[학술논문] 북한의 핵 미사일 위협에 대한 일본의 군사 외교적 대응
...as the centerpiece of the U.S. extended nuclear deterrent provided to Japan. One of the basic assumptions in Japan’s diplomatic approach to North Korea is that the country’s most important policy objective is regime survival by way of defying military/diplomatic pressure from outside, normalizing relations with the United States and Japan, and obtaining economic assistance from the outside...
[학술논문] 1. Addressing the North Korean Nuclear Threat: 2. A Strategic-Pragmatic-Comprehensive Perspective and its Policy Alternatives
The purpose of this paper is to propose the “strategic-pragmatic-comprehensive (SPC)” approach that can facilitate North Korean denuclearization. In the paper, the dangers posed by a nuclear North Korea, the poverty of the non-SPC policy approaches that were pursued by both Obama and Lee administrations, and policy alternatives based on that SPC perspective are discussed.
[학술논문] Planning for North Korean Collapse: Military Missions and Requirements
...provide public security. Mobilizing and inserting a force of this size would confront significant logistical and diplomatic challenges, making a simultaneous operation (in which over 300,000 peacekeepers stabilized the entire country at once) improbable. Thus we model a sequenced approach in which North Korea is administratively divided into horizontal tiers. Stability forces would advance upward into...
[학술논문] The North Korean Issue, Park Geun-hye’s Presidency, and the Possibility of Trust-building on the Korean Peninsula
...provocations and a strong military deterrent, and a willingness to ignore provocative North Korean rhetoric. Called “trustpolitik” by Park, this approach faces numerous obstacles in its implementation, and will require considerable diplomatic and political skill. Whether Park can be successful where so many South Korean leaders have previously failed will depend centrally on the policies she...
[학술논문] Designing Economic Reforms: The Cases of North Korea and Vietnam
...nuclear weapons whilst simultaneously undertaking economic reform. It is apparent that the new leadership in Pyongyang is seeking an approach to increase agricultural output toease food shortages and improve the peoples’ standards of living, amidst continuing diplomatic isolation. Such circumstances appear set tocontinue, given the continuing poor relations that Seoul and Washingtonhave with Pyongyang...