IN35 - NORTH KOREA: U.S. RELATIONS, NUCLEAR DIPLOMACY, AND INTERNAL SITUATION. (Congressional Research Service, May 26, 2010, 17 pages) 북한: 미국과의 관계, 핵 외교, 그리고 내부 상황 - Contact IRC for print copy

This report covers the overall U.S.-North Korea relationship, with an emphasis on the diplomacy of the Six-Party Talks.

IN36 - Kaplan, Robert D. THE GEOGRAPHY OF CHINESE POWER (Foreign Affairs, May/June 2010, 11 pages) 지리학적 관점에서 본 중국의 힘 - Contact IRC for print copy

Thanks to the country’s favorable location on the map, China's inuence is expanding on land and at sea, from Central Asia to the South China Sea and from the Russian Far East to the Indian Ocean.
(ROBERT D. KAPLAN is a Senior Fellow at the Center for a New American Security and a correspondent for The Atlantic. His book Monsoon: The Indian Ocean and the Future of American Power will be published in the fall.)

IN37 - Arquilla, John. THE NEW RULES OF WAR (Foreign Policy, March/April 2010, 12 pages) 새로운 전쟁의 규칙 - Click here for available text on the Internet

The author, professor of defense analysis at the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, believes that America's armed forces have failed to adapt sufficiently to changed conditions, finding out the hard way that their enemies often remain a step ahead. The U.S. military floundered for years in Iraq, then proved itself unable to grasp the point that old-school surges of ground troops do not offer enduring solutions to new-style conflicts with networked adversaries. In the U.S. case, senior officials remain convinced that their strategy of "shock and awe" and the Powell doctrine of "overwhelming force" have only been enhanced by the addition of greater numbers of smart weapons, remotely controlled aircraft, and near-instant global communications. The author disagrees; a decade and a half after Arquilla and his colleague David Ronfeldt coined the term "netwar" to describe the world's emerging form of network-based conflict, the U.S. is still playing catch-up. The evidence of the last ten years shows clearly that massive applications of force have done little more than kill the innocent and enrage their survivors. Networked organizations like al-Qaeda have proven how easy it is to dodge such heavy punches and persist to land sharp counterblows.

IN38 - U.S. POLICY TOWARD THE KOREAN PENINSULA (Council on Foreign Relations, June 15, 2010, 101 pages) 미국의 한반도 대외정책에 관한 CFR 최신 보고서 - Contact IRC for print copy

In its report, U.S. Policy Toward the Korean Peninsula, the Task Force emphasizes that “despite the difficulty of the challenge, the danger posed by North Korea is sufficiently severe, and the costs of inaction and acquiescence so high, that the United States and its partners must continue to press for denuclearization.” The United States cannot risk “the potential spread of nuclear weapons to rogue states, terrorist groups, or others-especially in the Middle East.”

IN39 - OBAMA MORE POPULAR ABROAD THAN AT HOME, GLOBAL IMAGE OF U.S. CONTINUES TO BENEFIT (Pew Research Center, June 17, 2010, 176 pages) -오바마 대통령 국내보다 국외에서 더 인기 있어: 미국의 글로벌 이미지에 관한 퓨리서치센터의 최신 서베이 결과보고서 - Click here for available text on the Internet

U.S. favorability ratings remain high in Western Europe and have increased markedly in China and Russia. But opinions remain negative in many Muslim nations. Mexican views of the U.S. tumbled following passage of Arizona’s immigration law. Confidence in Obama is high across much of the world, but support for his handling of specific policies is less widespread.

IN40 - Amend, Kurt. COUNTERINSURGENCY PRINCIPLES FOR THE DIPLOMAT (Orbis. Greenwich: 2010. Vol. 54, Iss. 2, 17 pages) 외교관을 위한 대(對)반란 활동 원칙 - Contact IRC for print copy

The recent resurgence of interest in insurgency and counterinsurgency has revealed a deficit in material written by and for the diplomat, the actor ostensibly responsible for the political component of a counterinsurgency campaign. Classical theorists stress that progress along the political track is essential for ultimate success. Recent commentary, in shedding new light on the characteristics of modern insurgencies, reaffirms this principle. To make political headway the diplomat-counterinsurgent needs to develop a strategic narrative, build a political strategy around the narrative, acquire expertise, become a catalyst for political change, and maximize contact with the local population. In doing so, he will make important contributions to and help accelerate success in a counterinsurgency campaign.

