[학술논문] 제3차 북핵 실험과 국제법적 쟁점 검토
...lighter' atomic bomb was used in the 'successful'detonation. Pyongyang’s third nuclear test poses a completely different level of security from two previous onesin 2006 and 2009. The Washington-based Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) on its web site counted the reclusivecountry as one of the nine nations possessing nuclear weapons. This might mean that North Korea become ade-facto nuclear...
[학술논문] Pyongyang’s Defiance on Denuclearization Poses Challenge For Yet Another U.S. Administration
...relations had returned to the tense period before the 2018 Panmunjom inter-Korean summit declaration, which Moon had proclaimed at the time as a breakthrough in reducing tensions on the peninsula. Pyongyang dictated conditions that Seoul must adhere to, including suspending combined military drills with Washington and reducing South Korea’s planned military modernization plans. Kim left responsibility...
[학술논문] Convergence and Tensions in the ROK-U.S. Alliance: Policy Differences Require Deft Alliance Management
...are notable differences between Washington and Seoul regarding an end-of-war declaration, wartime operational control (OPCON) transition, North Korean policy, an expanded South Korean security role of the Indo-Pacific, and improving South Korean-Japanese relations. The Moon administration has called for reducing UN and U.S. sanctions, signing an end-of-war declaration, and providing additional concessions...
[학술논문] U.S., South Korean, and Japanese Threat Perceptions On North Korea’s Tactical Nuclear Weapons Development: Implications for South Korea’s Extended Deterrence Debate
...North Korea’s evolving tactical nuclear threat, and discusses South Korean public perceptions of the credibility of U.S. extended deterrence. In addition, the paper evaluates the implications of the Washington Declaration for South Korean desires to develop an independent nuclear weapons capability and assesses its likely impact on South Korea’s public debate over extended deterrence.