43
Russia as a New Seasoned Facilitatorin Making Medium and Long-Term Prosperity for the Korean Peninsula within the Framework of the Six-Party Talks Park, Jisun (King’s College London) Abstract The purpose of this paper is to examine a new role for Russia as facilitator of pragmatic solutions for the Korean Peninsula within the framework of the Six Party Talks. In this regard, I will focus on the role of Russia in creating a new approach to Korean peninsula issues, based on the presumption that Moscow’s contribution to the Six-Party Talks might bring positive alternatives. Thus, the new Russian role in making contribution to a medium and long-term solution on the Korean peninsula is to be the main theme of this paper. Subsequently, this paper will pursue the following steps to suggest the new role of Russia within the framework of the Six-Party Talks: Step1Understanding the Six-Party Talks functioned as a multilateral negotiation framework Step2Scrutinizing the new role of Russia in the course of the inter-relations between Russia and the two Koreas

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Page 1: Russia as a New Seasoned Facilitator in Making Medium and …s-space.snu.ac.kr/bitstream/10371/95184/1/07 박지선.pdf · 2020. 6. 4. · Russia as a ‘New Seasoned Facilitator’

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in

Making Medium and Long-Term Prosperity

for the Korean Peninsula within the

Framework of the lsquoSix-Party Talksrsquo

Park Jisun (Kingrsquos College London)

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to examine a new role for Russia as facilitator

of pragmatic solutions for the Korean Peninsula within the framework of the

Six Party Talks In this regard I will focus on the role of Russia in creating

a new approach to Korean peninsula issues based on the presumption that

Moscowrsquos contribution to the Six-Party Talks might bring positive

alternatives Thus the new Russian role in making contribution to a

medium and long-term solution on the Korean peninsula is to be the main

theme of this paper Subsequently this paper will pursue the following

steps to suggest the new role of Russia within the framework of the

Six-Party Talks

bull【Step1】 Understanding the Six-Party Talks functioned as a multilateral

negotiation framework

bull【Step2】 Scrutinizing the new role of Russia in the course of the

inter-relations between Russia and the two Koreas

248 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

bull【Step3】Suggesting an important scenario the so-called lsquoEconomic

Reconstruction Project for the DPRKrsquo to promote Russiarsquos participation

as a lsquonew seasoned facilitatorrsquo by using the framework of the Six-Party

Talks

Key words North Korea Six Party Talks Russian Foreign Policy New

Seasoned Facilitator Medium-Long Term Prosperity for the Korean Peninsula

Ⅰ Introduction

ldquoExpressing the gravest concern at the claim by the Democratic Peoplersquos

Republic of Korea (DPRK) that it has conducted a test of a nuclear weapon on

9 October 2006 and at the challenge such a test constitutes to the Treaty on the

Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and to international efforts aimed at

strengthening the global regime of non-proliferation on nuclear weapons and

the danger it poses to peace and stability in the region and beyondhelliphelliprdquo

UN Resolution 1718(2006)1)

The purpose of this paper is to raise a crucial question on the assumption

that the Six-Party Talks is a plausible framework to resolve the Korean

peninsula issues beyond the North Korean nuclear crisis If this is so what

is a role of Russia providing more pragmatic solutions for the Korean

1) See UN Security Council Resolution 1718 (2006)

httpwwwunorggasearchview_docaspsymbol=SRES171820(2006)

(accessed on 01092015)

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 249

Peninsula as a new experienced facilitator within the framework of the Six

Party Talks Before suggesting possible answers to the question posed

above this paper will offer three presumptions

ⅰ The Six-Party Talks should fashion more pragmatic approaches to

provide viable benefits in favors of all the six players

ⅱ The agenda of the Six-Party Talks should be extended from political

issues related to the North Korean nuclear crisis to imminent

economic problems of the Korean peninsula such as a solution for

economic prosperity and

ⅲ A lsquonew seasoned facilitatorrsquo within the Six-Party Talks in this case

Russia should emerge to intensify the two presumptions mentioned

before

On this basis I will explore the possibility of expanding the role of

Russia on the Korean peninsula based on the presumption that Moscowrsquos

contribution to the Six-Party Talks might bring positive alternatives to

the current status quo In recent years the significance of the Korean

peninsula for Russia has grown within the overall framework of a pragmatic

lsquomulti-vectorrsquo foreign policy2) In September 2015 the current Russian

Ambassador Alexander Timonin said a primary cooperation between Seoul

and Moscow is to seek a feasible way to resolve nuclear crisis on the Korean

peninsula He believes that ldquothe six-party talks are the most appropriate

structure to gather all related parties and discuss nuclear issuesrdquo3) In this

2) Georgy Toloraya ldquoRussian Policy in Korea in a time of changrdquo The Korean Journal

of Defense Analysis Vol 211 (2009) p68

3) ldquoRussian Envoy Discusses Pyongyang tests Thaadrdquo Korea Joongang Daily September

25 2015 lthttpkoreajoongangdailyjoinscomnewsarticleArticleaspxaid=3009631gt

250 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

regard the new Russian role in making contribution to a medium and

long-term solution on the Korean peninsula is to be the main theme of this

paper Thus this paper will examine the following three steps to determine

the feasibility of three suppositions mentioned before

【Step1】 Understanding the Six-Party Talks functioned as a multilateral

negotiation framework

【Step2】 Scrutinizing the new role of Russia in the course of the

inter-relations between Russia and the two Koreas

【Step3】 Suggesting an important scenario the so-called lsquoEconomic

Reconstruction Project for the DPRKrsquo to promote Russiarsquos participation

as a lsquonew seasoned facilitatorrsquo by using the framework of the Six-Party

Talks

In this regard the significance of this paper is to demonstrate a new

perspective relating to the medium-long term prosperity of the Korean

peninsula within the framework of the Six-Party Talks

However the first limitation which this research is facing is the fact that

no definitive conclusion can be made since the talks are still progressing

although it seems be the ending of the denuclearization talks since North

Korea walked out in 2009 This is because the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

of Republic of Korea openly releases the news that chief negotiators for

the Six-Party Talks have regular discussions via public press and official

websites4) Secondly previous studies about the Six-Party Talks usually focus

on the role of the US and China which deals with politico-strategic interests

4) Ministry of Foreign Affairs Republic of Korea

lthttpwwwmofagokrENGpolicykpennknuclearpressreleasesindexjspmenu=m

_20_20_10amptabmenu=t_2gt

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 251

at the negotiation table In other words most academic papers written by

individual researchers on Pyongyangrsquos nuclear weapon are focused on

empirical studies of North Korea negotiating behaviors and memories of

participants in the Six-Party Talks5) The objective of these studies is to

discover the main features of Pyongyangrsquos political decision-making of

negotiation processes by analysing empirical cases with North Korea For

example North Korearsquos coercive negotiating style the so-called ldquoBrinkmanshiprdquo

is originated from such studies through the periodical analysis of strategic

behaviours during the Six-Party Talks

By taking such considerations into account this paper pursues a

problem-solving approach based on history-based cases and critical analyses

to alleviate such limitations mentioned above For this reason although

there are unavoidable obstacles to develop some propositions for the paper

this approach can be worthy as a pragmatic academic study suggested with

important hypothesis and scenarios Therefore on this basis this paper will

aim to establish the pre-conclusion offered Russia and six-party talks as the

new approach for a medium and long-term solution on the Korean

peninsula

5) Some of the studies in the Six-Party Talks are as follows Downs Chunk Over

the Line (1999) Snyder Scott Negotiating on the Edge North Korean Negotiating

Behaviour (1999) Charles L Pritchard Failed Diplomacy The Tragic Story of

How North Korea Got the Bomb(2007) Mike Chinoy Meltdown The Inside Story

of the North Korean Nuclear Crisis(2008) Dong-Won Lim Peacemaker (2008)

Soo-Hyuk Lee Transforming Event (2005) Funabashi Yoichi The Peninsula

Question A Chronicle of the Second Korean Nuclear Crisis (2007)

252 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

Ⅱ Understanding the Six-Party Talks

The main purpose of this step is to determine the significance of the

multilateral negotiation on the medium and long-term issues of the Korean

peninsula beyond the North Korean nuclear crisis by looking into

chronological backgrounds of the Six-Party Talks

Indeed the ldquoblueprintrdquo for the 21st century peace-building on the Korean

peninsula must be a smarter approach because insecurity and prosperity

co-exist in this region When it comes to the geopolitical aspect the

peninsula influenced from the by-products of the Cold War can be regarded

as a spot of strategic importance where interests of the major powers such

as the US and Russia are contested In fact different actors surrounding the

Korean peninsula have different interests on the inter-Korean dialogues In

this sense the issues surrounding the Korean peninsula demonstrate a

unique pattern on the international political order North Korearsquos first

nuclear test in 2006 Pyongyangrsquos rocket launch on 5 April 2009 and a

revelation of their uranium enrichment facilities at Yongbyon in 2010 which

created major uproars could be examples of power game of how

complicated the situation in the region is No matter what the intention of

Pyongyang―whether it was a peaceful experiment or intimidating military

provocations―the United Nations Security Council condemned the

increasing military threat of the North as it is causing international security

risks beyond the Northeast Asian region6) Additionally neither South Korea

6) After Pyongyangrsquos rocket launch in early April the United Nations Security Council

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 253

nor the US was able to impose strong actions against Pyongyang at their

discretion because they have to consider positions and reactions of the

neighboring states such as Japan Russia and China and so on

In this same way a framework to discuss complicated matters concerning

North Korea by the neighboring countries was founded in 2003 the

so-called ldquoSix-Party Talksrdquo The participants of the Six-Party Talks consist of

Japan Peoplersquos Republic of China the Russian Federation United States

Democratic Peoplersquos Republic of Korea and Republic of Korea7) Such a

multilateral composition offers a framework for a peace-building effort on

the Korean peninsula as lsquothe second best optionrsquo in high-politics areas such

as military and diplomatic means Actually the task of the Six-Party Talks

for the members other than North Korea is clear―ending the North Korean

nuclear weapons programs and scraps relevant technological capability That

is a pivotal purpose to create the framework which calls up the six players

having different interests

However despite the existence of the collective desire by the players to

stop North Korea in reality there are many obstacles in reaching a

resolution within the framework of the Six-Party Talks Recently Kim

Jong-un regime continues to escalate repetitive military provocations in the

Korean peninsula by newly stating in its constitution that ldquoit has become a

nuclear state launching another long-range missile in December and

was to set a unanimous resolution denouncing North Korearsquos rocket launch based

on the Security Council resolution 1718 lthttpwwwglobalsecurityorgwmdlibrary

newsdprk2009dprk-090411-voa02htmgt

7) Both official and unofficial designation for the participants of the Six-Party Talks

members will be used in mixture including such terms as for example North

Korea the North Kim Jung-Il regime and Pyongyang

254 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

conducting its third nuclear test on February 12 2013rdquo8) For this reason

North Korea issues demands fairly multifaceted calculations owing to the

historic political and economic dilemmas among the participants In this

respect the talks have not produced a comprehensive agreement or feasible

actions since the beginning even though this approach is a commendable

model of such a multilateral negotiation

Nevertheless I conclude that the Six-Party Talks plays an important part

in the resolution about comprehensive issues adjoining the Korean

peninsula In spite of many obstacles facing the Six-Party Talks the players

kept the multilateral and intricate meeting continue for more than 10 years

while expecting favorable results to extend their strategic goals

When it comes to chronological steps of the Talks the first Six-Party

Talks initiated in 2003 but the North Korean nuclear crisis which is

regarded as the main theme of the Six-Party Talks originated in the early of

1960s After the Korean War North Korea established a nuclear energy

facility at Yongbyon in 1962 based on the agreement of peaceful nuclear

energy development with the Soviet Union Since then a suspicion that

Pyongyang might have the capacity to develop a workable nuclear weapon

became an lsquoopen secretrsquo Finally such a suspicion was known to the

international community with a concrete evidence―the US and French

satellite images of Yongbyon9) Owing to the apparent information of the

8) Ministry of Foreign Affairs Republic of Korea

lthttpwwwmofagokrENGpolicykpennknuclearoverviewindexjspmenu=m_20_

20_10gt

9) Kook Sin Kim ldquoNorth Korean Nuclear crisis and International Responsesrdquo Korea

Institute for National Unification Issue Paper for the Korean Reunification (Nov

2006) pp2~10

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 255

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Washington concluded that North Korea

was pursuing a uranium enrichment program

Hence as an appeasement to end the future high-tech military

provocation of Pyongyang the 1994 Agreed Framework was created―

The Geneva Agreed Framework between Washington and Pyongyang10)

Specifically on the basis of the agreement Washington pledged to provide

fuel and construct two light-water reactors with the establishment of the

KEDO (Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization) while North

Korea promised to end a plutonium enrichment program in exchange 11)

However both the US and North Korea did not meet the key demands of

the 1994 Agreed framework What is more North Korearsquos secret uranium

enrichment program and Pyongyangrsquo continuous development of nuclear

weapons led to a breakdown of agreement between Pyongyang and

Washington in 2002 At the same time North Korea withdrew from the

Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) once again

10) The Agreed Framework between the US and DPRK (Geneva Oct 21 1994)

lthttpwww2lawcolumbiaeducourse_00S_L9436_001North20Korea20materials

agreedframeworkhtmgt11) Jayshree Barjoria and Beina Xu ldquoThe Six Party Talks on North Korearsquos Nuclear

Programrdquo Council on foreign Relations (September 2013)

256 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

(Figure 1) Chronological Steps of ldquoThe Six-Party Talksrdquo

Unfortunately by failing to keep pledges both Washington and

Pyongyang caused the following outcomes 1) providing official reasons for

continuous nuclear development program 2) weakening chances of the

bilateral talks between the US and the DPRK due to growing distrust and

3) accelerating security threats on the Northeast Asian region

These outcomes resulted from the first North Korean nuclear crisis which

eventually led to the Six-Party Talks Shortly thereafter the second North

Korean nuclear crisis was developed by the side-effects of the first nuclear

crisis The ldquothree-party talksrdquo among the US China and North Korea began

in April 2003 to discuss the second crisis when Pyongyang withdrew from

the NPT (Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty) in January 2003 However the

meeting was not enough to deal with the crisis because more complicated

lsquopower gamesrsquo beyond the North Korean nuclear crisis was evident From

this perspective the other regional players ndash Russia Japan and South Korea

- pushed cooperation to turn the ldquoThree-Party Talksrdquo into the ldquoSix-Party

Talksrdquo12) stressing the need to deal with the crisis on the Korean peninsula

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 257

through a new regional framework This is the origin of the lsquoSix-Party Talksrsquo

covering comprehensive problems generated from North Korearsquos nuclear

issue

Ⅲ Critical Analysis of the Six-Party Talks

Demonstrating Different Interests of Six Players

The obvious goal of the Six-Party talks is the denuclearization of the

Korean peninsula13) However there is what can be dubbed as lsquogrand

agendarsquo to resolve the some of the unsettled regional issues even though it

can arguable depending on respective issues By analyzing three major

agreements which resulted from the Six-Party Talks it is possible to contain

the contents of a lsquogrand agendarsquo They include 1) the September 19 Joint

Agreement in 2005 2) the February13 Agreement in 2007 and 3) the

October 3 Agreement in 200814) In particular in the case of lsquoInitial Actions

for Implementation of the Joint Statementrsquo meetings of five Working Groups

12) Pang Zhongying ldquoThe Six-Party Process Regional Security Mechanisms and

China-US Cooperation Toward a Regional Security Mechanism for a New

Northeast Asiardquo Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies (March 2009) pp1~413) In the Second-Phased actions for the implementation of the Joint Statement of 19

September 2005 the goal of the Six-Party Talks clarified as follows the first goal

is the verifiable denuclearization of the Korean peninsula in a peace manner14) Official names of the three agreements are 1) Join Statement of the Fourth Round

of the Six-Party Talks (Beijing 19 September 2005) 2) Initial Actions for the

Implementation of the Joint Statement (13 February 2007) and 3) Second-Phase

Actions for the Implementation of the Joint Statement (3 October 2007)

258 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

(WG) held in 200715) The main purpose is to carry out the initial actions

and to achieve the purpose of full implementation of the Joint Statement

The details are as follows

1 Denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula

2 Normalization of US-DPRK Relations

3 Normalization of Japan-DPRK Relations

4 Economic and Energy Cooperation

5 Northeast Asia Peace and Security Mechanism

As it has been seen the follow-up working groups of the Six-Party

Talks dealt with fairly broad subjects beyond the prevention of Pyongyangrsquos

high-tech military threats In this regard Zhongying (2009) states ldquothe

Six-Party Talks has mutually advocated some crucial goalsrdquo16) 1) the

denuclearization of the Korean peninsula 2) the ending the Korean

War with a peace treaty and 3) building a regional mechanism for

peace-building and prosperity From this viewpoint even if the main task of

the Six-Party Talks denuclearized the Korean Peninsula failed due to the

unexpected internal or external factors of the six participants the other

options like 2) and 3) which Zhongying suggested might become another

key agenda for the six parties Thus it is important to recognize the value

of such all-inclusive approach to resolve the difficult regional issues through

the Six-Party Talks rather than focusing on the North Korean nuclear threats

alone

15) Diplomatic White Paper of the Republic of Korea (2008) pp32~3616) Pang Zhongying ldquoThe Six-Party Process Regional Security Mechanisms and

China-US Cooperation Toward a Regional Security Mechanism for a New

Northeast Asiardquo Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies (March 2009) p4

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 259

Taking the importance as a lsquogrand agendarsquo into consideration it is

important to analyze distinctive features of the process of the Six-Party

Talks and this will lead to the identification of the main limitations of the

Six-Party Talks Such limitations will support the following argument

When the range of the Six-Party Talksrsquo agenda is extended to include

comprehensive and pragmatic agenda for medium and long-term resolutions

of the issues of the Korean peninsula this multilateral talks can produce

more positive outcomes while embracing the regional interests of the six

nations More crucially ipso facto the suggestion to create more

comprehensive multilateral framework will enable the following creative and

new approaches 1) the emergence of a lsquoNew Actorrsquo Russia instead of the

main actors such as the US and China within the sixth round of the Six-Party

Talks and 2) the strengthening of the economic approach concentrated on

prosperity rather than intensive political and military negotiation

Above all the most important characteristic of the Six-Party Talks is that

the talks necessitate complicated calculations to balance all membersrsquo

interests After the first talks in 2003 the participating members began to

involve in dynamic diplomatic maneuvers based on each otherrsquos own

domestic issues national interests and interpretations of historical analogies

Owing to these diverse considerations regardless of the main challenge of

the Six-Party Talks framework to stop the North Korean nuclear program

many other challenges have been identified The Six Parties were aroused

by the internal and external interests like the wide-ranging topics of five

Working Groups discussions after February 13 Agreement in 200717)

17) Diplomatic White Paper of the Republic of Korea (2008) pp32~36

260 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

1 Critical Analysis on Six Partiesrsquo Responses after the

Adoption of United Nations Security Council Resolution

1718 (2006)

As an important case the different responses by the each of Six Party

participants on the Security Council resolution 171818) is a good example of

demonstrating complicated strategic calculations of everyone involved After

a nuclear ballistic missile test in October 2006 the Security Council

condemned the test and unanimously adopted resolution 1718 in 14 October

2006 calling for an immediate return to the Six-Party Talks19) The resolution

called for based on Chapter 7 of the United Nations Charter excluding

automatic military enforcement of its demands under the Charterrsquos Article 4

120) the members of the UN prohibit a range of goods from entering or

leaving the DPRK and imposed an asset freeze and travel ban on persons

in terms of the nuclear weapon program21)

In reaction to the resolution the six players showed different reactions

In this paper the responses of six players are largely divided into three

18) On 14 October 2006 after the nuclear ballistic missile test of Pyongyang the UN

Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 1718 condemning the nuclear test 19) Security Council Resolution 1718(2006)

lthttpdaccessddsunorgdocUNDOCGENN0657207PDFN0657207pdfOpen

Elementgt 20) According to the Charterrsquos Article 41 the Security Council decided what measures

not involving the use of armed force are to be employed to the DPRK These

include complete or partial interruption of economic relations and of rail sea air

postal telegraphic radio and other means of communication and the severance

of diplomatic relations 21) UN Security Council Resolution 1718 (2006)

lthttpwwwunorggasearchview_docaspsymbol=SRES171820(2006)gt

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 261

groups Group (Ⅰ) US Japan South Korea Group (Ⅱ) China Russia and

Group (Ⅲ) North Korea Before analyzing the United Nations Security

Council Resolution 1718 one important thesis in this case study is that the

criteria of the grouping stated above is focused on only the United Nations

Security Council Resolution 1718 rather than including all resolutions of

United Nations22) This is because eight UN resolutions related to North

Korearsquos nuclear issue from 1993 to 2013 demonstrate different politico-strategic

outcomes In this regard in the Table (1) the distinctive responses of the

three groups are categorized In brief this table illustrates the complexity of

the Six-Party Talks depending on politico-strategic relations while emphasizing

the importance of a multilateral approach for a long-term solution on the

Korean peninsula

22) These are a list of Unite Nations Council Resolutions related to the North Korean

nuclear issues from 1993 to 2013

bull United Nations Security Council Resolution 825(1993)

bull United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540 (2004)

bull United Nations Security Council Resolution 1695(2006)

bull United Nations Security Council Resolution 1718 (2006)

bull United Nations Security Council Resolution 1874 (2009)

bull United Nations Security Council Resolution 1887 (2009)

bull United Nations Security Council Resolution 2087(2013)

bull United Nations Security Council Resolution 2094 (2013)

262 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

Nuclear Capability (DPRK)

Resolution1718

Comeback of the Six-Party Talks

Military Enforcement

to DPRK

Sanctions against DPRK

The US

(Group Ⅰ)

Japan

(Group Ⅰ)

S Korea

(Group Ⅰ)ⅹ ⅹ

China

(Group Ⅱ)

ⅹ ⅹ

Russia

(Group Ⅱ)ⅹ ⅹ ⅹ

N Korea

(Group Ⅲ)

ⅹ ⅹ ⅹ

(Table 1) Critical Analysis on Six Partiesrsquo Responses after the Adoption of

United Nations Security Council Resolution 1718

strong support support partly support ⅹ objection

Group(Ⅰ) US Japan and Korea

In the case of the first Group it rallied behind Washington whose

stubborn reaction against Pyongyang led to the adoption of the UN Security

Council Resolution 171823) John Bolton who was the former US Ambassador

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 263

to the UN stated ldquoa nuclear test in 2006 was the gravest threat to international

peace and securityrdquo During a Security Council meeting he maintained that

the resolution 1718 should impose more strict demands complementing the

Security Resolution 1695 which is regarded as a failure As a result the US

and Japan enthusiastically bolstered the resolution 1718 welcoming the

contents of strengthened sanctions compared with the resolution 169524) On

the surface South Korea - which sustained considerably close relationship

with the US - seemed to unwillingly follow the resolution emphasizing that

the problem should be solved under a peaceful and diplomatic approach

In fact a division was recognizable within this group While the US and

Japan stuck together in unity in purpose and actions 25) against the irrational

behaviors of North Korea for doing missile tests the South Korean

government was committed to a two-pronged policy Indeed the grand

strategy of the South Korean government was to pursue the following two

aims the prevention of Pyongyang provocations and reconciliation of the

two Koreas In other words although all three maintained close

cooperation they all had slightly different interests and conditions

23) UN Security Council meeting on 9 October 2006

lthttpwwwunorgNewsPressdocs2006sc8853dochtmgt24) The main subjects of the Security Council Resolution 1695 are 1) stopping games

of lsquobrinkmanshiprsquo 2) complying with Security Council demands 3) returning to the

Six-Party Talks and 4) implementing terms of the joint statement for the last round

of the talks See United Nations Security Council Resolution 1695 (2006)25) The expectations of Washington and Tokyo from the Six-Party Talks are1) the

withdrawal of Nuclear weapons first then negotiations afterwards and 2) the

establishment of a democratic government similar to the US standards

264 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

Group (Ⅱ) China Russia

In the case of the group two China and Russia who have been close

supporters of North Korea for more than an half century demonstrated

similar reactions as the members of group one did While they agreed on

the general direction of the resolution each had a slightly different view on

the extension of the contents In the case of China not only Beijing was

the main actor in initiating the Six-Party Talks but also a very close friend

to North Korea 26) However China chose to support the sanctions against

Pyongyang under the resolution 1718 Meanwhile Russia had a different

view In an urgent meeting of the UN Security Council unlike China Russia

did not support such stringent sanctions against Pyongyang although

Moscow agreed on condemning the North Korean rocket launch Even if

in the end both Beijing and Moscow supported the resolution 1718 in

general it was an occasion when the two countries showed different

approach toward Pyongyang during the adoption process of the resolution27)

Group(Ⅲ) North Korea

Contrarily the reaction of the third group North Korea was fairly

obvious against the Security Council Resolution Park Gilyon North Korearsquos

Ambassador to UN said that Pyongyang rejects the resolution 1718 since the

resolution is a coercive declaration by a ldquogangster-likerdquo Security Council28)

26) See Security Council Meeting on 9 October 2006

lthttpwwwunorgNewsPressdocs2006sc8853dochtmgt27) See Security Council Meeting on 9 October 2006

lthttpwwwunorgNewsPressdocs2006sc8853dochtmgt28) See Security Council meeting on 9 October 2006

lthttpwwwunorgNewsPressdocs2006sc8853dochtmgt

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 265

Nevertheless the main limitation of the talks still remains without

creative alternatives to disentangle intricate interests of the participants of

the Six-Party Talks no feasible output can be expected from such a

multilateral meeting Thus in order to overcome the above-mentioned

limitations of the Six-Party Talks I suggest an approach which emphasizes

the following points 1) the emergence of a lsquonew experienced facilitatorrsquo

instead of previous main actors to encourage more pragmatic approaches

and 2) the combination of political and economic tools especially in

highlighting the economic approaches Consequently this paper will focus

on Russiarsquos role as a New Seasoned Facilitator since Russia can offer new

possibilities for a long-term resolution of the issues on the Korean

peninsula

2 Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo for Dealing with

Issues on the Korean Peninsula

In this part the role of Russia will be scrutinized as a possible new

strong facilitator who might offer long-term solutions to the problems on the

Korean peninsula in the 21st century Since most of the studies concerning

cooperation on the Korean peninsula tend to focus mainly on the role

played by the US and China I argue that this paper may provide an

innovative contribution to the study of the ldquoSix-Party Talksrdquo stressing

Russiarsquos new role vis-agrave-vis the Korean peninsula In my view indeed

Russiarsquos role on the Korean peninsula progressively emerged in recent years

shaping the image of ldquofacilitatorrdquo interested in persuading North Korea to

seek an alternative to the nuclear weapons program and promote energy

266 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

cooperation in the region which might hasten possibility of peace on the

Korean peninsula

According to Vorontsov (2007) the basic positions of Moscow for the

Six-Party Talks are as follows 1) advocating the strict inspection of NPT and

the denuclearized Korean peninsula 2) persisting peaceful negotiation

among the six players and 3) promoting the inter-Korean dialogues29) In

contrast to the hard-line stance of White House30) to eliminate all factors

related to North Korean nuclear program in terms of the Korean issues the

current Russian government seems to strive for the achievement of the goal

2) and 3) When it comes to the geostrategic situations the Korean issues

have recently become one of the major considerations for Moscow because

the US China and Japan have gradually played important roles on the

issues of Korean peninsula who are all Russiarsquos direct neighbors31)

Namely owing to the invisible lsquoPower Racersquo among the major powers

Russia is increasingly interested in the issues surrounding the Korean

peninsula

In the same way unlike the general expectations on the global stage the

Russian role within the multilateral talks may have substantial influences as

well as the other actors have contributed to the meetings In the beginning

29) Alexander Vorontsov ldquoCurrent Russia ndash North Korea Relations Challenges and

Achievementsrdquo Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies (2007) p1730) Still North Korea seems to believe what White House pursues a hard-line policy

toward Pyongyang An unnamed spokesman of Pyongyang stated on 8 May 2009

ldquothe Obama administration for the past 100 dayshelliphellip the hostile policy toward

Pyongyang remains unchangedrdquo

lthttpwwwnytimescom20090509worldasia09koreahtml_r=1ampref=global-homegt31) Georgy Toloraya ldquoRussian Policy in Korea in a time of changerdquo The Korean

Journal of Defense Analysis Vol211 (2009) p69

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 267

stage of the talks some counties had skepticism about Moscowrsquos

participation in the talks because the Four-Party Talks (the US China and

the two Koreas) - except for Moscow - was a general pattern on the

inter-Korean issues32) However Kremlin played an essential role in inviting

Pyongyang in joining the Six-Party Talks because North Korea insisted

Pyongyang would not participate in the 2003 meeting without Russia33)

When it comes to Russian official stance in 2015 Moscow continuously

supports the Six-Party Talks for denuclearization in the Korean peninsula

while Russia does not recognize North Korea as a nuclear state34)

Historically Russia and North Korea have significantly long and

meaningful relations throughout the period of Korearsquos liberation following

Japanese colonization the Korean War and the opening and ending of the

Cold War In particular the two countries enjoyed a very strong cooperative

relationship during the Korean War35) Following the Korean War the

Soviet Union became the main trade partner and a sponsor for the

nation-building of Kim Il-sungrsquo regime Approximately 93 factories and

industrial facilities in North Korea were established under the Russian

technical assistance 36)constructing Pyongyangrsquos heavy-industrial backbon

32) Moscowrsquos absence from the Four-Party Talks proposed by the former President Bill

Clinton and President Kim Young Sam on April 16 1996 demonstrated Russiarsquos

dwindled regional influence in the Korean peninsula Yang et al (2004) p80133) Vorontsov (2007) p2234) ldquoRussian Envoy Discusses Pyongyang tests Thaadrdquo Korea Joongang Daily September

25 2015

lthttpkoreajoongangdailyjoinscomnewsarticleArticleaspxaid=3009631gt35) During the Korean War the Russian pilots contributed to the air defence of

North Korea resulting in the loss of 135 pilots and more than 300 airplanes Ibid

p5

268 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

e37) Such a close alliance between the two communist societies continued

until the collapse of the Soviet Union Unfortunately during the President

Elrsquotsinrsquos administration the Russian policy toward the Korean peninsula

shifted due to the unilateral rapprochement with the ROK as the new

diplomatic approach in the so-called ldquodemocratic romanticismrdquo which called

for greatly pro-Western at the expense of Russiarsquos interests 38) Such

transformed Russian policy seemed to cause a crack in the friendship

between Moscow and Pyongyang

However since the inauguration of Vladimir Putin the Russian political

elites began envisaging new approaches towards the Korean peninsula

Putinrsquos new approach functioned as a breakthrough to reinforce previously

weakening relations between Russia and North Korea As a result a historic

treaty on ldquoFriendshiprdquo between Kremlin and Pyongyang―Good-Neighbourly

Relations and Cooperation―was created in 200039) Currently Kim Jong-Un

regime has mainly concentrated on strengthening trade relations with Kremlin

and both Moscow and Pyongyang have taken positive consensus towards

36) The North Korean nuclear energy facilities were established with the Soviet

technical assistance in 1962 37) Vorontsov (2007) p538) On 27 October 1991 Elrsquotin addressed two main aims fo the Russian Foreign

policy 1) pursuing favourable external conditions for the domestic political and

economic reforms and 2) overcoming the legacy of the Cold war Richard Sakwa

(2008) Russian Politics and Society (London Routledge 2008) pp368~36939) After the treaty of lsquoGood-Neighbourly Relations and Cooperationrsquo the Moscowrsquos

declaration of the DPRK and the Russian Federation was released on 4 August 2001

The DPRK-Russia joint declaration is the advanced version of lsquogood-neighbourliness

and cooperationrsquo signed on 9 February 2000 Since then the two countries have

tried the friendly relations and mutually beneficial cooperation

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 269

enhancing their economic cooperative relationship In 2014 Putinrsquos cabinet

concluded the withdrawal of $10 billion of Pyongyangrsquos $11 billion debt that

had accrued during the Soviet Era40) It seems that Putinrsquos cabinet assumes

that this gesture of goodwill will contribute to the construction of a gas

pipeline covering the Korean peninsula When it comes to both geopolitical

and geo-economics aspects North Korea could have profitable investments

opportunities

All in all such a historic fortification of the inter-relationship between

North Korea and Russia provides diverse chances for the improved role of

Russia in making contributions with the backing of other partners of the

Six-Party Talks Based on this fact it would be possible to focus more on

the possibility of Russiarsquos increased contribution to the talks In fact there

is a strong possibility that Moscow could function as a lsquomediatorrsquo and

lsquofacilitatorrsquo between Pyongyang and the other members of the Six-Party

Talks

There are a number of important cases41) through which Moscow enabled

diplomatic efforts assume the role of a lsquofacilitatorrsquo or lsquomediatorrsquo When it

comes to the bilateral relations between Republic of Korea and Russia the

two nations started nearly at a zero point at first However Kremlin and

Blue House have created new economic science and cultural systems For

example since 1990 the leaders of South Korea and Russia have officially

met 27 times In 2013 President Vladimir Putinrsquos visited to Seoul when the

two nationsrsquo annual bilateral trade exceeded $26 billion42)

40) ldquoNorth Korea Looking Abroadrdquo Korea Economic Institute February 18 2015

lthttpblogkeiaorg201502north-korea-looking-abroadgt41) Vorontsov opcit p17

270 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

In particular in July 2002 Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov visited the two

Koreas respectively to persuade both to return to the negotiating table

which was halted after a naval clash in the West (Yellow) Sea in June 2002

Although the visit was not connected to the Six-Party Talks directly the case

seems to confirm Russiarsquos efforts to assist the improvement of the

inter-Korean relations What is more in terms of the US-DPRK relations

Moscow provided an opportunity for a meeting between the North Korean

Foreign Minister Paek NamSun and the former US Secretary of State Colin

Powell during the ministerial meetings at the ASEAN Regional Forum talks

in Darussalam Brunei in 200243) In short Moscowrsquos effort to carry out

ldquobalancer diplomacyrdquo after Putinrsquos inauguration shows potentials to be a

smart lsquomediatorrsquo within the multilateral negotiation such as the Six-Party

Talks

3 The Russian lsquoNew Realismrsquo Policy Applied in the Korean

Peninsula

Then the questions are to what degree can Russia be engaged in

resolving the inter-Korean issues and what kind of benefit can Russia

expect from the increased involvement with the issues regarding the Korean

peninsula especially in the Six-Party Talks

In the recent years the interest of the Russian politicians and academics

toward the Korean peninsula seems to be soaring As an lsquoactive partrsquo the

42) ldquoRussian Envoy Discusses Pyongyang tests Thaadrdquo Korea Joongang Daily September

25 2015 lthttpkoreajoongangdailyjoinscomnewsarticleArticleaspxaid=3009631gt43) Ibid

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 271

Korean peninsula can be regarded as a region of interest and strategic

importance as the Asian-Pacific region is seen to have increasing economic

implication for Russia due to the lack of involvement by Moscow in the

region of economic prowess44) In particular when Moscow participated in

the Six-Party Talks its approach seems to have strategic bearing toward the

Asia-Pacific region because the region especially the Korean peninsula is

now regarded by Moscow as an area of considerable importance

In fact Russiarsquos burgeoning interests for the Six-Party Talks contemporize

with the inauguration of the Putinrsquos administration Namely Putinrsquos lsquoNew

Realismrsquo based on the pragmatic approach over all Russia policies can be

applied to the evaluation of the Russian intention and purpose toward the

Six-Party Talks On the whole the national motto of the 21st century Russia

is lsquoPragmatismrsquo which also significantly influenced the current Medvedevrsquos

cabinet45) On a meeting of the Security Council in March 2000 the new

Russian lsquoForeign Policy Conceptrsquo was introduced by Ivanov the Russian

Foreign Minister at the time The main concept of the document was lsquomore

realisticrsquo for rebuilding the domestic economy and promoting the Russian

economic interests abroad as it strives to become worldrsquos tenth biggest

economy in the 21st century46) Hence Moscowrsquos foreign policy influenced

44) Natasha Kuhrt Russian Policy towards China and Japan The Elrsquotsin and Putin

periods (New York Rutledge 2007) pp 54~5645) In January 2002 the former President Putin had an interview with a Polish

Newspaper and Polish TVP Channel In the interview he stated that lsquoPragmatismrsquo

as a key means for the economic cooperation with other nations ldquoWe began this

talk by pointing out that the soundest approachhellip on the basis of pragmatism

and pragmatic interest in each otherrdquo

lthttpwwwkremlinruengtextspeeches200201150001_type82916_147392shtmlgt46) Sakwa(2008) pp371~391

272 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

by such realistic and pragmatic approaches seems to have valid bearing for

both the Six-Party Talks and the inter-Korean dialogues especially when the

economic aspects are addressed

In essence what are the specific interests Moscow might have on the

Korean peninsula The answer to this question is the more the Korean

military threats are slackened the more Russiarsquos security and economic

interests are amplified In terms of this argument Meyer (2005) identified

the reasons for the Russian Federationrsquos participation in the multilateral

meeting He indicated that by supporting reconciliation between DPRK and

ROK Russia can achieve the following objectives 1) the symbolic objective

to be recognized as a permanent major power on the global stage 2) the

military objective to dissuade Pyongyang from pursuing nuclear weapons

program not to weaken the global commitment for NPT and 3) the

economic objective to establish favorable conditions for the development of

a trilateral economic cooperation among Russia and the two Koreas47)

In relation to the third objective when Putin was the president he had

strong interests toward the Korean peninsula as there were potentially

lucrative economic opportunities available Such projects included connecting

the inter-Korean railroad to the Trans-Siberian railroad and exporting natural

gas from the Kovyktinskoe field in Irkutsk to the Korean peninsula through

China48)

In fact it can be concluded that the third reason which Meyer identified

is the main objective of Russiarsquos participation in the Sic-Party talks therefore

47) Peggy Falkenhein Meyer ldquoRussia Interests and Objectives on the Korean Peninsulardquo

International Journal of Korean Studies (FallWinter 2005) Vol 4 No 2 pp 145~14748) Ibid pp148~154

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 273

it could be assumed the promotion of economic issues can be conceived

and used as a tool to make a breakthrough to overcome the sluggish

multifaceted talks dealing with North Korea high-technology fears More

specifically I argue that the natural gas projects can dramatically increase

Russiarsquos penetration on the Korean peninsula and promote ndash in turn -

Moscowrsquos effort to bring positive changes to the talks From this perspective

Russian economic leverage might become a cornerstone for bringing peace

in the Korean peninsula In the following part I will present a possible

scenario in which this assumption might be substantially developed

Ⅳ A New Role of Russia on the Korean Peninsula

Figure 2 as shown below portrays a possible scenario of cooperation on

the Korean peninsula which emphasizes the following aspects 1) the

importance of the Six-Party Talks for the future of cooperation on the

Korean peninsula in the 21st century and 2) the suggestion of new

alternatives which focus on Russia and its economic involvement to boost

multilateral talks In building-up the scenario the key presumption is that

economic cooperation can create a ldquofunctional leveragerdquo in a political

scenario characterized by a substantial political rapprochement due to the

enforcement of a legally binding treaty (ie a Peace Treaty that could officially

end the Korean War) and prepare a definitive process of nation-building

among the two Koreas This ldquofunctional leveragerdquo is based on the role

played by CTR (Cooperative Threat Reduction) program49) to eliminate all

274 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

military threats―nuclear chemical biological and missiles threat from North

Korea In principle the objective of CTR is to reduce the dangers created

by nuclear chemical or biological weapons or their delivery vehicles The

actors of the CTR are consisted of a host who eradicates secures or

converts the WMD (Weapons of Mass Destruction) programs while the

other partners supporting such efforts50)

The most attractive function of the CTR for the following scenario is that

the partners provide money technology equipment and training to the host

nation In case that the six participants select the option during the process

of the WMD removal the main problems such methods and incentives in

terms of the North Korean nuclear withdrawal will be solved naturally

Furthermore the main argument to highlight the economic approaches with

flexible funds produced by rewards of the CTR programs can be persuaded

more convincingly Therefore the following section will justify this

alternative based on the postulation mentioned above―the application of

the CTR in the process of the Six-Party Talks

49) The CTR (or sometimes called for lsquoNunn-Lugarrsquo) programme provides funding

and expertise for the states in the former Soviet Unions including Russia Ukraine

Georgia Azerbaijan Belarus Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan under disarmament

treaties lthttpnunn-lugarcomindexshtmlgt50) Joel S Wit Wolfsthal Jon and Oh Choong-suk (2005) ldquoThe Six Party Talks and

