West Sanctions Against North Korea: Is it Worked?
https://www.rozen-bakher.com/timeline-risks/12/04/2022/0719
Published Date: 12 April 2022
Rozen-Bakher, Z., West Sanctions Against North Korea: Is it Worked?, Risks Timeline by Dr. Ziva Rozen-Bakher, 12 April 2022, https://www.rozen-bakher.com/timeline-risks/12/04/2022/0719
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Dr. Ziva Rozen-Bakher
Researcher in International Relations and Foreign Policy with a Focus on International Security alongside Military, Political and Economic Risks for Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and International Trade
12 April 2022 at 07:19. Perhaps the best case that proves that the sanctions tool is not working is the case of the sanctions against North Korea. Since the 1950s, the USA has imposed sanctions against North Korea, while since 2006, most of the international community has imposed sanctions against North Korea, including the United Nations, yet it has not helped to deter North Korea from continuing with its nuclear program. Importantly, the sanctions not only did not help to stop the nuclear tests by North Korea, but they also did not help against North Korea's economy, which definitely finds ways how to bypass the sanctions based on the massive investment of North Korea in military projects, infrastructure, science, technology and urbanisation, especially during the last decade, resulting in impressive advancement in all the fields of life in North Korea. However, we are in the dark without sufficient information about what is the really the GDP, GNI, Exports, Imports, FDI Inwards, and FDI Outwards of North Korea, yet the progress and the massive investment in North Korea tell us that North Korea has significant FDI and International Trade and even has a significant increase in the GDP and GNI much more than the common view of the international community. Bypassing sanctions has become an art via counter-sanctions, and despite it, the international community, especially the Western countries, suffers from ‘Thinking Fixation’ regarding the effectiveness of the sanctions. ‘Thinking Fixation’ is a dangerous one, especially among leaders, public decision-makers, and military decision-makers because it leads to continuing failure in decision-making even without understanding that there exists a failure. Hence, first and foremost, the USA, but also other Western countries like the EU must accept that the tool of sanctions is a failed strategy by trying to find new strategies and tactics of deterrence. Otherwise, paradoxically, the sanctions will empower those who are under sanctions via creating informal FDI and International trade, while they will weaken the West's economies for nothing. Following the facts is the best solution to get out of ‘Thinking Fixation’.
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Focusing on North Korea to Identify Risks that Evolve From North Korea’s Nuclear Tests and Nuclear Program, which Run without any Inspection by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). The Nuclear Tests Increase the Risks of Earthquakes in the Vulnerable Nature Region, while the Nuclear Program alongside the Long-range Missiles Program Increase the Risk of Nuclear World War in the Case of Military Confrontation between North Korea and its Rivals.
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