Regional Security in Northeast Asia:The North Korean Nuclear Crises and Region Security

• Main Authors: CHEN,BOW-PENG, 陳寶鵬
• Other Authors: Lee,Jyun-Yi
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2017
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/4bq7td

碩士 === 國立中正大學 === 戰略暨國家安全碩士在職專班 === 105 === Abstract Situated at a strategic position where the power and influence of the US, Russia, China and Japan intersect, the Korean Peninsula plays a crucial role in Northeastern Asian geopolitics. In history, the interaction of the great powers in the region all has had huge impacts on the fate of the Korean Peninsula with varying degrees. The Armistice Line separated the Korean Peninsula into two states, both of which commit to a unified Korea, but are nevertheless constrained by the interests and politics of China, Russia and the USA. In the 1990s, the two Koreas communicated with each other through channels such as The Red Cross and the official public office. After the meeting of Kim Dae-jung and Kim Jong-il, South Korea’s Sunshine Policy pushed the two toward reconciliation and peace, but the two nuclear crises and the deadlock between the US and North Korea hindered further progress. With the US being the hegemony since the end of the the Cold War, the North Korea turned to unclear development as a means of national security. Under the Juche Idea and Military-First Politics, it has since the mid-1980s undertaken a more aggressive approach to regional affairs. The two nuclear crises in 1993-1994 and ca. 2003-2007, ended with the Nuclear Agreed Framework and various rounds of Six-Party Talk, respectively. However, these international arrangements do not really resolve regional security issues in a long run, as the different national interests of the two Koreas, the US, China, Russia and Japan are structural and prolong the tension among the states. Key worlds：Sunshine Policy, Juche Idea, Military-First Politics, The Agreed 　　　　 　 Framework, Six-Party Talks