Beyond Cooperative Threat Reduction and North Koreardquo A Report of the CSIS

International Security Program Dec (Washington DC CSIS) pp7~8

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 275

1 A Scenario Suggested lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Projection

for the DPRKrsquo

As stressed before the founding hypothesis of this scenario is a

substantial political shift on the Korean peninsula prospecting a clear

ldquoongoing processrdquo ldquoone Korea reunifiedrdquo However in my argumentation

the crucial assumption is not related to dynamics leading to the political

rapprochement among the two Koreas and neighbor countries which are

members of the Six-Party Talks Instead the central point of the first

scenario is to focus on the preparations and nation-building toward the

reconciliation of the two Koreas through multilateral economic negotiations

Namely to what extent can the framework of the Six-Party Talks and Russia

influence on peace and prosperity on the Korean peninsula as the means

of economic approaches

(Figure 2) Economy Reconstruction Project for the DPRK

276 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

Stage I

As shown in Figure 2 this scenario will be developed through four

stages During Stage I in order to resolve the core problem of Pyongyang―

the disposal of all WMD including chemical biological nuclear weapons

and the CTR program will be offered strongly Under the circumstances

North Korea seems to be a proper candidate for the CTR In the case of the

CTR the multilateral approaches owing to the political and financial

burden-sharing among the sponsors are indispensable51) Although the

Northeast Asian region has not been a suitable case for the program the

Six-Party Talks has shown a consensus on the difficult security problems

especially on Pyongyangrsquos military threats Such a partnership among the

participants of the Six-Party Talks which has been cultivated for seven years

of working together produces more positive results in the progress of the

disposal of nuclear weapons during the period of conducting the CTR

program

In addition Moscow will play a key role in the application of the CTR

program for North Korea When it comes to the beginning of the CTR the

program focused intensively on the countries of the former Soviet Union

including Russia Ukraine Georgia Azerbaijan Belarus Uzbekistan and

Kazakhstan As a result 6600 nuclear warheads have been eliminated since

1991 and more that 470 long-range missiles have been destroyed while

over 1800 other missiles strategic bombers have been disassembled52) With

51) Ibid pp1~352) The United States has invested $7 billion in the former Soviet Union since 1991

and is recently investing $1 billion per year There are additional participants―EU

UK Germany and France Ibid pp7~8

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 277

such an impressive precedent Russia is able to provide a workable solution

during the process of Pyongyangrsquos cooperative threat reduction The most

impressive strength of the first stage is provided that North Korea and the

five members of the Six-Party talks collectively pursue the CTR program the

following economic incentives will be offered for the reconstruction of

North Korea 1) a reward of nuclear withdrawal and 2) the reuse of

resources previously used in the Northrsquos nuclear program

In relation to CTR with application to the case of North Korea it possible

to argue that Russia ndash mindful of the CTR program provided by the US in

the aftermath of the collapse of the Soviet Empire ndash could potentially reuse

the rationale behind the above-mentioned mass destruction dismantlement

program in order to materially help North Korea to eliminate these kinds of

armaments as well as to boost a more comprehensive trust-building process

in the direction of Pyongyang increasing Russian influence over the North

and the overall region

Stage II

During the Stage II the expected economic incentives offered from the

implementation of the CTR project will be connected to the establishment of

a factual organization―lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Project for the DPRKrsquo

Continuously the international community should remain concerned about a

steep decline of the North Korean economy which in the past caused the

most destructive famines of the 20th century As many as one million

people who represent about five percent of the North Korean population

perished in the mid-1990s as a result53) Therefore the members of the

Six-Party Talks should pursue Pyongyangrsquos economic reforms and

278 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

reconstruction simultaneously since the countries regard economic inability

of Kim Jung Un to be one of the causes for using the military threats54)

Therefore it would provide a vital opportunity to bring changes in North

Korea if an organization which focuses on the economic benefits is

founded For this purpose this study recommends the establishment of

lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Project for the DPRKrsquo within the framework of the

Six-Party Talks The aspiration for the DPRK project is based on the

September 2005 Joint Statement and the February 2007 Joint Statement of

the Six-Party Talks The September Statement encouraged the economic

cooperation in the areas of energy trade and investment within the

Six-Party Talks framework55) Also in the February 2007 Joint Statement the

six players promised humanitarian assistance to North Korea and

established an Economy and Energy Cooperation Working Group56)

Although such agreements to boost the North Korean economy did not

53) Haggard Stephan and Noland Marcus ldquoA Security and Peace for Northeast Asia

The Economic Dimensionrdquo Peterson Institute for International Economics Policy

Brief No PB08-4 (April 2008) p2 54) In 2000 North Korea tried ldquomarketization from belowrdquo in the areas of local

organs government offices and military units with the recommendation of the

international community Ibid p255) See Join Statement of the Fourth Round of the Six-Party Talks in Beijing (19

September 2005)

lthttpwwwmofatgokrwebmodulehtsboardhbdhbdreadjsptypeID=6ampboardid=

247ampseqno=293918ampc=TITLEampt=amppagenum=2amptableName=TYPE_DATABOARDamppc=

ampdc=ampwc=amplu=ampvu=ampiu=ampdu=gt56) See Initial Actions for the Implementation of the Joint Statement (13 February 2007)

lthttpwwwmofatgokrwebmodulehtsboardhbdhbdreadjsptypeID=6ampboardid=

247ampseqno=293924ampc=TITLEampt=amppagenum=3amptableName=TYPE_DATABOARDamppc=amp

dc=ampwc=amplu=ampvu=ampiu=ampdu=gt

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 279

produce output in reality the international concerns seemed to have

reached a consensus relating to the ideas of lsquoEconomic Reconstruction

Project for DPRKrsquo introduced for the Stage II

Stage III

The following study on the similar subject reflects such international

concerns in a pragmatic way lsquopipeline gas introduction to the Korean

peninsularsquo57) In the Stage III as a long-term scenario to rehabilitate the

DPRKrsquos economy the idea of lsquopipeline gas projectrsquo introduced by Paik

(2005) will be applied Within the Six-Party Talks framework energy

assistance is another integral theme which is seen as important area to

resolve the nuclear problem on the Korean peninsula What is more such

energy supply options for DPRK generated from the gas pipeline project can

be functioned as a versatile negotiation tool combining the geopolitical and

economic reality on the Six-Party Talks table

In fact one well-established energy development organization―KEDO―

already exists The mission of KEDO is to implement the Agreed Framework

between the US and DPRK on the assumption that Pyongyang agreed to

freeze and ultimately dismantle its breathing nuclear program58) Unfortunately

the KEDO led project failed due to the North Korean distrust towards KEDO

due to the ailing relationship between Washington and Pyongyang caused

by the North Korean military threats and the failure to meet the agreed

57) Keun-Wook Paik ldquoPipeline Gas Introduction to the Korean Peninsulardquo Korea

Foundation Project lsquoEnergy and Environmental Cooperation in the Korea Peninsula

(2005)58) Baker et al opcit pp135~138

280 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

provisions59) Unlike the KEDO projects the introduction of the long

distance gas pipeline passing through the DPRK territory will involve the

two Koreas and Russia In particular intended for Pyongyang the pipeline

gas would provide energy to power many major cities in the DPRK

assuming that a 15 bcm60) natural gas would be allocated to the North as

a transit fees Also South Korea can provide additional support to prevent

the collapse of the North Korean economy61) In addition further funding

can be allocated for the CTR programs which will intensify the effort to

support rebuilding of the North Korean economy

Other than the economic merit Moscow is well positioned in this

pipeline project since the major Russian company Gazprom which is the

largest extractor of natural gas in the world has outstanding options to

promote the project from all the shareholders For this reason the role of

Russia should be given more weight in the third stage

In terms of the Economy Reconstruction Project for the DPRK this study

will follow the main idea of the paper Pipeline Gas Introduction to the

Korean Peninsula by Paik In his in-depth study Paik suggested lsquothe

Proposed Greater Circular Pipeline in Northeast Asiarsquo As shown in Figure 3

the Korean peninsula is ideally located to have pivotal benefits from the

59) There are two main conditions 1) KEDO finances and constructs two

proliferation-resistant light-water reactors(LWR) of the Korean Standard Nuclear

Power Plant in the DPRK and 2) KEDO provides DPRK with an alternative source

of energy for heating and electricity until the first of the two reactors is

completed lthttpwwwkedoorgap_mainaspgt 60) 30bcm is an amount which can handle gas over 30 years Baker et al opcit

p10161) Ibid pp81~82

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 281

Source Paik (2005) p41

Russian oil and gas pipeline infrastructure In the case that the gas pipeline

scenario is applied in reality as a useful alternative for the settlement of the

current North Korean nuclear crisis this project will provide significant

contribution to in promoting energy cooperation between Russia and the

Two Koreas

Stage Ⅳ

In the final stage a consensus and convention to justify this project

within the Six-Party Talks framework should be guaranteed This is necessary

to avoid the inevitable problem of incompatibility between the laws and

regulations among the six players and different investment environment

(Figure 3) Map The Proposed Greater Pipeline in Northeast Asia

282 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

The Six Party Talks Russia

Stage

bull Providing a Negotiation Tool (the

CTR Program)

bull Initiating North Korea into Russian

precedents of the CTR program

Stage

bull Invoking international concerns about

NKrsquos economy reconstruction

bull Implementing the project based on

the Agreements

bull Supporting this project actively

Stage

bull Creating conventions to recognize the

gas pipeline project with six players

bull Participating in the gas pipeline project

actively persuading Gazprom

Stage

Ⅳ Building the consensus and trust of the Six-Party Talks members

2 Strength and Limitation of the Scenario

Based on the scenario introduced above the expected roles of Russia and

the members of the Six-Party Talks is as follows

(Table 2) Expected Roles of Russia and the Six-Party Talks in the Scenario

In short the main feature of lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Project for the

DPRKrsquo is a product of a multilateral economic diplomacy In general such

a multilateral economic approach has an unavoidable drawback in that such

a pragmatic diplomacy cannot move ahead regardless of the difficult security

concern of the Korean peninsula In particular I recognize that an increased

Russian role on a unified Korean peninsula would increase the tensions

among the main regional actors

However the strength of this scenario is combining security and

economic issues together to offer a comprehensive resolution concerning the

main threat that would inhibit inter-Korean rapprochement that is an

unchanged provocative posture of North Korea vis-agrave-vis its security needs

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 283

In other words the CTR program for Pyongyangrsquos WMD can be a suitable

alternative to prevent the North Korean military actions In addition the

economic rewards and investment for the DPRK during the negotiation

based on the gas pipeline project would enable advancement the North

Korean economy which in turn will have a positive effect on a long-term

solution such as the reconciliation between the two Koreas Furthermore if

an economic reconciliation can be reached with the help of the new actor

lsquoRussiarsquo this could become a plausible alternative reunification strategy of

the Korean peninsula Such a new consideration will justify the economic

and pragmatic approaches in the framework of the Six-Party talks

Ⅴ Conclusion

Time has changed However the issues surrounding the Korean

peninsula where interests of major powers are contested still display a

unique and multifaceted pattern on the international political order The

dilemma of the peninsula is the coexistence of lsquoinsecurityrsquo and lsquoprosperityrsquo

which is an inevitable by-product caused by the geopolitical situation

Despite such a reality smarter alternatives to achieve lsquopeacersquo and

lsquoprosperityrsquo on the Korean peninsula in the 21st century should be created

The option available currently is lsquothe Six-Party Talksrsquo This study has

suggested that such a multilateral talk offers a plausible framework to

resolve the issues surrounding the Korean peninsula beyond the North

Korean nuclear crisis Obviously the complex diplomatic calculations of the

284 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

six players are the key limitation of this framework but the talks seems

to be worthy as it is acting as a creditable model of the multilateral

negotiations In particular this study dealt with the role of Russia because

when it comes to the process of the Six-Party Talks and inter-relations with

the two Koreas to date Moscowrsquos contribution on the Six-Party Talks

brought positive alternatives which rival the contributions of Washington

and Beijing Based on such a development a scenario under which Russia

can play a positive role in creating a new and a long-term resolution to the

issues of the Korean peninsula can be postulated

However there are limitations which this study cannot escape Firstly as

the worst case scenario if the second Korean War breaks out suddenly the

reality of the multilateral talks and the scenario introduced above may

presumably have no bearing Secondly due to unexpected internal and

external conditions of Russia such as instability of the regime or global

economy crisis the role of Russia can fluctuate Thirdly if the others actors

especially in the US and China wants to maintain strong influences a

lsquopower gamersquo might break out the result of which might have negative

effects Finally the methodology of this research is a problem-solving

approach which was connected to the current policy analysis based on

comprehensive study of the primary sources As a result it is impossible to

deliver obvious and exact facts and information in terms of the Six-Party

Talks which is still in progress

Nonetheless the aim of this study was to offer an alternative to the

current difficult though hypothetical As a result this study was able to lead

a conclusion the Six-Party Talks and the role of Moscow are able to be a

persuasive and plausible alternative for a long-term solution on the Korean

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 285

peninsula The importance of the Six-Party Talks the inter-relations between

Russia and the two Koreas and a scenario suggested supported the

conclusion

All in all the increased and positive Russian involvement toward the two

Koreas can be a stepping-stone for a dialogue and cooperation for peace

and prosperity on the Korean peninsula Furthermore the full use of the

Six-Party Talks will ultimately contribute to security of the Northeast Asian

region beyond the North Korean nuclear crisis

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286 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

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Vol 284 (2005)

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of Korean Unification Studies Vol 24 No 2 (2015)

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Studies Univ of California USA (1-2 June 2000)

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Relations of the Asia-Pacific Vol No 6 (2006)

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25 2015

httpkoreajoongangdailyjoinscomnewsarticleArticleaspxaid=3009631

Williams Carol J ldquoNorth Korea Read to Resume Six-Party Nuclear Talks Russia

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Programrdquo Council on foreign Relations September 2013

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energy needsrdquo November 2007

President of Russia ldquoPress Statement Following Russian-Korean Talksrdquo November

2013

Ministry of Foreign Affairs Republic of Korea

lthttpwwwmofagokrENGpolicykpennknuclearpressreleasesindexjspmenu=

m_20_20_10amptabmenu=t_2gt

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lthttpblogkeiaorg201502north-korea-looking-abroadgt

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 289

박지선(PARK JISUN )

영국 런던대 킹스 칼리지(Kingrsquos College London) 국제분쟁학 석사 학위를 취득하고 현재 동

대학원 전략학 박사과정에 있다 주요 연구실적으로 ldquoConstructivist Understandings of North

Korearsquos Ballistic Missile Programme National Security Policy Based on North Korearsquos Strategic

Culturerdquo(2014) 985172한반도 신뢰프로세스를 통한 비핵국가 한국의 핵 안보전략 제2차 핵시대를

맞이하여985173(2013 공저) 985172클라우제비츠의 전쟁이론으로 본 냉전 이후 북한의 핵미사일 전략

에 관한 연구985173(2010 공저) 등이 있다

6자회담 틀 내에서 한반도 중장기 평화번영을 위한 러시아의

lsquo숙련된 중재자(New Seasoned Facilitator)rsquo 역할

박지선 (런던대 킹스 칼리지)

국문요약

본 논문은 한반도의 중장기 평화번영 방안을 위해 교착상태에 빠진 6자회담의 틀 안

에서 러시아의 역할에 대한 새로운 학문적 접근을 보여주고자 한다 본 논문에서는 북한

핵무기 개발 프로그램의 중단이라는 공동의 목적을 달성하기 위해 설립된 6자회담의 주

요 행위자들의 정치적middot전략적 이해관계를 경제적 영역으로 확대하면서 보다 실용적인

한반도 문제 해결 방안을 제시하고 있다 특히 lsquo숙련된 중재자(New Seasoned Facilitator)rsquo

로서의 러시아의 역할에 대해 심도 있게 고찰하면서 6자회담 틀에서 가능한 하나의 시나

리오를 실험적으로 제안하고 있다 본 논문의 주요 내용은 1) 6자회담의 연대기적 분석

2)한반도를 둘러싼 6자회담 주요 국가들의 이해관계 분석 3) 숙련된 중재자로서의 러

시아의 역할을 고찰 4) 실용적이고 실행 가능한 경제협력 방안이 될 한반도 평화정착을

위한 북한경제재건 프로젝트의 시나리오 등이다

주제어 6자회담 러시아 외교정책 북한 중재자 한반도 중middot장기 번영

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248 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

bull【Step3】Suggesting an important scenario the so-called lsquoEconomic

Reconstruction Project for the DPRKrsquo to promote Russiarsquos participation

as a lsquonew seasoned facilitatorrsquo by using the framework of the Six-Party

Talks

Key words North Korea Six Party Talks Russian Foreign Policy New

Seasoned Facilitator Medium-Long Term Prosperity for the Korean Peninsula

Ⅰ Introduction

ldquoExpressing the gravest concern at the claim by the Democratic Peoplersquos

Republic of Korea (DPRK) that it has conducted a test of a nuclear weapon on

9 October 2006 and at the challenge such a test constitutes to the Treaty on the

Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and to international efforts aimed at

strengthening the global regime of non-proliferation on nuclear weapons and

the danger it poses to peace and stability in the region and beyondhelliphelliprdquo

UN Resolution 1718(2006)1)

The purpose of this paper is to raise a crucial question on the assumption

that the Six-Party Talks is a plausible framework to resolve the Korean

peninsula issues beyond the North Korean nuclear crisis If this is so what

is a role of Russia providing more pragmatic solutions for the Korean

1) See UN Security Council Resolution 1718 (2006)

httpwwwunorggasearchview_docaspsymbol=SRES171820(2006)

(accessed on 01092015)

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 249

Peninsula as a new experienced facilitator within the framework of the Six

Party Talks Before suggesting possible answers to the question posed

above this paper will offer three presumptions

ⅰ The Six-Party Talks should fashion more pragmatic approaches to

provide viable benefits in favors of all the six players

ⅱ The agenda of the Six-Party Talks should be extended from political

issues related to the North Korean nuclear crisis to imminent

economic problems of the Korean peninsula such as a solution for

economic prosperity and

ⅲ A lsquonew seasoned facilitatorrsquo within the Six-Party Talks in this case

Russia should emerge to intensify the two presumptions mentioned

before

On this basis I will explore the possibility of expanding the role of

Russia on the Korean peninsula based on the presumption that Moscowrsquos

contribution to the Six-Party Talks might bring positive alternatives to

the current status quo In recent years the significance of the Korean

peninsula for Russia has grown within the overall framework of a pragmatic

lsquomulti-vectorrsquo foreign policy2) In September 2015 the current Russian

Ambassador Alexander Timonin said a primary cooperation between Seoul

and Moscow is to seek a feasible way to resolve nuclear crisis on the Korean

peninsula He believes that ldquothe six-party talks are the most appropriate

structure to gather all related parties and discuss nuclear issuesrdquo3) In this

2) Georgy Toloraya ldquoRussian Policy in Korea in a time of changrdquo The Korean Journal

of Defense Analysis Vol 211 (2009) p68

3) ldquoRussian Envoy Discusses Pyongyang tests Thaadrdquo Korea Joongang Daily September

25 2015 lthttpkoreajoongangdailyjoinscomnewsarticleArticleaspxaid=3009631gt

250 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

regard the new Russian role in making contribution to a medium and

long-term solution on the Korean peninsula is to be the main theme of this

paper Thus this paper will examine the following three steps to determine

the feasibility of three suppositions mentioned before

【Step1】 Understanding the Six-Party Talks functioned as a multilateral

negotiation framework

【Step2】 Scrutinizing the new role of Russia in the course of the

inter-relations between Russia and the two Koreas

【Step3】 Suggesting an important scenario the so-called lsquoEconomic

Reconstruction Project for the DPRKrsquo to promote Russiarsquos participation

as a lsquonew seasoned facilitatorrsquo by using the framework of the Six-Party

Talks

In this regard the significance of this paper is to demonstrate a new

perspective relating to the medium-long term prosperity of the Korean

peninsula within the framework of the Six-Party Talks

However the first limitation which this research is facing is the fact that

no definitive conclusion can be made since the talks are still progressing

although it seems be the ending of the denuclearization talks since North

Korea walked out in 2009 This is because the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

of Republic of Korea openly releases the news that chief negotiators for

the Six-Party Talks have regular discussions via public press and official

websites4) Secondly previous studies about the Six-Party Talks usually focus

on the role of the US and China which deals with politico-strategic interests

4) Ministry of Foreign Affairs Republic of Korea

lthttpwwwmofagokrENGpolicykpennknuclearpressreleasesindexjspmenu=m

_20_20_10amptabmenu=t_2gt

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 251

at the negotiation table In other words most academic papers written by

individual researchers on Pyongyangrsquos nuclear weapon are focused on

empirical studies of North Korea negotiating behaviors and memories of

participants in the Six-Party Talks5) The objective of these studies is to

discover the main features of Pyongyangrsquos political decision-making of

negotiation processes by analysing empirical cases with North Korea For

example North Korearsquos coercive negotiating style the so-called ldquoBrinkmanshiprdquo

is originated from such studies through the periodical analysis of strategic

behaviours during the Six-Party Talks

By taking such considerations into account this paper pursues a

problem-solving approach based on history-based cases and critical analyses

to alleviate such limitations mentioned above For this reason although

there are unavoidable obstacles to develop some propositions for the paper

this approach can be worthy as a pragmatic academic study suggested with

important hypothesis and scenarios Therefore on this basis this paper will

aim to establish the pre-conclusion offered Russia and six-party talks as the

new approach for a medium and long-term solution on the Korean

peninsula

5) Some of the studies in the Six-Party Talks are as follows Downs Chunk Over

the Line (1999) Snyder Scott Negotiating on the Edge North Korean Negotiating

Behaviour (1999) Charles L Pritchard Failed Diplomacy The Tragic Story of

How North Korea Got the Bomb(2007) Mike Chinoy Meltdown The Inside Story

of the North Korean Nuclear Crisis(2008) Dong-Won Lim Peacemaker (2008)

Soo-Hyuk Lee Transforming Event (2005) Funabashi Yoichi The Peninsula

Question A Chronicle of the Second Korean Nuclear Crisis (2007)

252 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

Ⅱ Understanding the Six-Party Talks

The main purpose of this step is to determine the significance of the

multilateral negotiation on the medium and long-term issues of the Korean

peninsula beyond the North Korean nuclear crisis by looking into

chronological backgrounds of the Six-Party Talks

Indeed the ldquoblueprintrdquo for the 21st century peace-building on the Korean

peninsula must be a smarter approach because insecurity and prosperity

co-exist in this region When it comes to the geopolitical aspect the

peninsula influenced from the by-products of the Cold War can be regarded

as a spot of strategic importance where interests of the major powers such

as the US and Russia are contested In fact different actors surrounding the

Korean peninsula have different interests on the inter-Korean dialogues In

this sense the issues surrounding the Korean peninsula demonstrate a

unique pattern on the international political order North Korearsquos first

nuclear test in 2006 Pyongyangrsquos rocket launch on 5 April 2009 and a

revelation of their uranium enrichment facilities at Yongbyon in 2010 which

created major uproars could be examples of power game of how

complicated the situation in the region is No matter what the intention of

Pyongyang―whether it was a peaceful experiment or intimidating military

provocations―the United Nations Security Council condemned the

increasing military threat of the North as it is causing international security

risks beyond the Northeast Asian region6) Additionally neither South Korea

6) After Pyongyangrsquos rocket launch in early April the United Nations Security Council

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 253

nor the US was able to impose strong actions against Pyongyang at their

discretion because they have to consider positions and reactions of the

neighboring states such as Japan Russia and China and so on

In this same way a framework to discuss complicated matters concerning

North Korea by the neighboring countries was founded in 2003 the

so-called ldquoSix-Party Talksrdquo The participants of the Six-Party Talks consist of

Japan Peoplersquos Republic of China the Russian Federation United States

Democratic Peoplersquos Republic of Korea and Republic of Korea7) Such a

multilateral composition offers a framework for a peace-building effort on

the Korean peninsula as lsquothe second best optionrsquo in high-politics areas such

as military and diplomatic means Actually the task of the Six-Party Talks

for the members other than North Korea is clear―ending the North Korean

nuclear weapons programs and scraps relevant technological capability That

is a pivotal purpose to create the framework which calls up the six players

having different interests

However despite the existence of the collective desire by the players to

stop North Korea in reality there are many obstacles in reaching a

resolution within the framework of the Six-Party Talks Recently Kim

Jong-un regime continues to escalate repetitive military provocations in the

Korean peninsula by newly stating in its constitution that ldquoit has become a

nuclear state launching another long-range missile in December and

was to set a unanimous resolution denouncing North Korearsquos rocket launch based

on the Security Council resolution 1718 lthttpwwwglobalsecurityorgwmdlibrary

newsdprk2009dprk-090411-voa02htmgt

7) Both official and unofficial designation for the participants of the Six-Party Talks

members will be used in mixture including such terms as for example North

Korea the North Kim Jung-Il regime and Pyongyang

254 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

conducting its third nuclear test on February 12 2013rdquo8) For this reason

North Korea issues demands fairly multifaceted calculations owing to the

historic political and economic dilemmas among the participants In this

respect the talks have not produced a comprehensive agreement or feasible

actions since the beginning even though this approach is a commendable

model of such a multilateral negotiation

Nevertheless I conclude that the Six-Party Talks plays an important part

in the resolution about comprehensive issues adjoining the Korean

peninsula In spite of many obstacles facing the Six-Party Talks the players

kept the multilateral and intricate meeting continue for more than 10 years

while expecting favorable results to extend their strategic goals

When it comes to chronological steps of the Talks the first Six-Party

Talks initiated in 2003 but the North Korean nuclear crisis which is

regarded as the main theme of the Six-Party Talks originated in the early of

1960s After the Korean War North Korea established a nuclear energy

facility at Yongbyon in 1962 based on the agreement of peaceful nuclear

energy development with the Soviet Union Since then a suspicion that

Pyongyang might have the capacity to develop a workable nuclear weapon

became an lsquoopen secretrsquo Finally such a suspicion was known to the

international community with a concrete evidence―the US and French

satellite images of Yongbyon9) Owing to the apparent information of the

8) Ministry of Foreign Affairs Republic of Korea

lthttpwwwmofagokrENGpolicykpennknuclearoverviewindexjspmenu=m_20_

20_10gt

9) Kook Sin Kim ldquoNorth Korean Nuclear crisis and International Responsesrdquo Korea

Institute for National Unification Issue Paper for the Korean Reunification (Nov

2006) pp2~10

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 255

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Washington concluded that North Korea

was pursuing a uranium enrichment program

Hence as an appeasement to end the future high-tech military

provocation of Pyongyang the 1994 Agreed Framework was created―

The Geneva Agreed Framework between Washington and Pyongyang10)

Specifically on the basis of the agreement Washington pledged to provide

fuel and construct two light-water reactors with the establishment of the

KEDO (Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization) while North

Korea promised to end a plutonium enrichment program in exchange 11)

However both the US and North Korea did not meet the key demands of

the 1994 Agreed framework What is more North Korearsquos secret uranium

enrichment program and Pyongyangrsquo continuous development of nuclear

weapons led to a breakdown of agreement between Pyongyang and

Washington in 2002 At the same time North Korea withdrew from the

Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) once again

10) The Agreed Framework between the US and DPRK (Geneva Oct 21 1994)

lthttpwww2lawcolumbiaeducourse_00S_L9436_001North20Korea20materials

agreedframeworkhtmgt11) Jayshree Barjoria and Beina Xu ldquoThe Six Party Talks on North Korearsquos Nuclear

Programrdquo Council on foreign Relations (September 2013)

256 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

(Figure 1) Chronological Steps of ldquoThe Six-Party Talksrdquo

Unfortunately by failing to keep pledges both Washington and

Pyongyang caused the following outcomes 1) providing official reasons for

continuous nuclear development program 2) weakening chances of the

bilateral talks between the US and the DPRK due to growing distrust and

3) accelerating security threats on the Northeast Asian region

These outcomes resulted from the first North Korean nuclear crisis which

eventually led to the Six-Party Talks Shortly thereafter the second North

Korean nuclear crisis was developed by the side-effects of the first nuclear

crisis The ldquothree-party talksrdquo among the US China and North Korea began

in April 2003 to discuss the second crisis when Pyongyang withdrew from

the NPT (Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty) in January 2003 However the

meeting was not enough to deal with the crisis because more complicated

lsquopower gamesrsquo beyond the North Korean nuclear crisis was evident From

this perspective the other regional players ndash Russia Japan and South Korea

- pushed cooperation to turn the ldquoThree-Party Talksrdquo into the ldquoSix-Party

Talksrdquo12) stressing the need to deal with the crisis on the Korean peninsula

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 257

through a new regional framework This is the origin of the lsquoSix-Party Talksrsquo

covering comprehensive problems generated from North Korearsquos nuclear

issue

Ⅲ Critical Analysis of the Six-Party Talks

Demonstrating Different Interests of Six Players

The obvious goal of the Six-Party talks is the denuclearization of the

Korean peninsula13) However there is what can be dubbed as lsquogrand

agendarsquo to resolve the some of the unsettled regional issues even though it

can arguable depending on respective issues By analyzing three major

agreements which resulted from the Six-Party Talks it is possible to contain

the contents of a lsquogrand agendarsquo They include 1) the September 19 Joint

Agreement in 2005 2) the February13 Agreement in 2007 and 3) the

October 3 Agreement in 200814) In particular in the case of lsquoInitial Actions

for Implementation of the Joint Statementrsquo meetings of five Working Groups

12) Pang Zhongying ldquoThe Six-Party Process Regional Security Mechanisms and

China-US Cooperation Toward a Regional Security Mechanism for a New

Northeast Asiardquo Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies (March 2009) pp1~413) In the Second-Phased actions for the implementation of the Joint Statement of 19

September 2005 the goal of the Six-Party Talks clarified as follows the first goal

is the verifiable denuclearization of the Korean peninsula in a peace manner14) Official names of the three agreements are 1) Join Statement of the Fourth Round

of the Six-Party Talks (Beijing 19 September 2005) 2) Initial Actions for the

Implementation of the Joint Statement (13 February 2007) and 3) Second-Phase

Actions for the Implementation of the Joint Statement (3 October 2007)

258 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

(WG) held in 200715) The main purpose is to carry out the initial actions

and to achieve the purpose of full implementation of the Joint Statement

The details are as follows

1 Denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula

2 Normalization of US-DPRK Relations

3 Normalization of Japan-DPRK Relations

4 Economic and Energy Cooperation

5 Northeast Asia Peace and Security Mechanism

As it has been seen the follow-up working groups of the Six-Party

Talks dealt with fairly broad subjects beyond the prevention of Pyongyangrsquos

high-tech military threats In this regard Zhongying (2009) states ldquothe

Six-Party Talks has mutually advocated some crucial goalsrdquo16) 1) the

denuclearization of the Korean peninsula 2) the ending the Korean

War with a peace treaty and 3) building a regional mechanism for

peace-building and prosperity From this viewpoint even if the main task of

the Six-Party Talks denuclearized the Korean Peninsula failed due to the

unexpected internal or external factors of the six participants the other

options like 2) and 3) which Zhongying suggested might become another

key agenda for the six parties Thus it is important to recognize the value

of such all-inclusive approach to resolve the difficult regional issues through

the Six-Party Talks rather than focusing on the North Korean nuclear threats

alone

15) Diplomatic White Paper of the Republic of Korea (2008) pp32~3616) Pang Zhongying ldquoThe Six-Party Process Regional Security Mechanisms and

China-US Cooperation Toward a Regional Security Mechanism for a New

Northeast Asiardquo Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies (March 2009) p4

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 259

Taking the importance as a lsquogrand agendarsquo into consideration it is

important to analyze distinctive features of the process of the Six-Party

Talks and this will lead to the identification of the main limitations of the

Six-Party Talks Such limitations will support the following argument

When the range of the Six-Party Talksrsquo agenda is extended to include

comprehensive and pragmatic agenda for medium and long-term resolutions

of the issues of the Korean peninsula this multilateral talks can produce

more positive outcomes while embracing the regional interests of the six

nations More crucially ipso facto the suggestion to create more

comprehensive multilateral framework will enable the following creative and

new approaches 1) the emergence of a lsquoNew Actorrsquo Russia instead of the

main actors such as the US and China within the sixth round of the Six-Party

Talks and 2) the strengthening of the economic approach concentrated on

prosperity rather than intensive political and military negotiation

Above all the most important characteristic of the Six-Party Talks is that

the talks necessitate complicated calculations to balance all membersrsquo

interests After the first talks in 2003 the participating members began to

involve in dynamic diplomatic maneuvers based on each otherrsquos own

domestic issues national interests and interpretations of historical analogies

Owing to these diverse considerations regardless of the main challenge of

the Six-Party Talks framework to stop the North Korean nuclear program

many other challenges have been identified The Six Parties were aroused

by the internal and external interests like the wide-ranging topics of five

Working Groups discussions after February 13 Agreement in 200717)

17) Diplomatic White Paper of the Republic of Korea (2008) pp32~36

260 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

1 Critical Analysis on Six Partiesrsquo Responses after the

Adoption of United Nations Security Council Resolution

1718 (2006)

As an important case the different responses by the each of Six Party

participants on the Security Council resolution 171818) is a good example of

demonstrating complicated strategic calculations of everyone involved After

a nuclear ballistic missile test in October 2006 the Security Council

condemned the test and unanimously adopted resolution 1718 in 14 October

2006 calling for an immediate return to the Six-Party Talks19) The resolution

called for based on Chapter 7 of the United Nations Charter excluding

automatic military enforcement of its demands under the Charterrsquos Article 4

120) the members of the UN prohibit a range of goods from entering or

leaving the DPRK and imposed an asset freeze and travel ban on persons

in terms of the nuclear weapon program21)

In reaction to the resolution the six players showed different reactions

In this paper the responses of six players are largely divided into three

18) On 14 October 2006 after the nuclear ballistic missile test of Pyongyang the UN

Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 1718 condemning the nuclear test 19) Security Council Resolution 1718(2006)

lthttpdaccessddsunorgdocUNDOCGENN0657207PDFN0657207pdfOpen

Elementgt 20) According to the Charterrsquos Article 41 the Security Council decided what measures

not involving the use of armed force are to be employed to the DPRK These

include complete or partial interruption of economic relations and of rail sea air

postal telegraphic radio and other means of communication and the severance

of diplomatic relations 21) UN Security Council Resolution 1718 (2006)

lthttpwwwunorggasearchview_docaspsymbol=SRES171820(2006)gt

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 261

groups Group (Ⅰ) US Japan South Korea Group (Ⅱ) China Russia and

Group (Ⅲ) North Korea Before analyzing the United Nations Security

Council Resolution 1718 one important thesis in this case study is that the

criteria of the grouping stated above is focused on only the United Nations

Security Council Resolution 1718 rather than including all resolutions of

United Nations22) This is because eight UN resolutions related to North

Korearsquos nuclear issue from 1993 to 2013 demonstrate different politico-strategic

outcomes In this regard in the Table (1) the distinctive responses of the

three groups are categorized In brief this table illustrates the complexity of

the Six-Party Talks depending on politico-strategic relations while emphasizing

the importance of a multilateral approach for a long-term solution on the

Korean peninsula

22) These are a list of Unite Nations Council Resolutions related to the North Korean

nuclear issues from 1993 to 2013

bull United Nations Security Council Resolution 825(1993)

bull United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540 (2004)

bull United Nations Security Council Resolution 1695(2006)

bull United Nations Security Council Resolution 1718 (2006)

bull United Nations Security Council Resolution 1874 (2009)

bull United Nations Security Council Resolution 1887 (2009)

bull United Nations Security Council Resolution 2087(2013)

bull United Nations Security Council Resolution 2094 (2013)

262 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

Nuclear Capability (DPRK)

Resolution1718

Comeback of the Six-Party Talks

Military Enforcement

to DPRK

Sanctions against DPRK

The US

(Group Ⅰ)

Japan

(Group Ⅰ)

S Korea

(Group Ⅰ)ⅹ ⅹ

China

(Group Ⅱ)

ⅹ ⅹ

Russia

(Group Ⅱ)ⅹ ⅹ ⅹ

N Korea

(Group Ⅲ)

ⅹ ⅹ ⅹ

(Table 1) Critical Analysis on Six Partiesrsquo Responses after the Adoption of

United Nations Security Council Resolution 1718

strong support support partly support ⅹ objection

Group(Ⅰ) US Japan and Korea

In the case of the first Group it rallied behind Washington whose

stubborn reaction against Pyongyang led to the adoption of the UN Security

Council Resolution 171823) John Bolton who was the former US Ambassador

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 263

to the UN stated ldquoa nuclear test in 2006 was the gravest threat to international

peace and securityrdquo During a Security Council meeting he maintained that

the resolution 1718 should impose more strict demands complementing the

Security Resolution 1695 which is regarded as a failure As a result the US

and Japan enthusiastically bolstered the resolution 1718 welcoming the

contents of strengthened sanctions compared with the resolution 169524) On

the surface South Korea - which sustained considerably close relationship

with the US - seemed to unwillingly follow the resolution emphasizing that

the problem should be solved under a peaceful and diplomatic approach

In fact a division was recognizable within this group While the US and

Japan stuck together in unity in purpose and actions 25) against the irrational

behaviors of North Korea for doing missile tests the South Korean

government was committed to a two-pronged policy Indeed the grand

strategy of the South Korean government was to pursue the following two

aims the prevention of Pyongyang provocations and reconciliation of the

two Koreas In other words although all three maintained close

cooperation they all had slightly different interests and conditions

23) UN Security Council meeting on 9 October 2006

lthttpwwwunorgNewsPressdocs2006sc8853dochtmgt24) The main subjects of the Security Council Resolution 1695 are 1) stopping games

of lsquobrinkmanshiprsquo 2) complying with Security Council demands 3) returning to the

Six-Party Talks and 4) implementing terms of the joint statement for the last round

of the talks See United Nations Security Council Resolution 1695 (2006)25) The expectations of Washington and Tokyo from the Six-Party Talks are1) the

withdrawal of Nuclear weapons first then negotiations afterwards and 2) the

establishment of a democratic government similar to the US standards

264 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

Group (Ⅱ) China Russia

In the case of the group two China and Russia who have been close

supporters of North Korea for more than an half century demonstrated

similar reactions as the members of group one did While they agreed on

the general direction of the resolution each had a slightly different view on

the extension of the contents In the case of China not only Beijing was

the main actor in initiating the Six-Party Talks but also a very close friend

to North Korea 26) However China chose to support the sanctions against

Pyongyang under the resolution 1718 Meanwhile Russia had a different

view In an urgent meeting of the UN Security Council unlike China Russia

did not support such stringent sanctions against Pyongyang although

Moscow agreed on condemning the North Korean rocket launch Even if

in the end both Beijing and Moscow supported the resolution 1718 in

general it was an occasion when the two countries showed different

approach toward Pyongyang during the adoption process of the resolution27)

Group(Ⅲ) North Korea

Contrarily the reaction of the third group North Korea was fairly

obvious against the Security Council Resolution Park Gilyon North Korearsquos

Ambassador to UN said that Pyongyang rejects the resolution 1718 since the

resolution is a coercive declaration by a ldquogangster-likerdquo Security Council28)

26) See Security Council Meeting on 9 October 2006

lthttpwwwunorgNewsPressdocs2006sc8853dochtmgt27) See Security Council Meeting on 9 October 2006

lthttpwwwunorgNewsPressdocs2006sc8853dochtmgt28) See Security Council meeting on 9 October 2006

lthttpwwwunorgNewsPressdocs2006sc8853dochtmgt

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 265

Nevertheless the main limitation of the talks still remains without

creative alternatives to disentangle intricate interests of the participants of

the Six-Party Talks no feasible output can be expected from such a

multilateral meeting Thus in order to overcome the above-mentioned

limitations of the Six-Party Talks I suggest an approach which emphasizes

the following points 1) the emergence of a lsquonew experienced facilitatorrsquo

instead of previous main actors to encourage more pragmatic approaches

and 2) the combination of political and economic tools especially in

highlighting the economic approaches Consequently this paper will focus

on Russiarsquos role as a New Seasoned Facilitator since Russia can offer new

possibilities for a long-term resolution of the issues on the Korean

peninsula

2 Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo for Dealing with

Issues on the Korean Peninsula

In this part the role of Russia will be scrutinized as a possible new

strong facilitator who might offer long-term solutions to the problems on the

Korean peninsula in the 21st century Since most of the studies concerning

cooperation on the Korean peninsula tend to focus mainly on the role

played by the US and China I argue that this paper may provide an

innovative contribution to the study of the ldquoSix-Party Talksrdquo stressing

Russiarsquos new role vis-agrave-vis the Korean peninsula In my view indeed

Russiarsquos role on the Korean peninsula progressively emerged in recent years

shaping the image of ldquofacilitatorrdquo interested in persuading North Korea to

seek an alternative to the nuclear weapons program and promote energy

266 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

cooperation in the region which might hasten possibility of peace on the

Korean peninsula

According to Vorontsov (2007) the basic positions of Moscow for the

Six-Party Talks are as follows 1) advocating the strict inspection of NPT and

the denuclearized Korean peninsula 2) persisting peaceful negotiation

among the six players and 3) promoting the inter-Korean dialogues29) In

contrast to the hard-line stance of White House30) to eliminate all factors

related to North Korean nuclear program in terms of the Korean issues the

current Russian government seems to strive for the achievement of the goal

2) and 3) When it comes to the geostrategic situations the Korean issues

have recently become one of the major considerations for Moscow because

the US China and Japan have gradually played important roles on the

issues of Korean peninsula who are all Russiarsquos direct neighbors31)

