Madman Diplomacy Case Study
Introduction
One of the biggest headaches faced by United States of America is North America and its growing power in the region. South Korea a perennial ally of USA is the separated brother just like India and Pakistan and the tension is growing day by day.
The Korean peninsula is one of the global hot spot in IR studies today. Both the North Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and the South Republic of Korea are heavily armed, the situation is potentially explosive. Since the 1953 armistice a series of diplomatic efforts had been launched to pacify such situation. Promising progress was seen in the 90s, thanks to the initiative of Clinton’s administration. The 911 incident deals a serious blow to these efforts and DPRK were …show more content…
Their diplomatic behaviors seem to be irrational and hard to comprehend. These actions include bombing a South Korean jet liner right before the Seoul Olympics, its abrupt withdrawal of the Non Proliferation Treaty, sudden missile test against Japan, and surprisingly some warm engagements with the South sometimes. The crisis now escalates and the North even claims to have nukes. Yet to our knowledge such ‘Madman Diplomacy’ does have some rational political implications. Under shrewd calculations the North breaks the regional order and plays its own way to maximize its national interests. We will interpret the ‘Madman Diplomacy’ as a dominant strategy of the North to deal with hard-line US policy. The general pattern of such diplomacy can be observed: seeking the world attention as the first step and pushing her demands to the US as the next. In the language of game theory, North Korea is playing a Chicken Game. The ‘Madman Diplomacy’ serves as signal to the US and North Korea’s defiance. Such defiance would mean a total war if it clashes with the Bush’s Doctrine. To avoid such explosive situation the US will be forced to …show more content…
Containment can be used to largely disable the ‘Madman Diplomacy’ as an instrument. Resources should be dedicated to facilitate ground and communication surveillances done by satellites and other electronic devices. North Korean import and export activities of weapons, military technology, illegal goods and materials should be contained. This can be done by joint- country custom and excise effort. Both China and Russia has their own stakes on North Korea. They can check and balance North Korea’s ‘Madman
One of the biggest headaches faced by United States of America is North America and its growing power in the region. South Korea a perennial ally of USA is the separated brother just like India and Pakistan and the tension is growing day by day.
The Korean peninsula is one of the global hot spot in IR studies today. Both the North Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and the South Republic of Korea are heavily armed, the situation is potentially explosive. Since the 1953 armistice a series of diplomatic efforts had been launched to pacify such situation. Promising progress was seen in the 90s, thanks to the initiative of Clinton’s administration. The 911 incident deals a serious blow to these efforts and DPRK were …show more content…
Their diplomatic behaviors seem to be irrational and hard to comprehend. These actions include bombing a South Korean jet liner right before the Seoul Olympics, its abrupt withdrawal of the Non Proliferation Treaty, sudden missile test against Japan, and surprisingly some warm engagements with the South sometimes. The crisis now escalates and the North even claims to have nukes. Yet to our knowledge such ‘Madman Diplomacy’ does have some rational political implications. Under shrewd calculations the North breaks the regional order and plays its own way to maximize its national interests. We will interpret the ‘Madman Diplomacy’ as a dominant strategy of the North to deal with hard-line US policy. The general pattern of such diplomacy can be observed: seeking the world attention as the first step and pushing her demands to the US as the next. In the language of game theory, North Korea is playing a Chicken Game. The ‘Madman Diplomacy’ serves as signal to the US and North Korea’s defiance. Such defiance would mean a total war if it clashes with the Bush’s Doctrine. To avoid such explosive situation the US will be forced to …show more content…
Containment can be used to largely disable the ‘Madman Diplomacy’ as an instrument. Resources should be dedicated to facilitate ground and communication surveillances done by satellites and other electronic devices. North Korean import and export activities of weapons, military technology, illegal goods and materials should be contained. This can be done by joint- country custom and excise effort. Both China and Russia has their own stakes on North Korea. They can check and balance North Korea’s ‘Madman