Balance Of Power In North Korea

North Korea had prevailed to become the 8th atomic power in the world, since the construction of their second nuclear test in 2006. While then the United States and other international community countries have attempted to negotiate deals in order to denuclearize their nation. To this day North Korea has progressed technologically in advancing their development of nuclear ordnance. The sociological trend throughout the past decade in North Korea varies, but carries a common ideal. North Korea has inclined the need to become more powerful and create a security dilemma for its country. They have protected themselves through the threat of their nuclear influence and ambitions in taking out their ideal hegemony in the world, the United States.
North Korea acquires the tendency to use this perspective quite often. They’re realist side threatens war in order to gain power and control over other super powered countries. In a New York Times article from 2006, “North Korea announced that it had successfully conducted its second nuclear test, defying international warnings and drastically raising the stakes in a global effort to get the recalcitrant Communist state to give up its nuclear weapons program”(Onishi). The goal here is to decentralize the distribution of power, and generate an intimidation in order to receive more resources from countries that may feel threatened. Balance of power does not exist within North Korea’s philosophy, but instead it craves the possibility of obtaining more power. Because the United States contains military power in South Korea, North Korea is inclined to feel as if they are being controlled, when in reality they are only receiving the feedback from countries they had given out with the declaration of nuclear growth and testing. Although the United States is both a main target and threat, other countries also feel that North Korea is producing fear within Russia, Japan, China, and South
In indication of a Senior Director for Asia at the White House, Daniel Russell, “"North Korea will be the odd man out," adding, "They may choose to deepen their isolation and to further strengthen the international sanctions that are constraining them"(Choe Sang). North Korea knew how to function in avoiding the pressure from United States when being pressured to denuclearize. Jong’s negotiations were very successful in the way he directed his test discreetly, going against international agreements. The identity perspective in this nuclear program comes through Kim Jong II beliefs, and values of nuclear advancement and his reasoning to threaten other countries that he thought were not alike to his. The Identity perspective emphasizes collective beliefs and honest opinions. In example to those of Kim Jong II and the ideas that the countries have created for North Korea demonstrating whom they are. Construction of Identities is easily seen through this perspective; North Korea is identified as the malicious country, while the others are seen to be more cooperative and