Namely owing to the invisible lsquoPower Racersquo among the major powers

Russia is increasingly interested in the issues surrounding the Korean

peninsula

In the same way unlike the general expectations on the global stage the

Russian role within the multilateral talks may have substantial influences as

well as the other actors have contributed to the meetings In the beginning

29) Alexander Vorontsov ldquoCurrent Russia ndash North Korea Relations Challenges and

Achievementsrdquo Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies (2007) p1730) Still North Korea seems to believe what White House pursues a hard-line policy

toward Pyongyang An unnamed spokesman of Pyongyang stated on 8 May 2009

ldquothe Obama administration for the past 100 dayshelliphellip the hostile policy toward

Pyongyang remains unchangedrdquo

lthttpwwwnytimescom20090509worldasia09koreahtml_r=1ampref=global-homegt31) Georgy Toloraya ldquoRussian Policy in Korea in a time of changerdquo The Korean

Journal of Defense Analysis Vol211 (2009) p69

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 267

stage of the talks some counties had skepticism about Moscowrsquos

participation in the talks because the Four-Party Talks (the US China and

the two Koreas) - except for Moscow - was a general pattern on the

inter-Korean issues32) However Kremlin played an essential role in inviting

Pyongyang in joining the Six-Party Talks because North Korea insisted

Pyongyang would not participate in the 2003 meeting without Russia33)

When it comes to Russian official stance in 2015 Moscow continuously

supports the Six-Party Talks for denuclearization in the Korean peninsula

while Russia does not recognize North Korea as a nuclear state34)

Historically Russia and North Korea have significantly long and

meaningful relations throughout the period of Korearsquos liberation following

Japanese colonization the Korean War and the opening and ending of the

Cold War In particular the two countries enjoyed a very strong cooperative

relationship during the Korean War35) Following the Korean War the

Soviet Union became the main trade partner and a sponsor for the

nation-building of Kim Il-sungrsquo regime Approximately 93 factories and

industrial facilities in North Korea were established under the Russian

technical assistance 36)constructing Pyongyangrsquos heavy-industrial backbon

32) Moscowrsquos absence from the Four-Party Talks proposed by the former President Bill

Clinton and President Kim Young Sam on April 16 1996 demonstrated Russiarsquos

dwindled regional influence in the Korean peninsula Yang et al (2004) p80133) Vorontsov (2007) p2234) ldquoRussian Envoy Discusses Pyongyang tests Thaadrdquo Korea Joongang Daily September

25 2015

lthttpkoreajoongangdailyjoinscomnewsarticleArticleaspxaid=3009631gt35) During the Korean War the Russian pilots contributed to the air defence of

North Korea resulting in the loss of 135 pilots and more than 300 airplanes Ibid

p5

268 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

e37) Such a close alliance between the two communist societies continued

until the collapse of the Soviet Union Unfortunately during the President

Elrsquotsinrsquos administration the Russian policy toward the Korean peninsula

shifted due to the unilateral rapprochement with the ROK as the new

diplomatic approach in the so-called ldquodemocratic romanticismrdquo which called

for greatly pro-Western at the expense of Russiarsquos interests 38) Such

transformed Russian policy seemed to cause a crack in the friendship

between Moscow and Pyongyang

However since the inauguration of Vladimir Putin the Russian political

elites began envisaging new approaches towards the Korean peninsula

Putinrsquos new approach functioned as a breakthrough to reinforce previously

weakening relations between Russia and North Korea As a result a historic

treaty on ldquoFriendshiprdquo between Kremlin and Pyongyang―Good-Neighbourly

Relations and Cooperation―was created in 200039) Currently Kim Jong-Un

regime has mainly concentrated on strengthening trade relations with Kremlin

and both Moscow and Pyongyang have taken positive consensus towards

36) The North Korean nuclear energy facilities were established with the Soviet

technical assistance in 1962 37) Vorontsov (2007) p538) On 27 October 1991 Elrsquotin addressed two main aims fo the Russian Foreign

policy 1) pursuing favourable external conditions for the domestic political and

economic reforms and 2) overcoming the legacy of the Cold war Richard Sakwa

(2008) Russian Politics and Society (London Routledge 2008) pp368~36939) After the treaty of lsquoGood-Neighbourly Relations and Cooperationrsquo the Moscowrsquos

declaration of the DPRK and the Russian Federation was released on 4 August 2001

The DPRK-Russia joint declaration is the advanced version of lsquogood-neighbourliness

and cooperationrsquo signed on 9 February 2000 Since then the two countries have

tried the friendly relations and mutually beneficial cooperation

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 269

enhancing their economic cooperative relationship In 2014 Putinrsquos cabinet

concluded the withdrawal of $10 billion of Pyongyangrsquos $11 billion debt that

had accrued during the Soviet Era40) It seems that Putinrsquos cabinet assumes

that this gesture of goodwill will contribute to the construction of a gas

pipeline covering the Korean peninsula When it comes to both geopolitical

and geo-economics aspects North Korea could have profitable investments

opportunities

All in all such a historic fortification of the inter-relationship between

North Korea and Russia provides diverse chances for the improved role of

Russia in making contributions with the backing of other partners of the

Six-Party Talks Based on this fact it would be possible to focus more on

the possibility of Russiarsquos increased contribution to the talks In fact there

is a strong possibility that Moscow could function as a lsquomediatorrsquo and

lsquofacilitatorrsquo between Pyongyang and the other members of the Six-Party

Talks

There are a number of important cases41) through which Moscow enabled

diplomatic efforts assume the role of a lsquofacilitatorrsquo or lsquomediatorrsquo When it

comes to the bilateral relations between Republic of Korea and Russia the

two nations started nearly at a zero point at first However Kremlin and

Blue House have created new economic science and cultural systems For

example since 1990 the leaders of South Korea and Russia have officially

met 27 times In 2013 President Vladimir Putinrsquos visited to Seoul when the

two nationsrsquo annual bilateral trade exceeded $26 billion42)

40) ldquoNorth Korea Looking Abroadrdquo Korea Economic Institute February 18 2015

lthttpblogkeiaorg201502north-korea-looking-abroadgt41) Vorontsov opcit p17

270 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

In particular in July 2002 Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov visited the two

Koreas respectively to persuade both to return to the negotiating table

which was halted after a naval clash in the West (Yellow) Sea in June 2002

Although the visit was not connected to the Six-Party Talks directly the case

seems to confirm Russiarsquos efforts to assist the improvement of the

inter-Korean relations What is more in terms of the US-DPRK relations

Moscow provided an opportunity for a meeting between the North Korean

Foreign Minister Paek NamSun and the former US Secretary of State Colin

Powell during the ministerial meetings at the ASEAN Regional Forum talks

in Darussalam Brunei in 200243) In short Moscowrsquos effort to carry out

ldquobalancer diplomacyrdquo after Putinrsquos inauguration shows potentials to be a

smart lsquomediatorrsquo within the multilateral negotiation such as the Six-Party

Talks

3 The Russian lsquoNew Realismrsquo Policy Applied in the Korean

Peninsula

Then the questions are to what degree can Russia be engaged in

resolving the inter-Korean issues and what kind of benefit can Russia

expect from the increased involvement with the issues regarding the Korean

peninsula especially in the Six-Party Talks

In the recent years the interest of the Russian politicians and academics

toward the Korean peninsula seems to be soaring As an lsquoactive partrsquo the

42) ldquoRussian Envoy Discusses Pyongyang tests Thaadrdquo Korea Joongang Daily September

25 2015 lthttpkoreajoongangdailyjoinscomnewsarticleArticleaspxaid=3009631gt43) Ibid

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 271

Korean peninsula can be regarded as a region of interest and strategic

importance as the Asian-Pacific region is seen to have increasing economic

implication for Russia due to the lack of involvement by Moscow in the

region of economic prowess44) In particular when Moscow participated in

the Six-Party Talks its approach seems to have strategic bearing toward the

Asia-Pacific region because the region especially the Korean peninsula is

now regarded by Moscow as an area of considerable importance

In fact Russiarsquos burgeoning interests for the Six-Party Talks contemporize

with the inauguration of the Putinrsquos administration Namely Putinrsquos lsquoNew

Realismrsquo based on the pragmatic approach over all Russia policies can be

applied to the evaluation of the Russian intention and purpose toward the

Six-Party Talks On the whole the national motto of the 21st century Russia

is lsquoPragmatismrsquo which also significantly influenced the current Medvedevrsquos

cabinet45) On a meeting of the Security Council in March 2000 the new

Russian lsquoForeign Policy Conceptrsquo was introduced by Ivanov the Russian

Foreign Minister at the time The main concept of the document was lsquomore

realisticrsquo for rebuilding the domestic economy and promoting the Russian

economic interests abroad as it strives to become worldrsquos tenth biggest

economy in the 21st century46) Hence Moscowrsquos foreign policy influenced

44) Natasha Kuhrt Russian Policy towards China and Japan The Elrsquotsin and Putin

periods (New York Rutledge 2007) pp 54~5645) In January 2002 the former President Putin had an interview with a Polish

Newspaper and Polish TVP Channel In the interview he stated that lsquoPragmatismrsquo

as a key means for the economic cooperation with other nations ldquoWe began this

talk by pointing out that the soundest approachhellip on the basis of pragmatism

and pragmatic interest in each otherrdquo

lthttpwwwkremlinruengtextspeeches200201150001_type82916_147392shtmlgt46) Sakwa(2008) pp371~391

272 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

by such realistic and pragmatic approaches seems to have valid bearing for

both the Six-Party Talks and the inter-Korean dialogues especially when the

economic aspects are addressed

In essence what are the specific interests Moscow might have on the

Korean peninsula The answer to this question is the more the Korean

military threats are slackened the more Russiarsquos security and economic

interests are amplified In terms of this argument Meyer (2005) identified

the reasons for the Russian Federationrsquos participation in the multilateral

meeting He indicated that by supporting reconciliation between DPRK and

ROK Russia can achieve the following objectives 1) the symbolic objective

to be recognized as a permanent major power on the global stage 2) the

military objective to dissuade Pyongyang from pursuing nuclear weapons

program not to weaken the global commitment for NPT and 3) the

economic objective to establish favorable conditions for the development of

a trilateral economic cooperation among Russia and the two Koreas47)

In relation to the third objective when Putin was the president he had

strong interests toward the Korean peninsula as there were potentially

lucrative economic opportunities available Such projects included connecting

the inter-Korean railroad to the Trans-Siberian railroad and exporting natural

gas from the Kovyktinskoe field in Irkutsk to the Korean peninsula through

China48)

In fact it can be concluded that the third reason which Meyer identified

is the main objective of Russiarsquos participation in the Sic-Party talks therefore

47) Peggy Falkenhein Meyer ldquoRussia Interests and Objectives on the Korean Peninsulardquo

International Journal of Korean Studies (FallWinter 2005) Vol 4 No 2 pp 145~14748) Ibid pp148~154

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 273

it could be assumed the promotion of economic issues can be conceived

and used as a tool to make a breakthrough to overcome the sluggish

multifaceted talks dealing with North Korea high-technology fears More

specifically I argue that the natural gas projects can dramatically increase

Russiarsquos penetration on the Korean peninsula and promote ndash in turn -

Moscowrsquos effort to bring positive changes to the talks From this perspective

Russian economic leverage might become a cornerstone for bringing peace

in the Korean peninsula In the following part I will present a possible

scenario in which this assumption might be substantially developed

Ⅳ A New Role of Russia on the Korean Peninsula

Figure 2 as shown below portrays a possible scenario of cooperation on

the Korean peninsula which emphasizes the following aspects 1) the

importance of the Six-Party Talks for the future of cooperation on the

Korean peninsula in the 21st century and 2) the suggestion of new

alternatives which focus on Russia and its economic involvement to boost

multilateral talks In building-up the scenario the key presumption is that

economic cooperation can create a ldquofunctional leveragerdquo in a political

scenario characterized by a substantial political rapprochement due to the

enforcement of a legally binding treaty (ie a Peace Treaty that could officially

end the Korean War) and prepare a definitive process of nation-building

among the two Koreas This ldquofunctional leveragerdquo is based on the role

played by CTR (Cooperative Threat Reduction) program49) to eliminate all

274 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

military threats―nuclear chemical biological and missiles threat from North

Korea In principle the objective of CTR is to reduce the dangers created

by nuclear chemical or biological weapons or their delivery vehicles The

actors of the CTR are consisted of a host who eradicates secures or

converts the WMD (Weapons of Mass Destruction) programs while the

other partners supporting such efforts50)

The most attractive function of the CTR for the following scenario is that

the partners provide money technology equipment and training to the host

nation In case that the six participants select the option during the process

of the WMD removal the main problems such methods and incentives in

terms of the North Korean nuclear withdrawal will be solved naturally

Furthermore the main argument to highlight the economic approaches with

flexible funds produced by rewards of the CTR programs can be persuaded

more convincingly Therefore the following section will justify this

alternative based on the postulation mentioned above―the application of

the CTR in the process of the Six-Party Talks

49) The CTR (or sometimes called for lsquoNunn-Lugarrsquo) programme provides funding

and expertise for the states in the former Soviet Unions including Russia Ukraine

Georgia Azerbaijan Belarus Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan under disarmament

treaties lthttpnunn-lugarcomindexshtmlgt50) Joel S Wit Wolfsthal Jon and Oh Choong-suk (2005) ldquoThe Six Party Talks and

Beyond Cooperative Threat Reduction and North Koreardquo A Report of the CSIS

International Security Program Dec (Washington DC CSIS) pp7~8

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 275

1 A Scenario Suggested lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Projection

for the DPRKrsquo

As stressed before the founding hypothesis of this scenario is a

substantial political shift on the Korean peninsula prospecting a clear

ldquoongoing processrdquo ldquoone Korea reunifiedrdquo However in my argumentation

the crucial assumption is not related to dynamics leading to the political

rapprochement among the two Koreas and neighbor countries which are

members of the Six-Party Talks Instead the central point of the first

scenario is to focus on the preparations and nation-building toward the

reconciliation of the two Koreas through multilateral economic negotiations

Namely to what extent can the framework of the Six-Party Talks and Russia

influence on peace and prosperity on the Korean peninsula as the means

of economic approaches

(Figure 2) Economy Reconstruction Project for the DPRK

276 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

Stage I

As shown in Figure 2 this scenario will be developed through four

stages During Stage I in order to resolve the core problem of Pyongyang―

the disposal of all WMD including chemical biological nuclear weapons

and the CTR program will be offered strongly Under the circumstances

North Korea seems to be a proper candidate for the CTR In the case of the

CTR the multilateral approaches owing to the political and financial

burden-sharing among the sponsors are indispensable51) Although the

Northeast Asian region has not been a suitable case for the program the

Six-Party Talks has shown a consensus on the difficult security problems

especially on Pyongyangrsquos military threats Such a partnership among the

participants of the Six-Party Talks which has been cultivated for seven years

of working together produces more positive results in the progress of the

disposal of nuclear weapons during the period of conducting the CTR

program

In addition Moscow will play a key role in the application of the CTR

program for North Korea When it comes to the beginning of the CTR the

program focused intensively on the countries of the former Soviet Union

including Russia Ukraine Georgia Azerbaijan Belarus Uzbekistan and

Kazakhstan As a result 6600 nuclear warheads have been eliminated since

1991 and more that 470 long-range missiles have been destroyed while

over 1800 other missiles strategic bombers have been disassembled52) With

51) Ibid pp1~352) The United States has invested $7 billion in the former Soviet Union since 1991

and is recently investing $1 billion per year There are additional participants―EU

UK Germany and France Ibid pp7~8

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 277

such an impressive precedent Russia is able to provide a workable solution

during the process of Pyongyangrsquos cooperative threat reduction The most

impressive strength of the first stage is provided that North Korea and the

five members of the Six-Party talks collectively pursue the CTR program the

following economic incentives will be offered for the reconstruction of

North Korea 1) a reward of nuclear withdrawal and 2) the reuse of

resources previously used in the Northrsquos nuclear program

In relation to CTR with application to the case of North Korea it possible

to argue that Russia ndash mindful of the CTR program provided by the US in

the aftermath of the collapse of the Soviet Empire ndash could potentially reuse

the rationale behind the above-mentioned mass destruction dismantlement

program in order to materially help North Korea to eliminate these kinds of

armaments as well as to boost a more comprehensive trust-building process

in the direction of Pyongyang increasing Russian influence over the North

and the overall region

Stage II

During the Stage II the expected economic incentives offered from the

implementation of the CTR project will be connected to the establishment of

a factual organization―lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Project for the DPRKrsquo

Continuously the international community should remain concerned about a

steep decline of the North Korean economy which in the past caused the

most destructive famines of the 20th century As many as one million

people who represent about five percent of the North Korean population

perished in the mid-1990s as a result53) Therefore the members of the

Six-Party Talks should pursue Pyongyangrsquos economic reforms and

278 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

reconstruction simultaneously since the countries regard economic inability

of Kim Jung Un to be one of the causes for using the military threats54)

Therefore it would provide a vital opportunity to bring changes in North

Korea if an organization which focuses on the economic benefits is

founded For this purpose this study recommends the establishment of

lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Project for the DPRKrsquo within the framework of the

Six-Party Talks The aspiration for the DPRK project is based on the

September 2005 Joint Statement and the February 2007 Joint Statement of

the Six-Party Talks The September Statement encouraged the economic

cooperation in the areas of energy trade and investment within the

Six-Party Talks framework55) Also in the February 2007 Joint Statement the

six players promised humanitarian assistance to North Korea and

established an Economy and Energy Cooperation Working Group56)

Although such agreements to boost the North Korean economy did not

53) Haggard Stephan and Noland Marcus ldquoA Security and Peace for Northeast Asia

The Economic Dimensionrdquo Peterson Institute for International Economics Policy

Brief No PB08-4 (April 2008) p2 54) In 2000 North Korea tried ldquomarketization from belowrdquo in the areas of local

organs government offices and military units with the recommendation of the

international community Ibid p255) See Join Statement of the Fourth Round of the Six-Party Talks in Beijing (19

September 2005)

lthttpwwwmofatgokrwebmodulehtsboardhbdhbdreadjsptypeID=6ampboardid=

247ampseqno=293918ampc=TITLEampt=amppagenum=2amptableName=TYPE_DATABOARDamppc=

ampdc=ampwc=amplu=ampvu=ampiu=ampdu=gt56) See Initial Actions for the Implementation of the Joint Statement (13 February 2007)

lthttpwwwmofatgokrwebmodulehtsboardhbdhbdreadjsptypeID=6ampboardid=

247ampseqno=293924ampc=TITLEampt=amppagenum=3amptableName=TYPE_DATABOARDamppc=amp

dc=ampwc=amplu=ampvu=ampiu=ampdu=gt

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 279

produce output in reality the international concerns seemed to have

reached a consensus relating to the ideas of lsquoEconomic Reconstruction

Project for DPRKrsquo introduced for the Stage II

Stage III

The following study on the similar subject reflects such international

concerns in a pragmatic way lsquopipeline gas introduction to the Korean

peninsularsquo57) In the Stage III as a long-term scenario to rehabilitate the

DPRKrsquos economy the idea of lsquopipeline gas projectrsquo introduced by Paik

(2005) will be applied Within the Six-Party Talks framework energy

assistance is another integral theme which is seen as important area to

resolve the nuclear problem on the Korean peninsula What is more such

energy supply options for DPRK generated from the gas pipeline project can

be functioned as a versatile negotiation tool combining the geopolitical and

economic reality on the Six-Party Talks table

In fact one well-established energy development organization―KEDO―

already exists The mission of KEDO is to implement the Agreed Framework

between the US and DPRK on the assumption that Pyongyang agreed to

freeze and ultimately dismantle its breathing nuclear program58) Unfortunately

the KEDO led project failed due to the North Korean distrust towards KEDO

due to the ailing relationship between Washington and Pyongyang caused

by the North Korean military threats and the failure to meet the agreed

57) Keun-Wook Paik ldquoPipeline Gas Introduction to the Korean Peninsulardquo Korea

Foundation Project lsquoEnergy and Environmental Cooperation in the Korea Peninsula

(2005)58) Baker et al opcit pp135~138

280 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

provisions59) Unlike the KEDO projects the introduction of the long

distance gas pipeline passing through the DPRK territory will involve the

two Koreas and Russia In particular intended for Pyongyang the pipeline

gas would provide energy to power many major cities in the DPRK

assuming that a 15 bcm60) natural gas would be allocated to the North as

a transit fees Also South Korea can provide additional support to prevent

the collapse of the North Korean economy61) In addition further funding

can be allocated for the CTR programs which will intensify the effort to

support rebuilding of the North Korean economy

Other than the economic merit Moscow is well positioned in this

pipeline project since the major Russian company Gazprom which is the

largest extractor of natural gas in the world has outstanding options to

promote the project from all the shareholders For this reason the role of

Russia should be given more weight in the third stage

In terms of the Economy Reconstruction Project for the DPRK this study

will follow the main idea of the paper Pipeline Gas Introduction to the

Korean Peninsula by Paik In his in-depth study Paik suggested lsquothe

Proposed Greater Circular Pipeline in Northeast Asiarsquo As shown in Figure 3

the Korean peninsula is ideally located to have pivotal benefits from the

59) There are two main conditions 1) KEDO finances and constructs two

proliferation-resistant light-water reactors(LWR) of the Korean Standard Nuclear

Power Plant in the DPRK and 2) KEDO provides DPRK with an alternative source

of energy for heating and electricity until the first of the two reactors is

completed lthttpwwwkedoorgap_mainaspgt 60) 30bcm is an amount which can handle gas over 30 years Baker et al opcit

p10161) Ibid pp81~82

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 281

Source Paik (2005) p41

Russian oil and gas pipeline infrastructure In the case that the gas pipeline

scenario is applied in reality as a useful alternative for the settlement of the

current North Korean nuclear crisis this project will provide significant

contribution to in promoting energy cooperation between Russia and the

Two Koreas

Stage Ⅳ

In the final stage a consensus and convention to justify this project

within the Six-Party Talks framework should be guaranteed This is necessary

to avoid the inevitable problem of incompatibility between the laws and

regulations among the six players and different investment environment

(Figure 3) Map The Proposed Greater Pipeline in Northeast Asia

282 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

The Six Party Talks Russia

Stage

bull Providing a Negotiation Tool (the

CTR Program)

bull Initiating North Korea into Russian

precedents of the CTR program

Stage

bull Invoking international concerns about

NKrsquos economy reconstruction

bull Implementing the project based on

the Agreements

bull Supporting this project actively

Stage

bull Creating conventions to recognize the

gas pipeline project with six players

bull Participating in the gas pipeline project

actively persuading Gazprom

Stage

Ⅳ Building the consensus and trust of the Six-Party Talks members

2 Strength and Limitation of the Scenario

Based on the scenario introduced above the expected roles of Russia and

the members of the Six-Party Talks is as follows

(Table 2) Expected Roles of Russia and the Six-Party Talks in the Scenario

In short the main feature of lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Project for the

DPRKrsquo is a product of a multilateral economic diplomacy In general such

a multilateral economic approach has an unavoidable drawback in that such

a pragmatic diplomacy cannot move ahead regardless of the difficult security

concern of the Korean peninsula In particular I recognize that an increased

Russian role on a unified Korean peninsula would increase the tensions

among the main regional actors

However the strength of this scenario is combining security and

economic issues together to offer a comprehensive resolution concerning the

main threat that would inhibit inter-Korean rapprochement that is an

unchanged provocative posture of North Korea vis-agrave-vis its security needs

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 283

In other words the CTR program for Pyongyangrsquos WMD can be a suitable

alternative to prevent the North Korean military actions In addition the

economic rewards and investment for the DPRK during the negotiation

based on the gas pipeline project would enable advancement the North

Korean economy which in turn will have a positive effect on a long-term

solution such as the reconciliation between the two Koreas Furthermore if

an economic reconciliation can be reached with the help of the new actor

lsquoRussiarsquo this could become a plausible alternative reunification strategy of

the Korean peninsula Such a new consideration will justify the economic

and pragmatic approaches in the framework of the Six-Party talks

Ⅴ Conclusion

Time has changed However the issues surrounding the Korean

peninsula where interests of major powers are contested still display a

unique and multifaceted pattern on the international political order The

dilemma of the peninsula is the coexistence of lsquoinsecurityrsquo and lsquoprosperityrsquo

which is an inevitable by-product caused by the geopolitical situation

Despite such a reality smarter alternatives to achieve lsquopeacersquo and

lsquoprosperityrsquo on the Korean peninsula in the 21st century should be created

The option available currently is lsquothe Six-Party Talksrsquo This study has

suggested that such a multilateral talk offers a plausible framework to

resolve the issues surrounding the Korean peninsula beyond the North

Korean nuclear crisis Obviously the complex diplomatic calculations of the

284 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

six players are the key limitation of this framework but the talks seems

to be worthy as it is acting as a creditable model of the multilateral

negotiations In particular this study dealt with the role of Russia because

when it comes to the process of the Six-Party Talks and inter-relations with

the two Koreas to date Moscowrsquos contribution on the Six-Party Talks

brought positive alternatives which rival the contributions of Washington

and Beijing Based on such a development a scenario under which Russia

can play a positive role in creating a new and a long-term resolution to the

issues of the Korean peninsula can be postulated

However there are limitations which this study cannot escape Firstly as

the worst case scenario if the second Korean War breaks out suddenly the

reality of the multilateral talks and the scenario introduced above may

presumably have no bearing Secondly due to unexpected internal and

external conditions of Russia such as instability of the regime or global

economy crisis the role of Russia can fluctuate Thirdly if the others actors

especially in the US and China wants to maintain strong influences a

lsquopower gamersquo might break out the result of which might have negative

effects Finally the methodology of this research is a problem-solving

approach which was connected to the current policy analysis based on

comprehensive study of the primary sources As a result it is impossible to

deliver obvious and exact facts and information in terms of the Six-Party

Talks which is still in progress

Nonetheless the aim of this study was to offer an alternative to the

current difficult though hypothetical As a result this study was able to lead

a conclusion the Six-Party Talks and the role of Moscow are able to be a

persuasive and plausible alternative for a long-term solution on the Korean

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 285

peninsula The importance of the Six-Party Talks the inter-relations between

Russia and the two Koreas and a scenario suggested supported the

conclusion

All in all the increased and positive Russian involvement toward the two

Koreas can be a stepping-stone for a dialogue and cooperation for peace

and prosperity on the Korean peninsula Furthermore the full use of the

Six-Party Talks will ultimately contribute to security of the Northeast Asian

region beyond the North Korean nuclear crisis

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286 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

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Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 289

박지선(PARK JISUN )

영국 런던대 킹스 칼리지(Kingrsquos College London) 국제분쟁학 석사 학위를 취득하고 현재 동

대학원 전략학 박사과정에 있다 주요 연구실적으로 ldquoConstructivist Understandings of North

Korearsquos Ballistic Missile Programme National Security Policy Based on North Korearsquos Strategic

Culturerdquo(2014) 985172한반도 신뢰프로세스를 통한 비핵국가 한국의 핵 안보전략 제2차 핵시대를

맞이하여985173(2013 공저) 985172클라우제비츠의 전쟁이론으로 본 냉전 이후 북한의 핵미사일 전략

에 관한 연구985173(2010 공저) 등이 있다

6자회담 틀 내에서 한반도 중장기 평화번영을 위한 러시아의

lsquo숙련된 중재자(New Seasoned Facilitator)rsquo 역할

박지선 (런던대 킹스 칼리지)

국문요약

본 논문은 한반도의 중장기 평화번영 방안을 위해 교착상태에 빠진 6자회담의 틀 안

에서 러시아의 역할에 대한 새로운 학문적 접근을 보여주고자 한다 본 논문에서는 북한

핵무기 개발 프로그램의 중단이라는 공동의 목적을 달성하기 위해 설립된 6자회담의 주

요 행위자들의 정치적middot전략적 이해관계를 경제적 영역으로 확대하면서 보다 실용적인

한반도 문제 해결 방안을 제시하고 있다 특히 lsquo숙련된 중재자(New Seasoned Facilitator)rsquo

로서의 러시아의 역할에 대해 심도 있게 고찰하면서 6자회담 틀에서 가능한 하나의 시나

리오를 실험적으로 제안하고 있다 본 논문의 주요 내용은 1) 6자회담의 연대기적 분석

2)한반도를 둘러싼 6자회담 주요 국가들의 이해관계 분석 3) 숙련된 중재자로서의 러

시아의 역할을 고찰 4) 실용적이고 실행 가능한 경제협력 방안이 될 한반도 평화정착을

위한 북한경제재건 프로젝트의 시나리오 등이다

주제어 6자회담 러시아 외교정책 북한 중재자 한반도 중middot장기 번영

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Page 3: Russia as a New Seasoned Facilitator in Making Medium and …s-space.snu.ac.kr/bitstream/10371/95184/1/07 박지선.pdf · 2020. 6. 4. · Russia as a ‘New Seasoned Facilitator’

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 249

Peninsula as a new experienced facilitator within the framework of the Six

Party Talks Before suggesting possible answers to the question posed

above this paper will offer three presumptions

ⅰ The Six-Party Talks should fashion more pragmatic approaches to

provide viable benefits in favors of all the six players

ⅱ The agenda of the Six-Party Talks should be extended from political

issues related to the North Korean nuclear crisis to imminent

economic problems of the Korean peninsula such as a solution for

economic prosperity and

ⅲ A lsquonew seasoned facilitatorrsquo within the Six-Party Talks in this case

Russia should emerge to intensify the two presumptions mentioned

before

On this basis I will explore the possibility of expanding the role of

Russia on the Korean peninsula based on the presumption that Moscowrsquos

contribution to the Six-Party Talks might bring positive alternatives to

the current status quo In recent years the significance of the Korean

peninsula for Russia has grown within the overall framework of a pragmatic

lsquomulti-vectorrsquo foreign policy2) In September 2015 the current Russian

Ambassador Alexander Timonin said a primary cooperation between Seoul

and Moscow is to seek a feasible way to resolve nuclear crisis on the Korean

peninsula He believes that ldquothe six-party talks are the most appropriate

structure to gather all related parties and discuss nuclear issuesrdquo3) In this

2) Georgy Toloraya ldquoRussian Policy in Korea in a time of changrdquo The Korean Journal

of Defense Analysis Vol 211 (2009) p68

3) ldquoRussian Envoy Discusses Pyongyang tests Thaadrdquo Korea Joongang Daily September

25 2015 lthttpkoreajoongangdailyjoinscomnewsarticleArticleaspxaid=3009631gt

250 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

regard the new Russian role in making contribution to a medium and

long-term solution on the Korean peninsula is to be the main theme of this

paper Thus this paper will examine the following three steps to determine

the feasibility of three suppositions mentioned before

【Step1】 Understanding the Six-Party Talks functioned as a multilateral

negotiation framework

【Step2】 Scrutinizing the new role of Russia in the course of the

inter-relations between Russia and the two Koreas

【Step3】 Suggesting an important scenario the so-called lsquoEconomic

Reconstruction Project for the DPRKrsquo to promote Russiarsquos participation

as a lsquonew seasoned facilitatorrsquo by using the framework of the Six-Party

Talks

In this regard the significance of this paper is to demonstrate a new

perspective relating to the medium-long term prosperity of the Korean

peninsula within the framework of the Six-Party Talks

However the first limitation which this research is facing is the fact that

no definitive conclusion can be made since the talks are still progressing

although it seems be the ending of the denuclearization talks since North

Korea walked out in 2009 This is because the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

of Republic of Korea openly releases the news that chief negotiators for

the Six-Party Talks have regular discussions via public press and official

websites4) Secondly previous studies about the Six-Party Talks usually focus

on the role of the US and China which deals with politico-strategic interests

4) Ministry of Foreign Affairs Republic of Korea

lthttpwwwmofagokrENGpolicykpennknuclearpressreleasesindexjspmenu=m

_20_20_10amptabmenu=t_2gt

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 251

at the negotiation table In other words most academic papers written by

individual researchers on Pyongyangrsquos nuclear weapon are focused on

empirical studies of North Korea negotiating behaviors and memories of

participants in the Six-Party Talks5) The objective of these studies is to

discover the main features of Pyongyangrsquos political decision-making of

negotiation processes by analysing empirical cases with North Korea For

example North Korearsquos coercive negotiating style the so-called ldquoBrinkmanshiprdquo

is originated from such studies through the periodical analysis of strategic

behaviours during the Six-Party Talks

By taking such considerations into account this paper pursues a

problem-solving approach based on history-based cases and critical analyses

to alleviate such limitations mentioned above For this reason although

there are unavoidable obstacles to develop some propositions for the paper

this approach can be worthy as a pragmatic academic study suggested with

important hypothesis and scenarios Therefore on this basis this paper will

aim to establish the pre-conclusion offered Russia and six-party talks as the

new approach for a medium and long-term solution on the Korean

peninsula

5) Some of the studies in the Six-Party Talks are as follows Downs Chunk Over

the Line (1999) Snyder Scott Negotiating on the Edge North Korean Negotiating

Behaviour (1999) Charles L Pritchard Failed Diplomacy The Tragic Story of

How North Korea Got the Bomb(2007) Mike Chinoy Meltdown The Inside Story

of the North Korean Nuclear Crisis(2008) Dong-Won Lim Peacemaker (2008)

Soo-Hyuk Lee Transforming Event (2005) Funabashi Yoichi The Peninsula

Question A Chronicle of the Second Korean Nuclear Crisis (2007)

252 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

Ⅱ Understanding the Six-Party Talks

The main purpose of this step is to determine the significance of the

multilateral negotiation on the medium and long-term issues of the Korean

peninsula beyond the North Korean nuclear crisis by looking into

chronological backgrounds of the Six-Party Talks

Indeed the ldquoblueprintrdquo for the 21st century peace-building on the Korean

peninsula must be a smarter approach because insecurity and prosperity

co-exist in this region When it comes to the geopolitical aspect the

peninsula influenced from the by-products of the Cold War can be regarded

as a spot of strategic importance where interests of the major powers such

as the US and Russia are contested In fact different actors surrounding the

Korean peninsula have different interests on the inter-Korean dialogues In

this sense the issues surrounding the Korean peninsula demonstrate a

unique pattern on the international political order North Korearsquos first

nuclear test in 2006 Pyongyangrsquos rocket launch on 5 April 2009 and a

revelation of their uranium enrichment facilities at Yongbyon in 2010 which

created major uproars could be examples of power game of how

complicated the situation in the region is No matter what the intention of

Pyongyang―whether it was a peaceful experiment or intimidating military

provocations―the United Nations Security Council condemned the

increasing military threat of the North as it is causing international security

risks beyond the Northeast Asian region6) Additionally neither South Korea

6) After Pyongyangrsquos rocket launch in early April the United Nations Security Council

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 253

nor the US was able to impose strong actions against Pyongyang at their

discretion because they have to consider positions and reactions of the

neighboring states such as Japan Russia and China and so on

In this same way a framework to discuss complicated matters concerning

North Korea by the neighboring countries was founded in 2003 the

so-called ldquoSix-Party Talksrdquo The participants of the Six-Party Talks consist of

Japan Peoplersquos Republic of China the Russian Federation United States

Democratic Peoplersquos Republic of Korea and Republic of Korea7) Such a

multilateral composition offers a framework for a peace-building effort on

the Korean peninsula as lsquothe second best optionrsquo in high-politics areas such

as military and diplomatic means Actually the task of the Six-Party Talks

for the members other than North Korea is clear―ending the North Korean

nuclear weapons programs and scraps relevant technological capability That

is a pivotal purpose to create the framework which calls up the six players

having different interests

However despite the existence of the collective desire by the players to

stop North Korea in reality there are many obstacles in reaching a

resolution within the framework of the Six-Party Talks Recently Kim

Jong-un regime continues to escalate repetitive military provocations in the

Korean peninsula by newly stating in its constitution that ldquoit has become a

nuclear state launching another long-range missile in December and

was to set a unanimous resolution denouncing North Korearsquos rocket launch based

on the Security Council resolution 1718 lthttpwwwglobalsecurityorgwmdlibrary

newsdprk2009dprk-090411-voa02htmgt

7) Both official and unofficial designation for the participants of the Six-Party Talks

members will be used in mixture including such terms as for example North

Korea the North Kim Jung-Il regime and Pyongyang

254 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

conducting its third nuclear test on February 12 2013rdquo8) For this reason

North Korea issues demands fairly multifaceted calculations owing to the

historic political and economic dilemmas among the participants In this

respect the talks have not produced a comprehensive agreement or feasible

actions since the beginning even though this approach is a commendable

model of such a multilateral negotiation

Nevertheless I conclude that the Six-Party Talks plays an important part

in the resolution about comprehensive issues adjoining the Korean

peninsula In spite of many obstacles facing the Six-Party Talks the players

kept the multilateral and intricate meeting continue for more than 10 years

while expecting favorable results to extend their strategic goals

When it comes to chronological steps of the Talks the first Six-Party

Talks initiated in 2003 but the North Korean nuclear crisis which is

regarded as the main theme of the Six-Party Talks originated in the early of

1960s After the Korean War North Korea established a nuclear energy

facility at Yongbyon in 1962 based on the agreement of peaceful nuclear

energy development with the Soviet Union Since then a suspicion that

Pyongyang might have the capacity to develop a workable nuclear weapon

became an lsquoopen secretrsquo Finally such a suspicion was known to the

international community with a concrete evidence―the US and French

satellite images of Yongbyon9) Owing to the apparent information of the

8) Ministry of Foreign Affairs Republic of Korea

lthttpwwwmofagokrENGpolicykpennknuclearoverviewindexjspmenu=m_20_

20_10gt

9) Kook Sin Kim ldquoNorth Korean Nuclear crisis and International Responsesrdquo Korea

Institute for National Unification Issue Paper for the Korean Reunification (Nov

2006) pp2~10

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 255

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Washington concluded that North Korea

was pursuing a uranium enrichment program

Hence as an appeasement to end the future high-tech military

provocation of Pyongyang the 1994 Agreed Framework was created―

The Geneva Agreed Framework between Washington and Pyongyang10)

Specifically on the basis of the agreement Washington pledged to provide

fuel and construct two light-water reactors with the establishment of the

KEDO (Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization) while North

Korea promised to end a plutonium enrichment program in exchange 11)

However both the US and North Korea did not meet the key demands of

the 1994 Agreed framework What is more North Korearsquos secret uranium

enrichment program and Pyongyangrsquo continuous development of nuclear

weapons led to a breakdown of agreement between Pyongyang and

Washington in 2002 At the same time North Korea withdrew from the

Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) once again

10) The Agreed Framework between the US and DPRK (Geneva Oct 21 1994)

lthttpwww2lawcolumbiaeducourse_00S_L9436_001North20Korea20materials

agreedframeworkhtmgt11) Jayshree Barjoria and Beina Xu ldquoThe Six Party Talks on North Korearsquos Nuclear

Programrdquo Council on foreign Relations (September 2013)

256 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

(Figure 1) Chronological Steps of ldquoThe Six-Party Talksrdquo

Unfortunately by failing to keep pledges both Washington and

Pyongyang caused the following outcomes 1) providing official reasons for

continuous nuclear development program 2) weakening chances of the

bilateral talks between the US and the DPRK due to growing distrust and

3) accelerating security threats on the Northeast Asian region

These outcomes resulted from the first North Korean nuclear crisis which

eventually led to the Six-Party Talks Shortly thereafter the second North

Korean nuclear crisis was developed by the side-effects of the first nuclear

crisis The ldquothree-party talksrdquo among the US China and North Korea began

in April 2003 to discuss the second crisis when Pyongyang withdrew from

the NPT (Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty) in January 2003 However the

meeting was not enough to deal with the crisis because more complicated

lsquopower gamesrsquo beyond the North Korean nuclear crisis was evident From

this perspective the other regional players ndash Russia Japan and South Korea

- pushed cooperation to turn the ldquoThree-Party Talksrdquo into the ldquoSix-Party

