These paper consists of two parts. The first half introduces Bush Administration's strategic thought in terms of primacy which emphatically places military capability to realize U.S. national interests, and explains the logical and practical clash to ...
These paper consists of two parts. The first half introduces Bush Administration's strategic thought in terms of primacy which emphatically places military capability to realize U.S. national interests, and explains the logical and practical clash to the North Korean survival strategy upon which the north intends to retain security assurance and diplomatic normalization through the bargaining of its nuclear program. In addition, this part scrutinizes why the two major regional conflicts is highly unlikely even though the U.S. primacy strategy poses. Based upon these discussions, the second part proposes three principle--fundamental settlement, peaceful resolution, and combination of bilateralism and multilateralism--to resolve the current North Korean nuclear standoff. On top of that, as a focal point of this paper, a comprehensive solution to the North Korean question is to be suggested as a reference framework for the policy-designing of the new Rho Moo-hyun government.