North Korea: Dealing With a Dictator

Abstract

Current U.S. policy with respect to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK or North Korea) has achieved meager results and needs to be revamped. This paper examines U.S. interests and policies, shows why some have not been effective, and then proposes a new policy package based on three strategies: (1) convincing North Korea that developing nuclear weapons decreases, not increases, its security, (2) creating tension within the North Korean military over the increasing cost and effort required to develop and protect its nuclear weapons, and (3) weakening the hold by Pyongyang on the daily lives of its citizens by facilitating international economic and diplomatic interchange.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2004
Accession Number
ADA441640

Entities

People

  • Dick K. Nanto

Organizations

  • National War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Asia
  • Commerce
  • Economic Sanctions
  • Fuel Oils
  • Governments
  • Korea
  • National Security
  • Negotiations
  • New York
  • North Korea
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Security
  • South Korea
  • United States
  • War Colleges
  • Weapons Of Mass Destruction

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • International Relations, focusing on Korea-Africa and North Korea-South Korea relations, and Nigeria-Latin American Relations.
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.