This paper presents an application of the concept of strategic culture as a possible way to analyze North Korea’s
nuclear program. The goal is to illustrate that the strategic culture approach is a useful method to understand
North Korea’s determination to develop nuclear capability, demonstrating the link between culture and behavior
through Alastair Johnston’s methodology. The question of the formation of a North Korean strategic culture will
be scrutinized through scoring the speeches and written messages of three North Korean leaders in terms of
the presence of key cultural assumptions. Then, it will accordingly suggest that North Korea’s strategic culture,
affecting the practices of its security policy, leads this country toward an active defense strategy, which implies a
credible nuclear deterrence.
Primary Language | Turkish |
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Journal Section | Research Article |
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Publication Date | March 1, 2019 |
Published in Issue | Year 2019 Volume: 16 Issue: 61 |