Talksrdquo12) stressing the need to deal with the crisis on the Korean peninsula

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 257

through a new regional framework This is the origin of the lsquoSix-Party Talksrsquo

covering comprehensive problems generated from North Korearsquos nuclear

issue

Ⅲ Critical Analysis of the Six-Party Talks

Demonstrating Different Interests of Six Players

The obvious goal of the Six-Party talks is the denuclearization of the

Korean peninsula13) However there is what can be dubbed as lsquogrand

agendarsquo to resolve the some of the unsettled regional issues even though it

can arguable depending on respective issues By analyzing three major

agreements which resulted from the Six-Party Talks it is possible to contain

the contents of a lsquogrand agendarsquo They include 1) the September 19 Joint

Agreement in 2005 2) the February13 Agreement in 2007 and 3) the

October 3 Agreement in 200814) In particular in the case of lsquoInitial Actions

for Implementation of the Joint Statementrsquo meetings of five Working Groups

12) Pang Zhongying ldquoThe Six-Party Process Regional Security Mechanisms and

China-US Cooperation Toward a Regional Security Mechanism for a New

Northeast Asiardquo Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies (March 2009) pp1~413) In the Second-Phased actions for the implementation of the Joint Statement of 19

September 2005 the goal of the Six-Party Talks clarified as follows the first goal

is the verifiable denuclearization of the Korean peninsula in a peace manner14) Official names of the three agreements are 1) Join Statement of the Fourth Round

of the Six-Party Talks (Beijing 19 September 2005) 2) Initial Actions for the

Implementation of the Joint Statement (13 February 2007) and 3) Second-Phase

Actions for the Implementation of the Joint Statement (3 October 2007)

258 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

(WG) held in 200715) The main purpose is to carry out the initial actions

and to achieve the purpose of full implementation of the Joint Statement

The details are as follows

1 Denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula

2 Normalization of US-DPRK Relations

3 Normalization of Japan-DPRK Relations

4 Economic and Energy Cooperation

5 Northeast Asia Peace and Security Mechanism

As it has been seen the follow-up working groups of the Six-Party

Talks dealt with fairly broad subjects beyond the prevention of Pyongyangrsquos

high-tech military threats In this regard Zhongying (2009) states ldquothe

Six-Party Talks has mutually advocated some crucial goalsrdquo16) 1) the

denuclearization of the Korean peninsula 2) the ending the Korean

War with a peace treaty and 3) building a regional mechanism for

peace-building and prosperity From this viewpoint even if the main task of

the Six-Party Talks denuclearized the Korean Peninsula failed due to the

unexpected internal or external factors of the six participants the other

options like 2) and 3) which Zhongying suggested might become another

key agenda for the six parties Thus it is important to recognize the value

of such all-inclusive approach to resolve the difficult regional issues through

the Six-Party Talks rather than focusing on the North Korean nuclear threats

alone

15) Diplomatic White Paper of the Republic of Korea (2008) pp32~3616) Pang Zhongying ldquoThe Six-Party Process Regional Security Mechanisms and

China-US Cooperation Toward a Regional Security Mechanism for a New

Northeast Asiardquo Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies (March 2009) p4

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 259

Taking the importance as a lsquogrand agendarsquo into consideration it is

important to analyze distinctive features of the process of the Six-Party

Talks and this will lead to the identification of the main limitations of the

Six-Party Talks Such limitations will support the following argument

When the range of the Six-Party Talksrsquo agenda is extended to include

comprehensive and pragmatic agenda for medium and long-term resolutions

of the issues of the Korean peninsula this multilateral talks can produce

more positive outcomes while embracing the regional interests of the six

nations More crucially ipso facto the suggestion to create more

comprehensive multilateral framework will enable the following creative and

new approaches 1) the emergence of a lsquoNew Actorrsquo Russia instead of the

main actors such as the US and China within the sixth round of the Six-Party

Talks and 2) the strengthening of the economic approach concentrated on

prosperity rather than intensive political and military negotiation

Above all the most important characteristic of the Six-Party Talks is that

the talks necessitate complicated calculations to balance all membersrsquo

interests After the first talks in 2003 the participating members began to

involve in dynamic diplomatic maneuvers based on each otherrsquos own

domestic issues national interests and interpretations of historical analogies

Owing to these diverse considerations regardless of the main challenge of

the Six-Party Talks framework to stop the North Korean nuclear program

many other challenges have been identified The Six Parties were aroused

by the internal and external interests like the wide-ranging topics of five

Working Groups discussions after February 13 Agreement in 200717)

17) Diplomatic White Paper of the Republic of Korea (2008) pp32~36

260 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

1 Critical Analysis on Six Partiesrsquo Responses after the

Adoption of United Nations Security Council Resolution

1718 (2006)

As an important case the different responses by the each of Six Party

participants on the Security Council resolution 171818) is a good example of

demonstrating complicated strategic calculations of everyone involved After

a nuclear ballistic missile test in October 2006 the Security Council

condemned the test and unanimously adopted resolution 1718 in 14 October

2006 calling for an immediate return to the Six-Party Talks19) The resolution

called for based on Chapter 7 of the United Nations Charter excluding

automatic military enforcement of its demands under the Charterrsquos Article 4

120) the members of the UN prohibit a range of goods from entering or

leaving the DPRK and imposed an asset freeze and travel ban on persons

in terms of the nuclear weapon program21)

In reaction to the resolution the six players showed different reactions

In this paper the responses of six players are largely divided into three

18) On 14 October 2006 after the nuclear ballistic missile test of Pyongyang the UN

Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 1718 condemning the nuclear test 19) Security Council Resolution 1718(2006)

lthttpdaccessddsunorgdocUNDOCGENN0657207PDFN0657207pdfOpen

Elementgt 20) According to the Charterrsquos Article 41 the Security Council decided what measures

not involving the use of armed force are to be employed to the DPRK These

include complete or partial interruption of economic relations and of rail sea air

postal telegraphic radio and other means of communication and the severance

of diplomatic relations 21) UN Security Council Resolution 1718 (2006)

lthttpwwwunorggasearchview_docaspsymbol=SRES171820(2006)gt

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 261

groups Group (Ⅰ) US Japan South Korea Group (Ⅱ) China Russia and

Group (Ⅲ) North Korea Before analyzing the United Nations Security

Council Resolution 1718 one important thesis in this case study is that the

criteria of the grouping stated above is focused on only the United Nations

Security Council Resolution 1718 rather than including all resolutions of

United Nations22) This is because eight UN resolutions related to North

Korearsquos nuclear issue from 1993 to 2013 demonstrate different politico-strategic

outcomes In this regard in the Table (1) the distinctive responses of the

three groups are categorized In brief this table illustrates the complexity of

the Six-Party Talks depending on politico-strategic relations while emphasizing

the importance of a multilateral approach for a long-term solution on the

Korean peninsula

22) These are a list of Unite Nations Council Resolutions related to the North Korean

nuclear issues from 1993 to 2013

bull United Nations Security Council Resolution 825(1993)

bull United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540 (2004)

bull United Nations Security Council Resolution 1695(2006)

bull United Nations Security Council Resolution 1718 (2006)

bull United Nations Security Council Resolution 1874 (2009)

bull United Nations Security Council Resolution 1887 (2009)

bull United Nations Security Council Resolution 2087(2013)

bull United Nations Security Council Resolution 2094 (2013)

262 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

Nuclear Capability (DPRK)

Resolution1718

Comeback of the Six-Party Talks

Military Enforcement

to DPRK

Sanctions against DPRK

The US

(Group Ⅰ)

Japan

(Group Ⅰ)

S Korea

(Group Ⅰ)ⅹ ⅹ

China

(Group Ⅱ)

ⅹ ⅹ

Russia

(Group Ⅱ)ⅹ ⅹ ⅹ

N Korea

(Group Ⅲ)

ⅹ ⅹ ⅹ

(Table 1) Critical Analysis on Six Partiesrsquo Responses after the Adoption of

United Nations Security Council Resolution 1718

strong support support partly support ⅹ objection

Group(Ⅰ) US Japan and Korea

In the case of the first Group it rallied behind Washington whose

stubborn reaction against Pyongyang led to the adoption of the UN Security

Council Resolution 171823) John Bolton who was the former US Ambassador

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 263

to the UN stated ldquoa nuclear test in 2006 was the gravest threat to international

peace and securityrdquo During a Security Council meeting he maintained that

the resolution 1718 should impose more strict demands complementing the

Security Resolution 1695 which is regarded as a failure As a result the US

and Japan enthusiastically bolstered the resolution 1718 welcoming the

contents of strengthened sanctions compared with the resolution 169524) On

the surface South Korea - which sustained considerably close relationship

with the US - seemed to unwillingly follow the resolution emphasizing that

the problem should be solved under a peaceful and diplomatic approach

In fact a division was recognizable within this group While the US and

Japan stuck together in unity in purpose and actions 25) against the irrational

behaviors of North Korea for doing missile tests the South Korean

government was committed to a two-pronged policy Indeed the grand

strategy of the South Korean government was to pursue the following two

aims the prevention of Pyongyang provocations and reconciliation of the

two Koreas In other words although all three maintained close

cooperation they all had slightly different interests and conditions

23) UN Security Council meeting on 9 October 2006

lthttpwwwunorgNewsPressdocs2006sc8853dochtmgt24) The main subjects of the Security Council Resolution 1695 are 1) stopping games

of lsquobrinkmanshiprsquo 2) complying with Security Council demands 3) returning to the

Six-Party Talks and 4) implementing terms of the joint statement for the last round

of the talks See United Nations Security Council Resolution 1695 (2006)25) The expectations of Washington and Tokyo from the Six-Party Talks are1) the

withdrawal of Nuclear weapons first then negotiations afterwards and 2) the

establishment of a democratic government similar to the US standards

264 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

Group (Ⅱ) China Russia

In the case of the group two China and Russia who have been close

supporters of North Korea for more than an half century demonstrated

similar reactions as the members of group one did While they agreed on

the general direction of the resolution each had a slightly different view on

the extension of the contents In the case of China not only Beijing was

the main actor in initiating the Six-Party Talks but also a very close friend

to North Korea 26) However China chose to support the sanctions against

Pyongyang under the resolution 1718 Meanwhile Russia had a different

view In an urgent meeting of the UN Security Council unlike China Russia

did not support such stringent sanctions against Pyongyang although

Moscow agreed on condemning the North Korean rocket launch Even if

in the end both Beijing and Moscow supported the resolution 1718 in

general it was an occasion when the two countries showed different

approach toward Pyongyang during the adoption process of the resolution27)

Group(Ⅲ) North Korea

Contrarily the reaction of the third group North Korea was fairly

obvious against the Security Council Resolution Park Gilyon North Korearsquos

Ambassador to UN said that Pyongyang rejects the resolution 1718 since the

resolution is a coercive declaration by a ldquogangster-likerdquo Security Council28)

26) See Security Council Meeting on 9 October 2006

lthttpwwwunorgNewsPressdocs2006sc8853dochtmgt27) See Security Council Meeting on 9 October 2006

lthttpwwwunorgNewsPressdocs2006sc8853dochtmgt28) See Security Council meeting on 9 October 2006

lthttpwwwunorgNewsPressdocs2006sc8853dochtmgt

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 265

Nevertheless the main limitation of the talks still remains without

creative alternatives to disentangle intricate interests of the participants of

the Six-Party Talks no feasible output can be expected from such a

multilateral meeting Thus in order to overcome the above-mentioned

limitations of the Six-Party Talks I suggest an approach which emphasizes

the following points 1) the emergence of a lsquonew experienced facilitatorrsquo

instead of previous main actors to encourage more pragmatic approaches

and 2) the combination of political and economic tools especially in

highlighting the economic approaches Consequently this paper will focus

on Russiarsquos role as a New Seasoned Facilitator since Russia can offer new

possibilities for a long-term resolution of the issues on the Korean

peninsula

2 Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo for Dealing with

Issues on the Korean Peninsula

In this part the role of Russia will be scrutinized as a possible new

strong facilitator who might offer long-term solutions to the problems on the

Korean peninsula in the 21st century Since most of the studies concerning

cooperation on the Korean peninsula tend to focus mainly on the role

played by the US and China I argue that this paper may provide an

innovative contribution to the study of the ldquoSix-Party Talksrdquo stressing

Russiarsquos new role vis-agrave-vis the Korean peninsula In my view indeed

Russiarsquos role on the Korean peninsula progressively emerged in recent years

shaping the image of ldquofacilitatorrdquo interested in persuading North Korea to

seek an alternative to the nuclear weapons program and promote energy

266 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

cooperation in the region which might hasten possibility of peace on the

Korean peninsula

According to Vorontsov (2007) the basic positions of Moscow for the

Six-Party Talks are as follows 1) advocating the strict inspection of NPT and

the denuclearized Korean peninsula 2) persisting peaceful negotiation

among the six players and 3) promoting the inter-Korean dialogues29) In

contrast to the hard-line stance of White House30) to eliminate all factors

related to North Korean nuclear program in terms of the Korean issues the

current Russian government seems to strive for the achievement of the goal

2) and 3) When it comes to the geostrategic situations the Korean issues

have recently become one of the major considerations for Moscow because

the US China and Japan have gradually played important roles on the

issues of Korean peninsula who are all Russiarsquos direct neighbors31)

Namely owing to the invisible lsquoPower Racersquo among the major powers

Russia is increasingly interested in the issues surrounding the Korean

peninsula

In the same way unlike the general expectations on the global stage the

Russian role within the multilateral talks may have substantial influences as

well as the other actors have contributed to the meetings In the beginning

29) Alexander Vorontsov ldquoCurrent Russia ndash North Korea Relations Challenges and

Achievementsrdquo Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies (2007) p1730) Still North Korea seems to believe what White House pursues a hard-line policy

toward Pyongyang An unnamed spokesman of Pyongyang stated on 8 May 2009

ldquothe Obama administration for the past 100 dayshelliphellip the hostile policy toward

Pyongyang remains unchangedrdquo

lthttpwwwnytimescom20090509worldasia09koreahtml_r=1ampref=global-homegt31) Georgy Toloraya ldquoRussian Policy in Korea in a time of changerdquo The Korean

Journal of Defense Analysis Vol211 (2009) p69

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 267

stage of the talks some counties had skepticism about Moscowrsquos

participation in the talks because the Four-Party Talks (the US China and

the two Koreas) - except for Moscow - was a general pattern on the

inter-Korean issues32) However Kremlin played an essential role in inviting

Pyongyang in joining the Six-Party Talks because North Korea insisted

Pyongyang would not participate in the 2003 meeting without Russia33)

When it comes to Russian official stance in 2015 Moscow continuously

supports the Six-Party Talks for denuclearization in the Korean peninsula

while Russia does not recognize North Korea as a nuclear state34)

Historically Russia and North Korea have significantly long and

meaningful relations throughout the period of Korearsquos liberation following

Japanese colonization the Korean War and the opening and ending of the

Cold War In particular the two countries enjoyed a very strong cooperative

relationship during the Korean War35) Following the Korean War the

Soviet Union became the main trade partner and a sponsor for the

nation-building of Kim Il-sungrsquo regime Approximately 93 factories and

industrial facilities in North Korea were established under the Russian

technical assistance 36)constructing Pyongyangrsquos heavy-industrial backbon

32) Moscowrsquos absence from the Four-Party Talks proposed by the former President Bill

Clinton and President Kim Young Sam on April 16 1996 demonstrated Russiarsquos

dwindled regional influence in the Korean peninsula Yang et al (2004) p80133) Vorontsov (2007) p2234) ldquoRussian Envoy Discusses Pyongyang tests Thaadrdquo Korea Joongang Daily September

25 2015

lthttpkoreajoongangdailyjoinscomnewsarticleArticleaspxaid=3009631gt35) During the Korean War the Russian pilots contributed to the air defence of

North Korea resulting in the loss of 135 pilots and more than 300 airplanes Ibid

p5

268 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

e37) Such a close alliance between the two communist societies continued

until the collapse of the Soviet Union Unfortunately during the President

Elrsquotsinrsquos administration the Russian policy toward the Korean peninsula

shifted due to the unilateral rapprochement with the ROK as the new

diplomatic approach in the so-called ldquodemocratic romanticismrdquo which called

for greatly pro-Western at the expense of Russiarsquos interests 38) Such

transformed Russian policy seemed to cause a crack in the friendship

between Moscow and Pyongyang

However since the inauguration of Vladimir Putin the Russian political

elites began envisaging new approaches towards the Korean peninsula

Putinrsquos new approach functioned as a breakthrough to reinforce previously

weakening relations between Russia and North Korea As a result a historic

treaty on ldquoFriendshiprdquo between Kremlin and Pyongyang―Good-Neighbourly

Relations and Cooperation―was created in 200039) Currently Kim Jong-Un

regime has mainly concentrated on strengthening trade relations with Kremlin

and both Moscow and Pyongyang have taken positive consensus towards

36) The North Korean nuclear energy facilities were established with the Soviet

technical assistance in 1962 37) Vorontsov (2007) p538) On 27 October 1991 Elrsquotin addressed two main aims fo the Russian Foreign

policy 1) pursuing favourable external conditions for the domestic political and

economic reforms and 2) overcoming the legacy of the Cold war Richard Sakwa

(2008) Russian Politics and Society (London Routledge 2008) pp368~36939) After the treaty of lsquoGood-Neighbourly Relations and Cooperationrsquo the Moscowrsquos

declaration of the DPRK and the Russian Federation was released on 4 August 2001

The DPRK-Russia joint declaration is the advanced version of lsquogood-neighbourliness

and cooperationrsquo signed on 9 February 2000 Since then the two countries have

tried the friendly relations and mutually beneficial cooperation

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 269

enhancing their economic cooperative relationship In 2014 Putinrsquos cabinet

concluded the withdrawal of $10 billion of Pyongyangrsquos $11 billion debt that

had accrued during the Soviet Era40) It seems that Putinrsquos cabinet assumes

that this gesture of goodwill will contribute to the construction of a gas

pipeline covering the Korean peninsula When it comes to both geopolitical

and geo-economics aspects North Korea could have profitable investments

opportunities

All in all such a historic fortification of the inter-relationship between

North Korea and Russia provides diverse chances for the improved role of

Russia in making contributions with the backing of other partners of the

Six-Party Talks Based on this fact it would be possible to focus more on

the possibility of Russiarsquos increased contribution to the talks In fact there

is a strong possibility that Moscow could function as a lsquomediatorrsquo and

lsquofacilitatorrsquo between Pyongyang and the other members of the Six-Party

Talks

There are a number of important cases41) through which Moscow enabled

diplomatic efforts assume the role of a lsquofacilitatorrsquo or lsquomediatorrsquo When it

comes to the bilateral relations between Republic of Korea and Russia the

two nations started nearly at a zero point at first However Kremlin and

Blue House have created new economic science and cultural systems For

example since 1990 the leaders of South Korea and Russia have officially

met 27 times In 2013 President Vladimir Putinrsquos visited to Seoul when the

two nationsrsquo annual bilateral trade exceeded $26 billion42)

40) ldquoNorth Korea Looking Abroadrdquo Korea Economic Institute February 18 2015

lthttpblogkeiaorg201502north-korea-looking-abroadgt41) Vorontsov opcit p17

270 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

In particular in July 2002 Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov visited the two

Koreas respectively to persuade both to return to the negotiating table

which was halted after a naval clash in the West (Yellow) Sea in June 2002

Although the visit was not connected to the Six-Party Talks directly the case

seems to confirm Russiarsquos efforts to assist the improvement of the

inter-Korean relations What is more in terms of the US-DPRK relations

Moscow provided an opportunity for a meeting between the North Korean

Foreign Minister Paek NamSun and the former US Secretary of State Colin

Powell during the ministerial meetings at the ASEAN Regional Forum talks

in Darussalam Brunei in 200243) In short Moscowrsquos effort to carry out

ldquobalancer diplomacyrdquo after Putinrsquos inauguration shows potentials to be a

smart lsquomediatorrsquo within the multilateral negotiation such as the Six-Party

Talks

3 The Russian lsquoNew Realismrsquo Policy Applied in the Korean

Peninsula

Then the questions are to what degree can Russia be engaged in

resolving the inter-Korean issues and what kind of benefit can Russia

expect from the increased involvement with the issues regarding the Korean

peninsula especially in the Six-Party Talks

In the recent years the interest of the Russian politicians and academics

toward the Korean peninsula seems to be soaring As an lsquoactive partrsquo the

42) ldquoRussian Envoy Discusses Pyongyang tests Thaadrdquo Korea Joongang Daily September

25 2015 lthttpkoreajoongangdailyjoinscomnewsarticleArticleaspxaid=3009631gt43) Ibid

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 271

Korean peninsula can be regarded as a region of interest and strategic

importance as the Asian-Pacific region is seen to have increasing economic

implication for Russia due to the lack of involvement by Moscow in the

region of economic prowess44) In particular when Moscow participated in

the Six-Party Talks its approach seems to have strategic bearing toward the

Asia-Pacific region because the region especially the Korean peninsula is

now regarded by Moscow as an area of considerable importance

In fact Russiarsquos burgeoning interests for the Six-Party Talks contemporize

with the inauguration of the Putinrsquos administration Namely Putinrsquos lsquoNew

Realismrsquo based on the pragmatic approach over all Russia policies can be

applied to the evaluation of the Russian intention and purpose toward the

Six-Party Talks On the whole the national motto of the 21st century Russia

is lsquoPragmatismrsquo which also significantly influenced the current Medvedevrsquos

cabinet45) On a meeting of the Security Council in March 2000 the new

Russian lsquoForeign Policy Conceptrsquo was introduced by Ivanov the Russian

Foreign Minister at the time The main concept of the document was lsquomore

realisticrsquo for rebuilding the domestic economy and promoting the Russian

economic interests abroad as it strives to become worldrsquos tenth biggest

economy in the 21st century46) Hence Moscowrsquos foreign policy influenced

44) Natasha Kuhrt Russian Policy towards China and Japan The Elrsquotsin and Putin

periods (New York Rutledge 2007) pp 54~5645) In January 2002 the former President Putin had an interview with a Polish

Newspaper and Polish TVP Channel In the interview he stated that lsquoPragmatismrsquo

as a key means for the economic cooperation with other nations ldquoWe began this

talk by pointing out that the soundest approachhellip on the basis of pragmatism

and pragmatic interest in each otherrdquo

lthttpwwwkremlinruengtextspeeches200201150001_type82916_147392shtmlgt46) Sakwa(2008) pp371~391

272 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

by such realistic and pragmatic approaches seems to have valid bearing for

both the Six-Party Talks and the inter-Korean dialogues especially when the

economic aspects are addressed

In essence what are the specific interests Moscow might have on the

Korean peninsula The answer to this question is the more the Korean

military threats are slackened the more Russiarsquos security and economic

interests are amplified In terms of this argument Meyer (2005) identified

the reasons for the Russian Federationrsquos participation in the multilateral

meeting He indicated that by supporting reconciliation between DPRK and

ROK Russia can achieve the following objectives 1) the symbolic objective

to be recognized as a permanent major power on the global stage 2) the

military objective to dissuade Pyongyang from pursuing nuclear weapons

program not to weaken the global commitment for NPT and 3) the

economic objective to establish favorable conditions for the development of

a trilateral economic cooperation among Russia and the two Koreas47)

In relation to the third objective when Putin was the president he had

strong interests toward the Korean peninsula as there were potentially

lucrative economic opportunities available Such projects included connecting

the inter-Korean railroad to the Trans-Siberian railroad and exporting natural

gas from the Kovyktinskoe field in Irkutsk to the Korean peninsula through

China48)

In fact it can be concluded that the third reason which Meyer identified

is the main objective of Russiarsquos participation in the Sic-Party talks therefore

47) Peggy Falkenhein Meyer ldquoRussia Interests and Objectives on the Korean Peninsulardquo

International Journal of Korean Studies (FallWinter 2005) Vol 4 No 2 pp 145~14748) Ibid pp148~154

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 273

it could be assumed the promotion of economic issues can be conceived

and used as a tool to make a breakthrough to overcome the sluggish

multifaceted talks dealing with North Korea high-technology fears More

specifically I argue that the natural gas projects can dramatically increase

Russiarsquos penetration on the Korean peninsula and promote ndash in turn -

Moscowrsquos effort to bring positive changes to the talks From this perspective

Russian economic leverage might become a cornerstone for bringing peace

in the Korean peninsula In the following part I will present a possible

scenario in which this assumption might be substantially developed

Ⅳ A New Role of Russia on the Korean Peninsula

Figure 2 as shown below portrays a possible scenario of cooperation on

the Korean peninsula which emphasizes the following aspects 1) the

importance of the Six-Party Talks for the future of cooperation on the

Korean peninsula in the 21st century and 2) the suggestion of new

alternatives which focus on Russia and its economic involvement to boost

multilateral talks In building-up the scenario the key presumption is that

economic cooperation can create a ldquofunctional leveragerdquo in a political

scenario characterized by a substantial political rapprochement due to the

enforcement of a legally binding treaty (ie a Peace Treaty that could officially

end the Korean War) and prepare a definitive process of nation-building

among the two Koreas This ldquofunctional leveragerdquo is based on the role

played by CTR (Cooperative Threat Reduction) program49) to eliminate all

274 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

military threats―nuclear chemical biological and missiles threat from North

Korea In principle the objective of CTR is to reduce the dangers created

by nuclear chemical or biological weapons or their delivery vehicles The

actors of the CTR are consisted of a host who eradicates secures or

converts the WMD (Weapons of Mass Destruction) programs while the

other partners supporting such efforts50)

The most attractive function of the CTR for the following scenario is that

the partners provide money technology equipment and training to the host

nation In case that the six participants select the option during the process

of the WMD removal the main problems such methods and incentives in

terms of the North Korean nuclear withdrawal will be solved naturally

Furthermore the main argument to highlight the economic approaches with

flexible funds produced by rewards of the CTR programs can be persuaded

more convincingly Therefore the following section will justify this

alternative based on the postulation mentioned above―the application of

the CTR in the process of the Six-Party Talks

49) The CTR (or sometimes called for lsquoNunn-Lugarrsquo) programme provides funding

and expertise for the states in the former Soviet Unions including Russia Ukraine

Georgia Azerbaijan Belarus Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan under disarmament

treaties lthttpnunn-lugarcomindexshtmlgt50) Joel S Wit Wolfsthal Jon and Oh Choong-suk (2005) ldquoThe Six Party Talks and

Beyond Cooperative Threat Reduction and North Koreardquo A Report of the CSIS

International Security Program Dec (Washington DC CSIS) pp7~8

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 275

1 A Scenario Suggested lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Projection

for the DPRKrsquo

As stressed before the founding hypothesis of this scenario is a

substantial political shift on the Korean peninsula prospecting a clear

ldquoongoing processrdquo ldquoone Korea reunifiedrdquo However in my argumentation

the crucial assumption is not related to dynamics leading to the political

rapprochement among the two Koreas and neighbor countries which are

members of the Six-Party Talks Instead the central point of the first

scenario is to focus on the preparations and nation-building toward the

reconciliation of the two Koreas through multilateral economic negotiations

Namely to what extent can the framework of the Six-Party Talks and Russia

influence on peace and prosperity on the Korean peninsula as the means

of economic approaches

(Figure 2) Economy Reconstruction Project for the DPRK

276 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

Stage I

As shown in Figure 2 this scenario will be developed through four

stages During Stage I in order to resolve the core problem of Pyongyang―

the disposal of all WMD including chemical biological nuclear weapons

and the CTR program will be offered strongly Under the circumstances

North Korea seems to be a proper candidate for the CTR In the case of the

CTR the multilateral approaches owing to the political and financial

burden-sharing among the sponsors are indispensable51) Although the

Northeast Asian region has not been a suitable case for the program the

Six-Party Talks has shown a consensus on the difficult security problems

especially on Pyongyangrsquos military threats Such a partnership among the

participants of the Six-Party Talks which has been cultivated for seven years

of working together produces more positive results in the progress of the

disposal of nuclear weapons during the period of conducting the CTR

program

In addition Moscow will play a key role in the application of the CTR

program for North Korea When it comes to the beginning of the CTR the

program focused intensively on the countries of the former Soviet Union

including Russia Ukraine Georgia Azerbaijan Belarus Uzbekistan and

Kazakhstan As a result 6600 nuclear warheads have been eliminated since

1991 and more that 470 long-range missiles have been destroyed while

over 1800 other missiles strategic bombers have been disassembled52) With

51) Ibid pp1~352) The United States has invested $7 billion in the former Soviet Union since 1991

and is recently investing $1 billion per year There are additional participants―EU

UK Germany and France Ibid pp7~8

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 277

such an impressive precedent Russia is able to provide a workable solution

during the process of Pyongyangrsquos cooperative threat reduction The most

impressive strength of the first stage is provided that North Korea and the

five members of the Six-Party talks collectively pursue the CTR program the

following economic incentives will be offered for the reconstruction of

North Korea 1) a reward of nuclear withdrawal and 2) the reuse of

resources previously used in the Northrsquos nuclear program

In relation to CTR with application to the case of North Korea it possible

to argue that Russia ndash mindful of the CTR program provided by the US in

the aftermath of the collapse of the Soviet Empire ndash could potentially reuse

the rationale behind the above-mentioned mass destruction dismantlement

program in order to materially help North Korea to eliminate these kinds of

armaments as well as to boost a more comprehensive trust-building process

in the direction of Pyongyang increasing Russian influence over the North

and the overall region

Stage II

During the Stage II the expected economic incentives offered from the

implementation of the CTR project will be connected to the establishment of

a factual organization―lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Project for the DPRKrsquo

Continuously the international community should remain concerned about a

steep decline of the North Korean economy which in the past caused the

most destructive famines of the 20th century As many as one million

people who represent about five percent of the North Korean population

perished in the mid-1990s as a result53) Therefore the members of the

Six-Party Talks should pursue Pyongyangrsquos economic reforms and

278 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

reconstruction simultaneously since the countries regard economic inability

of Kim Jung Un to be one of the causes for using the military threats54)

Therefore it would provide a vital opportunity to bring changes in North

Korea if an organization which focuses on the economic benefits is

founded For this purpose this study recommends the establishment of

lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Project for the DPRKrsquo within the framework of the

Six-Party Talks The aspiration for the DPRK project is based on the

September 2005 Joint Statement and the February 2007 Joint Statement of

the Six-Party Talks The September Statement encouraged the economic

cooperation in the areas of energy trade and investment within the

Six-Party Talks framework55) Also in the February 2007 Joint Statement the

six players promised humanitarian assistance to North Korea and

established an Economy and Energy Cooperation Working Group56)

Although such agreements to boost the North Korean economy did not

53) Haggard Stephan and Noland Marcus ldquoA Security and Peace for Northeast Asia

The Economic Dimensionrdquo Peterson Institute for International Economics Policy

Brief No PB08-4 (April 2008) p2 54) In 2000 North Korea tried ldquomarketization from belowrdquo in the areas of local

organs government offices and military units with the recommendation of the

international community Ibid p255) See Join Statement of the Fourth Round of the Six-Party Talks in Beijing (19

September 2005)

lthttpwwwmofatgokrwebmodulehtsboardhbdhbdreadjsptypeID=6ampboardid=

247ampseqno=293918ampc=TITLEampt=amppagenum=2amptableName=TYPE_DATABOARDamppc=

ampdc=ampwc=amplu=ampvu=ampiu=ampdu=gt56) See Initial Actions for the Implementation of the Joint Statement (13 February 2007)

lthttpwwwmofatgokrwebmodulehtsboardhbdhbdreadjsptypeID=6ampboardid=

247ampseqno=293924ampc=TITLEampt=amppagenum=3amptableName=TYPE_DATABOARDamppc=amp

dc=ampwc=amplu=ampvu=ampiu=ampdu=gt

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 279

produce output in reality the international concerns seemed to have

reached a consensus relating to the ideas of lsquoEconomic Reconstruction

Project for DPRKrsquo introduced for the Stage II

Stage III

The following study on the similar subject reflects such international

concerns in a pragmatic way lsquopipeline gas introduction to the Korean

peninsularsquo57) In the Stage III as a long-term scenario to rehabilitate the

DPRKrsquos economy the idea of lsquopipeline gas projectrsquo introduced by Paik

(2005) will be applied Within the Six-Party Talks framework energy

assistance is another integral theme which is seen as important area to

resolve the nuclear problem on the Korean peninsula What is more such

energy supply options for DPRK generated from the gas pipeline project can

be functioned as a versatile negotiation tool combining the geopolitical and

economic reality on the Six-Party Talks table

In fact one well-established energy development organization―KEDO―

already exists The mission of KEDO is to implement the Agreed Framework

between the US and DPRK on the assumption that Pyongyang agreed to

freeze and ultimately dismantle its breathing nuclear program58) Unfortunately

the KEDO led project failed due to the North Korean distrust towards KEDO

due to the ailing relationship between Washington and Pyongyang caused

by the North Korean military threats and the failure to meet the agreed

57) Keun-Wook Paik ldquoPipeline Gas Introduction to the Korean Peninsulardquo Korea

Foundation Project lsquoEnergy and Environmental Cooperation in the Korea Peninsula

(2005)58) Baker et al opcit pp135~138

280 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

provisions59) Unlike the KEDO projects the introduction of the long

distance gas pipeline passing through the DPRK territory will involve the

two Koreas and Russia In particular intended for Pyongyang the pipeline

gas would provide energy to power many major cities in the DPRK

assuming that a 15 bcm60) natural gas would be allocated to the North as

a transit fees Also South Korea can provide additional support to prevent

the collapse of the North Korean economy61) In addition further funding

can be allocated for the CTR programs which will intensify the effort to

support rebuilding of the North Korean economy

Other than the economic merit Moscow is well positioned in this

pipeline project since the major Russian company Gazprom which is the

largest extractor of natural gas in the world has outstanding options to

promote the project from all the shareholders For this reason the role of

Russia should be given more weight in the third stage

In terms of the Economy Reconstruction Project for the DPRK this study

will follow the main idea of the paper Pipeline Gas Introduction to the

Korean Peninsula by Paik In his in-depth study Paik suggested lsquothe

Proposed Greater Circular Pipeline in Northeast Asiarsquo As shown in Figure 3

the Korean peninsula is ideally located to have pivotal benefits from the

59) There are two main conditions 1) KEDO finances and constructs two

proliferation-resistant light-water reactors(LWR) of the Korean Standard Nuclear

Power Plant in the DPRK and 2) KEDO provides DPRK with an alternative source

of energy for heating and electricity until the first of the two reactors is

completed lthttpwwwkedoorgap_mainaspgt 60) 30bcm is an amount which can handle gas over 30 years Baker et al opcit

p10161) Ibid pp81~82

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 281

Source Paik (2005) p41

Russian oil and gas pipeline infrastructure In the case that the gas pipeline

scenario is applied in reality as a useful alternative for the settlement of the

current North Korean nuclear crisis this project will provide significant

contribution to in promoting energy cooperation between Russia and the

Two Koreas

Stage Ⅳ

In the final stage a consensus and convention to justify this project

within the Six-Party Talks framework should be guaranteed This is necessary

to avoid the inevitable problem of incompatibility between the laws and

regulations among the six players and different investment environment

(Figure 3) Map The Proposed Greater Pipeline in Northeast Asia

282 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

The Six Party Talks Russia

Stage

bull Providing a Negotiation Tool (the

CTR Program)

bull Initiating North Korea into Russian

precedents of the CTR program

Stage

bull Invoking international concerns about

NKrsquos economy reconstruction

bull Implementing the project based on

the Agreements

bull Supporting this project actively

Stage

bull Creating conventions to recognize the

gas pipeline project with six players

bull Participating in the gas pipeline project

actively persuading Gazprom

Stage

Ⅳ Building the consensus and trust of the Six-Party Talks members

2 Strength and Limitation of the Scenario

Based on the scenario introduced above the expected roles of Russia and

the members of the Six-Party Talks is as follows

(Table 2) Expected Roles of Russia and the Six-Party Talks in the Scenario

In short the main feature of lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Project for the

DPRKrsquo is a product of a multilateral economic diplomacy In general such

a multilateral economic approach has an unavoidable drawback in that such

a pragmatic diplomacy cannot move ahead regardless of the difficult security

concern of the Korean peninsula In particular I recognize that an increased

Russian role on a unified Korean peninsula would increase the tensions

among the main regional actors

However the strength of this scenario is combining security and

economic issues together to offer a comprehensive resolution concerning the

main threat that would inhibit inter-Korean rapprochement that is an

unchanged provocative posture of North Korea vis-agrave-vis its security needs

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 283

In other words the CTR program for Pyongyangrsquos WMD can be a suitable

alternative to prevent the North Korean military actions In addition the

economic rewards and investment for the DPRK during the negotiation

based on the gas pipeline project would enable advancement the North

Korean economy which in turn will have a positive effect on a long-term

solution such as the reconciliation between the two Koreas Furthermore if

an economic reconciliation can be reached with the help of the new actor

lsquoRussiarsquo this could become a plausible alternative reunification strategy of

the Korean peninsula Such a new consideration will justify the economic

and pragmatic approaches in the framework of the Six-Party talks

Ⅴ Conclusion

Time has changed However the issues surrounding the Korean

peninsula where interests of major powers are contested still display a

unique and multifaceted pattern on the international political order The

dilemma of the peninsula is the coexistence of lsquoinsecurityrsquo and lsquoprosperityrsquo

which is an inevitable by-product caused by the geopolitical situation

Despite such a reality smarter alternatives to achieve lsquopeacersquo and

lsquoprosperityrsquo on the Korean peninsula in the 21st century should be created

The option available currently is lsquothe Six-Party Talksrsquo This study has

suggested that such a multilateral talk offers a plausible framework to

resolve the issues surrounding the Korean peninsula beyond the North

Korean nuclear crisis Obviously the complex diplomatic calculations of the

284 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

six players are the key limitation of this framework but the talks seems

to be worthy as it is acting as a creditable model of the multilateral

negotiations In particular this study dealt with the role of Russia because

when it comes to the process of the Six-Party Talks and inter-relations with

the two Koreas to date Moscowrsquos contribution on the Six-Party Talks

brought positive alternatives which rival the contributions of Washington

and Beijing Based on such a development a scenario under which Russia

can play a positive role in creating a new and a long-term resolution to the

issues of the Korean peninsula can be postulated

However there are limitations which this study cannot escape Firstly as

the worst case scenario if the second Korean War breaks out suddenly the

reality of the multilateral talks and the scenario introduced above may

presumably have no bearing Secondly due to unexpected internal and

external conditions of Russia such as instability of the regime or global

economy crisis the role of Russia can fluctuate Thirdly if the others actors

especially in the US and China wants to maintain strong influences a

lsquopower gamersquo might break out the result of which might have negative

effects Finally the methodology of this research is a problem-solving

approach which was connected to the current policy analysis based on

comprehensive study of the primary sources As a result it is impossible to

deliver obvious and exact facts and information in terms of the Six-Party

Talks which is still in progress

Nonetheless the aim of this study was to offer an alternative to the

current difficult though hypothetical As a result this study was able to lead

a conclusion the Six-Party Talks and the role of Moscow are able to be a

persuasive and plausible alternative for a long-term solution on the Korean

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 285

peninsula The importance of the Six-Party Talks the inter-relations between

Russia and the two Koreas and a scenario suggested supported the

conclusion

All in all the increased and positive Russian involvement toward the two

Koreas can be a stepping-stone for a dialogue and cooperation for peace

and prosperity on the Korean peninsula Furthermore the full use of the

Six-Party Talks will ultimately contribute to security of the Northeast Asian

region beyond the North Korean nuclear crisis

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286 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

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박지선(PARK JISUN )

영국 런던대 킹스 칼리지(Kingrsquos College London) 국제분쟁학 석사 학위를 취득하고 현재 동

대학원 전략학 박사과정에 있다 주요 연구실적으로 ldquoConstructivist Understandings of North

Korearsquos Ballistic Missile Programme National Security Policy Based on North Korearsquos Strategic

Culturerdquo(2014) 985172한반도 신뢰프로세스를 통한 비핵국가 한국의 핵 안보전략 제2차 핵시대를

맞이하여985173(2013 공저) 985172클라우제비츠의 전쟁이론으로 본 냉전 이후 북한의 핵미사일 전략

에 관한 연구985173(2010 공저) 등이 있다

6자회담 틀 내에서 한반도 중장기 평화번영을 위한 러시아의

lsquo숙련된 중재자(New Seasoned Facilitator)rsquo 역할

박지선 (런던대 킹스 칼리지)

