[뉴스] The ‘Axis of Evil’ Is Overhyped
Speaking at the Aspen Security Forum in July, longtime U.S. intelligence official John McLaughlin described the threat posed by China, Iran, North Korea, and Russia as “the distinguishing characteristic of our world right now.” McLaughlin, the former acting director of the CIA, warned that the United States’ adversaries had “formed a group” and were increasingly cooperating
[뉴스] China urges US to ‘reflect’ on nuclear arms policy
China has suggested the United States should “reflect” on its behaviour and reduce its nuclear arsenal after a senior official said Washington may need more warheads.
[뉴스] Friday Briefing: Will North Korea Attack?
Watching North Korea for signs of lethal military action
North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, could take some form of lethal military action against South Korea in the coming months after having shifted his policy to one of open hostility, U.S. officials say.
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...자세부터 살피자는 데 초점이 맞추어져 있다.
책의 근간을 이루는 것은 저자 엄상현 목사의 박사학위 논문이다. “한반도 통일정책과 한국교회 통일운동에 대한 디아코니아 신학적 평가 - 88선언을 중심으로”(Diakonian Theological Evaluation of the Unification Policy of Korea and the Unification Movement of the Korean Churches)를 제목으로 하는 논문이다. 부제가 말하듯 이 책, 이 논문의 핵심 내용이자 통일정책의 방향은 “88선언”에 있다. 한국교회사는 물론이고 한국의 통일 논의에서도 가장 획기적이자 종합적이며 바람직하다고 평가받는 “88선언”의...
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「한-미 정책 브리프」(ROK-US POLICY BRIEF) 1호(2024년 9월)에 실린 <8.15 통일 독트린> 관련 기고문입니다.
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...North Korea was first published in 2003 amid the outbreak of a lasting crisis over the North Korean nuclear program. It promptly became a landmark of an ongoing debate in academic and policy circles about whether to engage or contain North Korea. Fifteen years later, as North Korea tests intercontinental ballistic missiles and the U.S. president angrily refers to Kim Jong-un as “Rocket...
[학술논문] North Korea’s Instrumentalization of Diplomacy: Passing Through the “Danger Zone” of its Nuclear Weapons Program
...Germany embarked on a plan to build a major navy. In order to prevent preemption to be triggered by such a radical program, its leadership developed the so-called Tirpitz Plan, which German foreign policy wanted to become the instrument of this armament program and prevent preemption. By using the Tirpitz Plan as a matrix for analysis of North Korea’s nuclear diplomacy,new light is shed on nearly...
[학술논문] Russian Influence on North Korea: Views of Former South Korean Ambassadors to Russia
Russia and North Korea have a historical relationship dating back to the beginning of the Pyongyang regime. The former Soviet Union had participated in the Korean War and its Air Force supported the communist forces on the ground. Moscow was the major donor in the reconstruction of postwar North Korea. The North Korean nuclear program had been initiated with Soviet equipment and training of nuclear
[학술논문] 金正恩의 권력세습은 아직 未完成이다
Victor Cha could not be more correct to me when, in his essay entitled “Kim Jong Il Is No Reformer” carried by the September/October issue of the Foreign Policy, a U.S. bimonthly academic journal, he saw absolutely no hope for Kim Jong Un’s North Korea to take the path toward opening and reform. After 8 months from the passing of Kim Jong Il in December last year, Kim Jong Un, the...
[학술논문] The North Korean Nuclear Threat and South Korea’s Identity Politics in 2006
...“underbalancing” phenomenon. In the case of South Korea, it is impossible to generalize about how domestic politics is reflected in foreign policy with several domestic variables. In South Korea, inter-Korean relations are deeply linked to domestic politics, because policy toward North Korea includes cultural elements such as identity and norms. South Korea’s response to the North Korean nuclear issue...
[학술논문] 미래세대를 위한 역사교육 - 2011년 한국사 교육과정 논쟁의 실상과 허상 -
In 2011, the Association for Contemporary Korean History sent “A proposal for the revision of 2011 history education curriculum” to the ‘Research Committee for Policy-developing History Education Curriculum’, and “A tentative proposal for the revision of history education curriculums” to the National Institute of Korean History. It raised the issue of so-called “safeguarding...