Gorbachev and post-Gorbachev policy toward the Korean peninsula: the impact of changing Russian perceptions

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The USSR has dramatically changed its foreign policy with regard to the Korean Peninsula. Previously, it was only concerned with economically and militarily maintaining North Korean regime. However, the USSR has reduced its aid to North Korea and has begun to establish relations with South Korea. On the positive side, this change is Soviet foreign policy has urged North Korea to seek closer ties with South Korea and the other western democracies in an effort to ask for aid. On the negative side, it has also forced North Korea to intensify its arms production as means of generating much needed foreign revenue.

Soviet foreign relations, Soviet Union

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A framework for achieving reconciliation on the Korean peninsula: beyond the Geneva Agreement

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The Agreed Framework between the US and North Korea, signed on Oct. 21, 1994, may not guarantee reconciliation on the Korean peninsula but it is a monumental step towards that goal. The US should enhance efforts towards unification but it should not initiate the reconciliation process. North Korea should not be made to think that its unstable regime would be further jeopardized. A reconciliation policy is necessary to achieve regional security and continued economic prosperity in Northeast Asia.

South Korea, International aspects, International relations, East Asia, South Korean foreign relations, Korean reunification question (1945- )

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The nuclear crisis on the Korean peninsula

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North Korea was instrumental in developing a nuclear crisis when it rejected the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) demand to inspect two of its questionable nuclear sites at Yongbyon, North of Pyongyang. North Korea claimed the objects were military equipment and accused the US of prying into its internal affairs. North Korea subsequently withdrew from the North Non-Proliferation Treaty, which implied that it had gone back on its legal obligation of not acquiring nuclear weapons.

United States foreign relations, Nuclear nonproliferation

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