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North Korea's perception of Post-Unipolar: Multipolarization and the New Cold War

  • The Journal of Northeast Asia Research
  • Abbr : NEA
  • 2026, 41(1), pp.91~122
  • DOI : 10.18013/jnar.2026.41.1.004
  • Publisher : The Institute for Northeast Asia Research
  • Research Area : Social Science > Political Science > International Politics > International Relations / Cooperation
  • Received : December 27, 2025
  • Accepted : February 4, 2026
  • Published : February 28, 2026

park ah reum 1

1동국대학교

Accredited

ABSTRACT

This study examines the evolution and characteristics of North Korea's post-unipolar perspective and reexamines its recent strategies. North Korea's desire for multipolarity, which emerged after the end of the Cold War, has persisted and expanded since the 2000s through the "Embryonic Period" (2000–2007), "Growth Period" (2008–2015), and "Maturity Period" (2022–2024). North Korea asserts multipolarity as a "lawful process of historical development," and explains that multipolarity has become a "reality" since 2022, creating a favorable environment for North Korea. Through this, North Korea is presumed to be formulating its foreign policy amidst the confrontation between forces seeking to maintain a unipolar order and those promoting multipolarity, and to be exploring new inter-Korean relations.

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This paper was written with support from the National Research Foundation of Korea.