EC27 - 10 EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES 2010 (Technology Review, May/June 2010, 17 pages) 2010년 10대 이머징 기술 - Contact IRC for print copy

Each year, Technology Review selects what it believes are the 10 most important emerging technologies. The winners are chosen based on the editors’ coverage of key fields. The question that we ask is simple: is the technology likely to change the world? Some of these changes are on the largest scale possible: better biofuels, more efficient solar cells, and green concrete all aim at tackling global warming in the years ahead. Other changes will be more local and involve how we use technology: for example, 3-D screens on mobile devices, new applications for cloud computing, and social television. And new ways to implant medical electronics and develop drugs for diseases will affect us on the most intimate level of all, with the promise of making our lives healthier.

EC28 - Bernanke, Ben S. THE POLICY RESPONSE TO THE CRISIS IN KOREA AND OTHER EMERGING MARKET ECONOMIES (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, May 30, 2010, various pages) 한국과 이머징 시장경제위기에 대한 정책 대응 - Click here for available text on the Internet

The global economic and financial crisis caused hardship around the world and tested central banks in both advanced and emerging market economies. Like their counterparts in the advanced economies, central banks in several key emerging market countries responded to the crisis by sharply lowering policy rates and by undertaking a variety of unconventional policy measures to support their economies. The Bank of Korea was among the first of the emerging market central banks to respond by reducing its policy rate by a cumulative 325 basis points between October 2008 and February 2009. It also took effective steps to increase the liquidity available to the Korean financial system, for example, by expanding the set of counterparties for repurchase transactions and broadening the pool of assets eligible as collateral. To help the banking system remain stable and able to continue lending to creditworthy borrowers, the Bank of Korea also helped set up a bank recapitalization fund.

EC29 - Nanto, Dick K.; Donnelly, J. Michael. U.S. INTERNATIONAL TRADE: TRENDS AND FORECASTS (CRS Report for Congress, May 7, 2010, 41 pages) 미국 국제무역: 동향과 전망 - Contact IRC for print copy

This report provides an overview of the current status, trends, and forecasts for U.S. import and export flows as well as certain balances. The purpose of this report is to provide current data and brief explanations for the various types of trade flows along with a brief discussion of trends that may require attention or point to the need for policy changes.

EC30 - Jean, Martin; Schmidt, Conrad. HOW TO KEEP YOUR TOP TALENT (Harvard Business Review, May 2010, 8 pages) ‘인재‘ 지키기 - Contact IRC for print copy

The article states that companies can expect one-fourth of their highest-potential employees to look for employment elsewhere in the year 2010 and offers advice concerning employee retention and career development. Six common mistakes that organizations make include assuming that their emerging leaders are satisfied with their jobs and delegating these employees' leadership development to line managers. The distinction between an employee's high performance in a current job and the employee's future potential as a leader is noted. The 10 critical components for identifying and managing high-potential employees are mentioned. Three archetypes that could indicate potential failure are noted.

EN24 - Stavins, Robert N.; Stowe, Robert C. What Hath Copenhagen Wrought? A Preliminary Assessment (Environment, May/June 2010, 7 pages) 코펜하겐 유엔기후변화회의의 성과 - Contact IRC for print copy

The article discusses the United Nations meeting on climate change in Copenhagen, Denmark in December 2009, it being the 15th Conference of the Parties (COP-15), and the Copenhagen Accord that emerged from it. Statistics are reported on the number of countries that had submitted climate-change mitigation actions and targets for documentation in the Accord as of early March 2010. The article discusses the architecture of the Accord, its key provisions, temperature targets, adaptation funds, and emission-reduction measurement, reporting, and verification.

