Security Relations Between the DPRK and South Korea after theEnd of the Cold War: Reciprocity or Bullying?
2015
The aim of this paper is to ask the question whether the
relations between North Korea and South Korea folllow the
premises of stimulus-response theory and thus are driven by
reciprocity, or whether bullying strategy suits better to
explain the relations between two Korean states. The presented
data shows that reciprocating strategy was prevailing pattern
of relations between Seoul and Pyongyang since the end of 80´s
till 2013, thus supporting the empirical relevance of the
stimulus-response theory. The existence of reciprocity-based
strategies in inter-Korean relations has been revealed, both in
their confrontational and cooperational formulation, whilst
higher reciprocity was found in cooperative relations.
Noteworthy, North Korean cooperative actions were of a milder
character than South Korean ones, whilst South Korea did not
respond by such strong confrontational actions, as were sent to
it from the North. The results of the research are not
significant only for theoretical level, but also for the
policy-recommendation. T he implication for practical politics
is that states intending to increase the level of cooperation
with North Korea should adopt the reciprocating strategy in its
cooperative form. This approach must be adopted in the
long-term perspective, as North Korea is sensitive to incoming
impulses and is ready to switch from cooperation to
confrontation right away.
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