[학술논문] Strategies for Positive Engagement with North Korea
...proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, with a strong emphasis on transparency. The most appropriate policy for effectively dealing with North Korea is a bold, open approach that combines positive engagement with a genuine willingness to negotiate, with the ultimate goal of preventing nuclear proliferation and other potentially dangerous situations. In this context, the “Nunn-Lugar”...
[학술논문] North Korea’s Nuclear Decision-making and Plausible Scenarios
... the losses resulting from using nuclear weapons. In the meantime, the advancement and enlargement of the nuclear arsenal can help reduce the risks associated with using them. The Kim Jong Un regime, with its expanding nuclear program, is thus growing all the likelier to use nuclear weapons in possible future wars, and also to increase the number of nuclear weapons it would employ in such wars.
[학술논문] On the Non-Use and Abuse of Nuclear Proliferation Intelligence: The Cases of North Korea and Iran
...forced to respond in ways that would complicate their preferred policy agenda. This essay examines key instances of the non-use or abuse of proliferation intelligence on North Korea’s and Iran’s nuclear programs, when U.S. policymakers appeared to overrate their preferred policy response to North Korean and Iranian nuclear misbehavior, but also to be disinclined to further pursue intelligence...
[학술논문] Does Political Generation Matter for Foreign Policy? South Korea’s Foreign Policy Changes, 2003 to 2007
...policy? By examining Korea’s sudden and sharp foreign policy change during the Roh Moo-hyun government, 2003–2007, in this article I show that when a political generation with distinctive emotions and preferences rises in power, it can have a significant impact on foreign policy. Despite the alliance ties with the United States and North Korea’s continuing development of nuclear...
[학술논문] A Comparative Study on the inter-Korean Relations and the Cross-Strait Exchanges after the 2000s
...post-ideological societies, with a far more practical and realistic attitude to their respective ‘rivals.’ Third, Domestic political conflicts that surround Cross-Strait policy in Taiwan and North-related policy in South Korea have been intensified as a result of changes in governments following elections. Fourth, while the United States remains a crucial partner of both South Korea and Taiwan...