[학술논문] A Historical Contingency?: North Korea’s New Leadership Meets the Rise of China and the U.S. Re-engagement Policy
...occurs ironically alongside a huge transformation in North Korea, with the death of Kim Jong-il and the emergence of the new Kim Jong-un regime. If North Korea attempts to expand its economic relations with China, improve relations with the United States and the international community, and capture the momentum to transform its relations with South Korea, all these things linked together may provide momentum...
[학술논문] Prospects for China’s North Korea Strategy in the Post-Kim Jong-il Era and Implications for South Korea
...of the post-Kim Jong-il era,China will advance from its previous role of mere balancer and seek to become a more active manager in pursuit of its own national interests. China hopes for a softer, more stable North Korean regime, so that a mutually beneficial partnership can develop between the two states. China believes that it must adjust and take on a new role in the process of North Korea’s...
[학술논문] Sino-North Korean Relations in the Post-Kim Jong-il Era: U.S. Perspectives
... Beijing’s ambivalence on these matters in deference to its own intrinsic national interests. This paper examines opinions and analyses by U.S. experts and policy-makers in order to better understand how the United States perceives the Sino-North Korean relationship,particularly after the death of Kim Jong-il.
[학술논문] Prospects for Sino-American Policy Coordination toward North Korea
Kim Jong-il’s death on December 17, 2011 stimulated widespread expectations that sudden change might occur in North Korea as a result of political paralysis resulting from a premature father-to-son succession in North Korea. But the respective responses of both the United States and China following Kim Jong-il’s death revealed both a shared interest in preventing the outbreak of instability...
[학술논문] Critical Analysis on the Development of North Korea’s Nuclear/Missile Technology in the View of Strategic Theory
...‘understand’ (post-positivism) Pyongyang’s bellicose behaviours due to the lack of theoretical studies of North Korea’s national and military strategy. Therefore, the aim of this study is to explain the military behaviours of North Korea in the view of Strategic Theory. In other words, while addressing major concerns and limitations about North Korea’s nuclear/missile studies...