[학위논문] 김정은 정권의 핵정책 분석, 2011~2021 -북한 지배연합의 선택과 관계국의 대응을 중심으로
...their own security and interests remains valuable for understanding the Korean Peninsula’s security environment and North Korea, theories focusing on leader-elite dynamics, rational actors, and audience costs offered a more suitable framework for analyzing Kim regime’s policy shifts and the failure of North Korea-U.S. negotiations. Despite limitations in available data due to North Korea’s secrecy,...
[학술논문] China’s Interests in Korean Unification: How Much Longer is the ‘Buffer’ Worth It?
...However, South Korean economicinteraction with China is so great that whether China gains or loses economicallyfrom unification is indeterminate. 3. Prestige: China suffers growing international‘audience costs’ by indefinitely supporting the North. This is the likeliest point ofleverage for those seeking to disjoin Beijing from Pyongyang, accelerate unification,and win over hesitant Chinese elites. This...