NSPR15 Coercive Diplomacy

Overview

The EAI Center for Diplomacy and National Security (Director Kim Hyun-tae, Professor at the Graduate School of International Studies, Chung-Ang University) publishes the National Security Panel Report Series, which provides in-depth analysis of major diplomatic and security issues and presents realistic policy alternatives through the National Security Panel, composed of domestic diplomatic and security experts (Chairman Ha Young-sun, EAI Director).

This 14th NSP report is the second report in the "Roadmap for a Korean Peninsula Peace Regime" series, which was the result of seven months of in-depth research by the National Security Panel from the Six-Party Talks on September 6, 2005, focusing on the relationship between North Korea's denuclearization, coercive diplomacy, economic aid, normalization of relations, North Korean human rights, and a peace regime.The title is "Coercive Diplomacy," and it was primarily authored by committee member Shin Sung-ho (Graduate School of International Studies, Seoul National University).

The 15th report examines the background of U.S. coercive diplomacy toward North Korea and its methods, while also forecasting North Korea-U.S. relations after the Six-Party Talks. Through this report, Professor Shin Sung-ho emphasized that coercive diplomacy must be recognized as a method of diplomacy, and just as South Korea demands a more flexible approach from the U.S. regarding the North Korean nuclear issue, South Korea also needs to reconsider its negative perception of coercive diplomacy.

"South Korea and the United States must quickly recognize that, while acknowledging their differences, they are ultimately in the same boat and share a common destiny, needing each other to achieve their shared goals." (From the text)

Author

Shin Sung-ho, EAI Fellow