[학술논문] Russian Influence on North Korea: Views of Former South Korean Ambassadors to Russia
...worst time for Russia-North Korea relations. Second, Russia’s influence was regained after the new treaty on Friendship, Good-Neighborly Relations and Cooperation with the North was signed. Moreover, the first trip for a Russian leader, Vladimir Putin, to North Korea was made in 2000. Third, since the beginning of the second North Korean nuclear crisis in 2002, Russia became an active participant...
[학술논문] Inter-Korean trade and the 2002 nuclear crisis: Influence and Effect
...that substantial change of actors and dynamics that framed inter-Korean relations after the first-ever summit talks in 2000 enabled the traders to continue to engage North Korea even under the nuclear crisis. In terms of what actually motivated South Korean traders in these transactions, it will argue that South Korean domestic economic needs that desperately sought out a lower-cost production base...
[학술논문] Organizing International Security in Northeast Asia: Hegemony, Concert of Powers, and Collective Security
Compared with the first North Korean nuclear crisis in the mid-1990s, the second North Korean nuclear crisis of the early 2000s reveals very different features. The second crisis led to dialogues on how to manage a regional security issue. Moreover, the crisis underwent three diverse phases that can be used to test the assumptions behind three models of security studies: hegemony, concert of powers...
[학술논문] Leadership and Multilateralism in the Recent North Korean Crisis
...Korean quasi-nuclear weapon state(QNWS)''s strategic intentions and leadership characteristics, I compare two Koreas from the angle of effective leadership by suggesting three kinds: de-securitizing, persuasive and empathetic cooperation leadership. The most significant condition for another summit between Park Keun-hye and Kim Jung-un. rests upon the question about nuclear crisis settlement...
[학술논문] The Added Value of Partnership with NATO for South Korean Security
...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 currently increasing, as China is pursuing an assertive...