[학술논문] North Korea’s Instrumentalization of Diplomacy: Passing Through the “Danger Zone” of its Nuclear Weapons Program
In this article, it is argued that until recently Pyongyang has been using diplomacy to deflect threats of coercion or possibly preemption from its nuclear weapons program. After the decision was made to acquire nuclear weapons capability,Pyongyang decided to use the process of nuclear crisis diplomacy that unfolded in the early 1990s in ways that would allow it to weather any repercussions and counter...
[학술논문] Russian Influence on North Korea: Views of Former South Korean Ambassadors to Russia
...first trip for a Russian leader, Vladimir Putin, to North Korea was made in 2000. Third, since the beginning of the second North Korean nuclear crisis in 2002, Russia became an active participant in the Six-Party Talks. Russia realized that a balanced diplomacy toward the two Koreas works better for the interests of Russia rather than the pro-South Korean stance in the first few years of the early...
[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] The Trust-building Process on the Korean Peninsula and Directions to Resolve North Korea’s Nuclear Issues
... North to come to negotiations for dismantling its nuclear program, facilities, materials, and weapons in a complete, verifiable, and irreversible way, South Korea needs to adopt a two-track strategy toward North Korea with a strategy of deterrence and pressure on the one side and diplomacy on the other. In the consultation process, South Korea needs to develop a grand package deal by combining economic...
[학술논문] Framing Multi-lateral Energy Security Framework in Northeast Asia?: Lessons from KEDO and ECT
...is to examine the possibilities of framing multilateral energy security institution in Northeast Asia. The purpose of this article is neither to discuss KEDO nor to deal with North Korea’s nuclear proliferation issue, nor to focus on EU energy policy but to elaborate original idea and concept of both KEDO’s and EU’s limited achievements and to apply them to the potential building...