북핵 위기 대응을 위한 특단의 방안 필요성에 관한 연구 - 북핵 개발에 대한 NPT· IAEA 기능의 한계점을 중심으로 - = A Study on the Necessity of Special Measures for Response to the North Korean Nuclear Crisis - Focusing on the limitations of NPT and IAEA functions on North Korea's nuclear developmenton

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

There is a need for special measures to overcome the North Korean nuclear threat that has recently been advanced. This study aims to analyze the limitations of the NPT and IAEA's functions and roles in relation to the issue of North Korea's nuclear development, which is an absolute threat to the security situation on the Korean Peninsula and surrounding Northeast Asia, and to propose special measures to respond to the fundamental North Korean nuclear crisis. South Korea must be at the forefront of its role to prepare for the Korean Peninsula's crisis, which is still facing the threat of North Korea and the lack of deterrence against nuclear proliferation. Furthermore, it is of utmost importance to seek long-term and preemptive countermeasures and to ensure the understanding and tolerance of neighboring countries on the justification for realizing them. As a result of analyzing it in search of a special plan, effective sanctions by the NPT and IAEA against North Korea's nuclear development activities were extremely limited and only extremely passive, such as repeating simple normative resolutions. Therefore, in order to properly prescribe effective resolution of the North Korean nuclear threat, the application of nuclear non-proliferation regime regulations is required more strictly, and in case of violating this, severe international sanctions must be initiated. As a result, a clear and effective solution is required in the existing approach to resolving the North Korean nuclear issue.
This study proposes the need for tactical nuclear redeployment or provisional self-development as a special way to respond to the North Korean nuclear crisis. It is impossible to permanently rely on multilateral or bilateral dialogue or negotiations, as well as the provision of nuclear umbrellas and extended deterrence measures between Korea and the United States, which have previously been ineffective. It is time to break away from the framework of the existing approach given the advanced North Korean nuclear capabilities. As a result, the North Korean nuclear crisis must be overcome as a fundamental and effective countermeasure, and international sanctions and economic damage are expected, but national existence and maintenance of the right to live are ultimately more important.