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With North Korea’s nuclear problem taken as a tragic byproduct of superpower politics in Northeast Asia, this study adopts a Neorealist perspective and attempts to attest that North Korea’s nuclear ambition lies in realizing the ‘maximization of security.’ The main hypothesis is the proposition th...

With North Korea’s nuclear problem taken as a tragic byproduct of superpower politics in Northeast Asia, this study adopts a Neorealist perspective and attempts to attest that North Korea’s nuclear ambition lies in realizing the ‘maximization of security.’ The main hypothesis is the proposition that as the international structure threatening the security of North Korea has remained, North Korea’s pursuit of nuclear armament has continued to be strengthened. This is proved by revisiting the history of nuclear proliferation from the initial point of the cold war era (1945) to 2nd nuclear test crisis (2009). In the Cold War era, North Korea’s nuclear armaments of a ‘self-help’ measure was originated from the ‘fear’ of high-intensity anarchy and security dilemma, and also from the division of the Korean peninsula. In the Post-Cold War era, North Korea intensified its nuclear armaments to overcome the security threat resulting from the collapse of the balance of power, offense-defense balance and North-South military balance. During the 1st nuclear crisis, North Korea agreed to freeze its nuclear facilities in order to obtain the negotiation benefits with nuclear option, but it pursued the strategy of ‘clandestine proliferation’ called uranium nuclear program. During the 2nd nuclear crisis, although North Korea joined the six party talks, it pushed forward ‘public proliferation’ by launching two nuclear tests. Finally, North Korea has achieved the status of the 9th nuclear power state in the world. This study concludes that North Korea’s nuclear policy from the Cold-War era to present has manifested what we call ‘proliferation consistency’ and prospects that North Korea will become a Nuclear Weapon State based on the nuclear-warhead missile forces in the near future.

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