4/19/2023 0 Comments Kim corea the inn between![]() President Kim Dae Jung’s consistent pursuit of improved relations-in spite of various domestic political pressures-has been an important factor leading to the nascent rapprochement between the two. President Kim Young Sam’s inconsistency-a product of his own style of policymaking and domestic political pressures-had a lot to do with his lack of success with Pyongyang. policy has had mixed results, not entirely due to its own efforts, but also because of domestic and inter-Korean politics. efforts secured the North’s announcement of a long-range test moratorium in fall 1999, although there has yet to be a deal curbing the North’s exports or its own indigenous deployments. All of those outcomes have been avoided so far. A nuclear North Korea would have threatened the international non-proliferation regime, led to pressures in the Republic of Korea (ROK) and perhaps Japan to develop nuclear weapons, and possibly sold nuclear weapons material or technology abroad. policy has served as a bridge from difficult times to today’s more promising atmosphere. ![]() Also, by buying time and helping to keep a lid on tensions, U.S. The prospect of a potentially unstable North Korea, armed with a large nuclear weapons stockpile and a growing long-range missile force, has been forestalled and hopefully avoided. engagement policy should be evaluated in the context of four key objectives: ![]() Leaving aside the debate over the Clinton Administration’s policy towards the North, U.S. diplomats to engage in substantive discussions with North Koreans in neutral settings. humanitarian goods to Pyongyang, and permission for U.S. But in fact, its historical roots can be traced back to 1988 and President Reagan’s “modest initiative,” which allowed unofficial non-governmental visits by North Koreans to the United States, easing of stringent financial regulations which impeded travel to North Korea by American citizens, permission for limited commercial export of U.S. It has become fashionable to associate engagement of North Korea with the Clinton administration. interests in a region possibly transitioning away from the cold war confrontation of the past five decades to some unknown status. The key question for the new administration is how it should shape its diplomatic policy towards North Korea to further U.S. That policy, albeit politically controversial, particularly during the Clinton administration, is probably here to stay, not just because its attraction has been compelling to a cross-section of mainstream Democrats and Republicans, but also because political trends in Northeast Asia, particularly the ongoing rapprochement between North and South Korea, only reinforce the logic of engagement. Both Republican and Democratic administrations have tried to engage Pyongyang in order to improve relations and end its objectionable behavior. ![]() But it has also been the subject of a policy experiment. allies and interests, resulting in the stationing of U.S. It has pursued a nuclear weapons program, constructed and exported ballistic missiles, sponsored terrorist acts, allegedly participated in the drug trade and counterfeiting, and posed a continuous threat to U.S. North Korea has been the poster child for rogue states for over five decades. ![]()
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