United States, China and the North Korean Nuclear Program
United States, China and the North Korean Nuclear Program
Author(s): Andreea Sorina ZahariaSubject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: Editura Universitară Danubius
Keywords: North Korea; totalitarian regime; collapse; nuclear program; international community
Summary/Abstract: In a world that’s more and more internationalist, interconnected, where the power ofcapitalism and internet has grown significantly over the past decade and so, the very existence of anisolated and totalitarian regime such as the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea raises manyquestions about its future as state. A good number of opinions and speculations have been madepublic over prospects’ of Pyongyang’s regime and its transition towards another regime or collapse. Itis important to follow these studies in order to better understand and anticipate as much as possiblefuture actions and policies taken by a country that follows only its own internal rules while ignoringthose general accepted by the international community. Therefore, the aim of the following study is tosummarize and to point the most important aspects of what keeps North Korea in the spotlight andhow two of the most important shapers of the international reality position themselves towards thenuclear program, whose development has strong implications for the entire world.
Journal: Acta Universitatis Danubius. Relationes Internationales
- Issue Year: 9/2016
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 90-98
- Page Count: 9
- Language: English