국문요약

본 논문은 한반도의 중장기 평화번영 방안을 위해 교착상태에 빠진 6자회담의 틀 안

에서 러시아의 역할에 대한 새로운 학문적 접근을 보여주고자 한다 본 논문에서는 북한

핵무기 개발 프로그램의 중단이라는 공동의 목적을 달성하기 위해 설립된 6자회담의 주

요 행위자들의 정치적middot전략적 이해관계를 경제적 영역으로 확대하면서 보다 실용적인

한반도 문제 해결 방안을 제시하고 있다 특히 lsquo숙련된 중재자(New Seasoned Facilitator)rsquo

로서의 러시아의 역할에 대해 심도 있게 고찰하면서 6자회담 틀에서 가능한 하나의 시나

리오를 실험적으로 제안하고 있다 본 논문의 주요 내용은 1) 6자회담의 연대기적 분석

2)한반도를 둘러싼 6자회담 주요 국가들의 이해관계 분석 3) 숙련된 중재자로서의 러

시아의 역할을 고찰 4) 실용적이고 실행 가능한 경제협력 방안이 될 한반도 평화정착을

위한 북한경제재건 프로젝트의 시나리오 등이다

주제어 6자회담 러시아 외교정책 북한 중재자 한반도 중middot장기 번영

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250 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

regard the new Russian role in making contribution to a medium and

long-term solution on the Korean peninsula is to be the main theme of this

paper Thus this paper will examine the following three steps to determine

the feasibility of three suppositions mentioned before

【Step1】 Understanding the Six-Party Talks functioned as a multilateral

negotiation framework

【Step2】 Scrutinizing the new role of Russia in the course of the

inter-relations between Russia and the two Koreas

【Step3】 Suggesting an important scenario the so-called lsquoEconomic

Reconstruction Project for the DPRKrsquo to promote Russiarsquos participation

as a lsquonew seasoned facilitatorrsquo by using the framework of the Six-Party

Talks

In this regard the significance of this paper is to demonstrate a new

perspective relating to the medium-long term prosperity of the Korean

peninsula within the framework of the Six-Party Talks

However the first limitation which this research is facing is the fact that

no definitive conclusion can be made since the talks are still progressing

although it seems be the ending of the denuclearization talks since North

Korea walked out in 2009 This is because the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

of Republic of Korea openly releases the news that chief negotiators for

the Six-Party Talks have regular discussions via public press and official

websites4) Secondly previous studies about the Six-Party Talks usually focus

on the role of the US and China which deals with politico-strategic interests

4) Ministry of Foreign Affairs Republic of Korea

lthttpwwwmofagokrENGpolicykpennknuclearpressreleasesindexjspmenu=m

_20_20_10amptabmenu=t_2gt

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 251

at the negotiation table In other words most academic papers written by

individual researchers on Pyongyangrsquos nuclear weapon are focused on

empirical studies of North Korea negotiating behaviors and memories of

participants in the Six-Party Talks5) The objective of these studies is to

discover the main features of Pyongyangrsquos political decision-making of

negotiation processes by analysing empirical cases with North Korea For

example North Korearsquos coercive negotiating style the so-called ldquoBrinkmanshiprdquo

is originated from such studies through the periodical analysis of strategic

behaviours during the Six-Party Talks

By taking such considerations into account this paper pursues a

problem-solving approach based on history-based cases and critical analyses

to alleviate such limitations mentioned above For this reason although

there are unavoidable obstacles to develop some propositions for the paper

this approach can be worthy as a pragmatic academic study suggested with

important hypothesis and scenarios Therefore on this basis this paper will

aim to establish the pre-conclusion offered Russia and six-party talks as the

new approach for a medium and long-term solution on the Korean

peninsula

5) Some of the studies in the Six-Party Talks are as follows Downs Chunk Over

the Line (1999) Snyder Scott Negotiating on the Edge North Korean Negotiating

Behaviour (1999) Charles L Pritchard Failed Diplomacy The Tragic Story of

How North Korea Got the Bomb(2007) Mike Chinoy Meltdown The Inside Story

of the North Korean Nuclear Crisis(2008) Dong-Won Lim Peacemaker (2008)

Soo-Hyuk Lee Transforming Event (2005) Funabashi Yoichi The Peninsula

Question A Chronicle of the Second Korean Nuclear Crisis (2007)

252 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

Ⅱ Understanding the Six-Party Talks

The main purpose of this step is to determine the significance of the

multilateral negotiation on the medium and long-term issues of the Korean

peninsula beyond the North Korean nuclear crisis by looking into

chronological backgrounds of the Six-Party Talks

Indeed the ldquoblueprintrdquo for the 21st century peace-building on the Korean

peninsula must be a smarter approach because insecurity and prosperity

co-exist in this region When it comes to the geopolitical aspect the

peninsula influenced from the by-products of the Cold War can be regarded

as a spot of strategic importance where interests of the major powers such

as the US and Russia are contested In fact different actors surrounding the

Korean peninsula have different interests on the inter-Korean dialogues In

this sense the issues surrounding the Korean peninsula demonstrate a

unique pattern on the international political order North Korearsquos first

nuclear test in 2006 Pyongyangrsquos rocket launch on 5 April 2009 and a

revelation of their uranium enrichment facilities at Yongbyon in 2010 which

created major uproars could be examples of power game of how

complicated the situation in the region is No matter what the intention of

Pyongyang―whether it was a peaceful experiment or intimidating military

provocations―the United Nations Security Council condemned the

increasing military threat of the North as it is causing international security

risks beyond the Northeast Asian region6) Additionally neither South Korea

6) After Pyongyangrsquos rocket launch in early April the United Nations Security Council

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 253

nor the US was able to impose strong actions against Pyongyang at their

discretion because they have to consider positions and reactions of the

neighboring states such as Japan Russia and China and so on

In this same way a framework to discuss complicated matters concerning

North Korea by the neighboring countries was founded in 2003 the

so-called ldquoSix-Party Talksrdquo The participants of the Six-Party Talks consist of

Japan Peoplersquos Republic of China the Russian Federation United States

Democratic Peoplersquos Republic of Korea and Republic of Korea7) Such a

multilateral composition offers a framework for a peace-building effort on

the Korean peninsula as lsquothe second best optionrsquo in high-politics areas such

as military and diplomatic means Actually the task of the Six-Party Talks

for the members other than North Korea is clear―ending the North Korean

nuclear weapons programs and scraps relevant technological capability That

is a pivotal purpose to create the framework which calls up the six players

having different interests

However despite the existence of the collective desire by the players to

stop North Korea in reality there are many obstacles in reaching a

resolution within the framework of the Six-Party Talks Recently Kim

Jong-un regime continues to escalate repetitive military provocations in the

Korean peninsula by newly stating in its constitution that ldquoit has become a

nuclear state launching another long-range missile in December and

was to set a unanimous resolution denouncing North Korearsquos rocket launch based

on the Security Council resolution 1718 lthttpwwwglobalsecurityorgwmdlibrary

newsdprk2009dprk-090411-voa02htmgt

7) Both official and unofficial designation for the participants of the Six-Party Talks

members will be used in mixture including such terms as for example North

Korea the North Kim Jung-Il regime and Pyongyang

254 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

conducting its third nuclear test on February 12 2013rdquo8) For this reason

North Korea issues demands fairly multifaceted calculations owing to the

historic political and economic dilemmas among the participants In this

respect the talks have not produced a comprehensive agreement or feasible

actions since the beginning even though this approach is a commendable

model of such a multilateral negotiation

Nevertheless I conclude that the Six-Party Talks plays an important part

in the resolution about comprehensive issues adjoining the Korean

peninsula In spite of many obstacles facing the Six-Party Talks the players

kept the multilateral and intricate meeting continue for more than 10 years

while expecting favorable results to extend their strategic goals

When it comes to chronological steps of the Talks the first Six-Party

Talks initiated in 2003 but the North Korean nuclear crisis which is

regarded as the main theme of the Six-Party Talks originated in the early of

1960s After the Korean War North Korea established a nuclear energy

facility at Yongbyon in 1962 based on the agreement of peaceful nuclear

energy development with the Soviet Union Since then a suspicion that

Pyongyang might have the capacity to develop a workable nuclear weapon

became an lsquoopen secretrsquo Finally such a suspicion was known to the

international community with a concrete evidence―the US and French

satellite images of Yongbyon9) Owing to the apparent information of the

8) Ministry of Foreign Affairs Republic of Korea

lthttpwwwmofagokrENGpolicykpennknuclearoverviewindexjspmenu=m_20_

20_10gt

9) Kook Sin Kim ldquoNorth Korean Nuclear crisis and International Responsesrdquo Korea

Institute for National Unification Issue Paper for the Korean Reunification (Nov

2006) pp2~10

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 255

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Washington concluded that North Korea

was pursuing a uranium enrichment program

Hence as an appeasement to end the future high-tech military

provocation of Pyongyang the 1994 Agreed Framework was created―

The Geneva Agreed Framework between Washington and Pyongyang10)

Specifically on the basis of the agreement Washington pledged to provide

fuel and construct two light-water reactors with the establishment of the

KEDO (Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization) while North

Korea promised to end a plutonium enrichment program in exchange 11)

However both the US and North Korea did not meet the key demands of

the 1994 Agreed framework What is more North Korearsquos secret uranium

enrichment program and Pyongyangrsquo continuous development of nuclear

weapons led to a breakdown of agreement between Pyongyang and

Washington in 2002 At the same time North Korea withdrew from the

Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) once again

10) The Agreed Framework between the US and DPRK (Geneva Oct 21 1994)

lthttpwww2lawcolumbiaeducourse_00S_L9436_001North20Korea20materials

agreedframeworkhtmgt11) Jayshree Barjoria and Beina Xu ldquoThe Six Party Talks on North Korearsquos Nuclear

Programrdquo Council on foreign Relations (September 2013)

256 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

(Figure 1) Chronological Steps of ldquoThe Six-Party Talksrdquo

Unfortunately by failing to keep pledges both Washington and

Pyongyang caused the following outcomes 1) providing official reasons for

continuous nuclear development program 2) weakening chances of the

bilateral talks between the US and the DPRK due to growing distrust and

3) accelerating security threats on the Northeast Asian region

These outcomes resulted from the first North Korean nuclear crisis which

eventually led to the Six-Party Talks Shortly thereafter the second North

Korean nuclear crisis was developed by the side-effects of the first nuclear

crisis The ldquothree-party talksrdquo among the US China and North Korea began

in April 2003 to discuss the second crisis when Pyongyang withdrew from

the NPT (Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty) in January 2003 However the

meeting was not enough to deal with the crisis because more complicated

lsquopower gamesrsquo beyond the North Korean nuclear crisis was evident From

this perspective the other regional players ndash Russia Japan and South Korea

- pushed cooperation to turn the ldquoThree-Party Talksrdquo into the ldquoSix-Party

Talksrdquo12) stressing the need to deal with the crisis on the Korean peninsula

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 257

through a new regional framework This is the origin of the lsquoSix-Party Talksrsquo

covering comprehensive problems generated from North Korearsquos nuclear

issue

Ⅲ Critical Analysis of the Six-Party Talks

Demonstrating Different Interests of Six Players

The obvious goal of the Six-Party talks is the denuclearization of the

Korean peninsula13) However there is what can be dubbed as lsquogrand

agendarsquo to resolve the some of the unsettled regional issues even though it

can arguable depending on respective issues By analyzing three major

agreements which resulted from the Six-Party Talks it is possible to contain

the contents of a lsquogrand agendarsquo They include 1) the September 19 Joint

Agreement in 2005 2) the February13 Agreement in 2007 and 3) the

October 3 Agreement in 200814) In particular in the case of lsquoInitial Actions

for Implementation of the Joint Statementrsquo meetings of five Working Groups

12) Pang Zhongying ldquoThe Six-Party Process Regional Security Mechanisms and

China-US Cooperation Toward a Regional Security Mechanism for a New

Northeast Asiardquo Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies (March 2009) pp1~413) In the Second-Phased actions for the implementation of the Joint Statement of 19

September 2005 the goal of the Six-Party Talks clarified as follows the first goal

is the verifiable denuclearization of the Korean peninsula in a peace manner14) Official names of the three agreements are 1) Join Statement of the Fourth Round

of the Six-Party Talks (Beijing 19 September 2005) 2) Initial Actions for the

Implementation of the Joint Statement (13 February 2007) and 3) Second-Phase

Actions for the Implementation of the Joint Statement (3 October 2007)

258 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

(WG) held in 200715) The main purpose is to carry out the initial actions

and to achieve the purpose of full implementation of the Joint Statement

The details are as follows

1 Denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula

2 Normalization of US-DPRK Relations

3 Normalization of Japan-DPRK Relations

4 Economic and Energy Cooperation

5 Northeast Asia Peace and Security Mechanism

As it has been seen the follow-up working groups of the Six-Party

Talks dealt with fairly broad subjects beyond the prevention of Pyongyangrsquos

high-tech military threats In this regard Zhongying (2009) states ldquothe

Six-Party Talks has mutually advocated some crucial goalsrdquo16) 1) the

denuclearization of the Korean peninsula 2) the ending the Korean

War with a peace treaty and 3) building a regional mechanism for

peace-building and prosperity From this viewpoint even if the main task of

the Six-Party Talks denuclearized the Korean Peninsula failed due to the

unexpected internal or external factors of the six participants the other

options like 2) and 3) which Zhongying suggested might become another

key agenda for the six parties Thus it is important to recognize the value

of such all-inclusive approach to resolve the difficult regional issues through

the Six-Party Talks rather than focusing on the North Korean nuclear threats

alone

15) Diplomatic White Paper of the Republic of Korea (2008) pp32~3616) Pang Zhongying ldquoThe Six-Party Process Regional Security Mechanisms and

China-US Cooperation Toward a Regional Security Mechanism for a New

Northeast Asiardquo Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies (March 2009) p4

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 259

Taking the importance as a lsquogrand agendarsquo into consideration it is

important to analyze distinctive features of the process of the Six-Party

Talks and this will lead to the identification of the main limitations of the

Six-Party Talks Such limitations will support the following argument

When the range of the Six-Party Talksrsquo agenda is extended to include

comprehensive and pragmatic agenda for medium and long-term resolutions

of the issues of the Korean peninsula this multilateral talks can produce

more positive outcomes while embracing the regional interests of the six

nations More crucially ipso facto the suggestion to create more

comprehensive multilateral framework will enable the following creative and

new approaches 1) the emergence of a lsquoNew Actorrsquo Russia instead of the

main actors such as the US and China within the sixth round of the Six-Party

Talks and 2) the strengthening of the economic approach concentrated on

prosperity rather than intensive political and military negotiation

Above all the most important characteristic of the Six-Party Talks is that

the talks necessitate complicated calculations to balance all membersrsquo

interests After the first talks in 2003 the participating members began to

involve in dynamic diplomatic maneuvers based on each otherrsquos own

domestic issues national interests and interpretations of historical analogies

Owing to these diverse considerations regardless of the main challenge of

the Six-Party Talks framework to stop the North Korean nuclear program

many other challenges have been identified The Six Parties were aroused

by the internal and external interests like the wide-ranging topics of five

Working Groups discussions after February 13 Agreement in 200717)

17) Diplomatic White Paper of the Republic of Korea (2008) pp32~36

260 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

1 Critical Analysis on Six Partiesrsquo Responses after the

Adoption of United Nations Security Council Resolution

1718 (2006)

As an important case the different responses by the each of Six Party

participants on the Security Council resolution 171818) is a good example of

demonstrating complicated strategic calculations of everyone involved After

a nuclear ballistic missile test in October 2006 the Security Council

condemned the test and unanimously adopted resolution 1718 in 14 October

2006 calling for an immediate return to the Six-Party Talks19) The resolution

called for based on Chapter 7 of the United Nations Charter excluding

automatic military enforcement of its demands under the Charterrsquos Article 4

120) the members of the UN prohibit a range of goods from entering or

leaving the DPRK and imposed an asset freeze and travel ban on persons

in terms of the nuclear weapon program21)

In reaction to the resolution the six players showed different reactions

In this paper the responses of six players are largely divided into three

18) On 14 October 2006 after the nuclear ballistic missile test of Pyongyang the UN

Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 1718 condemning the nuclear test 19) Security Council Resolution 1718(2006)

lthttpdaccessddsunorgdocUNDOCGENN0657207PDFN0657207pdfOpen

Elementgt 20) According to the Charterrsquos Article 41 the Security Council decided what measures

not involving the use of armed force are to be employed to the DPRK These

include complete or partial interruption of economic relations and of rail sea air

postal telegraphic radio and other means of communication and the severance

of diplomatic relations 21) UN Security Council Resolution 1718 (2006)

lthttpwwwunorggasearchview_docaspsymbol=SRES171820(2006)gt

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 261

groups Group (Ⅰ) US Japan South Korea Group (Ⅱ) China Russia and

Group (Ⅲ) North Korea Before analyzing the United Nations Security

Council Resolution 1718 one important thesis in this case study is that the

criteria of the grouping stated above is focused on only the United Nations

Security Council Resolution 1718 rather than including all resolutions of

United Nations22) This is because eight UN resolutions related to North

Korearsquos nuclear issue from 1993 to 2013 demonstrate different politico-strategic

outcomes In this regard in the Table (1) the distinctive responses of the

three groups are categorized In brief this table illustrates the complexity of

the Six-Party Talks depending on politico-strategic relations while emphasizing

the importance of a multilateral approach for a long-term solution on the

Korean peninsula

22) These are a list of Unite Nations Council Resolutions related to the North Korean

nuclear issues from 1993 to 2013

bull United Nations Security Council Resolution 825(1993)

bull United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540 (2004)

bull United Nations Security Council Resolution 1695(2006)

bull United Nations Security Council Resolution 1718 (2006)

bull United Nations Security Council Resolution 1874 (2009)

bull United Nations Security Council Resolution 1887 (2009)

bull United Nations Security Council Resolution 2087(2013)

bull United Nations Security Council Resolution 2094 (2013)

262 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

Nuclear Capability (DPRK)

Resolution1718

Comeback of the Six-Party Talks

Military Enforcement

to DPRK

Sanctions against DPRK

The US

(Group Ⅰ)

Japan

(Group Ⅰ)

S Korea

(Group Ⅰ)ⅹ ⅹ

China

(Group Ⅱ)

ⅹ ⅹ

Russia

(Group Ⅱ)ⅹ ⅹ ⅹ

N Korea

(Group Ⅲ)

ⅹ ⅹ ⅹ

(Table 1) Critical Analysis on Six Partiesrsquo Responses after the Adoption of

United Nations Security Council Resolution 1718

strong support support partly support ⅹ objection

Group(Ⅰ) US Japan and Korea

In the case of the first Group it rallied behind Washington whose

stubborn reaction against Pyongyang led to the adoption of the UN Security

Council Resolution 171823) John Bolton who was the former US Ambassador

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 263

to the UN stated ldquoa nuclear test in 2006 was the gravest threat to international

peace and securityrdquo During a Security Council meeting he maintained that

the resolution 1718 should impose more strict demands complementing the

Security Resolution 1695 which is regarded as a failure As a result the US

and Japan enthusiastically bolstered the resolution 1718 welcoming the

contents of strengthened sanctions compared with the resolution 169524) On

the surface South Korea - which sustained considerably close relationship

with the US - seemed to unwillingly follow the resolution emphasizing that

the problem should be solved under a peaceful and diplomatic approach

In fact a division was recognizable within this group While the US and

Japan stuck together in unity in purpose and actions 25) against the irrational

behaviors of North Korea for doing missile tests the South Korean

government was committed to a two-pronged policy Indeed the grand

strategy of the South Korean government was to pursue the following two

aims the prevention of Pyongyang provocations and reconciliation of the

two Koreas In other words although all three maintained close

cooperation they all had slightly different interests and conditions

23) UN Security Council meeting on 9 October 2006

lthttpwwwunorgNewsPressdocs2006sc8853dochtmgt24) The main subjects of the Security Council Resolution 1695 are 1) stopping games

of lsquobrinkmanshiprsquo 2) complying with Security Council demands 3) returning to the

Six-Party Talks and 4) implementing terms of the joint statement for the last round

of the talks See United Nations Security Council Resolution 1695 (2006)25) The expectations of Washington and Tokyo from the Six-Party Talks are1) the

withdrawal of Nuclear weapons first then negotiations afterwards and 2) the

establishment of a democratic government similar to the US standards

264 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

Group (Ⅱ) China Russia

In the case of the group two China and Russia who have been close

supporters of North Korea for more than an half century demonstrated

similar reactions as the members of group one did While they agreed on

the general direction of the resolution each had a slightly different view on

the extension of the contents In the case of China not only Beijing was

the main actor in initiating the Six-Party Talks but also a very close friend

to North Korea 26) However China chose to support the sanctions against

Pyongyang under the resolution 1718 Meanwhile Russia had a different

view In an urgent meeting of the UN Security Council unlike China Russia

did not support such stringent sanctions against Pyongyang although

Moscow agreed on condemning the North Korean rocket launch Even if

in the end both Beijing and Moscow supported the resolution 1718 in

general it was an occasion when the two countries showed different

approach toward Pyongyang during the adoption process of the resolution27)

Group(Ⅲ) North Korea

Contrarily the reaction of the third group North Korea was fairly

obvious against the Security Council Resolution Park Gilyon North Korearsquos

Ambassador to UN said that Pyongyang rejects the resolution 1718 since the

resolution is a coercive declaration by a ldquogangster-likerdquo Security Council28)

26) See Security Council Meeting on 9 October 2006

lthttpwwwunorgNewsPressdocs2006sc8853dochtmgt27) See Security Council Meeting on 9 October 2006

lthttpwwwunorgNewsPressdocs2006sc8853dochtmgt28) See Security Council meeting on 9 October 2006

lthttpwwwunorgNewsPressdocs2006sc8853dochtmgt

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 265

Nevertheless the main limitation of the talks still remains without

creative alternatives to disentangle intricate interests of the participants of

the Six-Party Talks no feasible output can be expected from such a

multilateral meeting Thus in order to overcome the above-mentioned

limitations of the Six-Party Talks I suggest an approach which emphasizes

the following points 1) the emergence of a lsquonew experienced facilitatorrsquo

instead of previous main actors to encourage more pragmatic approaches

and 2) the combination of political and economic tools especially in

highlighting the economic approaches Consequently this paper will focus

on Russiarsquos role as a New Seasoned Facilitator since Russia can offer new

possibilities for a long-term resolution of the issues on the Korean

peninsula

2 Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo for Dealing with

Issues on the Korean Peninsula

In this part the role of Russia will be scrutinized as a possible new

strong facilitator who might offer long-term solutions to the problems on the

Korean peninsula in the 21st century Since most of the studies concerning

cooperation on the Korean peninsula tend to focus mainly on the role

played by the US and China I argue that this paper may provide an

innovative contribution to the study of the ldquoSix-Party Talksrdquo stressing

Russiarsquos new role vis-agrave-vis the Korean peninsula In my view indeed

Russiarsquos role on the Korean peninsula progressively emerged in recent years

shaping the image of ldquofacilitatorrdquo interested in persuading North Korea to

seek an alternative to the nuclear weapons program and promote energy

266 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

cooperation in the region which might hasten possibility of peace on the

Korean peninsula

According to Vorontsov (2007) the basic positions of Moscow for the

Six-Party Talks are as follows 1) advocating the strict inspection of NPT and

the denuclearized Korean peninsula 2) persisting peaceful negotiation

among the six players and 3) promoting the inter-Korean dialogues29) In

contrast to the hard-line stance of White House30) to eliminate all factors

related to North Korean nuclear program in terms of the Korean issues the

current Russian government seems to strive for the achievement of the goal

2) and 3) When it comes to the geostrategic situations the Korean issues

have recently become one of the major considerations for Moscow because

the US China and Japan have gradually played important roles on the

issues of Korean peninsula who are all Russiarsquos direct neighbors31)

Namely owing to the invisible lsquoPower Racersquo among the major powers

Russia is increasingly interested in the issues surrounding the Korean

peninsula

In the same way unlike the general expectations on the global stage the

Russian role within the multilateral talks may have substantial influences as

well as the other actors have contributed to the meetings In the beginning

29) Alexander Vorontsov ldquoCurrent Russia ndash North Korea Relations Challenges and

Achievementsrdquo Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies (2007) p1730) Still North Korea seems to believe what White House pursues a hard-line policy

toward Pyongyang An unnamed spokesman of Pyongyang stated on 8 May 2009

ldquothe Obama administration for the past 100 dayshelliphellip the hostile policy toward

Pyongyang remains unchangedrdquo

lthttpwwwnytimescom20090509worldasia09koreahtml_r=1ampref=global-homegt31) Georgy Toloraya ldquoRussian Policy in Korea in a time of changerdquo The Korean

Journal of Defense Analysis Vol211 (2009) p69

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 267

stage of the talks some counties had skepticism about Moscowrsquos

participation in the talks because the Four-Party Talks (the US China and

the two Koreas) - except for Moscow - was a general pattern on the

inter-Korean issues32) However Kremlin played an essential role in inviting

Pyongyang in joining the Six-Party Talks because North Korea insisted

Pyongyang would not participate in the 2003 meeting without Russia33)

When it comes to Russian official stance in 2015 Moscow continuously

supports the Six-Party Talks for denuclearization in the Korean peninsula

while Russia does not recognize North Korea as a nuclear state34)

Historically Russia and North Korea have significantly long and

meaningful relations throughout the period of Korearsquos liberation following

Japanese colonization the Korean War and the opening and ending of the

Cold War In particular the two countries enjoyed a very strong cooperative

relationship during the Korean War35) Following the Korean War the

Soviet Union became the main trade partner and a sponsor for the

nation-building of Kim Il-sungrsquo regime Approximately 93 factories and

industrial facilities in North Korea were established under the Russian

technical assistance 36)constructing Pyongyangrsquos heavy-industrial backbon

32) Moscowrsquos absence from the Four-Party Talks proposed by the former President Bill

Clinton and President Kim Young Sam on April 16 1996 demonstrated Russiarsquos

dwindled regional influence in the Korean peninsula Yang et al (2004) p80133) Vorontsov (2007) p2234) ldquoRussian Envoy Discusses Pyongyang tests Thaadrdquo Korea Joongang Daily September

25 2015

lthttpkoreajoongangdailyjoinscomnewsarticleArticleaspxaid=3009631gt35) During the Korean War the Russian pilots contributed to the air defence of

North Korea resulting in the loss of 135 pilots and more than 300 airplanes Ibid

p5

268 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

e37) Such a close alliance between the two communist societies continued

until the collapse of the Soviet Union Unfortunately during the President

Elrsquotsinrsquos administration the Russian policy toward the Korean peninsula

shifted due to the unilateral rapprochement with the ROK as the new

diplomatic approach in the so-called ldquodemocratic romanticismrdquo which called

for greatly pro-Western at the expense of Russiarsquos interests 38) Such

transformed Russian policy seemed to cause a crack in the friendship

between Moscow and Pyongyang

However since the inauguration of Vladimir Putin the Russian political

elites began envisaging new approaches towards the Korean peninsula

Putinrsquos new approach functioned as a breakthrough to reinforce previously

weakening relations between Russia and North Korea As a result a historic

treaty on ldquoFriendshiprdquo between Kremlin and Pyongyang―Good-Neighbourly

Relations and Cooperation―was created in 200039) Currently Kim Jong-Un

regime has mainly concentrated on strengthening trade relations with Kremlin

and both Moscow and Pyongyang have taken positive consensus towards

36) The North Korean nuclear energy facilities were established with the Soviet

technical assistance in 1962 37) Vorontsov (2007) p538) On 27 October 1991 Elrsquotin addressed two main aims fo the Russian Foreign

policy 1) pursuing favourable external conditions for the domestic political and

economic reforms and 2) overcoming the legacy of the Cold war Richard Sakwa

(2008) Russian Politics and Society (London Routledge 2008) pp368~36939) After the treaty of lsquoGood-Neighbourly Relations and Cooperationrsquo the Moscowrsquos

declaration of the DPRK and the Russian Federation was released on 4 August 2001

The DPRK-Russia joint declaration is the advanced version of lsquogood-neighbourliness

and cooperationrsquo signed on 9 February 2000 Since then the two countries have

tried the friendly relations and mutually beneficial cooperation

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 269

enhancing their economic cooperative relationship In 2014 Putinrsquos cabinet

concluded the withdrawal of $10 billion of Pyongyangrsquos $11 billion debt that

had accrued during the Soviet Era40) It seems that Putinrsquos cabinet assumes

that this gesture of goodwill will contribute to the construction of a gas

pipeline covering the Korean peninsula When it comes to both geopolitical

and geo-economics aspects North Korea could have profitable investments

opportunities

All in all such a historic fortification of the inter-relationship between

North Korea and Russia provides diverse chances for the improved role of

Russia in making contributions with the backing of other partners of the

Six-Party Talks Based on this fact it would be possible to focus more on

the possibility of Russiarsquos increased contribution to the talks In fact there

is a strong possibility that Moscow could function as a lsquomediatorrsquo and

lsquofacilitatorrsquo between Pyongyang and the other members of the Six-Party

Talks

There are a number of important cases41) through which Moscow enabled

diplomatic efforts assume the role of a lsquofacilitatorrsquo or lsquomediatorrsquo When it

comes to the bilateral relations between Republic of Korea and Russia the

two nations started nearly at a zero point at first However Kremlin and

Blue House have created new economic science and cultural systems For

example since 1990 the leaders of South Korea and Russia have officially

met 27 times In 2013 President Vladimir Putinrsquos visited to Seoul when the

two nationsrsquo annual bilateral trade exceeded $26 billion42)

40) ldquoNorth Korea Looking Abroadrdquo Korea Economic Institute February 18 2015

lthttpblogkeiaorg201502north-korea-looking-abroadgt41) Vorontsov opcit p17

270 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

In particular in July 2002 Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov visited the two

Koreas respectively to persuade both to return to the negotiating table

which was halted after a naval clash in the West (Yellow) Sea in June 2002

Although the visit was not connected to the Six-Party Talks directly the case

seems to confirm Russiarsquos efforts to assist the improvement of the

inter-Korean relations What is more in terms of the US-DPRK relations

Moscow provided an opportunity for a meeting between the North Korean

Foreign Minister Paek NamSun and the former US Secretary of State Colin

Powell during the ministerial meetings at the ASEAN Regional Forum talks

in Darussalam Brunei in 200243) In short Moscowrsquos effort to carry out

ldquobalancer diplomacyrdquo after Putinrsquos inauguration shows potentials to be a

smart lsquomediatorrsquo within the multilateral negotiation such as the Six-Party

Talks

3 The Russian lsquoNew Realismrsquo Policy Applied in the Korean

Peninsula

Then the questions are to what degree can Russia be engaged in

resolving the inter-Korean issues and what kind of benefit can Russia

expect from the increased involvement with the issues regarding the Korean

peninsula especially in the Six-Party Talks

In the recent years the interest of the Russian politicians and academics

toward the Korean peninsula seems to be soaring As an lsquoactive partrsquo the

42) ldquoRussian Envoy Discusses Pyongyang tests Thaadrdquo Korea Joongang Daily September

25 2015 lthttpkoreajoongangdailyjoinscomnewsarticleArticleaspxaid=3009631gt43) Ibid

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 271

Korean peninsula can be regarded as a region of interest and strategic

importance as the Asian-Pacific region is seen to have increasing economic

implication for Russia due to the lack of involvement by Moscow in the

region of economic prowess44) In particular when Moscow participated in

the Six-Party Talks its approach seems to have strategic bearing toward the

Asia-Pacific region because the region especially the Korean peninsula is

now regarded by Moscow as an area of considerable importance

In fact Russiarsquos burgeoning interests for the Six-Party Talks contemporize

with the inauguration of the Putinrsquos administration Namely Putinrsquos lsquoNew

Realismrsquo based on the pragmatic approach over all Russia policies can be

applied to the evaluation of the Russian intention and purpose toward the

Six-Party Talks On the whole the national motto of the 21st century Russia

is lsquoPragmatismrsquo which also significantly influenced the current Medvedevrsquos

cabinet45) On a meeting of the Security Council in March 2000 the new

Russian lsquoForeign Policy Conceptrsquo was introduced by Ivanov the Russian

Foreign Minister at the time The main concept of the document was lsquomore

realisticrsquo for rebuilding the domestic economy and promoting the Russian

economic interests abroad as it strives to become worldrsquos tenth biggest

economy in the 21st century46) Hence Moscowrsquos foreign policy influenced

44) Natasha Kuhrt Russian Policy towards China and Japan The Elrsquotsin and Putin

periods (New York Rutledge 2007) pp 54~5645) In January 2002 the former President Putin had an interview with a Polish

Newspaper and Polish TVP Channel In the interview he stated that lsquoPragmatismrsquo

as a key means for the economic cooperation with other nations ldquoWe began this

talk by pointing out that the soundest approachhellip on the basis of pragmatism

and pragmatic interest in each otherrdquo

lthttpwwwkremlinruengtextspeeches200201150001_type82916_147392shtmlgt46) Sakwa(2008) pp371~391

272 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

by such realistic and pragmatic approaches seems to have valid bearing for

both the Six-Party Talks and the inter-Korean dialogues especially when the

economic aspects are addressed

In essence what are the specific interests Moscow might have on the

Korean peninsula The answer to this question is the more the Korean

military threats are slackened the more Russiarsquos security and economic

interests are amplified In terms of this argument Meyer (2005) identified

the reasons for the Russian Federationrsquos participation in the multilateral

meeting He indicated that by supporting reconciliation between DPRK and

ROK Russia can achieve the following objectives 1) the symbolic objective

to be recognized as a permanent major power on the global stage 2) the

military objective to dissuade Pyongyang from pursuing nuclear weapons

program not to weaken the global commitment for NPT and 3) the

economic objective to establish favorable conditions for the development of

a trilateral economic cooperation among Russia and the two Koreas47)

In relation to the third objective when Putin was the president he had

strong interests toward the Korean peninsula as there were potentially

lucrative economic opportunities available Such projects included connecting

the inter-Korean railroad to the Trans-Siberian railroad and exporting natural

gas from the Kovyktinskoe field in Irkutsk to the Korean peninsula through

China48)

In fact it can be concluded that the third reason which Meyer identified

is the main objective of Russiarsquos participation in the Sic-Party talks therefore

47) Peggy Falkenhein Meyer ldquoRussia Interests and Objectives on the Korean Peninsulardquo

International Journal of Korean Studies (FallWinter 2005) Vol 4 No 2 pp 145~14748) Ibid pp148~154

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 273

it could be assumed the promotion of economic issues can be conceived

and used as a tool to make a breakthrough to overcome the sluggish

multifaceted talks dealing with North Korea high-technology fears More

specifically I argue that the natural gas projects can dramatically increase

Russiarsquos penetration on the Korean peninsula and promote ndash in turn -

Moscowrsquos effort to bring positive changes to the talks From this perspective

Russian economic leverage might become a cornerstone for bringing peace

in the Korean peninsula In the following part I will present a possible

scenario in which this assumption might be substantially developed

Ⅳ A New Role of Russia on the Korean Peninsula

Figure 2 as shown below portrays a possible scenario of cooperation on

the Korean peninsula which emphasizes the following aspects 1) the

importance of the Six-Party Talks for the future of cooperation on the

Korean peninsula in the 21st century and 2) the suggestion of new

alternatives which focus on Russia and its economic involvement to boost

multilateral talks In building-up the scenario the key presumption is that

economic cooperation can create a ldquofunctional leveragerdquo in a political

scenario characterized by a substantial political rapprochement due to the

enforcement of a legally binding treaty (ie a Peace Treaty that could officially

end the Korean War) and prepare a definitive process of nation-building

among the two Koreas This ldquofunctional leveragerdquo is based on the role

played by CTR (Cooperative Threat Reduction) program49) to eliminate all

274 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

military threats―nuclear chemical biological and missiles threat from North

Korea In principle the objective of CTR is to reduce the dangers created

by nuclear chemical or biological weapons or their delivery vehicles The

actors of the CTR are consisted of a host who eradicates secures or

converts the WMD (Weapons of Mass Destruction) programs while the

other partners supporting such efforts50)

The most attractive function of the CTR for the following scenario is that

the partners provide money technology equipment and training to the host

nation In case that the six participants select the option during the process

of the WMD removal the main problems such methods and incentives in

terms of the North Korean nuclear withdrawal will be solved naturally

Furthermore the main argument to highlight the economic approaches with

flexible funds produced by rewards of the CTR programs can be persuaded

more convincingly Therefore the following section will justify this

alternative based on the postulation mentioned above―the application of

the CTR in the process of the Six-Party Talks

49) The CTR (or sometimes called for lsquoNunn-Lugarrsquo) programme provides funding

and expertise for the states in the former Soviet Unions including Russia Ukraine

Georgia Azerbaijan Belarus Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan under disarmament

treaties lthttpnunn-lugarcomindexshtmlgt50) Joel S Wit Wolfsthal Jon and Oh Choong-suk (2005) ldquoThe Six Party Talks and

Beyond Cooperative Threat Reduction and North Koreardquo A Report of the CSIS

International Security Program Dec (Washington DC CSIS) pp7~8

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 275

1 A Scenario Suggested lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Projection

for the DPRKrsquo

As stressed before the founding hypothesis of this scenario is a

substantial political shift on the Korean peninsula prospecting a clear

ldquoongoing processrdquo ldquoone Korea reunifiedrdquo However in my argumentation

the crucial assumption is not related to dynamics leading to the political

rapprochement among the two Koreas and neighbor countries which are

members of the Six-Party Talks Instead the central point of the first

scenario is to focus on the preparations and nation-building toward the

reconciliation of the two Koreas through multilateral economic negotiations

Namely to what extent can the framework of the Six-Party Talks and Russia

influence on peace and prosperity on the Korean peninsula as the means

of economic approaches

(Figure 2) Economy Reconstruction Project for the DPRK

276 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

Stage I

As shown in Figure 2 this scenario will be developed through four

stages During Stage I in order to resolve the core problem of Pyongyang―

the disposal of all WMD including chemical biological nuclear weapons

and the CTR program will be offered strongly Under the circumstances

North Korea seems to be a proper candidate for the CTR In the case of the

CTR the multilateral approaches owing to the political and financial

burden-sharing among the sponsors are indispensable51) Although the

Northeast Asian region has not been a suitable case for the program the

Six-Party Talks has shown a consensus on the difficult security problems

especially on Pyongyangrsquos military threats Such a partnership among the

participants of the Six-Party Talks which has been cultivated for seven years

of working together produces more positive results in the progress of the

disposal of nuclear weapons during the period of conducting the CTR

program

In addition Moscow will play a key role in the application of the CTR

program for North Korea When it comes to the beginning of the CTR the

program focused intensively on the countries of the former Soviet Union

including Russia Ukraine Georgia Azerbaijan Belarus Uzbekistan and

Kazakhstan As a result 6600 nuclear warheads have been eliminated since

1991 and more that 470 long-range missiles have been destroyed while

over 1800 other missiles strategic bombers have been disassembled52) With

51) Ibid pp1~352) The United States has invested $7 billion in the former Soviet Union since 1991

and is recently investing $1 billion per year There are additional participants―EU

UK Germany and France Ibid pp7~8

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 277

such an impressive precedent Russia is able to provide a workable solution

during the process of Pyongyangrsquos cooperative threat reduction The most

impressive strength of the first stage is provided that North Korea and the

five members of the Six-Party talks collectively pursue the CTR program the

following economic incentives will be offered for the reconstruction of

North Korea 1) a reward of nuclear withdrawal and 2) the reuse of

resources previously used in the Northrsquos nuclear program

In relation to CTR with application to the case of North Korea it possible

to argue that Russia ndash mindful of the CTR program provided by the US in

the aftermath of the collapse of the Soviet Empire ndash could potentially reuse

the rationale behind the above-mentioned mass destruction dismantlement

program in order to materially help North Korea to eliminate these kinds of

armaments as well as to boost a more comprehensive trust-building process

in the direction of Pyongyang increasing Russian influence over the North

and the overall region

Stage II

During the Stage II the expected economic incentives offered from the

implementation of the CTR project will be connected to the establishment of

a factual organization―lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Project for the DPRKrsquo

Continuously the international community should remain concerned about a

steep decline of the North Korean economy which in the past caused the

most destructive famines of the 20th century As many as one million

people who represent about five percent of the North Korean population

perished in the mid-1990s as a result53) Therefore the members of the

Six-Party Talks should pursue Pyongyangrsquos economic reforms and

278 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

reconstruction simultaneously since the countries regard economic inability

of Kim Jung Un to be one of the causes for using the military threats54)

Therefore it would provide a vital opportunity to bring changes in North

Korea if an organization which focuses on the economic benefits is

founded For this purpose this study recommends the establishment of

lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Project for the DPRKrsquo within the framework of the

Six-Party Talks The aspiration for the DPRK project is based on the

September 2005 Joint Statement and the February 2007 Joint Statement of

the Six-Party Talks The September Statement encouraged the economic

cooperation in the areas of energy trade and investment within the

Six-Party Talks framework55) Also in the February 2007 Joint Statement the

six players promised humanitarian assistance to North Korea and

established an Economy and Energy Cooperation Working Group56)

Although such agreements to boost the North Korean economy did not

53) Haggard Stephan and Noland Marcus ldquoA Security and Peace for Northeast Asia

The Economic Dimensionrdquo Peterson Institute for International Economics Policy

Brief No PB08-4 (April 2008) p2 54) In 2000 North Korea tried ldquomarketization from belowrdquo in the areas of local

organs government offices and military units with the recommendation of the

international community Ibid p255) See Join Statement of the Fourth Round of the Six-Party Talks in Beijing (19

