Since last year, Kim Jong-un, chairman of the Korean Labor Party, has held summit meetings with the United States, China, and South Korea over the denuclearization of North Korea. However, progress is difficult to see, and squeaks between related countries such as the United States, China, and Japan that need to work together to solve problems are conspicuous. At the 17th CJK symposium held on September 28 in Seoul (sponsored by Asahi Shimbun, etc.), experts from three countries discussed the background of the conflict and the rebuilding of the cooperative system. (Editorial committee members Hayami Ichikawa, Daisuke Shimizu)
“We have a harsh international situation once a hundred years” (Chi Chi Yi, Advisor to the Institute of Contemporary International Relations China)
“The worst relationship between Japan and Korea since normalizing diplomatic relations” (Junya Nishino, Professor Keio University)
In this debate, there were many unprecedented harsh voices about the situation in East Asia. North Korea's denuclearization talks that are not progressing, the struggle for supremacy between the United States and China, and the Japan-Korea conflict where the exit is invisible Recognizing the current situation that the situation is complicated by the squeaks between the countries concerned, one after another was shown.
North Korea's “Pendulum Diplomacy”
The first thing that came up was the relationship between the United States and the United States.
Professor Kim Hang-won of the National Diplomat of Korea said that North Korea has been developing “pendulum diplomacy” for the first time since the Cold War. He pointed out that during the period of confrontation between China and the former Soviet Union, North Korea has taken a diplomatic style that maximizes its national interest by using different approaches and departures. He expressed his view that he is trying to maintain the system by bringing the method into the middle of the United States.
What is the standing position in the US at both ends of the pendulum?
Liu Tian of China Institute of Contemporary International Relations ...
