North Korea's political and economic relations with china and the Soviet Union: From 1954 to 1980
Titel:
North Korea's political and economic relations with china and the Soviet Union: From 1954 to 1980
Auteur:
Park, Jae Kyu
Verschenen in:
Comparative strategy
Paginering:
Jaargang 4 (1984) nr. 3 pagina's 273-305
Jaar:
1984
Inhoud:
During the past quarter century, North Korea has had to maintain a delicate and difficult balance in its policy toward its two major communist neighbors, China and the Soviet Union. Because economic and military help from both the Soviet Union and China is indispensable to North Korea, and because it cannot afford to alienate either, North Korea must maintain a working relationship with both of these communist giants. For its part, Pyongyang has tried to gain maximum benefit by playing one off against the other. Trade and economic aid figures serve as useful indicators of North Korea's fluctuating political relations with the two countries. In recent years, however, North Korea has expanded its economic relations with Western countries, thereby raising the possibility that improved political ties between Pyongyang and the West may be in the offing. If so, North Korea would become more independent of Chinese and Soviet influence, and the possibility of a peaceful resolution of the dispute between North Korea and South Korea would be enhanced.
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