North Korea Situates in the Hostile Area: Kim Jong-un's Survival Tactics between China and the United States

Man Fung Yeung

《Tamkang Journal of International Affairs》 24卷2期 (2020/10) Pp. 99-138

https://doi.org/10.6185/TJIA.V.202010_24(2).0003

摘要

The main purpose of this paper is to explore North Korea's survival tactics for China and the United States during the Kim Jong-un era. The author will extract some hypotheses from the theory of Defensive Realism. The author argues that Kim prioritizes his regime's survival ahead of other objectives. To do so, nuclear weapons serve as an amulet for him to deter the external threat since nuclear weapons give rise to the security dilemma in the region that creates strategic benefits for North Korea. As long as the security dilemma continues to exist, North Korea can guarantee its security.

關鍵字

North Korea ； Defensive Realism ； Maximum Pressure ； ＂Complete, Verifiable and Irreversible Dismantlement＂ (CVID) ； ＂Final, Fully Verified Denuclearization＂ (FFVD)

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