September 2005)

lthttpwwwmofatgokrwebmodulehtsboardhbdhbdreadjsptypeID=6ampboardid=

247ampseqno=293918ampc=TITLEampt=amppagenum=2amptableName=TYPE_DATABOARDamppc=

ampdc=ampwc=amplu=ampvu=ampiu=ampdu=gt56) See Initial Actions for the Implementation of the Joint Statement (13 February 2007)

lthttpwwwmofatgokrwebmodulehtsboardhbdhbdreadjsptypeID=6ampboardid=

247ampseqno=293924ampc=TITLEampt=amppagenum=3amptableName=TYPE_DATABOARDamppc=amp

dc=ampwc=amplu=ampvu=ampiu=ampdu=gt

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 279

produce output in reality the international concerns seemed to have

reached a consensus relating to the ideas of lsquoEconomic Reconstruction

Project for DPRKrsquo introduced for the Stage II

Stage III

The following study on the similar subject reflects such international

concerns in a pragmatic way lsquopipeline gas introduction to the Korean

peninsularsquo57) In the Stage III as a long-term scenario to rehabilitate the

DPRKrsquos economy the idea of lsquopipeline gas projectrsquo introduced by Paik

(2005) will be applied Within the Six-Party Talks framework energy

assistance is another integral theme which is seen as important area to

resolve the nuclear problem on the Korean peninsula What is more such

energy supply options for DPRK generated from the gas pipeline project can

be functioned as a versatile negotiation tool combining the geopolitical and

economic reality on the Six-Party Talks table

In fact one well-established energy development organization―KEDO―

already exists The mission of KEDO is to implement the Agreed Framework

between the US and DPRK on the assumption that Pyongyang agreed to

freeze and ultimately dismantle its breathing nuclear program58) Unfortunately

the KEDO led project failed due to the North Korean distrust towards KEDO

due to the ailing relationship between Washington and Pyongyang caused

by the North Korean military threats and the failure to meet the agreed

57) Keun-Wook Paik ldquoPipeline Gas Introduction to the Korean Peninsulardquo Korea

Foundation Project lsquoEnergy and Environmental Cooperation in the Korea Peninsula

(2005)58) Baker et al opcit pp135~138

280 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

provisions59) Unlike the KEDO projects the introduction of the long

distance gas pipeline passing through the DPRK territory will involve the

two Koreas and Russia In particular intended for Pyongyang the pipeline

gas would provide energy to power many major cities in the DPRK

assuming that a 15 bcm60) natural gas would be allocated to the North as

a transit fees Also South Korea can provide additional support to prevent

the collapse of the North Korean economy61) In addition further funding

can be allocated for the CTR programs which will intensify the effort to

support rebuilding of the North Korean economy

Other than the economic merit Moscow is well positioned in this

pipeline project since the major Russian company Gazprom which is the

largest extractor of natural gas in the world has outstanding options to

promote the project from all the shareholders For this reason the role of

Russia should be given more weight in the third stage

In terms of the Economy Reconstruction Project for the DPRK this study

will follow the main idea of the paper Pipeline Gas Introduction to the

Korean Peninsula by Paik In his in-depth study Paik suggested lsquothe

Proposed Greater Circular Pipeline in Northeast Asiarsquo As shown in Figure 3

the Korean peninsula is ideally located to have pivotal benefits from the

59) There are two main conditions 1) KEDO finances and constructs two

proliferation-resistant light-water reactors(LWR) of the Korean Standard Nuclear

Power Plant in the DPRK and 2) KEDO provides DPRK with an alternative source

of energy for heating and electricity until the first of the two reactors is

completed lthttpwwwkedoorgap_mainaspgt 60) 30bcm is an amount which can handle gas over 30 years Baker et al opcit

p10161) Ibid pp81~82

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 281

Source Paik (2005) p41

Russian oil and gas pipeline infrastructure In the case that the gas pipeline

scenario is applied in reality as a useful alternative for the settlement of the

current North Korean nuclear crisis this project will provide significant

contribution to in promoting energy cooperation between Russia and the

Two Koreas

Stage Ⅳ

In the final stage a consensus and convention to justify this project

within the Six-Party Talks framework should be guaranteed This is necessary

to avoid the inevitable problem of incompatibility between the laws and

regulations among the six players and different investment environment

(Figure 3) Map The Proposed Greater Pipeline in Northeast Asia

282 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

The Six Party Talks Russia

Stage

bull Providing a Negotiation Tool (the

CTR Program)

bull Initiating North Korea into Russian

precedents of the CTR program

Stage

bull Invoking international concerns about

NKrsquos economy reconstruction

bull Implementing the project based on

the Agreements

bull Supporting this project actively

Stage

bull Creating conventions to recognize the

gas pipeline project with six players

bull Participating in the gas pipeline project

actively persuading Gazprom

Stage

Ⅳ Building the consensus and trust of the Six-Party Talks members

2 Strength and Limitation of the Scenario

Based on the scenario introduced above the expected roles of Russia and

the members of the Six-Party Talks is as follows

(Table 2) Expected Roles of Russia and the Six-Party Talks in the Scenario

In short the main feature of lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Project for the

DPRKrsquo is a product of a multilateral economic diplomacy In general such

a multilateral economic approach has an unavoidable drawback in that such

a pragmatic diplomacy cannot move ahead regardless of the difficult security

concern of the Korean peninsula In particular I recognize that an increased

Russian role on a unified Korean peninsula would increase the tensions

among the main regional actors

However the strength of this scenario is combining security and

economic issues together to offer a comprehensive resolution concerning the

main threat that would inhibit inter-Korean rapprochement that is an

unchanged provocative posture of North Korea vis-agrave-vis its security needs

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 283

In other words the CTR program for Pyongyangrsquos WMD can be a suitable

alternative to prevent the North Korean military actions In addition the

economic rewards and investment for the DPRK during the negotiation

based on the gas pipeline project would enable advancement the North

Korean economy which in turn will have a positive effect on a long-term

solution such as the reconciliation between the two Koreas Furthermore if

an economic reconciliation can be reached with the help of the new actor

lsquoRussiarsquo this could become a plausible alternative reunification strategy of

the Korean peninsula Such a new consideration will justify the economic

and pragmatic approaches in the framework of the Six-Party talks

Ⅴ Conclusion

Time has changed However the issues surrounding the Korean

peninsula where interests of major powers are contested still display a

unique and multifaceted pattern on the international political order The

dilemma of the peninsula is the coexistence of lsquoinsecurityrsquo and lsquoprosperityrsquo

which is an inevitable by-product caused by the geopolitical situation

Despite such a reality smarter alternatives to achieve lsquopeacersquo and

lsquoprosperityrsquo on the Korean peninsula in the 21st century should be created

The option available currently is lsquothe Six-Party Talksrsquo This study has

suggested that such a multilateral talk offers a plausible framework to

resolve the issues surrounding the Korean peninsula beyond the North

Korean nuclear crisis Obviously the complex diplomatic calculations of the

284 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

six players are the key limitation of this framework but the talks seems

to be worthy as it is acting as a creditable model of the multilateral

negotiations In particular this study dealt with the role of Russia because

when it comes to the process of the Six-Party Talks and inter-relations with

the two Koreas to date Moscowrsquos contribution on the Six-Party Talks

brought positive alternatives which rival the contributions of Washington

and Beijing Based on such a development a scenario under which Russia

can play a positive role in creating a new and a long-term resolution to the

issues of the Korean peninsula can be postulated

However there are limitations which this study cannot escape Firstly as

the worst case scenario if the second Korean War breaks out suddenly the

reality of the multilateral talks and the scenario introduced above may

presumably have no bearing Secondly due to unexpected internal and

external conditions of Russia such as instability of the regime or global

economy crisis the role of Russia can fluctuate Thirdly if the others actors

especially in the US and China wants to maintain strong influences a

lsquopower gamersquo might break out the result of which might have negative

effects Finally the methodology of this research is a problem-solving

approach which was connected to the current policy analysis based on

comprehensive study of the primary sources As a result it is impossible to

deliver obvious and exact facts and information in terms of the Six-Party

Talks which is still in progress

Nonetheless the aim of this study was to offer an alternative to the

current difficult though hypothetical As a result this study was able to lead

a conclusion the Six-Party Talks and the role of Moscow are able to be a

persuasive and plausible alternative for a long-term solution on the Korean

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 285

peninsula The importance of the Six-Party Talks the inter-relations between

Russia and the two Koreas and a scenario suggested supported the

conclusion

All in all the increased and positive Russian involvement toward the two

Koreas can be a stepping-stone for a dialogue and cooperation for peace

and prosperity on the Korean peninsula Furthermore the full use of the

Six-Party Talks will ultimately contribute to security of the Northeast Asian

region beyond the North Korean nuclear crisis

접수 2015년 10월 23일 심사 2015년 10월 23일 게재확정 2015년 11월 24일

286 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

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Reportsrdquo Los Angeles Times November 12 2014

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m_20_20_10amptabmenu=t_2gt

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박지선(PARK JISUN )

영국 런던대 킹스 칼리지(Kingrsquos College London) 국제분쟁학 석사 학위를 취득하고 현재 동

대학원 전략학 박사과정에 있다 주요 연구실적으로 ldquoConstructivist Understandings of North

Korearsquos Ballistic Missile Programme National Security Policy Based on North Korearsquos Strategic

Culturerdquo(2014) 985172한반도 신뢰프로세스를 통한 비핵국가 한국의 핵 안보전략 제2차 핵시대를

맞이하여985173(2013 공저) 985172클라우제비츠의 전쟁이론으로 본 냉전 이후 북한의 핵미사일 전략

에 관한 연구985173(2010 공저) 등이 있다

6자회담 틀 내에서 한반도 중장기 평화번영을 위한 러시아의

lsquo숙련된 중재자(New Seasoned Facilitator)rsquo 역할

박지선 (런던대 킹스 칼리지)

국문요약

본 논문은 한반도의 중장기 평화번영 방안을 위해 교착상태에 빠진 6자회담의 틀 안

에서 러시아의 역할에 대한 새로운 학문적 접근을 보여주고자 한다 본 논문에서는 북한

핵무기 개발 프로그램의 중단이라는 공동의 목적을 달성하기 위해 설립된 6자회담의 주

요 행위자들의 정치적middot전략적 이해관계를 경제적 영역으로 확대하면서 보다 실용적인

한반도 문제 해결 방안을 제시하고 있다 특히 lsquo숙련된 중재자(New Seasoned Facilitator)rsquo

로서의 러시아의 역할에 대해 심도 있게 고찰하면서 6자회담 틀에서 가능한 하나의 시나

리오를 실험적으로 제안하고 있다 본 논문의 주요 내용은 1) 6자회담의 연대기적 분석

2)한반도를 둘러싼 6자회담 주요 국가들의 이해관계 분석 3) 숙련된 중재자로서의 러

시아의 역할을 고찰 4) 실용적이고 실행 가능한 경제협력 방안이 될 한반도 평화정착을

위한 북한경제재건 프로젝트의 시나리오 등이다

주제어 6자회담 러시아 외교정책 북한 중재자 한반도 중middot장기 번영

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Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 251

at the negotiation table In other words most academic papers written by

individual researchers on Pyongyangrsquos nuclear weapon are focused on

empirical studies of North Korea negotiating behaviors and memories of

participants in the Six-Party Talks5) The objective of these studies is to

discover the main features of Pyongyangrsquos political decision-making of

negotiation processes by analysing empirical cases with North Korea For

example North Korearsquos coercive negotiating style the so-called ldquoBrinkmanshiprdquo

is originated from such studies through the periodical analysis of strategic

behaviours during the Six-Party Talks

By taking such considerations into account this paper pursues a

problem-solving approach based on history-based cases and critical analyses

to alleviate such limitations mentioned above For this reason although

there are unavoidable obstacles to develop some propositions for the paper

this approach can be worthy as a pragmatic academic study suggested with

important hypothesis and scenarios Therefore on this basis this paper will

aim to establish the pre-conclusion offered Russia and six-party talks as the

new approach for a medium and long-term solution on the Korean

peninsula

5) Some of the studies in the Six-Party Talks are as follows Downs Chunk Over

the Line (1999) Snyder Scott Negotiating on the Edge North Korean Negotiating

Behaviour (1999) Charles L Pritchard Failed Diplomacy The Tragic Story of

How North Korea Got the Bomb(2007) Mike Chinoy Meltdown The Inside Story

of the North Korean Nuclear Crisis(2008) Dong-Won Lim Peacemaker (2008)

Soo-Hyuk Lee Transforming Event (2005) Funabashi Yoichi The Peninsula

Question A Chronicle of the Second Korean Nuclear Crisis (2007)

252 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

Ⅱ Understanding the Six-Party Talks

The main purpose of this step is to determine the significance of the

multilateral negotiation on the medium and long-term issues of the Korean

peninsula beyond the North Korean nuclear crisis by looking into

chronological backgrounds of the Six-Party Talks

Indeed the ldquoblueprintrdquo for the 21st century peace-building on the Korean

peninsula must be a smarter approach because insecurity and prosperity

co-exist in this region When it comes to the geopolitical aspect the

peninsula influenced from the by-products of the Cold War can be regarded

as a spot of strategic importance where interests of the major powers such

as the US and Russia are contested In fact different actors surrounding the

Korean peninsula have different interests on the inter-Korean dialogues In

this sense the issues surrounding the Korean peninsula demonstrate a

unique pattern on the international political order North Korearsquos first

nuclear test in 2006 Pyongyangrsquos rocket launch on 5 April 2009 and a

revelation of their uranium enrichment facilities at Yongbyon in 2010 which

created major uproars could be examples of power game of how

complicated the situation in the region is No matter what the intention of

Pyongyang―whether it was a peaceful experiment or intimidating military

provocations―the United Nations Security Council condemned the

increasing military threat of the North as it is causing international security

risks beyond the Northeast Asian region6) Additionally neither South Korea

6) After Pyongyangrsquos rocket launch in early April the United Nations Security Council

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 253

nor the US was able to impose strong actions against Pyongyang at their

discretion because they have to consider positions and reactions of the

neighboring states such as Japan Russia and China and so on

In this same way a framework to discuss complicated matters concerning

North Korea by the neighboring countries was founded in 2003 the

so-called ldquoSix-Party Talksrdquo The participants of the Six-Party Talks consist of

Japan Peoplersquos Republic of China the Russian Federation United States

Democratic Peoplersquos Republic of Korea and Republic of Korea7) Such a

multilateral composition offers a framework for a peace-building effort on

the Korean peninsula as lsquothe second best optionrsquo in high-politics areas such

as military and diplomatic means Actually the task of the Six-Party Talks

for the members other than North Korea is clear―ending the North Korean

nuclear weapons programs and scraps relevant technological capability That

is a pivotal purpose to create the framework which calls up the six players

having different interests

However despite the existence of the collective desire by the players to

stop North Korea in reality there are many obstacles in reaching a

resolution within the framework of the Six-Party Talks Recently Kim

Jong-un regime continues to escalate repetitive military provocations in the

Korean peninsula by newly stating in its constitution that ldquoit has become a

nuclear state launching another long-range missile in December and

was to set a unanimous resolution denouncing North Korearsquos rocket launch based

on the Security Council resolution 1718 lthttpwwwglobalsecurityorgwmdlibrary

newsdprk2009dprk-090411-voa02htmgt

7) Both official and unofficial designation for the participants of the Six-Party Talks

members will be used in mixture including such terms as for example North

Korea the North Kim Jung-Il regime and Pyongyang

254 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

conducting its third nuclear test on February 12 2013rdquo8) For this reason

North Korea issues demands fairly multifaceted calculations owing to the

historic political and economic dilemmas among the participants In this

respect the talks have not produced a comprehensive agreement or feasible

actions since the beginning even though this approach is a commendable

model of such a multilateral negotiation

Nevertheless I conclude that the Six-Party Talks plays an important part

in the resolution about comprehensive issues adjoining the Korean

peninsula In spite of many obstacles facing the Six-Party Talks the players

kept the multilateral and intricate meeting continue for more than 10 years

while expecting favorable results to extend their strategic goals

When it comes to chronological steps of the Talks the first Six-Party

Talks initiated in 2003 but the North Korean nuclear crisis which is

regarded as the main theme of the Six-Party Talks originated in the early of

1960s After the Korean War North Korea established a nuclear energy

facility at Yongbyon in 1962 based on the agreement of peaceful nuclear

energy development with the Soviet Union Since then a suspicion that

Pyongyang might have the capacity to develop a workable nuclear weapon

became an lsquoopen secretrsquo Finally such a suspicion was known to the

international community with a concrete evidence―the US and French

satellite images of Yongbyon9) Owing to the apparent information of the

8) Ministry of Foreign Affairs Republic of Korea

lthttpwwwmofagokrENGpolicykpennknuclearoverviewindexjspmenu=m_20_

20_10gt

9) Kook Sin Kim ldquoNorth Korean Nuclear crisis and International Responsesrdquo Korea

Institute for National Unification Issue Paper for the Korean Reunification (Nov

2006) pp2~10

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 255

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Washington concluded that North Korea

was pursuing a uranium enrichment program

Hence as an appeasement to end the future high-tech military

provocation of Pyongyang the 1994 Agreed Framework was created―

The Geneva Agreed Framework between Washington and Pyongyang10)

Specifically on the basis of the agreement Washington pledged to provide

fuel and construct two light-water reactors with the establishment of the

KEDO (Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization) while North

Korea promised to end a plutonium enrichment program in exchange 11)

However both the US and North Korea did not meet the key demands of

the 1994 Agreed framework What is more North Korearsquos secret uranium

enrichment program and Pyongyangrsquo continuous development of nuclear

weapons led to a breakdown of agreement between Pyongyang and

Washington in 2002 At the same time North Korea withdrew from the

Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) once again

10) The Agreed Framework between the US and DPRK (Geneva Oct 21 1994)

lthttpwww2lawcolumbiaeducourse_00S_L9436_001North20Korea20materials

agreedframeworkhtmgt11) Jayshree Barjoria and Beina Xu ldquoThe Six Party Talks on North Korearsquos Nuclear

Programrdquo Council on foreign Relations (September 2013)

256 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

(Figure 1) Chronological Steps of ldquoThe Six-Party Talksrdquo

Unfortunately by failing to keep pledges both Washington and

Pyongyang caused the following outcomes 1) providing official reasons for

continuous nuclear development program 2) weakening chances of the

bilateral talks between the US and the DPRK due to growing distrust and

3) accelerating security threats on the Northeast Asian region

These outcomes resulted from the first North Korean nuclear crisis which

eventually led to the Six-Party Talks Shortly thereafter the second North

Korean nuclear crisis was developed by the side-effects of the first nuclear

crisis The ldquothree-party talksrdquo among the US China and North Korea began

in April 2003 to discuss the second crisis when Pyongyang withdrew from

the NPT (Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty) in January 2003 However the

meeting was not enough to deal with the crisis because more complicated

lsquopower gamesrsquo beyond the North Korean nuclear crisis was evident From

this perspective the other regional players ndash Russia Japan and South Korea

- pushed cooperation to turn the ldquoThree-Party Talksrdquo into the ldquoSix-Party

Talksrdquo12) stressing the need to deal with the crisis on the Korean peninsula

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 257

through a new regional framework This is the origin of the lsquoSix-Party Talksrsquo

covering comprehensive problems generated from North Korearsquos nuclear

issue

Ⅲ Critical Analysis of the Six-Party Talks

Demonstrating Different Interests of Six Players

The obvious goal of the Six-Party talks is the denuclearization of the

Korean peninsula13) However there is what can be dubbed as lsquogrand

agendarsquo to resolve the some of the unsettled regional issues even though it

can arguable depending on respective issues By analyzing three major

agreements which resulted from the Six-Party Talks it is possible to contain

the contents of a lsquogrand agendarsquo They include 1) the September 19 Joint

Agreement in 2005 2) the February13 Agreement in 2007 and 3) the

October 3 Agreement in 200814) In particular in the case of lsquoInitial Actions

for Implementation of the Joint Statementrsquo meetings of five Working Groups

12) Pang Zhongying ldquoThe Six-Party Process Regional Security Mechanisms and

China-US Cooperation Toward a Regional Security Mechanism for a New

Northeast Asiardquo Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies (March 2009) pp1~413) In the Second-Phased actions for the implementation of the Joint Statement of 19

September 2005 the goal of the Six-Party Talks clarified as follows the first goal

is the verifiable denuclearization of the Korean peninsula in a peace manner14) Official names of the three agreements are 1) Join Statement of the Fourth Round

of the Six-Party Talks (Beijing 19 September 2005) 2) Initial Actions for the

Implementation of the Joint Statement (13 February 2007) and 3) Second-Phase

Actions for the Implementation of the Joint Statement (3 October 2007)

258 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

(WG) held in 200715) The main purpose is to carry out the initial actions

and to achieve the purpose of full implementation of the Joint Statement

The details are as follows

1 Denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula

2 Normalization of US-DPRK Relations

3 Normalization of Japan-DPRK Relations

4 Economic and Energy Cooperation

5 Northeast Asia Peace and Security Mechanism

As it has been seen the follow-up working groups of the Six-Party

Talks dealt with fairly broad subjects beyond the prevention of Pyongyangrsquos

high-tech military threats In this regard Zhongying (2009) states ldquothe

Six-Party Talks has mutually advocated some crucial goalsrdquo16) 1) the

denuclearization of the Korean peninsula 2) the ending the Korean

War with a peace treaty and 3) building a regional mechanism for

peace-building and prosperity From this viewpoint even if the main task of

the Six-Party Talks denuclearized the Korean Peninsula failed due to the

unexpected internal or external factors of the six participants the other

options like 2) and 3) which Zhongying suggested might become another

key agenda for the six parties Thus it is important to recognize the value

of such all-inclusive approach to resolve the difficult regional issues through

the Six-Party Talks rather than focusing on the North Korean nuclear threats

alone

15) Diplomatic White Paper of the Republic of Korea (2008) pp32~3616) Pang Zhongying ldquoThe Six-Party Process Regional Security Mechanisms and

China-US Cooperation Toward a Regional Security Mechanism for a New

Northeast Asiardquo Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies (March 2009) p4

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 259

Taking the importance as a lsquogrand agendarsquo into consideration it is

important to analyze distinctive features of the process of the Six-Party

Talks and this will lead to the identification of the main limitations of the

Six-Party Talks Such limitations will support the following argument

When the range of the Six-Party Talksrsquo agenda is extended to include

comprehensive and pragmatic agenda for medium and long-term resolutions

of the issues of the Korean peninsula this multilateral talks can produce

more positive outcomes while embracing the regional interests of the six

nations More crucially ipso facto the suggestion to create more

comprehensive multilateral framework will enable the following creative and

new approaches 1) the emergence of a lsquoNew Actorrsquo Russia instead of the

main actors such as the US and China within the sixth round of the Six-Party

Talks and 2) the strengthening of the economic approach concentrated on

prosperity rather than intensive political and military negotiation

Above all the most important characteristic of the Six-Party Talks is that

the talks necessitate complicated calculations to balance all membersrsquo

interests After the first talks in 2003 the participating members began to

involve in dynamic diplomatic maneuvers based on each otherrsquos own

domestic issues national interests and interpretations of historical analogies

Owing to these diverse considerations regardless of the main challenge of

the Six-Party Talks framework to stop the North Korean nuclear program

many other challenges have been identified The Six Parties were aroused

by the internal and external interests like the wide-ranging topics of five

Working Groups discussions after February 13 Agreement in 200717)

17) Diplomatic White Paper of the Republic of Korea (2008) pp32~36

260 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

1 Critical Analysis on Six Partiesrsquo Responses after the

Adoption of United Nations Security Council Resolution

1718 (2006)

As an important case the different responses by the each of Six Party

participants on the Security Council resolution 171818) is a good example of

demonstrating complicated strategic calculations of everyone involved After

a nuclear ballistic missile test in October 2006 the Security Council

condemned the test and unanimously adopted resolution 1718 in 14 October

2006 calling for an immediate return to the Six-Party Talks19) The resolution

called for based on Chapter 7 of the United Nations Charter excluding

automatic military enforcement of its demands under the Charterrsquos Article 4

120) the members of the UN prohibit a range of goods from entering or

leaving the DPRK and imposed an asset freeze and travel ban on persons

in terms of the nuclear weapon program21)

In reaction to the resolution the six players showed different reactions

In this paper the responses of six players are largely divided into three

18) On 14 October 2006 after the nuclear ballistic missile test of Pyongyang the UN

Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 1718 condemning the nuclear test 19) Security Council Resolution 1718(2006)

lthttpdaccessddsunorgdocUNDOCGENN0657207PDFN0657207pdfOpen

Elementgt 20) According to the Charterrsquos Article 41 the Security Council decided what measures

not involving the use of armed force are to be employed to the DPRK These

include complete or partial interruption of economic relations and of rail sea air

postal telegraphic radio and other means of communication and the severance

of diplomatic relations 21) UN Security Council Resolution 1718 (2006)

lthttpwwwunorggasearchview_docaspsymbol=SRES171820(2006)gt

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 261

groups Group (Ⅰ) US Japan South Korea Group (Ⅱ) China Russia and

Group (Ⅲ) North Korea Before analyzing the United Nations Security

Council Resolution 1718 one important thesis in this case study is that the

criteria of the grouping stated above is focused on only the United Nations

Security Council Resolution 1718 rather than including all resolutions of

United Nations22) This is because eight UN resolutions related to North

Korearsquos nuclear issue from 1993 to 2013 demonstrate different politico-strategic

outcomes In this regard in the Table (1) the distinctive responses of the

three groups are categorized In brief this table illustrates the complexity of

the Six-Party Talks depending on politico-strategic relations while emphasizing

the importance of a multilateral approach for a long-term solution on the

Korean peninsula

22) These are a list of Unite Nations Council Resolutions related to the North Korean

nuclear issues from 1993 to 2013

bull United Nations Security Council Resolution 825(1993)

bull United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540 (2004)

bull United Nations Security Council Resolution 1695(2006)

bull United Nations Security Council Resolution 1718 (2006)

bull United Nations Security Council Resolution 1874 (2009)

bull United Nations Security Council Resolution 1887 (2009)

bull United Nations Security Council Resolution 2087(2013)

bull United Nations Security Council Resolution 2094 (2013)

262 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

Nuclear Capability (DPRK)

Resolution1718

Comeback of the Six-Party Talks

Military Enforcement

to DPRK

Sanctions against DPRK

The US

(Group Ⅰ)

Japan

(Group Ⅰ)

S Korea

(Group Ⅰ)ⅹ ⅹ

China

(Group Ⅱ)

ⅹ ⅹ

Russia

(Group Ⅱ)ⅹ ⅹ ⅹ

N Korea

(Group Ⅲ)

ⅹ ⅹ ⅹ

(Table 1) Critical Analysis on Six Partiesrsquo Responses after the Adoption of

United Nations Security Council Resolution 1718

strong support support partly support ⅹ objection

Group(Ⅰ) US Japan and Korea

In the case of the first Group it rallied behind Washington whose

stubborn reaction against Pyongyang led to the adoption of the UN Security

Council Resolution 171823) John Bolton who was the former US Ambassador

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 263

to the UN stated ldquoa nuclear test in 2006 was the gravest threat to international

peace and securityrdquo During a Security Council meeting he maintained that

the resolution 1718 should impose more strict demands complementing the

Security Resolution 1695 which is regarded as a failure As a result the US

and Japan enthusiastically bolstered the resolution 1718 welcoming the

contents of strengthened sanctions compared with the resolution 169524) On

the surface South Korea - which sustained considerably close relationship

with the US - seemed to unwillingly follow the resolution emphasizing that

the problem should be solved under a peaceful and diplomatic approach

In fact a division was recognizable within this group While the US and

Japan stuck together in unity in purpose and actions 25) against the irrational

behaviors of North Korea for doing missile tests the South Korean

government was committed to a two-pronged policy Indeed the grand

strategy of the South Korean government was to pursue the following two

aims the prevention of Pyongyang provocations and reconciliation of the

two Koreas In other words although all three maintained close

cooperation they all had slightly different interests and conditions

23) UN Security Council meeting on 9 October 2006

lthttpwwwunorgNewsPressdocs2006sc8853dochtmgt24) The main subjects of the Security Council Resolution 1695 are 1) stopping games

of lsquobrinkmanshiprsquo 2) complying with Security Council demands 3) returning to the

Six-Party Talks and 4) implementing terms of the joint statement for the last round

of the talks See United Nations Security Council Resolution 1695 (2006)25) The expectations of Washington and Tokyo from the Six-Party Talks are1) the

withdrawal of Nuclear weapons first then negotiations afterwards and 2) the

establishment of a democratic government similar to the US standards

264 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

Group (Ⅱ) China Russia

In the case of the group two China and Russia who have been close

supporters of North Korea for more than an half century demonstrated

similar reactions as the members of group one did While they agreed on

the general direction of the resolution each had a slightly different view on

the extension of the contents In the case of China not only Beijing was

the main actor in initiating the Six-Party Talks but also a very close friend

to North Korea 26) However China chose to support the sanctions against

Pyongyang under the resolution 1718 Meanwhile Russia had a different

view In an urgent meeting of the UN Security Council unlike China Russia

did not support such stringent sanctions against Pyongyang although

Moscow agreed on condemning the North Korean rocket launch Even if

in the end both Beijing and Moscow supported the resolution 1718 in

general it was an occasion when the two countries showed different

approach toward Pyongyang during the adoption process of the resolution27)

Group(Ⅲ) North Korea

Contrarily the reaction of the third group North Korea was fairly

obvious against the Security Council Resolution Park Gilyon North Korearsquos

Ambassador to UN said that Pyongyang rejects the resolution 1718 since the

resolution is a coercive declaration by a ldquogangster-likerdquo Security Council28)

26) See Security Council Meeting on 9 October 2006

lthttpwwwunorgNewsPressdocs2006sc8853dochtmgt27) See Security Council Meeting on 9 October 2006

lthttpwwwunorgNewsPressdocs2006sc8853dochtmgt28) See Security Council meeting on 9 October 2006

lthttpwwwunorgNewsPressdocs2006sc8853dochtmgt

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 265

Nevertheless the main limitation of the talks still remains without

creative alternatives to disentangle intricate interests of the participants of

the Six-Party Talks no feasible output can be expected from such a

multilateral meeting Thus in order to overcome the above-mentioned

limitations of the Six-Party Talks I suggest an approach which emphasizes

the following points 1) the emergence of a lsquonew experienced facilitatorrsquo

instead of previous main actors to encourage more pragmatic approaches

and 2) the combination of political and economic tools especially in

highlighting the economic approaches Consequently this paper will focus

on Russiarsquos role as a New Seasoned Facilitator since Russia can offer new

possibilities for a long-term resolution of the issues on the Korean

peninsula

2 Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo for Dealing with

Issues on the Korean Peninsula

In this part the role of Russia will be scrutinized as a possible new

strong facilitator who might offer long-term solutions to the problems on the

Korean peninsula in the 21st century Since most of the studies concerning

cooperation on the Korean peninsula tend to focus mainly on the role

played by the US and China I argue that this paper may provide an

innovative contribution to the study of the ldquoSix-Party Talksrdquo stressing

Russiarsquos new role vis-agrave-vis the Korean peninsula In my view indeed

Russiarsquos role on the Korean peninsula progressively emerged in recent years

shaping the image of ldquofacilitatorrdquo interested in persuading North Korea to

seek an alternative to the nuclear weapons program and promote energy

266 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

cooperation in the region which might hasten possibility of peace on the

Korean peninsula

According to Vorontsov (2007) the basic positions of Moscow for the

Six-Party Talks are as follows 1) advocating the strict inspection of NPT and

the denuclearized Korean peninsula 2) persisting peaceful negotiation

among the six players and 3) promoting the inter-Korean dialogues29) In

contrast to the hard-line stance of White House30) to eliminate all factors

related to North Korean nuclear program in terms of the Korean issues the

current Russian government seems to strive for the achievement of the goal

2) and 3) When it comes to the geostrategic situations the Korean issues

have recently become one of the major considerations for Moscow because

the US China and Japan have gradually played important roles on the

issues of Korean peninsula who are all Russiarsquos direct neighbors31)

Namely owing to the invisible lsquoPower Racersquo among the major powers

Russia is increasingly interested in the issues surrounding the Korean

peninsula

In the same way unlike the general expectations on the global stage the

Russian role within the multilateral talks may have substantial influences as

well as the other actors have contributed to the meetings In the beginning

29) Alexander Vorontsov ldquoCurrent Russia ndash North Korea Relations Challenges and

Achievementsrdquo Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies (2007) p1730) Still North Korea seems to believe what White House pursues a hard-line policy

toward Pyongyang An unnamed spokesman of Pyongyang stated on 8 May 2009

ldquothe Obama administration for the past 100 dayshelliphellip the hostile policy toward

Pyongyang remains unchangedrdquo

lthttpwwwnytimescom20090509worldasia09koreahtml_r=1ampref=global-homegt31) Georgy Toloraya ldquoRussian Policy in Korea in a time of changerdquo The Korean

Journal of Defense Analysis Vol211 (2009) p69

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 267

stage of the talks some counties had skepticism about Moscowrsquos

participation in the talks because the Four-Party Talks (the US China and

the two Koreas) - except for Moscow - was a general pattern on the

inter-Korean issues32) However Kremlin played an essential role in inviting

Pyongyang in joining the Six-Party Talks because North Korea insisted

Pyongyang would not participate in the 2003 meeting without Russia33)

When it comes to Russian official stance in 2015 Moscow continuously

supports the Six-Party Talks for denuclearization in the Korean peninsula

while Russia does not recognize North Korea as a nuclear state34)

Historically Russia and North Korea have significantly long and

meaningful relations throughout the period of Korearsquos liberation following

Japanese colonization the Korean War and the opening and ending of the

Cold War In particular the two countries enjoyed a very strong cooperative

relationship during the Korean War35) Following the Korean War the

Soviet Union became the main trade partner and a sponsor for the

nation-building of Kim Il-sungrsquo regime Approximately 93 factories and

industrial facilities in North Korea were established under the Russian

technical assistance 36)constructing Pyongyangrsquos heavy-industrial backbon

32) Moscowrsquos absence from the Four-Party Talks proposed by the former President Bill

Clinton and President Kim Young Sam on April 16 1996 demonstrated Russiarsquos

dwindled regional influence in the Korean peninsula Yang et al (2004) p80133) Vorontsov (2007) p2234) ldquoRussian Envoy Discusses Pyongyang tests Thaadrdquo Korea Joongang Daily September

25 2015

lthttpkoreajoongangdailyjoinscomnewsarticleArticleaspxaid=3009631gt35) During the Korean War the Russian pilots contributed to the air defence of

North Korea resulting in the loss of 135 pilots and more than 300 airplanes Ibid

p5

268 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

e37) Such a close alliance between the two communist societies continued

until the collapse of the Soviet Union Unfortunately during the President

Elrsquotsinrsquos administration the Russian policy toward the Korean peninsula

shifted due to the unilateral rapprochement with the ROK as the new

diplomatic approach in the so-called ldquodemocratic romanticismrdquo which called

for greatly pro-Western at the expense of Russiarsquos interests 38) Such

transformed Russian policy seemed to cause a crack in the friendship

between Moscow and Pyongyang

However since the inauguration of Vladimir Putin the Russian political

elites began envisaging new approaches towards the Korean peninsula

Putinrsquos new approach functioned as a breakthrough to reinforce previously

weakening relations between Russia and North Korea As a result a historic

treaty on ldquoFriendshiprdquo between Kremlin and Pyongyang―Good-Neighbourly

Relations and Cooperation―was created in 200039) Currently Kim Jong-Un

regime has mainly concentrated on strengthening trade relations with Kremlin

and both Moscow and Pyongyang have taken positive consensus towards

36) The North Korean nuclear energy facilities were established with the Soviet

technical assistance in 1962 37) Vorontsov (2007) p538) On 27 October 1991 Elrsquotin addressed two main aims fo the Russian Foreign

policy 1) pursuing favourable external conditions for the domestic political and

economic reforms and 2) overcoming the legacy of the Cold war Richard Sakwa

(2008) Russian Politics and Society (London Routledge 2008) pp368~36939) After the treaty of lsquoGood-Neighbourly Relations and Cooperationrsquo the Moscowrsquos

declaration of the DPRK and the Russian Federation was released on 4 August 2001

The DPRK-Russia joint declaration is the advanced version of lsquogood-neighbourliness

and cooperationrsquo signed on 9 February 2000 Since then the two countries have

tried the friendly relations and mutually beneficial cooperation

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 269

enhancing their economic cooperative relationship In 2014 Putinrsquos cabinet

concluded the withdrawal of $10 billion of Pyongyangrsquos $11 billion debt that

had accrued during the Soviet Era40) It seems that Putinrsquos cabinet assumes

that this gesture of goodwill will contribute to the construction of a gas

pipeline covering the Korean peninsula When it comes to both geopolitical

and geo-economics aspects North Korea could have profitable investments

opportunities

All in all such a historic fortification of the inter-relationship between

North Korea and Russia provides diverse chances for the improved role of

Russia in making contributions with the backing of other partners of the

Six-Party Talks Based on this fact it would be possible to focus more on

the possibility of Russiarsquos increased contribution to the talks In fact there

is a strong possibility that Moscow could function as a lsquomediatorrsquo and

lsquofacilitatorrsquo between Pyongyang and the other members of the Six-Party

Talks

There are a number of important cases41) through which Moscow enabled

diplomatic efforts assume the role of a lsquofacilitatorrsquo or lsquomediatorrsquo When it

comes to the bilateral relations between Republic of Korea and Russia the

two nations started nearly at a zero point at first However Kremlin and

Blue House have created new economic science and cultural systems For

example since 1990 the leaders of South Korea and Russia have officially

met 27 times In 2013 President Vladimir Putinrsquos visited to Seoul when the

two nationsrsquo annual bilateral trade exceeded $26 billion42)

40) ldquoNorth Korea Looking Abroadrdquo Korea Economic Institute February 18 2015

lthttpblogkeiaorg201502north-korea-looking-abroadgt41) Vorontsov opcit p17

270 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

In particular in July 2002 Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov visited the two

Koreas respectively to persuade both to return to the negotiating table

which was halted after a naval clash in the West (Yellow) Sea in June 2002

Although the visit was not connected to the Six-Party Talks directly the case

seems to confirm Russiarsquos efforts to assist the improvement of the

inter-Korean relations What is more in terms of the US-DPRK relations

Moscow provided an opportunity for a meeting between the North Korean

Foreign Minister Paek NamSun and the former US Secretary of State Colin

Powell during the ministerial meetings at the ASEAN Regional Forum talks

in Darussalam Brunei in 200243) In short Moscowrsquos effort to carry out

ldquobalancer diplomacyrdquo after Putinrsquos inauguration shows potentials to be a

smart lsquomediatorrsquo within the multilateral negotiation such as the Six-Party

Talks

3 The Russian lsquoNew Realismrsquo Policy Applied in the Korean

Peninsula

Then the questions are to what degree can Russia be engaged in

resolving the inter-Korean issues and what kind of benefit can Russia

expect from the increased involvement with the issues regarding the Korean

peninsula especially in the Six-Party Talks

In the recent years the interest of the Russian politicians and academics

toward the Korean peninsula seems to be soaring As an lsquoactive partrsquo the

42) ldquoRussian Envoy Discusses Pyongyang tests Thaadrdquo Korea Joongang Daily September

25 2015 lthttpkoreajoongangdailyjoinscomnewsarticleArticleaspxaid=3009631gt43) Ibid

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 271

Korean peninsula can be regarded as a region of interest and strategic

importance as the Asian-Pacific region is seen to have increasing economic

implication for Russia due to the lack of involvement by Moscow in the

region of economic prowess44) In particular when Moscow participated in

the Six-Party Talks its approach seems to have strategic bearing toward the

Asia-Pacific region because the region especially the Korean peninsula is

now regarded by Moscow as an area of considerable importance

In fact Russiarsquos burgeoning interests for the Six-Party Talks contemporize

with the inauguration of the Putinrsquos administration Namely Putinrsquos lsquoNew

Realismrsquo based on the pragmatic approach over all Russia policies can be

applied to the evaluation of the Russian intention and purpose toward the

Six-Party Talks On the whole the national motto of the 21st century Russia

is lsquoPragmatismrsquo which also significantly influenced the current Medvedevrsquos

cabinet45) On a meeting of the Security Council in March 2000 the new

Russian lsquoForeign Policy Conceptrsquo was introduced by Ivanov the Russian

Foreign Minister at the time The main concept of the document was lsquomore

realisticrsquo for rebuilding the domestic economy and promoting the Russian

economic interests abroad as it strives to become worldrsquos tenth biggest

economy in the 21st century46) Hence Moscowrsquos foreign policy influenced

44) Natasha Kuhrt Russian Policy towards China and Japan The Elrsquotsin and Putin

periods (New York Rutledge 2007) pp 54~5645) In January 2002 the former President Putin had an interview with a Polish

