Practical meaning of Arms Control is as varied as the views of many scholars and national political conditions. However, it is generally accepted that Arms Control is very important in securing initiative as an strategy of negotiation between countrie...
Practical meaning of Arms Control is as varied as the views of many scholars and national political conditions. However, it is generally accepted that Arms Control is very important in securing initiative as an strategy of negotiation between countries which had tense political conditions to mitigate of threat of war.
It is global a tendency that the majority of nations in the late 20th century adopted Arms Reduction as a national military strategy increase national welfare and prosperity rather than use Arms Expansion as their key strategy. However, the overall situation is different in the Korean Peninsula where Arms expansion is the hottest issue for several decades. Although there were several efforts in Arms Control during 1960's, those results turned out to be nominal and superficial. The main reason for the failure of Arms Control in the region is due to the different view of both sides regarding their national strategy, military structure and operation. Additionally the limited and passive approaches in Arms Control for both militaries contributed to the situation.
There is consensus that Arms Control does not just affect military matters. Especially in Korean peninsular, Arms Control covers the total spectrum of national matters from politics, economy and social issues to South-North Korean bilateral relationship improvement, collaboration of US-Korean effort, bilateral economic support improvement and mitigation of threat of nuclear weapons. Therefore Arms Control should be the basis of South Korean national security. In order to implement an effective Arms Control policy, it is important that the 11 feasible solutions that I proposed in this thesis should be carefully implemented as the baseline of "Inter-Korea Basic Agreements" spirit.
Recently, the North Korean regime has taken drastic political measures to alleviate serious economic problems. Constructing of the Na-Jin, Sun-Bong special free trade area, Shin-Yeo-Ju special economic zone and Kae-Sung free trade district is a good example of their effort to draw western capital. They also benchmarked China's free market economy ideology in introducing western capitalism. However, the results are disappointing due to north Korea's limited opening of their market, excessive requirements, and limited opening policy. This was due to their fear of losing control of their country. For this reason, North Korea depends on an asymmetric military strategy that includes development of Weapon of Mass Destruction (WMD) and long range missiles that threaten all nations including US and South Korea in order to gain economic incentives when they negotiate Arms Control. In th end, they are trapped in a dilemma where the economic situation is getting worse and they must excessively expand money on the military in order to maintain a credible threat.
In conclusion, South Korea should take an active role in driving Arms Control to gain a superior position in regard to the wide range of national security based on military confidence building measures. Moreover, it is crucial to lessen the national security concerns that (이후원문누락)