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Any side will be stuck in a passive state or be unable to maintain its future interests if it totally gives up this channel.Six-Party Talks choked by mismatched aims

Many people doubt whether the negotiations, which ran from 2003 to 2009, can ever restart. But based on the development trends in the Asia-Pacific region and the global security pattern, it is too early to come to this conclusion.

Six-Party Talks

Among the six parties, North Korea is the weakest, especially from the perspective of national development levels. But because of this, it will be more difficult to get concessions from North Korea.Six-Party Talks choked by mismatched aims

In a sense, North Korea is trying to get more survival space, while the US is trying to control the situation and maintain its present and future dominance in the region.

Although, judging from the current situation, the establishment of a new order that the Six-Party Talks can build is still far away, the symbolic significance is more important than the practical significance.

No matter how many sides participate or share some decision-making power, in the foreseeable future, the US will still be the most powerful. Even if the military demarcation line goes, it is impossible for the US to withdraw from the area.

Carter’s visit came and went quickly and has not prompted much international response.

During Carter’s visit to North Korea, Pyongyang expressed its “desire to restart Six-Party Talks,” showing its willingness for negotiations.

However, in my opinion, Carter went to the North Korea as an unofficial diplomatic representative of the US, which is more interesting.

Moreover, so far there is no sign indicating that the US is willing to change its usual basic strategy of “regime change.”

The elimination of this line means the transition from the old to the new security pattern. This involves the future status of the US, which is the most critical, important and complex problem.

On August 27, former US President Jimmy Carter’s spokesman suddenly announced that due to Carter’s mediation, North Korea had agreed to release US citizen Aijalon Gomez, held prisoner in the country for seven months.

The 38th parallel on the Korean Peninsula is now the only remaining demarcation line of the Cold War.

But Washington seems to have not been moved and it continues to march forward along its established strong policy. The US insisted that North Korea first fulfill its denuclearization obligations and then sit down for negotiation.

As long as the US doesn’t withdraw, it is difficult to give up its dominance. It is determined by both the instinct of hegemony and the geopolitical realities in Northeast Asia.

The Six-Party Talks are obviously focused on the denuclearization of the peninsula, aiming at establishing the framework for the future security pattern in Northeast Asia, which directly involves the distribution of benefits among the six parties.

To understand the role of the US we should start from the Six-Party Talks. It’s been more than a year since North Korea announced its withdrawal from the Six-Party Talks on April 23, 2009.

In the current security pattern in the Asia-Pacific region, the US has a dominant position it does not want to lose.

By Ding Gang

Washington will certainly use this meeting to create a more suitable structure to protect its future interests, which, I am afraid, is the real difficulty of the Six-Party Talks.

Let’s try not to focus on Kim Jong-Il’s visit to China. It is more meaningful to try to guess what Washington will do next.

If the US position remains unchanged, so will that of South Korea and other countries

Because of this goal, the negotiations are important to each side and no side dares to openly abandon the Six-Party Talks.

Many media focused instead on Kim Jong-il’s recent visit to China and try to get as much information as possible.

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