논문] The Conflict between People’<em>s</em> Rights and National Security in the Formulation and Implementation of the <em>U</em>.<em>S</em>. Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)

...between the protection of people’<em>s</em> right, particularly public right of access to government information, and national security in the <em>U</em>.<em>S</em>. as reflected in changes of Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), the foundation of <em>U</em>.<em>S</em>. information access <em>policy</em>. Since 9/11 terrorist attacks, the increased concern regarding national security in the <em>U</em>.<em>S</em>. led to restrictions on people’<em>s</em> right to know and FOIA on the...

[학술논문] The Analysis of Organizational Factors Affecting the Outcome of Federal FOIA Implementation for National Security

This article aims to identify organizational factors that influence the performance of implementation of the <em>U</em>.<em>S</em>. Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and to investigate the strength and direction of their effects. Explanatory variables include administrative resources, organizational culture, litigation cost, and the complexity of FOIA requests. The study will analyze quantitative secondary data from...

[학술논문] The Six-Party Talks and North Korea’<em>s</em> Denuclearization: An Evaluation and Prospects

...process. The author has argued over the years that while the six-party process is the best means to resolve the North’<em>s</em> nuclear issue, bilateral <em>U</em>.<em>S</em>.-DPRK talks are equally important to a peaceful and diplomatic resolution of the DPRK’<em>s</em> issue. The peaceful resolution of the North’<em>s</em> nuclear issue is prerequisite to building a peace regime on the Korean peninsula and regional peace in Northeast Asia...

[국내] The Asan Security Quarterly Vol.1 Issue 1 "One Year of Trump 2.0"

...competing, but tangible <em>policy</em> recommendations that can inform readers and policymakers alike about the options they have available. For the inaugural issue of the relaunched Asan Security Quarterly, we have invited leading academics and <em>policy</em> practitioners to reflect on the ‘one year of Trump 2.0.’ President Donald Trump dominated the news cycle and <em>policy</em> arena in 2025 like no <em>U</em>.<em>S</em>. president before him...

[국내] 한국의 핵무장론과 비대칭동맹의 딜레마:연루와 방기의 비등가성

...inequivalence hypothesis to reinterpret the emergence of nuclear armament discourse in South Korea. Theoretically, the study challenges the symmetry assumption in existing alliance theories. From a <em>policy</em> perspective, it suggests that enhancing the credibility of <em>U</em>.<em>S</em>. entrapment (commitment) and reducing the perceived risk of abandonment are critical alternatives to the push for indigenous nuclear weapons.

[국내] 한국의 핵무장시 핵심 전력 건설 및 운용방향

...assumption of South Korea’<em>s</em> nuclear armament, thereby deriving strategic preparatory tasks and <em>policy</em> implications for deterrence and response to North Korea and other potential threats. The most critical security challenge facing South Korea is the continued advancement of North Korea’<em>s</em> nuclear arsenal and the possibility of its use in contingency scenarios. While Seoul has relied on <em>U</em>.<em>S</em>. extended deterrence...

[국내] The trust-building process and korean unification

...Geun-hye administration’<em>s</em> <em>policy</em> towards North Korea. Trust is a new concept in South Korea’<em>s</em> North Korea <em>policy</em>, and the Trustbuilding Process emerged as a new paradigm for policies on North Korea. The current government has diverged from the pathways of the previous governments. Since the end of the Cold War, South Korea’<em>s</em> economic superiority has been utilized as a major <em>policy</em> leverage against the...

[국내] The North Korean Contingency Plan: Japanese <em>Policy</em> Outlook and Countermeasures

...the emergent situation, which implies a break-out of all-out war on the Korean peninsular after the end of cold war period. Furthermore Japanese intellectuals influenced by brisk discussions in the <em>U</em>.<em>S</em>. and South Korea began to discuss the possibilities of North Korean contingency and suggest appropriate Japanese responses to it, although such discussions are not led to any concrete policies or measures...