Trump Administration’s Initiatives in Resolving North Korea’s Nuclear Problem: Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) Approach

The article analyzes the prospects for US-North Korean and inter-Korean relations, taking into account the completed policy review of the new US administration towards the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), as well as the results of the President of the Republic of Korea Moon Jae-in’s trip to Washington in May 2021 and his talks with US President Joe Biden. It is concluded that the “new" course proposed by the United States in relation to the DPRK will not lead to a solution to the nuclear problem of the Korean Peninsula and will interfere with the normalization of inter-Korean relations. During his visit to the US President Moon failed to obtain the US consent on ROK more “independent policy” toward North Korea. In spite of lavish investments into US economy and other concessions, Seoul was forced to promise to coordinate his approaches to the DPRK with US and Japan and support US position on Taiwan straits and South China Sea. The author argues that in the current conditions, the introduction of a regime of arms limitation and arms control in Korea should be a necessary stage on the way to complete denuclearization of the peninsula. The transition to a such method of the settlement of the nuclear problem could lead to the resumption of the negotiation process, mutual concessions, including reductions in the level of military-political confrontation, partial or large-scale lifting of economic sanctions in exchange for North Korea's restrictions of its nuclear weapon and missile systems.

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Current Affairs in North Korea, 2010-2017: A Collection of Research Notes

Vienna Journal of East Asian Studies ◽

10.2478/vjeas-2017-0008 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 9 (1) ◽

pp. 235-350

Author(s):

Rudiger Frank

Keyword(s):

Original Form ◽

The Public ◽

The North ◽

Korean Unification ◽

Economic Statistics ◽

Current Affairs ◽

Nuclear Problem ◽

Technological Developments ◽

Economic Zones ◽

Party Congress

Abstract Starting with the public introduction of Kim Jong-un to the public in autumn of 2010 and ending with observations of consumerism in February 2017, this collection of 16 short research notes that were originally published at 38North discusses some of the most crucial issues, aside from the nuclear problem, that dominated the field of North Korean Studies in the past decade. Left in their original form, these short articles show the consistency of major North Korean policies as much as the development of our understanding of the new leader and his approach. Topics covered include the question of succession, economic statistics, new ideological trends such as pyŏngjin, technological developments including a review of the North Korean tablet computer Samjiyŏn, the Korean unification issue, special economic zones, foreign trade, parliamentary elections and the first ever Party congress since 1980.

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U.S. National Perspectives on Cooperation in Disarmament: The Cooperative Threat Reduction Program

Dismantlement and Destruction of Chemical, Nuclear and Conventional Weapons ◽

10.1007/978-94-017-1276-7_9 ◽

1997 ◽

pp. 29-32

Author(s):

Harold P. Smith

Keyword(s):

Reduction Program ◽

Cooperative Threat Reduction

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Why cooperative threat reduction still matters—Especially for biological dangers

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists ◽

10.1080/00963402.2016.1216673 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 72 (5) ◽

pp. 322-331

Author(s):

Amy E. Smithson

Keyword(s):

Cooperative Threat Reduction

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Method for solving the many-body bound state nuclear problem

Annals of Physics ◽

10.1016/j.aop.2004.09.006 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 316 (1) ◽

pp. 107-159 ◽

Cited By ~ 20

Author(s):

M. Fabre de la Ripelle ◽

S.A. Sofianos ◽

R.M. Adam

Keyword(s):

Bound State ◽

Many Body ◽

Nuclear Problem ◽

The Many

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Solving the nuclear dilemma: Is a world state necessary?

Journal of International Political Theory ◽

10.1177/1755088218795981 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 15 (3) ◽

pp. 349-366 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Campbell Craig

Keyword(s):

Theoretical Analysis ◽

Political Change ◽

Political Action ◽

Arms Control ◽

Nuclear War ◽

World State ◽

Nuclear Problem ◽

Interstate System ◽

Nuclear Warfare ◽

Power Balancing

The unique dangers raised by the possibility of nuclear warfare have long prompted intensive debates about what political action is needed to avoid it. While most scholars contend that it is possible to prevent a nuclear war without fundamental political change, others argue that a substantial solution to the problem demands the abolition of the existing interstate system. Two such ‘radical’ positions are the ‘Weberian’ school, which insists that an authoritative world state is necessary, and Daniel Deudney’s alternative, a liberal order based upon republican traditions of mutual restraint, internal power balancing and powerful arms control institutions. In this essay, I argue, using both historical and theoretical analysis, that the regime Deudney envisions would amount to the establishment of a Pax Americana. This would be rejected by illiberal nuclear powers and therefore fail to solve the nuclear problem.

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