북핵문제에 대한 러시아의 입장과 정책

Abstract

As far as North Korean nuclear issues is concerned, Russian Government is implementing passive policy. It is a fact well acknowledged by Russians themselves and others that the country has clear political, economical, and military and national security interests on that issues. None the less, for the question of why they are standing the passive attitude, it is asserted that they are taking the standpoint of a free rider. This is based on the fact that the interests of US, Japan, China, South Korea and North Korea, the countries that wrap around North Korean nuclear issues, do not conflict with one another largely. Like China, Russia, due to their internal problems, has been limited of its float to resolve international issues using their interest and resources as long as the issues do not call for their concerns at large. Therefore, they are either hoping that international issues would not arise as much as possible or maintain status quo until the economy, social order and politics in their own country enter the stable orbit. However, as it’s economy is rising, the policy of Putin becomes more active in the case of North Korean nuclear crisis after the joining six-parties talk. At this moment, there are new voices of elites that is very critical against such a standpoint and policy of Russian Government. That is to say, these elites are criticizing the passive diplomacy of Russia and suggesting that they should turn to active diplomacy. This new view point describes Kim Jeong Il as “aggressive and unpredictable North Korean dictator” and it says that they have to use all diplomatic means they have to deprive chemical and biological weapons including nuclear from “this dangerous adventurer and black mailer.” It also adds that “if North Korea ignores Russia’s mediation efforts for North Korea to give up on nuclear, Russia will have to coop- erate with the international sanc- tions.” It will be an interesting observation that how this new point of view will contribute to the changes in the standpoint and policy for North Korean nuclear issues.