Newspaper and Polish TVP Channel In the interview he stated that lsquoPragmatismrsquo

as a key means for the economic cooperation with other nations ldquoWe began this

talk by pointing out that the soundest approachhellip on the basis of pragmatism

and pragmatic interest in each otherrdquo

lthttpwwwkremlinruengtextspeeches200201150001_type82916_147392shtmlgt46) Sakwa(2008) pp371~391

272 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

by such realistic and pragmatic approaches seems to have valid bearing for

both the Six-Party Talks and the inter-Korean dialogues especially when the

economic aspects are addressed

In essence what are the specific interests Moscow might have on the

Korean peninsula The answer to this question is the more the Korean

military threats are slackened the more Russiarsquos security and economic

interests are amplified In terms of this argument Meyer (2005) identified

the reasons for the Russian Federationrsquos participation in the multilateral

meeting He indicated that by supporting reconciliation between DPRK and

ROK Russia can achieve the following objectives 1) the symbolic objective

to be recognized as a permanent major power on the global stage 2) the

military objective to dissuade Pyongyang from pursuing nuclear weapons

program not to weaken the global commitment for NPT and 3) the

economic objective to establish favorable conditions for the development of

a trilateral economic cooperation among Russia and the two Koreas47)

In relation to the third objective when Putin was the president he had

strong interests toward the Korean peninsula as there were potentially

lucrative economic opportunities available Such projects included connecting

the inter-Korean railroad to the Trans-Siberian railroad and exporting natural

gas from the Kovyktinskoe field in Irkutsk to the Korean peninsula through

China48)

In fact it can be concluded that the third reason which Meyer identified

is the main objective of Russiarsquos participation in the Sic-Party talks therefore

47) Peggy Falkenhein Meyer ldquoRussia Interests and Objectives on the Korean Peninsulardquo

International Journal of Korean Studies (FallWinter 2005) Vol 4 No 2 pp 145~14748) Ibid pp148~154

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 273

it could be assumed the promotion of economic issues can be conceived

and used as a tool to make a breakthrough to overcome the sluggish

multifaceted talks dealing with North Korea high-technology fears More

specifically I argue that the natural gas projects can dramatically increase

Russiarsquos penetration on the Korean peninsula and promote ndash in turn -

Moscowrsquos effort to bring positive changes to the talks From this perspective

Russian economic leverage might become a cornerstone for bringing peace

in the Korean peninsula In the following part I will present a possible

scenario in which this assumption might be substantially developed

Ⅳ A New Role of Russia on the Korean Peninsula

Figure 2 as shown below portrays a possible scenario of cooperation on

the Korean peninsula which emphasizes the following aspects 1) the

importance of the Six-Party Talks for the future of cooperation on the

Korean peninsula in the 21st century and 2) the suggestion of new

alternatives which focus on Russia and its economic involvement to boost

multilateral talks In building-up the scenario the key presumption is that

economic cooperation can create a ldquofunctional leveragerdquo in a political

scenario characterized by a substantial political rapprochement due to the

enforcement of a legally binding treaty (ie a Peace Treaty that could officially

end the Korean War) and prepare a definitive process of nation-building

among the two Koreas This ldquofunctional leveragerdquo is based on the role

played by CTR (Cooperative Threat Reduction) program49) to eliminate all

274 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

military threats―nuclear chemical biological and missiles threat from North

Korea In principle the objective of CTR is to reduce the dangers created

by nuclear chemical or biological weapons or their delivery vehicles The

actors of the CTR are consisted of a host who eradicates secures or

converts the WMD (Weapons of Mass Destruction) programs while the

other partners supporting such efforts50)

The most attractive function of the CTR for the following scenario is that

the partners provide money technology equipment and training to the host

nation In case that the six participants select the option during the process

of the WMD removal the main problems such methods and incentives in

terms of the North Korean nuclear withdrawal will be solved naturally

Furthermore the main argument to highlight the economic approaches with

flexible funds produced by rewards of the CTR programs can be persuaded

more convincingly Therefore the following section will justify this

alternative based on the postulation mentioned above―the application of

the CTR in the process of the Six-Party Talks

49) The CTR (or sometimes called for lsquoNunn-Lugarrsquo) programme provides funding

and expertise for the states in the former Soviet Unions including Russia Ukraine

Georgia Azerbaijan Belarus Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan under disarmament

treaties lthttpnunn-lugarcomindexshtmlgt50) Joel S Wit Wolfsthal Jon and Oh Choong-suk (2005) ldquoThe Six Party Talks and

Beyond Cooperative Threat Reduction and North Koreardquo A Report of the CSIS

International Security Program Dec (Washington DC CSIS) pp7~8

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 275

1 A Scenario Suggested lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Projection

for the DPRKrsquo

As stressed before the founding hypothesis of this scenario is a

substantial political shift on the Korean peninsula prospecting a clear

ldquoongoing processrdquo ldquoone Korea reunifiedrdquo However in my argumentation

the crucial assumption is not related to dynamics leading to the political

rapprochement among the two Koreas and neighbor countries which are

members of the Six-Party Talks Instead the central point of the first

scenario is to focus on the preparations and nation-building toward the

reconciliation of the two Koreas through multilateral economic negotiations

Namely to what extent can the framework of the Six-Party Talks and Russia

influence on peace and prosperity on the Korean peninsula as the means

of economic approaches

(Figure 2) Economy Reconstruction Project for the DPRK

276 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

Stage I

As shown in Figure 2 this scenario will be developed through four

stages During Stage I in order to resolve the core problem of Pyongyang―

the disposal of all WMD including chemical biological nuclear weapons

and the CTR program will be offered strongly Under the circumstances

North Korea seems to be a proper candidate for the CTR In the case of the

CTR the multilateral approaches owing to the political and financial

burden-sharing among the sponsors are indispensable51) Although the

Northeast Asian region has not been a suitable case for the program the

Six-Party Talks has shown a consensus on the difficult security problems

especially on Pyongyangrsquos military threats Such a partnership among the

participants of the Six-Party Talks which has been cultivated for seven years

of working together produces more positive results in the progress of the

disposal of nuclear weapons during the period of conducting the CTR

program

In addition Moscow will play a key role in the application of the CTR

program for North Korea When it comes to the beginning of the CTR the

program focused intensively on the countries of the former Soviet Union

including Russia Ukraine Georgia Azerbaijan Belarus Uzbekistan and

Kazakhstan As a result 6600 nuclear warheads have been eliminated since

1991 and more that 470 long-range missiles have been destroyed while

over 1800 other missiles strategic bombers have been disassembled52) With

51) Ibid pp1~352) The United States has invested $7 billion in the former Soviet Union since 1991

and is recently investing $1 billion per year There are additional participants―EU

UK Germany and France Ibid pp7~8

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 277

such an impressive precedent Russia is able to provide a workable solution

during the process of Pyongyangrsquos cooperative threat reduction The most

impressive strength of the first stage is provided that North Korea and the

five members of the Six-Party talks collectively pursue the CTR program the

following economic incentives will be offered for the reconstruction of

North Korea 1) a reward of nuclear withdrawal and 2) the reuse of

resources previously used in the Northrsquos nuclear program

In relation to CTR with application to the case of North Korea it possible

to argue that Russia ndash mindful of the CTR program provided by the US in

the aftermath of the collapse of the Soviet Empire ndash could potentially reuse

the rationale behind the above-mentioned mass destruction dismantlement

program in order to materially help North Korea to eliminate these kinds of

armaments as well as to boost a more comprehensive trust-building process

in the direction of Pyongyang increasing Russian influence over the North

and the overall region

Stage II

During the Stage II the expected economic incentives offered from the

implementation of the CTR project will be connected to the establishment of

a factual organization―lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Project for the DPRKrsquo

Continuously the international community should remain concerned about a

steep decline of the North Korean economy which in the past caused the

most destructive famines of the 20th century As many as one million

people who represent about five percent of the North Korean population

perished in the mid-1990s as a result53) Therefore the members of the

Six-Party Talks should pursue Pyongyangrsquos economic reforms and

278 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

reconstruction simultaneously since the countries regard economic inability

of Kim Jung Un to be one of the causes for using the military threats54)

Therefore it would provide a vital opportunity to bring changes in North

Korea if an organization which focuses on the economic benefits is

founded For this purpose this study recommends the establishment of

lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Project for the DPRKrsquo within the framework of the

Six-Party Talks The aspiration for the DPRK project is based on the

September 2005 Joint Statement and the February 2007 Joint Statement of

the Six-Party Talks The September Statement encouraged the economic

cooperation in the areas of energy trade and investment within the

Six-Party Talks framework55) Also in the February 2007 Joint Statement the

six players promised humanitarian assistance to North Korea and

established an Economy and Energy Cooperation Working Group56)

Although such agreements to boost the North Korean economy did not

53) Haggard Stephan and Noland Marcus ldquoA Security and Peace for Northeast Asia

The Economic Dimensionrdquo Peterson Institute for International Economics Policy

Brief No PB08-4 (April 2008) p2 54) In 2000 North Korea tried ldquomarketization from belowrdquo in the areas of local

organs government offices and military units with the recommendation of the

international community Ibid p255) See Join Statement of the Fourth Round of the Six-Party Talks in Beijing (19

September 2005)

lthttpwwwmofatgokrwebmodulehtsboardhbdhbdreadjsptypeID=6ampboardid=

247ampseqno=293918ampc=TITLEampt=amppagenum=2amptableName=TYPE_DATABOARDamppc=

ampdc=ampwc=amplu=ampvu=ampiu=ampdu=gt56) See Initial Actions for the Implementation of the Joint Statement (13 February 2007)

lthttpwwwmofatgokrwebmodulehtsboardhbdhbdreadjsptypeID=6ampboardid=

247ampseqno=293924ampc=TITLEampt=amppagenum=3amptableName=TYPE_DATABOARDamppc=amp

dc=ampwc=amplu=ampvu=ampiu=ampdu=gt

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 279

produce output in reality the international concerns seemed to have

reached a consensus relating to the ideas of lsquoEconomic Reconstruction

Project for DPRKrsquo introduced for the Stage II

Stage III

The following study on the similar subject reflects such international

concerns in a pragmatic way lsquopipeline gas introduction to the Korean

peninsularsquo57) In the Stage III as a long-term scenario to rehabilitate the

DPRKrsquos economy the idea of lsquopipeline gas projectrsquo introduced by Paik

(2005) will be applied Within the Six-Party Talks framework energy

assistance is another integral theme which is seen as important area to

resolve the nuclear problem on the Korean peninsula What is more such

energy supply options for DPRK generated from the gas pipeline project can

be functioned as a versatile negotiation tool combining the geopolitical and

economic reality on the Six-Party Talks table

In fact one well-established energy development organization―KEDO―

already exists The mission of KEDO is to implement the Agreed Framework

between the US and DPRK on the assumption that Pyongyang agreed to

freeze and ultimately dismantle its breathing nuclear program58) Unfortunately

the KEDO led project failed due to the North Korean distrust towards KEDO

due to the ailing relationship between Washington and Pyongyang caused

by the North Korean military threats and the failure to meet the agreed

57) Keun-Wook Paik ldquoPipeline Gas Introduction to the Korean Peninsulardquo Korea

Foundation Project lsquoEnergy and Environmental Cooperation in the Korea Peninsula

(2005)58) Baker et al opcit pp135~138

280 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

provisions59) Unlike the KEDO projects the introduction of the long

distance gas pipeline passing through the DPRK territory will involve the

two Koreas and Russia In particular intended for Pyongyang the pipeline

gas would provide energy to power many major cities in the DPRK

assuming that a 15 bcm60) natural gas would be allocated to the North as

a transit fees Also South Korea can provide additional support to prevent

the collapse of the North Korean economy61) In addition further funding

can be allocated for the CTR programs which will intensify the effort to

support rebuilding of the North Korean economy

Other than the economic merit Moscow is well positioned in this

pipeline project since the major Russian company Gazprom which is the

largest extractor of natural gas in the world has outstanding options to

promote the project from all the shareholders For this reason the role of

Russia should be given more weight in the third stage

In terms of the Economy Reconstruction Project for the DPRK this study

will follow the main idea of the paper Pipeline Gas Introduction to the

Korean Peninsula by Paik In his in-depth study Paik suggested lsquothe

Proposed Greater Circular Pipeline in Northeast Asiarsquo As shown in Figure 3

the Korean peninsula is ideally located to have pivotal benefits from the

59) There are two main conditions 1) KEDO finances and constructs two

proliferation-resistant light-water reactors(LWR) of the Korean Standard Nuclear

Power Plant in the DPRK and 2) KEDO provides DPRK with an alternative source

of energy for heating and electricity until the first of the two reactors is

completed lthttpwwwkedoorgap_mainaspgt 60) 30bcm is an amount which can handle gas over 30 years Baker et al opcit

p10161) Ibid pp81~82

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 281

Source Paik (2005) p41

Russian oil and gas pipeline infrastructure In the case that the gas pipeline

scenario is applied in reality as a useful alternative for the settlement of the

current North Korean nuclear crisis this project will provide significant

contribution to in promoting energy cooperation between Russia and the

Two Koreas

Stage Ⅳ

In the final stage a consensus and convention to justify this project

within the Six-Party Talks framework should be guaranteed This is necessary

to avoid the inevitable problem of incompatibility between the laws and

regulations among the six players and different investment environment

(Figure 3) Map The Proposed Greater Pipeline in Northeast Asia

282 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

The Six Party Talks Russia

Stage

bull Providing a Negotiation Tool (the

CTR Program)

bull Initiating North Korea into Russian

precedents of the CTR program

Stage

bull Invoking international concerns about

NKrsquos economy reconstruction

bull Implementing the project based on

the Agreements

bull Supporting this project actively

Stage

bull Creating conventions to recognize the

gas pipeline project with six players

bull Participating in the gas pipeline project

actively persuading Gazprom

Stage

Ⅳ Building the consensus and trust of the Six-Party Talks members

2 Strength and Limitation of the Scenario

Based on the scenario introduced above the expected roles of Russia and

the members of the Six-Party Talks is as follows

(Table 2) Expected Roles of Russia and the Six-Party Talks in the Scenario

In short the main feature of lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Project for the

DPRKrsquo is a product of a multilateral economic diplomacy In general such

a multilateral economic approach has an unavoidable drawback in that such

a pragmatic diplomacy cannot move ahead regardless of the difficult security

concern of the Korean peninsula In particular I recognize that an increased

Russian role on a unified Korean peninsula would increase the tensions

among the main regional actors

However the strength of this scenario is combining security and

economic issues together to offer a comprehensive resolution concerning the

main threat that would inhibit inter-Korean rapprochement that is an

unchanged provocative posture of North Korea vis-agrave-vis its security needs

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 283

In other words the CTR program for Pyongyangrsquos WMD can be a suitable

alternative to prevent the North Korean military actions In addition the

economic rewards and investment for the DPRK during the negotiation

based on the gas pipeline project would enable advancement the North

Korean economy which in turn will have a positive effect on a long-term

solution such as the reconciliation between the two Koreas Furthermore if

an economic reconciliation can be reached with the help of the new actor

lsquoRussiarsquo this could become a plausible alternative reunification strategy of

the Korean peninsula Such a new consideration will justify the economic

and pragmatic approaches in the framework of the Six-Party talks

Ⅴ Conclusion

Time has changed However the issues surrounding the Korean

peninsula where interests of major powers are contested still display a

unique and multifaceted pattern on the international political order The

dilemma of the peninsula is the coexistence of lsquoinsecurityrsquo and lsquoprosperityrsquo

which is an inevitable by-product caused by the geopolitical situation

Despite such a reality smarter alternatives to achieve lsquopeacersquo and

lsquoprosperityrsquo on the Korean peninsula in the 21st century should be created

The option available currently is lsquothe Six-Party Talksrsquo This study has

suggested that such a multilateral talk offers a plausible framework to

resolve the issues surrounding the Korean peninsula beyond the North

Korean nuclear crisis Obviously the complex diplomatic calculations of the

284 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

six players are the key limitation of this framework but the talks seems

to be worthy as it is acting as a creditable model of the multilateral

negotiations In particular this study dealt with the role of Russia because

when it comes to the process of the Six-Party Talks and inter-relations with

the two Koreas to date Moscowrsquos contribution on the Six-Party Talks

brought positive alternatives which rival the contributions of Washington

and Beijing Based on such a development a scenario under which Russia

can play a positive role in creating a new and a long-term resolution to the

issues of the Korean peninsula can be postulated

However there are limitations which this study cannot escape Firstly as

the worst case scenario if the second Korean War breaks out suddenly the

reality of the multilateral talks and the scenario introduced above may

presumably have no bearing Secondly due to unexpected internal and

external conditions of Russia such as instability of the regime or global

economy crisis the role of Russia can fluctuate Thirdly if the others actors

especially in the US and China wants to maintain strong influences a

lsquopower gamersquo might break out the result of which might have negative

effects Finally the methodology of this research is a problem-solving

approach which was connected to the current policy analysis based on

comprehensive study of the primary sources As a result it is impossible to

deliver obvious and exact facts and information in terms of the Six-Party

Talks which is still in progress

Nonetheless the aim of this study was to offer an alternative to the

current difficult though hypothetical As a result this study was able to lead

a conclusion the Six-Party Talks and the role of Moscow are able to be a

persuasive and plausible alternative for a long-term solution on the Korean

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 285

peninsula The importance of the Six-Party Talks the inter-relations between

Russia and the two Koreas and a scenario suggested supported the

conclusion

All in all the increased and positive Russian involvement toward the two

Koreas can be a stepping-stone for a dialogue and cooperation for peace

and prosperity on the Korean peninsula Furthermore the full use of the

Six-Party Talks will ultimately contribute to security of the Northeast Asian

region beyond the North Korean nuclear crisis

접수 2015년 10월 23일 심사 2015년 10월 23일 게재확정 2015년 11월 24일

286 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

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httpkoreajoongangdailyjoinscomnewsarticleArticleaspxaid=3009631

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lthttpblogkeiaorg201502north-korea-looking-abroadgt

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 289

박지선(PARK JISUN )

영국 런던대 킹스 칼리지(Kingrsquos College London) 국제분쟁학 석사 학위를 취득하고 현재 동

대학원 전략학 박사과정에 있다 주요 연구실적으로 ldquoConstructivist Understandings of North

Korearsquos Ballistic Missile Programme National Security Policy Based on North Korearsquos Strategic

Culturerdquo(2014) 985172한반도 신뢰프로세스를 통한 비핵국가 한국의 핵 안보전략 제2차 핵시대를

맞이하여985173(2013 공저) 985172클라우제비츠의 전쟁이론으로 본 냉전 이후 북한의 핵미사일 전략

에 관한 연구985173(2010 공저) 등이 있다

6자회담 틀 내에서 한반도 중장기 평화번영을 위한 러시아의

lsquo숙련된 중재자(New Seasoned Facilitator)rsquo 역할

박지선 (런던대 킹스 칼리지)

국문요약

본 논문은 한반도의 중장기 평화번영 방안을 위해 교착상태에 빠진 6자회담의 틀 안

에서 러시아의 역할에 대한 새로운 학문적 접근을 보여주고자 한다 본 논문에서는 북한

핵무기 개발 프로그램의 중단이라는 공동의 목적을 달성하기 위해 설립된 6자회담의 주

요 행위자들의 정치적middot전략적 이해관계를 경제적 영역으로 확대하면서 보다 실용적인

한반도 문제 해결 방안을 제시하고 있다 특히 lsquo숙련된 중재자(New Seasoned Facilitator)rsquo

로서의 러시아의 역할에 대해 심도 있게 고찰하면서 6자회담 틀에서 가능한 하나의 시나

리오를 실험적으로 제안하고 있다 본 논문의 주요 내용은 1) 6자회담의 연대기적 분석

2)한반도를 둘러싼 6자회담 주요 국가들의 이해관계 분석 3) 숙련된 중재자로서의 러

시아의 역할을 고찰 4) 실용적이고 실행 가능한 경제협력 방안이 될 한반도 평화정착을

위한 북한경제재건 프로젝트의 시나리오 등이다

주제어 6자회담 러시아 외교정책 북한 중재자 한반도 중middot장기 번영

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Ⅱ Understanding the Six-Party Talks

The main purpose of this step is to determine the significance of the

multilateral negotiation on the medium and long-term issues of the Korean

peninsula beyond the North Korean nuclear crisis by looking into

chronological backgrounds of the Six-Party Talks

Indeed the ldquoblueprintrdquo for the 21st century peace-building on the Korean

peninsula must be a smarter approach because insecurity and prosperity

co-exist in this region When it comes to the geopolitical aspect the

peninsula influenced from the by-products of the Cold War can be regarded

as a spot of strategic importance where interests of the major powers such

as the US and Russia are contested In fact different actors surrounding the

Korean peninsula have different interests on the inter-Korean dialogues In

this sense the issues surrounding the Korean peninsula demonstrate a

unique pattern on the international political order North Korearsquos first

nuclear test in 2006 Pyongyangrsquos rocket launch on 5 April 2009 and a

revelation of their uranium enrichment facilities at Yongbyon in 2010 which

created major uproars could be examples of power game of how

complicated the situation in the region is No matter what the intention of

Pyongyang―whether it was a peaceful experiment or intimidating military

provocations―the United Nations Security Council condemned the

increasing military threat of the North as it is causing international security

risks beyond the Northeast Asian region6) Additionally neither South Korea

6) After Pyongyangrsquos rocket launch in early April the United Nations Security Council

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 253

nor the US was able to impose strong actions against Pyongyang at their

discretion because they have to consider positions and reactions of the

neighboring states such as Japan Russia and China and so on

In this same way a framework to discuss complicated matters concerning

North Korea by the neighboring countries was founded in 2003 the

so-called ldquoSix-Party Talksrdquo The participants of the Six-Party Talks consist of

Japan Peoplersquos Republic of China the Russian Federation United States

Democratic Peoplersquos Republic of Korea and Republic of Korea7) Such a

multilateral composition offers a framework for a peace-building effort on

the Korean peninsula as lsquothe second best optionrsquo in high-politics areas such

as military and diplomatic means Actually the task of the Six-Party Talks

for the members other than North Korea is clear―ending the North Korean

nuclear weapons programs and scraps relevant technological capability That

is a pivotal purpose to create the framework which calls up the six players

having different interests

However despite the existence of the collective desire by the players to

stop North Korea in reality there are many obstacles in reaching a

resolution within the framework of the Six-Party Talks Recently Kim

Jong-un regime continues to escalate repetitive military provocations in the

Korean peninsula by newly stating in its constitution that ldquoit has become a

nuclear state launching another long-range missile in December and

was to set a unanimous resolution denouncing North Korearsquos rocket launch based

on the Security Council resolution 1718 lthttpwwwglobalsecurityorgwmdlibrary

newsdprk2009dprk-090411-voa02htmgt

7) Both official and unofficial designation for the participants of the Six-Party Talks

members will be used in mixture including such terms as for example North

Korea the North Kim Jung-Il regime and Pyongyang

254 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

conducting its third nuclear test on February 12 2013rdquo8) For this reason

North Korea issues demands fairly multifaceted calculations owing to the

historic political and economic dilemmas among the participants In this

respect the talks have not produced a comprehensive agreement or feasible

actions since the beginning even though this approach is a commendable

model of such a multilateral negotiation

Nevertheless I conclude that the Six-Party Talks plays an important part

in the resolution about comprehensive issues adjoining the Korean

peninsula In spite of many obstacles facing the Six-Party Talks the players

kept the multilateral and intricate meeting continue for more than 10 years

while expecting favorable results to extend their strategic goals

When it comes to chronological steps of the Talks the first Six-Party

Talks initiated in 2003 but the North Korean nuclear crisis which is

regarded as the main theme of the Six-Party Talks originated in the early of

1960s After the Korean War North Korea established a nuclear energy

facility at Yongbyon in 1962 based on the agreement of peaceful nuclear

energy development with the Soviet Union Since then a suspicion that

Pyongyang might have the capacity to develop a workable nuclear weapon

became an lsquoopen secretrsquo Finally such a suspicion was known to the

international community with a concrete evidence―the US and French

satellite images of Yongbyon9) Owing to the apparent information of the

8) Ministry of Foreign Affairs Republic of Korea

lthttpwwwmofagokrENGpolicykpennknuclearoverviewindexjspmenu=m_20_

20_10gt

9) Kook Sin Kim ldquoNorth Korean Nuclear crisis and International Responsesrdquo Korea

Institute for National Unification Issue Paper for the Korean Reunification (Nov

2006) pp2~10

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 255

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Washington concluded that North Korea

was pursuing a uranium enrichment program

Hence as an appeasement to end the future high-tech military

provocation of Pyongyang the 1994 Agreed Framework was created―

The Geneva Agreed Framework between Washington and Pyongyang10)

Specifically on the basis of the agreement Washington pledged to provide

fuel and construct two light-water reactors with the establishment of the

KEDO (Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization) while North

Korea promised to end a plutonium enrichment program in exchange 11)

However both the US and North Korea did not meet the key demands of

the 1994 Agreed framework What is more North Korearsquos secret uranium

enrichment program and Pyongyangrsquo continuous development of nuclear

weapons led to a breakdown of agreement between Pyongyang and

Washington in 2002 At the same time North Korea withdrew from the

Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) once again

10) The Agreed Framework between the US and DPRK (Geneva Oct 21 1994)

lthttpwww2lawcolumbiaeducourse_00S_L9436_001North20Korea20materials

agreedframeworkhtmgt11) Jayshree Barjoria and Beina Xu ldquoThe Six Party Talks on North Korearsquos Nuclear

Programrdquo Council on foreign Relations (September 2013)

256 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

(Figure 1) Chronological Steps of ldquoThe Six-Party Talksrdquo

Unfortunately by failing to keep pledges both Washington and

Pyongyang caused the following outcomes 1) providing official reasons for

continuous nuclear development program 2) weakening chances of the

bilateral talks between the US and the DPRK due to growing distrust and

3) accelerating security threats on the Northeast Asian region

These outcomes resulted from the first North Korean nuclear crisis which

eventually led to the Six-Party Talks Shortly thereafter the second North

Korean nuclear crisis was developed by the side-effects of the first nuclear

crisis The ldquothree-party talksrdquo among the US China and North Korea began

in April 2003 to discuss the second crisis when Pyongyang withdrew from

the NPT (Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty) in January 2003 However the

meeting was not enough to deal with the crisis because more complicated

lsquopower gamesrsquo beyond the North Korean nuclear crisis was evident From

this perspective the other regional players ndash Russia Japan and South Korea

- pushed cooperation to turn the ldquoThree-Party Talksrdquo into the ldquoSix-Party

Talksrdquo12) stressing the need to deal with the crisis on the Korean peninsula

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 257

through a new regional framework This is the origin of the lsquoSix-Party Talksrsquo

covering comprehensive problems generated from North Korearsquos nuclear

issue

Ⅲ Critical Analysis of the Six-Party Talks

Demonstrating Different Interests of Six Players

The obvious goal of the Six-Party talks is the denuclearization of the

Korean peninsula13) However there is what can be dubbed as lsquogrand

agendarsquo to resolve the some of the unsettled regional issues even though it

can arguable depending on respective issues By analyzing three major

agreements which resulted from the Six-Party Talks it is possible to contain

the contents of a lsquogrand agendarsquo They include 1) the September 19 Joint

Agreement in 2005 2) the February13 Agreement in 2007 and 3) the

October 3 Agreement in 200814) In particular in the case of lsquoInitial Actions

for Implementation of the Joint Statementrsquo meetings of five Working Groups

12) Pang Zhongying ldquoThe Six-Party Process Regional Security Mechanisms and

China-US Cooperation Toward a Regional Security Mechanism for a New

Northeast Asiardquo Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies (March 2009) pp1~413) In the Second-Phased actions for the implementation of the Joint Statement of 19

September 2005 the goal of the Six-Party Talks clarified as follows the first goal

is the verifiable denuclearization of the Korean peninsula in a peace manner14) Official names of the three agreements are 1) Join Statement of the Fourth Round

of the Six-Party Talks (Beijing 19 September 2005) 2) Initial Actions for the

Implementation of the Joint Statement (13 February 2007) and 3) Second-Phase

Actions for the Implementation of the Joint Statement (3 October 2007)

258 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

(WG) held in 200715) The main purpose is to carry out the initial actions

and to achieve the purpose of full implementation of the Joint Statement

The details are as follows

1 Denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula

2 Normalization of US-DPRK Relations

3 Normalization of Japan-DPRK Relations

4 Economic and Energy Cooperation

5 Northeast Asia Peace and Security Mechanism

As it has been seen the follow-up working groups of the Six-Party

Talks dealt with fairly broad subjects beyond the prevention of Pyongyangrsquos

high-tech military threats In this regard Zhongying (2009) states ldquothe

Six-Party Talks has mutually advocated some crucial goalsrdquo16) 1) the

denuclearization of the Korean peninsula 2) the ending the Korean

War with a peace treaty and 3) building a regional mechanism for

peace-building and prosperity From this viewpoint even if the main task of

the Six-Party Talks denuclearized the Korean Peninsula failed due to the

unexpected internal or external factors of the six participants the other

options like 2) and 3) which Zhongying suggested might become another

key agenda for the six parties Thus it is important to recognize the value

of such all-inclusive approach to resolve the difficult regional issues through

the Six-Party Talks rather than focusing on the North Korean nuclear threats

alone

15) Diplomatic White Paper of the Republic of Korea (2008) pp32~3616) Pang Zhongying ldquoThe Six-Party Process Regional Security Mechanisms and

China-US Cooperation Toward a Regional Security Mechanism for a New

Northeast Asiardquo Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies (March 2009) p4

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 259

Taking the importance as a lsquogrand agendarsquo into consideration it is

important to analyze distinctive features of the process of the Six-Party

Talks and this will lead to the identification of the main limitations of the

Six-Party Talks Such limitations will support the following argument

When the range of the Six-Party Talksrsquo agenda is extended to include

comprehensive and pragmatic agenda for medium and long-term resolutions

of the issues of the Korean peninsula this multilateral talks can produce

more positive outcomes while embracing the regional interests of the six

nations More crucially ipso facto the suggestion to create more

comprehensive multilateral framework will enable the following creative and

new approaches 1) the emergence of a lsquoNew Actorrsquo Russia instead of the

main actors such as the US and China within the sixth round of the Six-Party

Talks and 2) the strengthening of the economic approach concentrated on

prosperity rather than intensive political and military negotiation

Above all the most important characteristic of the Six-Party Talks is that

the talks necessitate complicated calculations to balance all membersrsquo

interests After the first talks in 2003 the participating members began to

involve in dynamic diplomatic maneuvers based on each otherrsquos own

domestic issues national interests and interpretations of historical analogies

Owing to these diverse considerations regardless of the main challenge of

the Six-Party Talks framework to stop the North Korean nuclear program

many other challenges have been identified The Six Parties were aroused

by the internal and external interests like the wide-ranging topics of five

Working Groups discussions after February 13 Agreement in 200717)

17) Diplomatic White Paper of the Republic of Korea (2008) pp32~36

260 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

1 Critical Analysis on Six Partiesrsquo Responses after the

Adoption of United Nations Security Council Resolution

1718 (2006)

As an important case the different responses by the each of Six Party

participants on the Security Council resolution 171818) is a good example of

demonstrating complicated strategic calculations of everyone involved After

a nuclear ballistic missile test in October 2006 the Security Council

condemned the test and unanimously adopted resolution 1718 in 14 October

2006 calling for an immediate return to the Six-Party Talks19) The resolution

called for based on Chapter 7 of the United Nations Charter excluding

automatic military enforcement of its demands under the Charterrsquos Article 4

120) the members of the UN prohibit a range of goods from entering or

leaving the DPRK and imposed an asset freeze and travel ban on persons

in terms of the nuclear weapon program21)

In reaction to the resolution the six players showed different reactions

In this paper the responses of six players are largely divided into three

18) On 14 October 2006 after the nuclear ballistic missile test of Pyongyang the UN

Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 1718 condemning the nuclear test 19) Security Council Resolution 1718(2006)

lthttpdaccessddsunorgdocUNDOCGENN0657207PDFN0657207pdfOpen

Elementgt 20) According to the Charterrsquos Article 41 the Security Council decided what measures

not involving the use of armed force are to be employed to the DPRK These

include complete or partial interruption of economic relations and of rail sea air

postal telegraphic radio and other means of communication and the severance

of diplomatic relations 21) UN Security Council Resolution 1718 (2006)

lthttpwwwunorggasearchview_docaspsymbol=SRES171820(2006)gt

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 261

groups Group (Ⅰ) US Japan South Korea Group (Ⅱ) China Russia and

Group (Ⅲ) North Korea Before analyzing the United Nations Security

Council Resolution 1718 one important thesis in this case study is that the

criteria of the grouping stated above is focused on only the United Nations

Security Council Resolution 1718 rather than including all resolutions of

United Nations22) This is because eight UN resolutions related to North

Korearsquos nuclear issue from 1993 to 2013 demonstrate different politico-strategic

outcomes In this regard in the Table (1) the distinctive responses of the

three groups are categorized In brief this table illustrates the complexity of

the Six-Party Talks depending on politico-strategic relations while emphasizing

the importance of a multilateral approach for a long-term solution on the

Korean peninsula

22) These are a list of Unite Nations Council Resolutions related to the North Korean

nuclear issues from 1993 to 2013

bull United Nations Security Council Resolution 825(1993)

bull United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540 (2004)

bull United Nations Security Council Resolution 1695(2006)

bull United Nations Security Council Resolution 1718 (2006)

bull United Nations Security Council Resolution 1874 (2009)

bull United Nations Security Council Resolution 1887 (2009)

bull United Nations Security Council Resolution 2087(2013)

bull United Nations Security Council Resolution 2094 (2013)

262 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

Nuclear Capability (DPRK)

Resolution1718

Comeback of the Six-Party Talks

Military Enforcement

to DPRK

Sanctions against DPRK

The US

(Group Ⅰ)

Japan

(Group Ⅰ)

S Korea

(Group Ⅰ)ⅹ ⅹ

China

(Group Ⅱ)

ⅹ ⅹ

Russia

(Group Ⅱ)ⅹ ⅹ ⅹ

N Korea

(Group Ⅲ)

ⅹ ⅹ ⅹ

(Table 1) Critical Analysis on Six Partiesrsquo Responses after the Adoption of

United Nations Security Council Resolution 1718

strong support support partly support ⅹ objection

Group(Ⅰ) US Japan and Korea

In the case of the first Group it rallied behind Washington whose

stubborn reaction against Pyongyang led to the adoption of the UN Security

Council Resolution 171823) John Bolton who was the former US Ambassador

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 263

to the UN stated ldquoa nuclear test in 2006 was the gravest threat to international

peace and securityrdquo During a Security Council meeting he maintained that

the resolution 1718 should impose more strict demands complementing the

Security Resolution 1695 which is regarded as a failure As a result the US

and Japan enthusiastically bolstered the resolution 1718 welcoming the

contents of strengthened sanctions compared with the resolution 169524) On

the surface South Korea - which sustained considerably close relationship

with the US - seemed to unwillingly follow the resolution emphasizing that

the problem should be solved under a peaceful and diplomatic approach

In fact a division was recognizable within this group While the US and

Japan stuck together in unity in purpose and actions 25) against the irrational

behaviors of North Korea for doing missile tests the South Korean

government was committed to a two-pronged policy Indeed the grand

strategy of the South Korean government was to pursue the following two

aims the prevention of Pyongyang provocations and reconciliation of the

two Koreas In other words although all three maintained close

cooperation they all had slightly different interests and conditions

23) UN Security Council meeting on 9 October 2006

lthttpwwwunorgNewsPressdocs2006sc8853dochtmgt24) The main subjects of the Security Council Resolution 1695 are 1) stopping games

of lsquobrinkmanshiprsquo 2) complying with Security Council demands 3) returning to the

Six-Party Talks and 4) implementing terms of the joint statement for the last round

of the talks See United Nations Security Council Resolution 1695 (2006)25) The expectations of Washington and Tokyo from the Six-Party Talks are1) the

withdrawal of Nuclear weapons first then negotiations afterwards and 2) the

establishment of a democratic government similar to the US standards

264 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

Group (Ⅱ) China Russia

In the case of the group two China and Russia who have been close

supporters of North Korea for more than an half century demonstrated

similar reactions as the members of group one did While they agreed on

the general direction of the resolution each had a slightly different view on

the extension of the contents In the case of China not only Beijing was

the main actor in initiating the Six-Party Talks but also a very close friend

to North Korea 26) However China chose to support the sanctions against

Pyongyang under the resolution 1718 Meanwhile Russia had a different

view In an urgent meeting of the UN Security Council unlike China Russia

did not support such stringent sanctions against Pyongyang although

Moscow agreed on condemning the North Korean rocket launch Even if

in the end both Beijing and Moscow supported the resolution 1718 in

general it was an occasion when the two countries showed different

approach toward Pyongyang during the adoption process of the resolution27)

Group(Ⅲ) North Korea

Contrarily the reaction of the third group North Korea was fairly

obvious against the Security Council Resolution Park Gilyon North Korearsquos

Ambassador to UN said that Pyongyang rejects the resolution 1718 since the

resolution is a coercive declaration by a ldquogangster-likerdquo Security Council28)

26) See Security Council Meeting on 9 October 2006

lthttpwwwunorgNewsPressdocs2006sc8853dochtmgt27) See Security Council Meeting on 9 October 2006

lthttpwwwunorgNewsPressdocs2006sc8853dochtmgt28) See Security Council meeting on 9 October 2006

lthttpwwwunorgNewsPressdocs2006sc8853dochtmgt

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 265

Nevertheless the main limitation of the talks still remains without

creative alternatives to disentangle intricate interests of the participants of

the Six-Party Talks no feasible output can be expected from such a

multilateral meeting Thus in order to overcome the above-mentioned

limitations of the Six-Party Talks I suggest an approach which emphasizes

the following points 1) the emergence of a lsquonew experienced facilitatorrsquo

instead of previous main actors to encourage more pragmatic approaches

and 2) the combination of political and economic tools especially in

highlighting the economic approaches Consequently this paper will focus

on Russiarsquos role as a New Seasoned Facilitator since Russia can offer new

possibilities for a long-term resolution of the issues on the Korean

peninsula

2 Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo for Dealing with

Issues on the Korean Peninsula

In this part the role of Russia will be scrutinized as a possible new

strong facilitator who might offer long-term solutions to the problems on the

Korean peninsula in the 21st century Since most of the studies concerning

cooperation on the Korean peninsula tend to focus mainly on the role

played by the US and China I argue that this paper may provide an

innovative contribution to the study of the ldquoSix-Party Talksrdquo stressing

Russiarsquos new role vis-agrave-vis the Korean peninsula In my view indeed

Russiarsquos role on the Korean peninsula progressively emerged in recent years

shaping the image of ldquofacilitatorrdquo interested in persuading North Korea to

seek an alternative to the nuclear weapons program and promote energy

266 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

cooperation in the region which might hasten possibility of peace on the

Korean peninsula

According to Vorontsov (2007) the basic positions of Moscow for the

Six-Party Talks are as follows 1) advocating the strict inspection of NPT and

the denuclearized Korean peninsula 2) persisting peaceful negotiation

among the six players and 3) promoting the inter-Korean dialogues29) In

contrast to the hard-line stance of White House30) to eliminate all factors

related to North Korean nuclear program in terms of the Korean issues the

current Russian government seems to strive for the achievement of the goal

2) and 3) When it comes to the geostrategic situations the Korean issues

have recently become one of the major considerations for Moscow because

the US China and Japan have gradually played important roles on the

issues of Korean peninsula who are all Russiarsquos direct neighbors31)

Namely owing to the invisible lsquoPower Racersquo among the major powers

Russia is increasingly interested in the issues surrounding the Korean

peninsula

In the same way unlike the general expectations on the global stage the

Russian role within the multilateral talks may have substantial influences as

well as the other actors have contributed to the meetings In the beginning

29) Alexander Vorontsov ldquoCurrent Russia ndash North Korea Relations Challenges and

Achievementsrdquo Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies (2007) p1730) Still North Korea seems to believe what White House pursues a hard-line policy

toward Pyongyang An unnamed spokesman of Pyongyang stated on 8 May 2009

ldquothe Obama administration for the past 100 dayshelliphellip the hostile policy toward

Pyongyang remains unchangedrdquo

lthttpwwwnytimescom20090509worldasia09koreahtml_r=1ampref=global-homegt31) Georgy Toloraya ldquoRussian Policy in Korea in a time of changerdquo The Korean

Journal of Defense Analysis Vol211 (2009) p69

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 267

stage of the talks some counties had skepticism about Moscowrsquos

participation in the talks because the Four-Party Talks (the US China and

the two Koreas) - except for Moscow - was a general pattern on the

inter-Korean issues32) However Kremlin played an essential role in inviting

Pyongyang in joining the Six-Party Talks because North Korea insisted

Pyongyang would not participate in the 2003 meeting without Russia33)

