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On scenarios and conditions for the development of relations between Moscow and Pyongyang Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to North Korea, or the DPRK, which has been under discussion since January 2024, could not only be perceived as a reciprocal visit after the North Korean leader’s visit to the Russian Far East in the fall of 2023 but also as an extremely important step in bolstering relations ...
... States or, to a lesser extent, with its southern neighbors. The three U.S.-North Korean summits held in 2018-2019 with Donald Trump apparently failed to convince North Korea’s leadership that the United States does not seek a regime change in the DPRK. Following the three rounds of talks, the North Korean position has evolved toward more rigidity rather than flexibility. And after the November 2020 election victory of Joe Biden, who proclaimed the clash between liberal democracies and illiberal autocracies as the main contradiction of our ...
... recognition of DPRK’s status as a nuclear-weapon state. Second, Pyongyang’s espousing of the law can now be seen as a response to the “escalation of hostilities” on the part of Washington and Seoul (these are the terms traditionally used in North Korea). If the international environment were relatively favorable to the DPRK, as it was under Donald Trump who regularly exchanged personal friendly letters with Kim Jong-un, while we witnessed a high-level discourse with the U.S. and South Korea coupled with a mutual restraint in the military domain, – such an environment ...
... South Korea. China views the balance of power in Northeast Asia primarily through the prism of its confrontation with the United States. Under these conditions, keeping the DPRK afloat is of strategic value to China. In addition, China does not see the DPRK's nuclear programme as a direct threat to itself. North Korean nuclear weapons are perceived by Beijing primarily as a problem for the United States and its allies. That is why China, on the one hand, suppresses attempts by the North Koreans to gain access to materials and components for the nuclear ...
... current state of severe economic turbulence prefers a dominant, state-controlled, centralized economy, while experiments with market economy are phased out Over the past two or three years, media outlets all across the globe have been emphasizing North Korea’s growing isolation from the outside world, marking the country’s inevitable economic slump, which may potentially lead to the dissolution of the state. The economic siege appears to come from two fronts: international sanctions and sanctions ...
The Russia-China proposal for a “double freeze” settlement remains the most feasible solution, although far from ideal Analytical pieces—typically prepared by self-professed experts—abound as to whether denuclearization of North Korea could be possible or what its parameters would be. Such ruminations became particularly popular by the end of Donald Trump’s presidency when the negotiations eventually found themselves in deadlock. However, I would rather call it a “freeze,...
... the U.S. Government Enforcement Actions against Business’, Russia in Global Affairs, vol. 17, no 3, July–September. Available from: https://eng.globalaffairs.ru/number/Rethinking-Sanctions-Efficiency-20213 4 . ‘Updated Guidance on Addressing North Korea’s Illicit Shipping Practices’, 2019, March 21. US Department of the Treasury. Available from: https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/Programs/Documents/dprk_ vessel_advisory_russian_04052019.pdf 5 . ‘Non-proliferation Designations. Specially Designated Nationals List Update’, 2016, September 26, Office of Foreign Assets Control, US Department of the Treasury. Available from: https://www.treasury....
... new and increasingly important method of earning for the DPRK, which allows to avoid financial sanctions and earn income through channels that are more difficult to track and that are less amenable to state control and regulation. Alexander Mamaev: North Korea's Cyber The activities of foreign representatives of the DPRK banks have not been stopped. They still play an active role in brokerage networks for organizing cargo ship-to-ship transfers and for other operations using intermediaries from third countries and various methods of evading financial sanctions. Therefore,...
... UN Security Council by holding another, sixth nuclear test and launches of intercontinental ballistic missiles in 2017, and when U.S. President Donald Trump, speaking at the UN General Assembly, responded by talking about the complete destruction of North Korea. Inter-Korean normalization could give a powerful impetus to resolving the nuclear problem since North Korea’s nuclear missile program is a result of the confrontation between the two Koreas, with the U.S. siding with South Korea for over ...
... the discussion. The round table was moderated by Woo Yun Keun, Ambassador of South Korea. The discussion focused on various dimensions of the issues of eliminating nuclear weapons on the Korean Peninsula, including the state and prospects of the U.S.-North Korean negotiations, the role of multilateral formats, and the positions of Russia, China, and South Korea on security issues in North-East Asia. Additionlally, the discussion touched upon the issues of the development of an expert-analytical dialog ...
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