EN25 - Coyle, William. NEXT-GENERATION BIOFUELS: NEAR-TERM CHALLENGES AND IMPLICATIONS FOR AGRICULTURE (Amber Waves, June 2010, various pages) 차세대 바이오연료: 농업 관련 단기적 과제 및 영향 - Click here for available text on the Internet

Next-generation biofuel companies are using a variety of strategies to overcome high initial capital costs, limited access to low-cost biomass, and other hurdles to remain financially viable during pre-commercial development.

EN26 - Krugman, Paul. BUILDING A GREEN ECONOMY (New York Times Magazine, April 5, 2010, various pages) 그린 경제 만들기 - Click here for available text on the Internet

Krugman, Nobel Prize-winning economist, notes that we can afford to tackle climate change, but any serious solution must rely mainly on giving everyone a self-interested reason to produce fewer emissions. This is not fair, he says, but climate altruism must take a back seat to getting such a system in place. Rather than focus on climate change itself, it is necessary instead to understand climate economics, or rather the economics of lessening climate change. Ronald Reagan liked to talk about the magic of the marketplace but today conservatives now think that the marketplace loses its magic as soon as market incentives are invoked in favor of issues such as energy conservation.

US23 - Rosin, Hanna. THE END OF MEN (Atlantic Monthly, July/August 2010, Vol. 306 Issue 1, p. 56-72, 12pg) 남성시대의 끝? - Click here for available text on the internet

Earlier this year, women became the majority of the workforce for the first time in U.S. history. Most managers are now women too. And for every two men who get a college degree this year, three women will do the same. For years, women’s progress has been cast as a struggle for equality. But what if equality isn’t the end point? What if modern, postindustrial society is simply better suited to women? A report on the unprecedented role reversal now under way- and its vast cultural consequences.

US24 - Goldbert, Jonah. WHAT KIND OF SOCIALIST IS BARACK OBAMA? (Commentary, May 2010, Vol. 129 Issue 5, p. 9-15, 7pgs) 오바마 대통령의 정치적 철학과 사회주의 - Click here for available text on the internet

The article discusses the political philosophy of U.S. president Barack Obama and its relationship to the various types of Socialism. It describes Obama's preference for wealth redistribution in order to create an equitable society, the decision to nationalize the automotive companies of General Motors (GM) and Chrysler, and the relation of the U.S. Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to Socialist health care reforms in world history.

AR19 - Ferrari-Adler, Jofie. NECESSARY AGENT (Poets & Writers, July/August 2010, Vol. 38 Issue 4) 출판 대리인(literary agents)의 세계 - Click here for available text on the internet

An editor reveals how the best agents-Molly Friedrich, Jud Laghi, Chris Parris-Lamb, Scott Moyers, and Jennifer Joel among them-work behind the scenes to help their clients’ books get the attention they deserve.

AR20 - Toor, Rachel. BAD WRITING AND BAD THINKING (The Chronicle of Higher Education, April 15, 2010, Vol. 56 Issue 31, p. A41-A43) 오웰식(Orwellian) 글쓰기 - Click here for available text on the internet

The author discusses what she sees as poor academic writing. She notes that many graduate students think they have to use big words and complex sentences in order to fit in with their profession. She cites the 1946 essay "Politics and the English Language" by George Orwell which explains the connections between bad writing and bad thinking. She argues that academics should reread the essay as well as the book "The Elements of Style" by William Strunk and E.B. White. She notes Orwell's list of bad habits which includes use of dying metaphors, overly complicated terms, and passive voice.

AR21 - Tuchman, Phyllis. STARRING MARK ROTHKO (Obit, March 30, 2010) 추상주의 화가 마크 로스코 - Click here for available text on the internet

Abstract Expressionist Mark Rothko kept banker’s hours. Rain or shine, hot or cold, inspired or not, he went to his New York studio, Monday through Friday at 9:00 o’clock, ready to work. There, during the 1950s and 1960s, he painted large, luminous blocks of color hovering on fields of monochromatic intensity, some 20 canvases a year. In work after work, the artist with the deep voice and the scar on his nose (he said it had been inflicted by a Cossack’s whip) used his everyday discipline to find ways to capture nothing less than “the human drama.”