MASTER'S THESIS INFORMATION
1. Student's full name:Vu Thi Huyen Trang
2. Gender: Female
3. Date of birth: December 21, 1990
4. Place of birth: Dai Yen, Ha Long City, Quang Ninh
5. Decision on recognition of students No. 2797/2012/QD-XHNV-SDH, dated December 28, 2012 of the President of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.
6. Changes in training process: No
7. Thesis topic name:The DPRK's Nuclear Development Program from a Realist Perspective
8. Major: International Relations Code: 60.31.02.06
9. Scientific instructor:Assoc.Prof.Dr. Hoang Khac Nam, University of Social Sciences and Humanities.
10. Summary of the results of the thesis
The main results of the thesis include:
- Overview of some viewpoints and concepts in the study of realism in international relations: issues of power, security, conflict, national interests, anarchy, etc.
- Evaluate the reasons for the DPRK's development of its nuclear program from a realist perspective at the following research levels:
+ Personal level: affirming the policy-making role of the supreme leader of the DPRK
+ National level: based on national interests in national security, economy, culture, political power of interest groups and leaders, the DPRK steadfastly develops its nuclear program despite being condemned by the world.
+ International level: the countries participating in the 6-party talks - the mechanism established to resolve the North Korean nuclear issue including the United States, China, Russia, Japan, South Korea, and the DPRK all pursue their own national interests rather than the common interests, using economic tools, influence, and military power to impact the DPRK, making it impossible for this country not to maintain and develop its nuclear program.
+ Global level: according to realism theory, the world is an unstable anarchic environment, conflicts always appear, peace is just a period of truce to prepare for the next conflict, so countries always have to strengthen their military power to ensure security and interests. The reality of today's world with many conflicts happening further proves that the unstable environment makes it difficult for the DPRK to give up nuclear weapons.
- Due to clear national interests, the countries in the 6-party talks (including the DPRK) will temporarily maintain the current nuclear status quo. The development of a larger nuclear program is unlikely and the DPRK's acceptance of completely abandoning its nuclear program is also impossible.
11. Practical application:
- The thesis will be a useful reference for students of International Studies, International Relations, International Politics, etc. and for those interested in theoretical studies of international relations.
- The topic also contributes to the study of the nuclear program of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, assessing the attitude trends of the major powers on this issue as well as the relations between major countries in general.
12. Further research directions:
- DPRK in US-China relations.
- The future political situation of East Asia.
13. Published works related to the thesis: None
INFORMATION ON MASTER'S THESIS
1. Full name: Vu Thi Huyen Trang 2. Sex: Female
3. Date of birth: December 21, 1990 4. Place of birth: Quang Ninh
5. Admission decision number: 2797/2012/QD-XHNV-SDH, dated December 28, 2012by Rector of University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Hanoi National University.
6. Changes in academic process: No
7. Official thesis title: The nuclear development programs of North Korea from the Perspective of Realism
8. Major: International Relations Code: 60.31.02.06
9. Supervisors: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hoang Khac Nam, VNU University of Social Sciences and Humanities.
10. Summary of the findings of the thesis:
The main results of the thesis are:
- The outline some perspectives, concepts in the study of realism in international relations: power, security, conflict, national interests, anarchy, ...
- Evaluate the causes why DPRK developed nuclear programs under the perspective of realism under study levels:
+ The Individual Level: confirms the role policy decisions of the supreme leader DPRK
+ The Nation-State Level: on the basis of national interests of national security, economic, culture, and political power of interest groups and leaders, North Korea insists the nuclear development program wear for being the world condemned
+ The Transnation Level: the countries engaged Six-party Talks - the mechanism established to resolve the Korean nuclear issue including the United States, China, Russia, Japan, South Korea, DPRK are in the interests of their country, rather than the common good. They use economic tools, power influence, military power acting on the DPRK to maintain and develop its nuclear program.
+ The System Level: according to realism theory, anarchy is full of uncertainty, conflict always present, just peace truce period to prepare for the next conflict. So, actors always have to strengthen the military power to ensure the security and interests. In fact that the world nowadays has had a lot of conflicts happened which caused the DPRK to abandon its nuclear weapons is unlikely.
- Due to the distinct national interests, the countries in Six-party talks (including North Korea) will temporarily maintain the status quo as the current nucleus. The development of the nuclear program at a larger scale is unlikely to happen and accepting the DPRK to abandon its nuclear program is completely impossible.
11. Practical applicability:
- The thesis will be useful reference for students of International Studies, International Relations, International Politics .... and for those interested in the study of international relations theory.
- This project has also contributed to nuclear research program of North Korea, assessing trends in attitude of the major powers on this issue as well as relations between major countries in general.
12. Further research directions:
- North Korea in the US - China relations.
- The Architecture of East Asia political representation in the future.
13. Thesis-related publications: No
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