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108537
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2011.
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As the United States and South Korea expressed solidarity in blaming North
Korea for its attack on the South Korean warship Cheonan, followed by North
Korea's artillery attack on Yeonpyeong Island, and in imposing further sanctions
on North Korea, global attention is now focused on China with regard to whether
it will cooperate in imposing punitive measures on its ally. Despite the worsening
cleavages between China and North Korea since October 2006 when the latter
tested its nuclear weapons, this study shows that their relations have remained
robust in the economic context although they are experiencing a political transition. This paper begins with Sino-DPRK relations by exploring the status of the
alliance in transition in the political and military context. Further, it considers the
economic context between the two nations by reviewing Chinese aid to North
Korea and North Korea's trade data, using the "flow of goods" as a proxy for
"flow of money." Then, this paper applies North Korea's strategic interaction
with the United States in the game-theoretic methods in order to illustrate the
Chinese impact on the effectiveness of economic sanctions on North Korea. The
study found that China's role remains consequential, as the strategies of North
Korea and the United States depend on China's position.
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154929
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Despite the unceasing efforts of the international community to halt North Korea’s
nuclear ambitions, North Korea’s nuclear development and missile technology
have aggressively progressed over time. Why did the efforts fail and what would
be the new direction to fix the problem, if necessary? To answer these central
questions, this paper attempts to analyze the problems of sanctions on North Korea
and assess North Korea’s nuclear development and capability. This paper suggests
that a recalibration of policy measures, including a dual–track strategy that, on the
one hand leads to internal change in the North, while on the other, results in strong
external pressure, continues to be significant for the ultimate resolution of North
Korea’s nuclear quandaries. If left alone, the nuclear situation in North Korea may
likely shift from the previously limited problem of denuclearization on the Korean
peninsula to the broader global concern of nonproliferation.
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