[학술논문] Changing Security Landscape of Northeast Asia in Transition : A View from Japan
...both China and regional countries is the most important regional strategic challenge. In such radically changing region, both Japan and Republic of Korea (ROK)face common strategic challenge, with some difference in nuance. Both countries share democratic values, market economy, being allies of the U.S., threatened by North Korea, and facing complex problems from the rise of China. Given rapidly changing...
[학술논문] A Historical Contingency?: North Korea’s New Leadership Meets the Rise of China and the U.S. Re-engagement Policy
The new power relations between the United States and China suggest an increasing possibility of conflict due to the U.S. re-engagement policy and China’s vigorous rise. From the perspective of the Korean peninsula,this historical transitional period 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...
[학술논문] Prospects for China’s North Korea Strategy in the Post-Kim Jong-il Era and Implications for South Korea
...progressive viewpoint, the new Chinese approach concerning the stabilization of the North Korean region, the softening of the North Korean regime, and the development of mutually beneficial relations,resembles the Sunshine Policy of South Korea in certain aspects. But from a conservative perspective, while there has been a noticeable shift in China’s attitude toward North Korea, there is no detectable...
[학술논문] Sino-North Korean Relations in the Post-Kim Jong-il Era: U.S. Perspectives
...skepticism in the United States about China’s willingness to resolve the issue of North Korean provocations, but this clearly reflects 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...
[학술논문] North Korea after Kim Jong-il
... missile launch. The missile launch was a violation of the U.S.-North Korea agreement which was announced on February 29, 2012. The agreement stipulated that North Korea would stop uranium enrichment program and suspend long-range missile launch, while the United States agreed to provide 240,000 tons of nutritional support. North Korea must have reasons to insist on the launch even under very strong...