New North Korea Policy research team of East Asia Institute (EAI) has conducted a policy study to respond to North Korea’s recent two-track line of economy-nuclear weapons development. Four South Korean experts on security, economics, and international relations including EAI Chairman Young-Sun Ha suggest that Seoul should take complex strategy of “deterrence-engagement-trust” to prompt Pyongyang to evolve from self-contradicting current two-track strategic line to a line version 2.0: the path of non-nuclear-weapon security in tandem with economic development. The research outcome of this research team will be published at the conclusion in book form.
Based on their research, EAI’s New North Korea Policy research team held the conference on “Beyond Trustpolitik on the Korean Peninsula” on October 21, 2013. Along with senior-level officials from Ministries of Defense, Foreign Affairs, and Unification and experts in the field, New North Korea Policy research team discussed the future direction of South Korean government’s policy toward North Korea.
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