초록
영어
This study begins with the question concerning which factors influence whether North Korea chooses to implement risky or cooperative policies toward the United States, as well as what role domestic politics and ideology play in the DPRK’s formation and enactment of foreign policy. This study also seeks to explain why North Korea chooses a hardline foreign policy, and when it chooses to engage with the US. To find answers to these questions, the domestic priorities behind foreign policies are analyzed with in the framework of humanitarianmotives. In this sense, North Korean foreign policy goals are motivated by three domestic priorities or preferences: security, identity, and prosperity. At first, this research attempts to explain how historical and cultural contexts play into the DPRK’s formation of its foreign policy toward the US, and also examine RodongSinmun, the official newspaper of Pyongyang regime, through the lens of content analysis, in order to determine the DPRK’s perception and policy preferences toward the US. Conclusively, this article implies that the DPRK’s foreign policy is determined primarily by the demands of ‘national security’ relative to the US.
목차
I. Introduction
II. Theoretical Framework
1. Dominant Priorities on North Korea’s Foreign Policy
2. Historical Explanation and Content Analysis on ‘RodongSinmun’
III. The DPRK’s Decision Making Process and Foreign Policy Goals
1. Political Culture on North Korea’s Policy Behavior
2. Salient Manifest Goals and Strategies in the DPRK’s Foreign Policy toward the US
IV. North Korea’s Survival Policy toward the United States(Historical Explanation)
1. The North Korean Nuclear Crisis, 1989-2003
2. From a Bilateral Approach to a Multilateral Approach: the Six-Party Talks
V. North Korea’s Policy Priorities toward the United States(National Security)
VI. Conclusion
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