본 연구는 현행 동북아 양자안보 협력체제하에서 다자안보 협력체제가 공존 할 수 있는 접점을 모색 해 본 것이다. 동북아 양자안보 협력체제는 역내 질서를 주도하는 주요 강대국의 전략적 이해와 불가분의 관계에 있기 때문에 이를 대체하는 새로운 형태의 다자안보 협력체제 구성이 쉽지 않다. 따라서 이 같은 안보 협력체제와 공존 가능한 다자안보 협력의 접점을 마련하는 것이 필요하다. 복수의 안보 협력체제가 공존 할 수 있는 접점은 다자안보 협력체제가 양자안보 협력체제에서 파생되는 개별 국가들의 전략적 이익을 크게 손상하지 않아야 하는 것은 물론, 관련 국가간 공통의 안보 위협 제거와 포괄적 호혜성 등을 목표로 하는 것에서 찾아야 한다. 북핵 6자회담은 이러한 조건을 충족하는 공존의 접점이 될 수 있다. 다만 회담의 지속성 여부가 불투명하고, 역내 국가들을 하나로 묶어 내는 정체성이 부족하며, 국가간 협력을 위한 양보와 신뢰가 부족하다는 점 등의 한계가 있다.

This study seeks the contact point on which the multilateral security system can coexist with the present bilateral cooperation system in Northeast Asia. It is not easy to constitute a new form of alternative multilateral cooperation system, since the bilateral security coperation system in Northeast Asia is inseparably related to the strategic interests of superpowers that lead the intra-regional order. Acordingly, it is necessary to establish the interface between both systems. The contact point, which enables the multiple security coperation systems of diferent forms and contents to coexist with each other, should be aimed not only to make the multilateral cooperation system preserve the strategic interests of individual countries that derive from the bilateral cooperation system, but also to eliminate the common security threats and promote the comprehensive reciprocity between the countries concerned. In this respect, the six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear weapons can be a contact point of coexistence that satisfies these conditions. The talks, however, have limitations: it is not sure whether they will continue or not; they lack identity connecting intra-regional countries into one group, and they need concession and reliability for international cooperation.

This study seeks the contact point on which the multilateral security system can coexist with the present bilateral cooperation system in Northeast Asia. It is not easy to constitute a new form of alternative multilateral cooperation system, since the bilateral security coperation system in Northeast Asia is inseparably related to the strategic interests of superpowers that lead the intra-regional order. Acordingly, it is necessary to establish the interface between both systems. The contact point, which enables the multiple security coperation systems of diferent forms and contents to coexist with each other, should be aimed not only to make the multilateral cooperation system preserve the strategic interests of individual countries that derive from the bilateral cooperation system, but also to eliminate the common security threats and promote the comprehensive reciprocity between the countries concerned. In this respect, the six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear weapons can be a contact point of coexistence that satisfies these conditions. The talks, however, have limitations: it is not sure whether they will continue or not; they lack identity connecting intra-regional countries into one group, and they need concession and reliability for international cooperation.

Northeast Asia, Multilateral Security Cooperation, Bilateral Security Cooperation, Coexistence, Six-party Talks.