[학술논문] China’s Status-Quo-Plus Policy toward the Korean Peninsula and Its Implications
...will initiate profound policy change to reform and open door, following China’s suggestion. There exists a gap in perception between China and its neighbors in either seeing the North Korean problem as a political concern which needs to be contained, or seeing them as issues which must be addressed separately. As long as this perceptional gap exists, the policies of the parties interested in...
[학술논문] 한반도 신뢰프로세스가 성공하려면: 국방안보 관점에서
...need to be reaffirmed and recommitted by Seoul and Washington. One is the end state of the North Korean nuclear problem, and the other is the ROK-US alliance’s ultimate goal. A complete, verifiable, and irreversible dismantlement (CVID) must be set as the end state of any future nuclear talk with North Korea and in the six-party talks. And unification of the Korean peninsula must be the final...
[학술논문] 박근혜 정부의 안보 공약 평가와 정책 대안
이 논문의 목적은 박근혜 정부의 안보공약을 간단히 평가해보고 추진 과정에서 쟁점이 될 수 있는 핵심 쟁점 위주로 그 대안을 제시하는 데 목적이 있다. 현실주의 인식에 기초한 박근혜 대통령의 안보정책은 3번의 변화과정을 거치면서 17개의 과제로 확정되었다. 동아시아 및 유라시아를 대상으로 복합적, 중층적 다자 외교를 전개해야 하며, 가장 중요한 주변국들인 미국, 중국, 일본을 대상으로 맞춤형 양자 외교 전략을 전개해야 한다. 북핵문제의 해결 및 대응을 위해서는 기존의 정책에서 벗어나 체제 전환을 포함한 새로운 정책을 시도를 할 필요가 있다. 일관성있고 지속성있는 한반도 신뢰 프로세스를 추진하기 위해서는 국민 협약을 만들 필요가 있다. 국방정책은 전작권 전환에 대한 재검토와 안보 컨트롤 타워 체제 및 업무의 재조정이
[학술논문] Long-Stalled Six-Party Talks on North Korea’s Nuclear Program: Positions of Countries Involved
On February 12, 2013, North Korea conducted its third nuclear test. Yet the SixParty Talks (SPT) have been stalled for over four years, since the last meeting held in December 2008. Given Pyongyang’s intense brinkmanship under Kim Jong Un since 2012, the positions of each SPT party toward North Korea and the SPT itself deserve some analysis. Interestingly, between 2012 and 2013 leadership changes...
[학술논문] The Added Value of Partnership with NATO for South Korean Security
...First, partnership with NATO is likely to contribute to peace on the Korean Peninsula. In particular, NATO could participate in post-Six-Party Talks, which have failed to solve the North Korean nuclear problem. NATO would also be able to engage in humanitarian intervention if a crisis arose in North Korea. Second, NATO could contribute to peace in Northeast Asia. Security tensions in the region are...