A Study on the transition of Democratic People's Republic of Korea's Encampment Diplomacy in the Cold WarPark ah reumDepartment of North Koreans StudiesGraduate School of Dongguk UniversityThis study focuses on the change and role of Democratic People's Republic of Korea(DPRK)'s domestic politics by borrowing partial concepts of modern authoritarian regimes based on Peter Gourevitch's second image reversed theory in order to claim Encampment Diplomacy which was named as cause resulting the crisis of DPRK in the 1990s as a response against crisis selected by DPRK in 1980s. DPRK's encampment diplomacy in Cold War system had experienced 'growth-weakening-strengthening' as opposed to the flow of cold war 'growth-stabilization-decrease'. That is DPRK's encampment diplomacy was not linear until the Cold War system and DPRK which sought to escape from the socialist camp in the early 1960s turned to a socialist camp to overcome the crisis in the mid-1980s.In 1962 the Soviet Union recommended DPRK to join Council for Economic Mutual Assistance(Comecon) in order to complete the socialist international labor division system through the Comecon but DPRK refused it. At that time the DPRK leadership the 'Man-Ju Pa' decided to deteriorate its relationship with the Soviet Union for the first time in order to continue the heavy industrial priority policy and nuclear development. In the early 1960s it can be said that domestic politics played a role of blocking international pressures and then created new domestic systems and foreign policies.The border negotiations proposal by the Soviet Union's in 1984 was warmly welcomed by the leadership who wanted to complete the construction of Kim Jong-il's succession. Using the border negotiations with the Soviet Union as a ostensible reason DPRK continued to engage in military exchanges and economic cooperation through continuous contact and most of all it was able to develop and export missiles and continue nuclear weapons tests as well as resolve domestic energy shortages through the construction of nuclear power plants which had been a long-cherished desire. In the mid-1980s it can be said that domestic politics played a role of 'absorbing' against international pressure and since then it has strengthened the existing domestic system and developed a logic to respond to the dissolution of the Cold War through linkage with foreign policy.Through this study it is confirmed DPRK's encampment diplomacy in the Cold War was not linear but DPRK's foreign policy has secured ‘autonomy' and 'quickness’ in international policy decision making prior to the dissolution of the Cold War while completing ‘North Korean style’ authoritarianism including Kim Il-sung centered dominance of the 'Man-Ju Pa' regime the heavy industry-first economic line and nuclear expectation and the establishment of the Kim Jong-il succession.Currently DPRK's foreign policy is in a situation in which the leadership's 'autonomy' and 'quickness' are actively demonstrated in the foreign policy decision as DPRK's nuclear development has made substantial progress since the 2000s it will be sustainable for a significant period even if it is partially influenced by the change of surrounding powerful nations. Key words Democratic People's Republic of Korea(DPRK) Kim Il-sung Kim Jong-il DPRK's encampment diplomacyThe Border Treaty between Democratic People's Republic of korea and the Soviet Union Council for Economic Mutual Assistance(Comecon) Cold War Post-Cold War.
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