[학술논문] Balance-of-Fear Theory and Korea-Japan-U.S. Relations, 1945-1953
...“alliance security dilemma” associated with abandonment/entrapment fears among allies, though useful, is not enough for explaining alliance/alignment politics among states. This article additionally employs two more fears: fear of deterrence failure between enemies and fear of losing autonomy between allies. Each state’s main incentive for supporting (or increasing commitment to) the alignment...
[학술논문] 한반도 신뢰프로세스가 성공하려면: 국방안보 관점에서
...nuclear-weapon-state status should not be recognized. President Obama offered full support to President Park’s North Korea policy of Korean Peninsula Trust Process, while reassuring United States’ security commitment to Korea with possible employment of various U.S. military capabilities, including potential use of nuclear weapons when it is needed. At the same time, President Park signaled to North Korea...
[학술논문] The U.S.-ROK Alliance in Coping with North Korea’s Nuclear Threat
...testfirings pose a security threat to South Korea. In March 2013, the Central Committee ofthe Workers’ Party adopted a new strategy of simultaneously building up the economyand nuclear capability. As a non-nuclear power, South Korea faces difficulty indeveloping effective countermeasures against the nuclear threat from the North. Although the United States has confirmed its commitment to defending...
[학술논문] North Korean Nuclear Crisis and Further Approaches for the WMD and Missile Non-proliferation
...stable security environment in the Korean Peninsula. The best way for complete, verifiable and irreversible dismantlement on North Korean nuclear and ballistic missiles is to adhere to the mutual agreements consented to at the six-nation talks in pursuit of corresponding steps, simultaneous response, and step-by-step approach based on the Joint Statement with a principle of "commitment for commitment"...
[학술논문] The UN and the Korean Peninsula: The UN’s Role in and Commitment to the Unification Process
...Northeast Asian security environment. This security environment has undergone significant changes in the 66 years since the Korean War. Growing North Korean threats requires the ROK to find an effective way to deter North Korea. The collective security system which has guaranteed and organized peace and stability around the world is a reasonable option for the ROK’s security. This paper focuses...