[학술논문] The Park Geun-hye Government’s Role in a Needed New Strategy toward North Korea
This paper places President Park Geun-hye’s policy of building trust with North Korea in the difficult context of North Korea’s threats against South Korea and the United States, and the prospect that North Korea soon will produce nuclear warheads for its Nodong missiles. Nuclear warheads on the Nodongs will give North Korea a new instrument to pursue provocative acts against South Korea...
[학술논문] 한반도 신뢰프로세스가 성공하려면: 국방안보 관점에서
...Korea’s nuclear program must be halted and its 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...
[학술논문] Myth and Reality in Trust-Building in the Korean Peninsula
...“trustpolitik” proposal seeks to combine renewed dialogue and outreach to North Korea with a clear commitment to robust deterrence. Although commendable, South Korea will have difficulty trying to build trust given the nature of U.S. and South Korean military strategy for a war with North Korea. Simply put, the way that the Combined Forces Command (CFC) intends to fight a Korean war is highly escalatory;...
[학술논문] The Trust-building Process on the Korean Peninsula: A Paradigm Shift in Seoul’s North Korea Policy
The Trust-building Process on the Korean Peninsula can be seen as a shift in the North Korea policy paradigm. As to the North Korea policies in previous governments, discussions were mainly about policy measures, which included military force, negotiations, sanctions and strategic patience. However, the Trust-building Process emphasizes that it is upon trust where policy measures can have more stable...
[학술논문] The North Korean Issue, Park Geun-hye’s Presidency, and the Possibility of Trust-building on the Korean Peninsula
For at least the past twenty years, the debate about how best to deal with North Korea has focused on whether pressure and isolation are more likely to change North Korean behavior, or whether inducements and engagement are more likely to produce results. This essay will explore the nuclear, economic, and humanitarian challenges that North Korea poses to the new South Korean President Park Geun-hye