This article will analyze the connection between history, countervailing ideologies, that is, the legacy of the Cold War, and the perceived identification of human rights violations as they pertain to countries with major security interests in Northeast Asia. This article will further show that the enduring nuclear-weapons problem in North Korea has been inextricably linked to human rights issues there, specifically because Washington wants to change the behavior of officials in Pyongyang so that the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) becomes a state that at least remotely resembles a liberal democracy. Although supported by much of the international community, including the United States' South Korean and Japanese allies in Northeast Asia, Washington's North Korean policy has remained ineffective, as Pyongyang has continued to perform missile testing and still possesses nuclear weapons.
Skip Nav Destination
Article navigation
June 2020
Research Article|
June 01 2020
History, Ideology, and Human Rights: Why the North Korean Nuclear Issue Endures Available to Purchase
Anthony DiFilippo
Anthony DiFilippo
Department of Sociology Lincoln University, Pennsylvania, United States
Search for other works by this author on:
Communist and Post-Communist Studies (2020) 53 (2): 153–176.
Citation
Anthony DiFilippo; History, Ideology, and Human Rights: Why the North Korean Nuclear Issue Endures. Communist and Post-Communist Studies 1 June 2020; 53 (2): 153–176. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/cpcs.2020.53.2.153
Download citation file:
Sign in
Don't already have an account? Register
Client Account
You could not be signed in. Please check your email address / username and password and try again.
Could not validate captcha. Please try again.