North Korea International Relations A Realistic...

The negotiations talking on the nuclear threaten and the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula has recently shaped the agenda of North Korean system of international relations, thus affecting the patterns of foreign policy of the DPRK. This issue has gained such a priority to lead to the establishment of the 6PT experiment, thus proving to stand at the core of the debate on the stability and safety debate in the Northeast Asia region. The theory of Realism provides reasons why North Korea has positioned the nuclear weapon debate at the centre of its policy. One of the fundamental assumptions of Realism is in fact that each state, embedded in an international order characterized by a condition of antagonism, attempt to pursue its†¦show more content†¦Burdened by dramatic level of poverty, with a starving population, lacking resources, infrastructure and capital for investments, isolated from international trade and limited in its military capability, NK could only rely on the nuclear issue to enhance its national security level. The strategy has proved successful to the extent that the country has for the first time entered, through the mechanism of the 6PT, a system of multilateral negotiations. Despite the future of the 6PT being uncertain, the nuclear issue enabled NK not only to survive and maintain its regime but also to bargain with the parties involved, ensuring a tool for obtaining international ai d and for potentially reducing the burden of economic sanctions. The approach of Neoclassical Realism identifies the distribution of power in the international system as independent variable, the domestic perception of the system as intervening variable and the subsequent foreign policy decision as dependent variable. Owing to the fact that, as mentioned above, North Korea has no other resources to exploit than the nuclear to shape its foreign policy, and, in addition to that, being aware of the subordinate position it has on the international stage (from the perspective of economic and real military capability), it is here argued that its attempt toShow MoreRelatedAre Nuclear Weapons Strategically Obsolete?2186 Words   |  9 Pagesregulations on transporting nuclear weapons becoming stricter and stricter. 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