[학술논문] The Limited Influence of the Kim Young-sam Government on U.S. Policy: Causes and Factors
...because it tried to take advantage of outdated realist policy tools in the post‐Cold War era. The world order in the post‐Cold War era is different from that of the Cold War era. The ideological blocs have collapsed and the foreign policy of small states needs to be adjusted in this new world order. However, the Kim government stuck to its realist approach to international order and the attitude toward...
[학위논문] Trilateral Security Model in The ROK’s Engagement with ASEAN
...predominantly shaped by security concerns, particularly those related to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and the strategic alliance with the United States (U.S.). This argument adopts a Realist perspective, highlighting the pivotal role of security considerations in shaping the ROK's foreign policy toward ASEAN. By incorporating this perspective, it provides insight into how security considerations...
[학위논문] North Korea as a revisionist state : leaders' political psychology of nuclear provocations
...regime less secure, rather than more secure, by inviting a preemptive military attack and further sanctions and isolation from the international community. This research assumes a neo-classical realist approach to tackle this puzzle and in turn observe North Korea as a revisionist state. While acknowledging the determining importance of North Korea’s geopolitical environment and relative power distribution...
[학위논문] A study of the u.s. Rok political parties’ north korea policy since the sunshine policy era
...North Korea to soften its approach and join South Korea for the inter-Korean summits. The author’s findings also found that the preferable political conditions necessary to make Inter-Korean relations and U.S.-DPRK relations conducive is a conservative president in the United States and a liberal president in South Korea (specifically the combination of an offensive realist-to-liberal institutionalist;...