| ID | 169223 |
| Title Proper | Overcoming US-North Korean enmity |
| Other Title Information | lessons from an eclectic IR approach |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Hagstrom, Linus ; Lundstrom, Magnus |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Periods of mutual enmity in US-North Korean relations are typically interrupted by more conciliatory gestures. How can the many twists and turns in this relationship be explained and hopefully overcome so that more long-lasting détente is accomplished? Drawing eclectically on realism and constructivism, we conclude that a nuclear deal should address not only North Korea’s interests in security and regime survival, but also its status concerns. Applying the same theories to the other part of the dyad – the US – we conclude that it may now have material interests in ameliorating the relationship, but that such a development requires US foreign policy discourse to cease depicting North Korea as “irrational” and “evil”. |
| `In' analytical Note | International Spectator Vol. 54, No.4; Dec 2019: p.94-108 |
| Journal Source | International Spectator Vol: 54 No 4 |
| Key Words | Realism ; North Korea ; Ontological Security ; Nuclear Issue ; Status ; Constructivis |