[학술논문] Cheonan Impact, China’s Response and the future of Northeast Asian Security
...navy and the biggest sailor disaster in the history of ROK, put Beijing in extremely difficult position. The rift in their bilateral relations has also never been bigger since the normalization of ROC-ROK ties in 1992. In fact, Seoul and Beijing have attempted to avoid rocking the boat of bilateral relationship by prudently coping with their perhaps contending thoughts and policy of the North. Unfortunately...
[학술논문] U.S. Northeast Asia Policy: Revitalizing Alliances and Preserving Peace on the Peninsula
...paper addresses the policy directions of the Obama administration with emphasis on Northeast Asia security policy, looking both at key bilateral relationships and the prospects and priorities for building a Northeast Asia security architecture. It focuses in particular on U.S. Korea policy (South and North) while also assessing the prospects for the currently ill-fated Six-Party Talks (involving North...
[학술논문] China’s Policy and Influence on the North Korea Nuclear Issue
...approach the North Korea nuclear issue with a more comprehensive and longerterm viewpoint. China seeks to stably manage the North Korea nuclear issue by utilizing its economic leverage over North Korea in the short- to medium-term. China thinks that such management, through the Six-Party Talks, is the most appropriate solution to the North Korea nuclear issue as far as China is concerned. In the long...
[학술논문] The North Korean Nuclear Program: From a Conditional Bargaining Chip to the Ultima Ratio in Deterrence
...As a consequence, the fact of the matter is that the DPRK has repositioned itself today. This repositioning is of a fundamental nature and will not be impacted by any tactical maneuvering or short-term political concessions. In this paper, I claim that the opportunity to achieve a so-called grand bargain, a trade between Pyongyang and the remaining members of the Six-Party-Talks that would rid North...
[학술논문] THE CLASH OF SOFT POWERS BETWEEN CHINA AND JAPAN: SYNERGY AND DILEMMAS AT THE SIX-PARTY TALKS
...(or inward) soft-power strategy produces failure or negative influences in the inward (or outward) soft-power strategy. Borrowing from Robert Putnam’s two-level game metaphor,this article tries to reveal the two-level dynamics of soft power by developing a refined conceptual framework of soft power and also by explicating a case study of Chinese and Japanese diplomacy at the Six-Party Talks.