When it comes to Russian official stance in 2015 Moscow continuously

supports the Six-Party Talks for denuclearization in the Korean peninsula

while Russia does not recognize North Korea as a nuclear state34)

Historically Russia and North Korea have significantly long and

meaningful relations throughout the period of Korearsquos liberation following

Japanese colonization the Korean War and the opening and ending of the

Cold War In particular the two countries enjoyed a very strong cooperative

relationship during the Korean War35) Following the Korean War the

Soviet Union became the main trade partner and a sponsor for the

nation-building of Kim Il-sungrsquo regime Approximately 93 factories and

industrial facilities in North Korea were established under the Russian

technical assistance 36)constructing Pyongyangrsquos heavy-industrial backbon

32) Moscowrsquos absence from the Four-Party Talks proposed by the former President Bill

Clinton and President Kim Young Sam on April 16 1996 demonstrated Russiarsquos

dwindled regional influence in the Korean peninsula Yang et al (2004) p80133) Vorontsov (2007) p2234) ldquoRussian Envoy Discusses Pyongyang tests Thaadrdquo Korea Joongang Daily September

25 2015

lthttpkoreajoongangdailyjoinscomnewsarticleArticleaspxaid=3009631gt35) During the Korean War the Russian pilots contributed to the air defence of

North Korea resulting in the loss of 135 pilots and more than 300 airplanes Ibid

p5

268 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

e37) Such a close alliance between the two communist societies continued

until the collapse of the Soviet Union Unfortunately during the President

Elrsquotsinrsquos administration the Russian policy toward the Korean peninsula

shifted due to the unilateral rapprochement with the ROK as the new

diplomatic approach in the so-called ldquodemocratic romanticismrdquo which called

for greatly pro-Western at the expense of Russiarsquos interests 38) Such

transformed Russian policy seemed to cause a crack in the friendship

between Moscow and Pyongyang

However since the inauguration of Vladimir Putin the Russian political

elites began envisaging new approaches towards the Korean peninsula

Putinrsquos new approach functioned as a breakthrough to reinforce previously

weakening relations between Russia and North Korea As a result a historic

treaty on ldquoFriendshiprdquo between Kremlin and Pyongyang―Good-Neighbourly

Relations and Cooperation―was created in 200039) Currently Kim Jong-Un

regime has mainly concentrated on strengthening trade relations with Kremlin

and both Moscow and Pyongyang have taken positive consensus towards

36) The North Korean nuclear energy facilities were established with the Soviet

technical assistance in 1962 37) Vorontsov (2007) p538) On 27 October 1991 Elrsquotin addressed two main aims fo the Russian Foreign

policy 1) pursuing favourable external conditions for the domestic political and

economic reforms and 2) overcoming the legacy of the Cold war Richard Sakwa

(2008) Russian Politics and Society (London Routledge 2008) pp368~36939) After the treaty of lsquoGood-Neighbourly Relations and Cooperationrsquo the Moscowrsquos

declaration of the DPRK and the Russian Federation was released on 4 August 2001

The DPRK-Russia joint declaration is the advanced version of lsquogood-neighbourliness

and cooperationrsquo signed on 9 February 2000 Since then the two countries have

tried the friendly relations and mutually beneficial cooperation

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 269

enhancing their economic cooperative relationship In 2014 Putinrsquos cabinet

concluded the withdrawal of $10 billion of Pyongyangrsquos $11 billion debt that

had accrued during the Soviet Era40) It seems that Putinrsquos cabinet assumes

that this gesture of goodwill will contribute to the construction of a gas

pipeline covering the Korean peninsula When it comes to both geopolitical

and geo-economics aspects North Korea could have profitable investments

opportunities

All in all such a historic fortification of the inter-relationship between

North Korea and Russia provides diverse chances for the improved role of

Russia in making contributions with the backing of other partners of the

Six-Party Talks Based on this fact it would be possible to focus more on

the possibility of Russiarsquos increased contribution to the talks In fact there

is a strong possibility that Moscow could function as a lsquomediatorrsquo and

lsquofacilitatorrsquo between Pyongyang and the other members of the Six-Party

Talks

There are a number of important cases41) through which Moscow enabled

diplomatic efforts assume the role of a lsquofacilitatorrsquo or lsquomediatorrsquo When it

comes to the bilateral relations between Republic of Korea and Russia the

two nations started nearly at a zero point at first However Kremlin and

Blue House have created new economic science and cultural systems For

example since 1990 the leaders of South Korea and Russia have officially

met 27 times In 2013 President Vladimir Putinrsquos visited to Seoul when the

two nationsrsquo annual bilateral trade exceeded $26 billion42)

40) ldquoNorth Korea Looking Abroadrdquo Korea Economic Institute February 18 2015

lthttpblogkeiaorg201502north-korea-looking-abroadgt41) Vorontsov opcit p17

270 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

In particular in July 2002 Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov visited the two

Koreas respectively to persuade both to return to the negotiating table

which was halted after a naval clash in the West (Yellow) Sea in June 2002

Although the visit was not connected to the Six-Party Talks directly the case

seems to confirm Russiarsquos efforts to assist the improvement of the

inter-Korean relations What is more in terms of the US-DPRK relations

Moscow provided an opportunity for a meeting between the North Korean

Foreign Minister Paek NamSun and the former US Secretary of State Colin

Powell during the ministerial meetings at the ASEAN Regional Forum talks

in Darussalam Brunei in 200243) In short Moscowrsquos effort to carry out

ldquobalancer diplomacyrdquo after Putinrsquos inauguration shows potentials to be a

smart lsquomediatorrsquo within the multilateral negotiation such as the Six-Party

Talks

3 The Russian lsquoNew Realismrsquo Policy Applied in the Korean

Peninsula

Then the questions are to what degree can Russia be engaged in

resolving the inter-Korean issues and what kind of benefit can Russia

expect from the increased involvement with the issues regarding the Korean

peninsula especially in the Six-Party Talks

In the recent years the interest of the Russian politicians and academics

toward the Korean peninsula seems to be soaring As an lsquoactive partrsquo the

42) ldquoRussian Envoy Discusses Pyongyang tests Thaadrdquo Korea Joongang Daily September

25 2015 lthttpkoreajoongangdailyjoinscomnewsarticleArticleaspxaid=3009631gt43) Ibid

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 271

Korean peninsula can be regarded as a region of interest and strategic

importance as the Asian-Pacific region is seen to have increasing economic

implication for Russia due to the lack of involvement by Moscow in the

region of economic prowess44) In particular when Moscow participated in

the Six-Party Talks its approach seems to have strategic bearing toward the

Asia-Pacific region because the region especially the Korean peninsula is

now regarded by Moscow as an area of considerable importance

In fact Russiarsquos burgeoning interests for the Six-Party Talks contemporize

with the inauguration of the Putinrsquos administration Namely Putinrsquos lsquoNew

Realismrsquo based on the pragmatic approach over all Russia policies can be

applied to the evaluation of the Russian intention and purpose toward the

Six-Party Talks On the whole the national motto of the 21st century Russia

is lsquoPragmatismrsquo which also significantly influenced the current Medvedevrsquos

cabinet45) On a meeting of the Security Council in March 2000 the new

Russian lsquoForeign Policy Conceptrsquo was introduced by Ivanov the Russian

Foreign Minister at the time The main concept of the document was lsquomore

realisticrsquo for rebuilding the domestic economy and promoting the Russian

economic interests abroad as it strives to become worldrsquos tenth biggest

economy in the 21st century46) Hence Moscowrsquos foreign policy influenced

44) Natasha Kuhrt Russian Policy towards China and Japan The Elrsquotsin and Putin

periods (New York Rutledge 2007) pp 54~5645) In January 2002 the former President Putin had an interview with a Polish

Newspaper and Polish TVP Channel In the interview he stated that lsquoPragmatismrsquo

as a key means for the economic cooperation with other nations ldquoWe began this

talk by pointing out that the soundest approachhellip on the basis of pragmatism

and pragmatic interest in each otherrdquo

lthttpwwwkremlinruengtextspeeches200201150001_type82916_147392shtmlgt46) Sakwa(2008) pp371~391

272 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

by such realistic and pragmatic approaches seems to have valid bearing for

both the Six-Party Talks and the inter-Korean dialogues especially when the

economic aspects are addressed

In essence what are the specific interests Moscow might have on the

Korean peninsula The answer to this question is the more the Korean

military threats are slackened the more Russiarsquos security and economic

interests are amplified In terms of this argument Meyer (2005) identified

the reasons for the Russian Federationrsquos participation in the multilateral

meeting He indicated that by supporting reconciliation between DPRK and

ROK Russia can achieve the following objectives 1) the symbolic objective

to be recognized as a permanent major power on the global stage 2) the

military objective to dissuade Pyongyang from pursuing nuclear weapons

program not to weaken the global commitment for NPT and 3) the

economic objective to establish favorable conditions for the development of

a trilateral economic cooperation among Russia and the two Koreas47)

In relation to the third objective when Putin was the president he had

strong interests toward the Korean peninsula as there were potentially

lucrative economic opportunities available Such projects included connecting

the inter-Korean railroad to the Trans-Siberian railroad and exporting natural

gas from the Kovyktinskoe field in Irkutsk to the Korean peninsula through

China48)

In fact it can be concluded that the third reason which Meyer identified

is the main objective of Russiarsquos participation in the Sic-Party talks therefore

47) Peggy Falkenhein Meyer ldquoRussia Interests and Objectives on the Korean Peninsulardquo

International Journal of Korean Studies (FallWinter 2005) Vol 4 No 2 pp 145~14748) Ibid pp148~154

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 273

it could be assumed the promotion of economic issues can be conceived

and used as a tool to make a breakthrough to overcome the sluggish

multifaceted talks dealing with North Korea high-technology fears More

specifically I argue that the natural gas projects can dramatically increase

Russiarsquos penetration on the Korean peninsula and promote ndash in turn -

Moscowrsquos effort to bring positive changes to the talks From this perspective

Russian economic leverage might become a cornerstone for bringing peace

in the Korean peninsula In the following part I will present a possible

scenario in which this assumption might be substantially developed

Ⅳ A New Role of Russia on the Korean Peninsula

Figure 2 as shown below portrays a possible scenario of cooperation on

the Korean peninsula which emphasizes the following aspects 1) the

importance of the Six-Party Talks for the future of cooperation on the

Korean peninsula in the 21st century and 2) the suggestion of new

alternatives which focus on Russia and its economic involvement to boost

multilateral talks In building-up the scenario the key presumption is that

economic cooperation can create a ldquofunctional leveragerdquo in a political

scenario characterized by a substantial political rapprochement due to the

enforcement of a legally binding treaty (ie a Peace Treaty that could officially

end the Korean War) and prepare a definitive process of nation-building

among the two Koreas This ldquofunctional leveragerdquo is based on the role

played by CTR (Cooperative Threat Reduction) program49) to eliminate all

274 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

military threats―nuclear chemical biological and missiles threat from North

Korea In principle the objective of CTR is to reduce the dangers created

by nuclear chemical or biological weapons or their delivery vehicles The

actors of the CTR are consisted of a host who eradicates secures or

converts the WMD (Weapons of Mass Destruction) programs while the

other partners supporting such efforts50)

The most attractive function of the CTR for the following scenario is that

the partners provide money technology equipment and training to the host

nation In case that the six participants select the option during the process

of the WMD removal the main problems such methods and incentives in

terms of the North Korean nuclear withdrawal will be solved naturally

Furthermore the main argument to highlight the economic approaches with

flexible funds produced by rewards of the CTR programs can be persuaded

more convincingly Therefore the following section will justify this

alternative based on the postulation mentioned above―the application of

the CTR in the process of the Six-Party Talks

49) The CTR (or sometimes called for lsquoNunn-Lugarrsquo) programme provides funding

and expertise for the states in the former Soviet Unions including Russia Ukraine

Georgia Azerbaijan Belarus Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan under disarmament

treaties lthttpnunn-lugarcomindexshtmlgt50) Joel S Wit Wolfsthal Jon and Oh Choong-suk (2005) ldquoThe Six Party Talks and

Beyond Cooperative Threat Reduction and North Koreardquo A Report of the CSIS

International Security Program Dec (Washington DC CSIS) pp7~8

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 275

1 A Scenario Suggested lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Projection

for the DPRKrsquo

As stressed before the founding hypothesis of this scenario is a

substantial political shift on the Korean peninsula prospecting a clear

ldquoongoing processrdquo ldquoone Korea reunifiedrdquo However in my argumentation

the crucial assumption is not related to dynamics leading to the political

rapprochement among the two Koreas and neighbor countries which are

members of the Six-Party Talks Instead the central point of the first

scenario is to focus on the preparations and nation-building toward the

reconciliation of the two Koreas through multilateral economic negotiations

Namely to what extent can the framework of the Six-Party Talks and Russia

influence on peace and prosperity on the Korean peninsula as the means

of economic approaches

(Figure 2) Economy Reconstruction Project for the DPRK

276 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

Stage I

As shown in Figure 2 this scenario will be developed through four

stages During Stage I in order to resolve the core problem of Pyongyang―

the disposal of all WMD including chemical biological nuclear weapons

and the CTR program will be offered strongly Under the circumstances

North Korea seems to be a proper candidate for the CTR In the case of the

CTR the multilateral approaches owing to the political and financial

burden-sharing among the sponsors are indispensable51) Although the

Northeast Asian region has not been a suitable case for the program the

Six-Party Talks has shown a consensus on the difficult security problems

especially on Pyongyangrsquos military threats Such a partnership among the

participants of the Six-Party Talks which has been cultivated for seven years

of working together produces more positive results in the progress of the

disposal of nuclear weapons during the period of conducting the CTR

program

In addition Moscow will play a key role in the application of the CTR

program for North Korea When it comes to the beginning of the CTR the

program focused intensively on the countries of the former Soviet Union

including Russia Ukraine Georgia Azerbaijan Belarus Uzbekistan and

Kazakhstan As a result 6600 nuclear warheads have been eliminated since

1991 and more that 470 long-range missiles have been destroyed while

over 1800 other missiles strategic bombers have been disassembled52) With

51) Ibid pp1~352) The United States has invested $7 billion in the former Soviet Union since 1991

and is recently investing $1 billion per year There are additional participants―EU

UK Germany and France Ibid pp7~8

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 277

such an impressive precedent Russia is able to provide a workable solution

during the process of Pyongyangrsquos cooperative threat reduction The most

impressive strength of the first stage is provided that North Korea and the

five members of the Six-Party talks collectively pursue the CTR program the

following economic incentives will be offered for the reconstruction of

North Korea 1) a reward of nuclear withdrawal and 2) the reuse of

resources previously used in the Northrsquos nuclear program

In relation to CTR with application to the case of North Korea it possible

to argue that Russia ndash mindful of the CTR program provided by the US in

the aftermath of the collapse of the Soviet Empire ndash could potentially reuse

the rationale behind the above-mentioned mass destruction dismantlement

program in order to materially help North Korea to eliminate these kinds of

armaments as well as to boost a more comprehensive trust-building process

in the direction of Pyongyang increasing Russian influence over the North

and the overall region

Stage II

During the Stage II the expected economic incentives offered from the

implementation of the CTR project will be connected to the establishment of

a factual organization―lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Project for the DPRKrsquo

Continuously the international community should remain concerned about a

steep decline of the North Korean economy which in the past caused the

most destructive famines of the 20th century As many as one million

people who represent about five percent of the North Korean population

perished in the mid-1990s as a result53) Therefore the members of the

Six-Party Talks should pursue Pyongyangrsquos economic reforms and

278 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

reconstruction simultaneously since the countries regard economic inability

of Kim Jung Un to be one of the causes for using the military threats54)

Therefore it would provide a vital opportunity to bring changes in North

Korea if an organization which focuses on the economic benefits is

founded For this purpose this study recommends the establishment of

lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Project for the DPRKrsquo within the framework of the

Six-Party Talks The aspiration for the DPRK project is based on the

September 2005 Joint Statement and the February 2007 Joint Statement of

the Six-Party Talks The September Statement encouraged the economic

cooperation in the areas of energy trade and investment within the

Six-Party Talks framework55) Also in the February 2007 Joint Statement the

six players promised humanitarian assistance to North Korea and

established an Economy and Energy Cooperation Working Group56)

Although such agreements to boost the North Korean economy did not

53) Haggard Stephan and Noland Marcus ldquoA Security and Peace for Northeast Asia

The Economic Dimensionrdquo Peterson Institute for International Economics Policy

Brief No PB08-4 (April 2008) p2 54) In 2000 North Korea tried ldquomarketization from belowrdquo in the areas of local

organs government offices and military units with the recommendation of the

international community Ibid p255) See Join Statement of the Fourth Round of the Six-Party Talks in Beijing (19

September 2005)

lthttpwwwmofatgokrwebmodulehtsboardhbdhbdreadjsptypeID=6ampboardid=

247ampseqno=293918ampc=TITLEampt=amppagenum=2amptableName=TYPE_DATABOARDamppc=

ampdc=ampwc=amplu=ampvu=ampiu=ampdu=gt56) See Initial Actions for the Implementation of the Joint Statement (13 February 2007)

lthttpwwwmofatgokrwebmodulehtsboardhbdhbdreadjsptypeID=6ampboardid=

247ampseqno=293924ampc=TITLEampt=amppagenum=3amptableName=TYPE_DATABOARDamppc=amp

dc=ampwc=amplu=ampvu=ampiu=ampdu=gt

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 279

produce output in reality the international concerns seemed to have

reached a consensus relating to the ideas of lsquoEconomic Reconstruction

Project for DPRKrsquo introduced for the Stage II

Stage III

The following study on the similar subject reflects such international

concerns in a pragmatic way lsquopipeline gas introduction to the Korean

peninsularsquo57) In the Stage III as a long-term scenario to rehabilitate the

DPRKrsquos economy the idea of lsquopipeline gas projectrsquo introduced by Paik

(2005) will be applied Within the Six-Party Talks framework energy

assistance is another integral theme which is seen as important area to

resolve the nuclear problem on the Korean peninsula What is more such

energy supply options for DPRK generated from the gas pipeline project can

be functioned as a versatile negotiation tool combining the geopolitical and

economic reality on the Six-Party Talks table

In fact one well-established energy development organization―KEDO―

already exists The mission of KEDO is to implement the Agreed Framework

between the US and DPRK on the assumption that Pyongyang agreed to

freeze and ultimately dismantle its breathing nuclear program58) Unfortunately

the KEDO led project failed due to the North Korean distrust towards KEDO

due to the ailing relationship between Washington and Pyongyang caused

by the North Korean military threats and the failure to meet the agreed

57) Keun-Wook Paik ldquoPipeline Gas Introduction to the Korean Peninsulardquo Korea

Foundation Project lsquoEnergy and Environmental Cooperation in the Korea Peninsula

(2005)58) Baker et al opcit pp135~138

280 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

provisions59) Unlike the KEDO projects the introduction of the long

distance gas pipeline passing through the DPRK territory will involve the

two Koreas and Russia In particular intended for Pyongyang the pipeline

gas would provide energy to power many major cities in the DPRK

assuming that a 15 bcm60) natural gas would be allocated to the North as

a transit fees Also South Korea can provide additional support to prevent

the collapse of the North Korean economy61) In addition further funding

can be allocated for the CTR programs which will intensify the effort to

support rebuilding of the North Korean economy

Other than the economic merit Moscow is well positioned in this

pipeline project since the major Russian company Gazprom which is the

largest extractor of natural gas in the world has outstanding options to

promote the project from all the shareholders For this reason the role of

Russia should be given more weight in the third stage

In terms of the Economy Reconstruction Project for the DPRK this study

will follow the main idea of the paper Pipeline Gas Introduction to the

Korean Peninsula by Paik In his in-depth study Paik suggested lsquothe

Proposed Greater Circular Pipeline in Northeast Asiarsquo As shown in Figure 3

the Korean peninsula is ideally located to have pivotal benefits from the

59) There are two main conditions 1) KEDO finances and constructs two

proliferation-resistant light-water reactors(LWR) of the Korean Standard Nuclear

Power Plant in the DPRK and 2) KEDO provides DPRK with an alternative source

of energy for heating and electricity until the first of the two reactors is

completed lthttpwwwkedoorgap_mainaspgt 60) 30bcm is an amount which can handle gas over 30 years Baker et al opcit

p10161) Ibid pp81~82

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 281

Source Paik (2005) p41

Russian oil and gas pipeline infrastructure In the case that the gas pipeline

scenario is applied in reality as a useful alternative for the settlement of the

current North Korean nuclear crisis this project will provide significant

contribution to in promoting energy cooperation between Russia and the

Two Koreas

Stage Ⅳ

In the final stage a consensus and convention to justify this project

within the Six-Party Talks framework should be guaranteed This is necessary

to avoid the inevitable problem of incompatibility between the laws and

regulations among the six players and different investment environment

(Figure 3) Map The Proposed Greater Pipeline in Northeast Asia

282 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

The Six Party Talks Russia

Stage

bull Providing a Negotiation Tool (the

CTR Program)

bull Initiating North Korea into Russian

precedents of the CTR program

Stage

bull Invoking international concerns about

NKrsquos economy reconstruction

bull Implementing the project based on

the Agreements

bull Supporting this project actively

Stage

bull Creating conventions to recognize the

gas pipeline project with six players

bull Participating in the gas pipeline project

actively persuading Gazprom

Stage

Ⅳ Building the consensus and trust of the Six-Party Talks members

2 Strength and Limitation of the Scenario

Based on the scenario introduced above the expected roles of Russia and

the members of the Six-Party Talks is as follows

(Table 2) Expected Roles of Russia and the Six-Party Talks in the Scenario

In short the main feature of lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Project for the

DPRKrsquo is a product of a multilateral economic diplomacy In general such

a multilateral economic approach has an unavoidable drawback in that such

a pragmatic diplomacy cannot move ahead regardless of the difficult security

concern of the Korean peninsula In particular I recognize that an increased

Russian role on a unified Korean peninsula would increase the tensions

among the main regional actors

However the strength of this scenario is combining security and

economic issues together to offer a comprehensive resolution concerning the

main threat that would inhibit inter-Korean rapprochement that is an

unchanged provocative posture of North Korea vis-agrave-vis its security needs

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 283

In other words the CTR program for Pyongyangrsquos WMD can be a suitable

alternative to prevent the North Korean military actions In addition the

economic rewards and investment for the DPRK during the negotiation

based on the gas pipeline project would enable advancement the North

Korean economy which in turn will have a positive effect on a long-term

solution such as the reconciliation between the two Koreas Furthermore if

an economic reconciliation can be reached with the help of the new actor

lsquoRussiarsquo this could become a plausible alternative reunification strategy of

the Korean peninsula Such a new consideration will justify the economic

and pragmatic approaches in the framework of the Six-Party talks

Ⅴ Conclusion

Time has changed However the issues surrounding the Korean

peninsula where interests of major powers are contested still display a

unique and multifaceted pattern on the international political order The

dilemma of the peninsula is the coexistence of lsquoinsecurityrsquo and lsquoprosperityrsquo

which is an inevitable by-product caused by the geopolitical situation

Despite such a reality smarter alternatives to achieve lsquopeacersquo and

lsquoprosperityrsquo on the Korean peninsula in the 21st century should be created

The option available currently is lsquothe Six-Party Talksrsquo This study has

suggested that such a multilateral talk offers a plausible framework to

resolve the issues surrounding the Korean peninsula beyond the North

Korean nuclear crisis Obviously the complex diplomatic calculations of the

284 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

six players are the key limitation of this framework but the talks seems

to be worthy as it is acting as a creditable model of the multilateral

negotiations In particular this study dealt with the role of Russia because

when it comes to the process of the Six-Party Talks and inter-relations with

the two Koreas to date Moscowrsquos contribution on the Six-Party Talks

brought positive alternatives which rival the contributions of Washington

and Beijing Based on such a development a scenario under which Russia

can play a positive role in creating a new and a long-term resolution to the

issues of the Korean peninsula can be postulated

However there are limitations which this study cannot escape Firstly as

the worst case scenario if the second Korean War breaks out suddenly the

reality of the multilateral talks and the scenario introduced above may

presumably have no bearing Secondly due to unexpected internal and

external conditions of Russia such as instability of the regime or global

economy crisis the role of Russia can fluctuate Thirdly if the others actors

especially in the US and China wants to maintain strong influences a

lsquopower gamersquo might break out the result of which might have negative

effects Finally the methodology of this research is a problem-solving

approach which was connected to the current policy analysis based on

comprehensive study of the primary sources As a result it is impossible to

deliver obvious and exact facts and information in terms of the Six-Party

Talks which is still in progress

Nonetheless the aim of this study was to offer an alternative to the

current difficult though hypothetical As a result this study was able to lead

a conclusion the Six-Party Talks and the role of Moscow are able to be a

persuasive and plausible alternative for a long-term solution on the Korean

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 285

peninsula The importance of the Six-Party Talks the inter-relations between

Russia and the two Koreas and a scenario suggested supported the

conclusion

All in all the increased and positive Russian involvement toward the two

Koreas can be a stepping-stone for a dialogue and cooperation for peace

and prosperity on the Korean peninsula Furthermore the full use of the

Six-Party Talks will ultimately contribute to security of the Northeast Asian

region beyond the North Korean nuclear crisis

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286 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

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m_20_20_10amptabmenu=t_2gt

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Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 289

박지선(PARK JISUN )

영국 런던대 킹스 칼리지(Kingrsquos College London) 국제분쟁학 석사 학위를 취득하고 현재 동

대학원 전략학 박사과정에 있다 주요 연구실적으로 ldquoConstructivist Understandings of North

Korearsquos Ballistic Missile Programme National Security Policy Based on North Korearsquos Strategic

Culturerdquo(2014) 985172한반도 신뢰프로세스를 통한 비핵국가 한국의 핵 안보전략 제2차 핵시대를

맞이하여985173(2013 공저) 985172클라우제비츠의 전쟁이론으로 본 냉전 이후 북한의 핵미사일 전략

에 관한 연구985173(2010 공저) 등이 있다

6자회담 틀 내에서 한반도 중장기 평화번영을 위한 러시아의

lsquo숙련된 중재자(New Seasoned Facilitator)rsquo 역할

박지선 (런던대 킹스 칼리지)

국문요약

본 논문은 한반도의 중장기 평화번영 방안을 위해 교착상태에 빠진 6자회담의 틀 안

에서 러시아의 역할에 대한 새로운 학문적 접근을 보여주고자 한다 본 논문에서는 북한

핵무기 개발 프로그램의 중단이라는 공동의 목적을 달성하기 위해 설립된 6자회담의 주

요 행위자들의 정치적middot전략적 이해관계를 경제적 영역으로 확대하면서 보다 실용적인

한반도 문제 해결 방안을 제시하고 있다 특히 lsquo숙련된 중재자(New Seasoned Facilitator)rsquo

로서의 러시아의 역할에 대해 심도 있게 고찰하면서 6자회담 틀에서 가능한 하나의 시나

리오를 실험적으로 제안하고 있다 본 논문의 주요 내용은 1) 6자회담의 연대기적 분석

2)한반도를 둘러싼 6자회담 주요 국가들의 이해관계 분석 3) 숙련된 중재자로서의 러

시아의 역할을 고찰 4) 실용적이고 실행 가능한 경제협력 방안이 될 한반도 평화정착을

위한 북한경제재건 프로젝트의 시나리오 등이다

주제어 6자회담 러시아 외교정책 북한 중재자 한반도 중middot장기 번영

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Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 253

nor the US was able to impose strong actions against Pyongyang at their

discretion because they have to consider positions and reactions of the

neighboring states such as Japan Russia and China and so on

In this same way a framework to discuss complicated matters concerning

North Korea by the neighboring countries was founded in 2003 the

so-called ldquoSix-Party Talksrdquo The participants of the Six-Party Talks consist of

Japan Peoplersquos Republic of China the Russian Federation United States

Democratic Peoplersquos Republic of Korea and Republic of Korea7) Such a

multilateral composition offers a framework for a peace-building effort on

the Korean peninsula as lsquothe second best optionrsquo in high-politics areas such

as military and diplomatic means Actually the task of the Six-Party Talks

for the members other than North Korea is clear―ending the North Korean

nuclear weapons programs and scraps relevant technological capability That

is a pivotal purpose to create the framework which calls up the six players

having different interests

However despite the existence of the collective desire by the players to

stop North Korea in reality there are many obstacles in reaching a

resolution within the framework of the Six-Party Talks Recently Kim

Jong-un regime continues to escalate repetitive military provocations in the

Korean peninsula by newly stating in its constitution that ldquoit has become a

nuclear state launching another long-range missile in December and

was to set a unanimous resolution denouncing North Korearsquos rocket launch based

on the Security Council resolution 1718 lthttpwwwglobalsecurityorgwmdlibrary

newsdprk2009dprk-090411-voa02htmgt

7) Both official and unofficial designation for the participants of the Six-Party Talks

members will be used in mixture including such terms as for example North

Korea the North Kim Jung-Il regime and Pyongyang

254 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

conducting its third nuclear test on February 12 2013rdquo8) For this reason

North Korea issues demands fairly multifaceted calculations owing to the

historic political and economic dilemmas among the participants In this

respect the talks have not produced a comprehensive agreement or feasible

actions since the beginning even though this approach is a commendable

model of such a multilateral negotiation

Nevertheless I conclude that the Six-Party Talks plays an important part

in the resolution about comprehensive issues adjoining the Korean

peninsula In spite of many obstacles facing the Six-Party Talks the players

kept the multilateral and intricate meeting continue for more than 10 years

while expecting favorable results to extend their strategic goals

When it comes to chronological steps of the Talks the first Six-Party

Talks initiated in 2003 but the North Korean nuclear crisis which is

regarded as the main theme of the Six-Party Talks originated in the early of

1960s After the Korean War North Korea established a nuclear energy

facility at Yongbyon in 1962 based on the agreement of peaceful nuclear

energy development with the Soviet Union Since then a suspicion that

Pyongyang might have the capacity to develop a workable nuclear weapon

became an lsquoopen secretrsquo Finally such a suspicion was known to the

international community with a concrete evidence―the US and French

satellite images of Yongbyon9) Owing to the apparent information of the

8) Ministry of Foreign Affairs Republic of Korea

lthttpwwwmofagokrENGpolicykpennknuclearoverviewindexjspmenu=m_20_

20_10gt

9) Kook Sin Kim ldquoNorth Korean Nuclear crisis and International Responsesrdquo Korea

Institute for National Unification Issue Paper for the Korean Reunification (Nov

2006) pp2~10

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 255

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Washington concluded that North Korea

was pursuing a uranium enrichment program

Hence as an appeasement to end the future high-tech military

provocation of Pyongyang the 1994 Agreed Framework was created―

The Geneva Agreed Framework between Washington and Pyongyang10)

Specifically on the basis of the agreement Washington pledged to provide

fuel and construct two light-water reactors with the establishment of the

KEDO (Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization) while North

Korea promised to end a plutonium enrichment program in exchange 11)

However both the US and North Korea did not meet the key demands of

the 1994 Agreed framework What is more North Korearsquos secret uranium

enrichment program and Pyongyangrsquo continuous development of nuclear

weapons led to a breakdown of agreement between Pyongyang and

Washington in 2002 At the same time North Korea withdrew from the

Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) once again

10) The Agreed Framework between the US and DPRK (Geneva Oct 21 1994)

lthttpwww2lawcolumbiaeducourse_00S_L9436_001North20Korea20materials

agreedframeworkhtmgt11) Jayshree Barjoria and Beina Xu ldquoThe Six Party Talks on North Korearsquos Nuclear

Programrdquo Council on foreign Relations (September 2013)

256 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

(Figure 1) Chronological Steps of ldquoThe Six-Party Talksrdquo

Unfortunately by failing to keep pledges both Washington and

Pyongyang caused the following outcomes 1) providing official reasons for

continuous nuclear development program 2) weakening chances of the

bilateral talks between the US and the DPRK due to growing distrust and

3) accelerating security threats on the Northeast Asian region

These outcomes resulted from the first North Korean nuclear crisis which

eventually led to the Six-Party Talks Shortly thereafter the second North

Korean nuclear crisis was developed by the side-effects of the first nuclear

crisis The ldquothree-party talksrdquo among the US China and North Korea began

in April 2003 to discuss the second crisis when Pyongyang withdrew from

the NPT (Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty) in January 2003 However the

meeting was not enough to deal with the crisis because more complicated

lsquopower gamesrsquo beyond the North Korean nuclear crisis was evident From

this perspective the other regional players ndash Russia Japan and South Korea

- pushed cooperation to turn the ldquoThree-Party Talksrdquo into the ldquoSix-Party

Talksrdquo12) stressing the need to deal with the crisis on the Korean peninsula

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 257

through a new regional framework This is the origin of the lsquoSix-Party Talksrsquo

covering comprehensive problems generated from North Korearsquos nuclear

issue

Ⅲ Critical Analysis of the Six-Party Talks

Demonstrating Different Interests of Six Players

The obvious goal of the Six-Party talks is the denuclearization of the

Korean peninsula13) However there is what can be dubbed as lsquogrand

agendarsquo to resolve the some of the unsettled regional issues even though it

can arguable depending on respective issues By analyzing three major

agreements which resulted from the Six-Party Talks it is possible to contain

the contents of a lsquogrand agendarsquo They include 1) the September 19 Joint

Agreement in 2005 2) the February13 Agreement in 2007 and 3) the

October 3 Agreement in 200814) In particular in the case of lsquoInitial Actions

for Implementation of the Joint Statementrsquo meetings of five Working Groups

12) Pang Zhongying ldquoThe Six-Party Process Regional Security Mechanisms and

China-US Cooperation Toward a Regional Security Mechanism for a New

Northeast Asiardquo Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies (March 2009) pp1~413) In the Second-Phased actions for the implementation of the Joint Statement of 19

September 2005 the goal of the Six-Party Talks clarified as follows the first goal

is the verifiable denuclearization of the Korean peninsula in a peace manner14) Official names of the three agreements are 1) Join Statement of the Fourth Round

of the Six-Party Talks (Beijing 19 September 2005) 2) Initial Actions for the

Implementation of the Joint Statement (13 February 2007) and 3) Second-Phase

Actions for the Implementation of the Joint Statement (3 October 2007)

258 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

(WG) held in 200715) The main purpose is to carry out the initial actions

and to achieve the purpose of full implementation of the Joint Statement

The details are as follows

1 Denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula

2 Normalization of US-DPRK Relations

3 Normalization of Japan-DPRK Relations

4 Economic and Energy Cooperation

5 Northeast Asia Peace and Security Mechanism

As it has been seen the follow-up working groups of the Six-Party

Talks dealt with fairly broad subjects beyond the prevention of Pyongyangrsquos

high-tech military threats In this regard Zhongying (2009) states ldquothe

Six-Party Talks has mutually advocated some crucial goalsrdquo16) 1) the

denuclearization of the Korean peninsula 2) the ending the Korean

War with a peace treaty and 3) building a regional mechanism for

peace-building and prosperity From this viewpoint even if the main task of

the Six-Party Talks denuclearized the Korean Peninsula failed due to the

unexpected internal or external factors of the six participants the other

options like 2) and 3) which Zhongying suggested might become another

key agenda for the six parties Thus it is important to recognize the value

of such all-inclusive approach to resolve the difficult regional issues through

the Six-Party Talks rather than focusing on the North Korean nuclear threats

alone

15) Diplomatic White Paper of the Republic of Korea (2008) pp32~3616) Pang Zhongying ldquoThe Six-Party Process Regional Security Mechanisms and

China-US Cooperation Toward a Regional Security Mechanism for a New

Northeast Asiardquo Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies (March 2009) p4

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 259

Taking the importance as a lsquogrand agendarsquo into consideration it is

important to analyze distinctive features of the process of the Six-Party

Talks and this will lead to the identification of the main limitations of the

Six-Party Talks Such limitations will support the following argument

When the range of the Six-Party Talksrsquo agenda is extended to include

comprehensive and pragmatic agenda for medium and long-term resolutions

of the issues of the Korean peninsula this multilateral talks can produce

more positive outcomes while embracing the regional interests of the six

nations More crucially ipso facto the suggestion to create more

comprehensive multilateral framework will enable the following creative and

new approaches 1) the emergence of a lsquoNew Actorrsquo Russia instead of the

main actors such as the US and China within the sixth round of the Six-Party

Talks and 2) the strengthening of the economic approach concentrated on

prosperity rather than intensive political and military negotiation

Above all the most important characteristic of the Six-Party Talks is that

the talks necessitate complicated calculations to balance all membersrsquo

interests After the first talks in 2003 the participating members began to

involve in dynamic diplomatic maneuvers based on each otherrsquos own

domestic issues national interests and interpretations of historical analogies

Owing to these diverse considerations regardless of the main challenge of

the Six-Party Talks framework to stop the North Korean nuclear program

many other challenges have been identified The Six Parties were aroused

by the internal and external interests like the wide-ranging topics of five

Working Groups discussions after February 13 Agreement in 200717)

17) Diplomatic White Paper of the Republic of Korea (2008) pp32~36

260 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

1 Critical Analysis on Six Partiesrsquo Responses after the

Adoption of United Nations Security Council Resolution

1718 (2006)

As an important case the different responses by the each of Six Party

participants on the Security Council resolution 171818) is a good example of

demonstrating complicated strategic calculations of everyone involved After

a nuclear ballistic missile test in October 2006 the Security Council

condemned the test and unanimously adopted resolution 1718 in 14 October

2006 calling for an immediate return to the Six-Party Talks19) The resolution

called for based on Chapter 7 of the United Nations Charter excluding

automatic military enforcement of its demands under the Charterrsquos Article 4

120) the members of the UN prohibit a range of goods from entering or

leaving the DPRK and imposed an asset freeze and travel ban on persons

in terms of the nuclear weapon program21)

In reaction to the resolution the six players showed different reactions

In this paper the responses of six players are largely divided into three

18) On 14 October 2006 after the nuclear ballistic missile test of Pyongyang the UN

Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 1718 condemning the nuclear test 19) Security Council Resolution 1718(2006)

lthttpdaccessddsunorgdocUNDOCGENN0657207PDFN0657207pdfOpen

Elementgt 20) According to the Charterrsquos Article 41 the Security Council decided what measures

not involving the use of armed force are to be employed to the DPRK These

include complete or partial interruption of economic relations and of rail sea air

postal telegraphic radio and other means of communication and the severance

of diplomatic relations 21) UN Security Council Resolution 1718 (2006)

lthttpwwwunorggasearchview_docaspsymbol=SRES171820(2006)gt

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 261

groups Group (Ⅰ) US Japan South Korea Group (Ⅱ) China Russia and

Group (Ⅲ) North Korea Before analyzing the United Nations Security

Council Resolution 1718 one important thesis in this case study is that the

criteria of the grouping stated above is focused on only the United Nations

Security Council Resolution 1718 rather than including all resolutions of

United Nations22) This is because eight UN resolutions related to North

Korearsquos nuclear issue from 1993 to 2013 demonstrate different politico-strategic

outcomes In this regard in the Table (1) the distinctive responses of the

three groups are categorized In brief this table illustrates the complexity of

the Six-Party Talks depending on politico-strategic relations while emphasizing

the importance of a multilateral approach for a long-term solution on the

Korean peninsula

22) These are a list of Unite Nations Council Resolutions related to the North Korean

nuclear issues from 1993 to 2013

bull United Nations Security Council Resolution 825(1993)

bull United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540 (2004)

bull United Nations Security Council Resolution 1695(2006)

bull United Nations Security Council Resolution 1718 (2006)

bull United Nations Security Council Resolution 1874 (2009)

bull United Nations Security Council Resolution 1887 (2009)

bull United Nations Security Council Resolution 2087(2013)

bull United Nations Security Council Resolution 2094 (2013)

262 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

Nuclear Capability (DPRK)

Resolution1718

Comeback of the Six-Party Talks

Military Enforcement

to DPRK

Sanctions against DPRK

The US

(Group Ⅰ)

Japan

(Group Ⅰ)

S Korea

(Group Ⅰ)ⅹ ⅹ

China

(Group Ⅱ)

ⅹ ⅹ

Russia

(Group Ⅱ)ⅹ ⅹ ⅹ

N Korea

(Group Ⅲ)

ⅹ ⅹ ⅹ

(Table 1) Critical Analysis on Six Partiesrsquo Responses after the Adoption of

United Nations Security Council Resolution 1718

strong support support partly support ⅹ objection

Group(Ⅰ) US Japan and Korea

In the case of the first Group it rallied behind Washington whose

stubborn reaction against Pyongyang led to the adoption of the UN Security

Council Resolution 171823) John Bolton who was the former US Ambassador

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 263

to the UN stated ldquoa nuclear test in 2006 was the gravest threat to international

peace and securityrdquo During a Security Council meeting he maintained that

the resolution 1718 should impose more strict demands complementing the

Security Resolution 1695 which is regarded as a failure As a result the US

and Japan enthusiastically bolstered the resolution 1718 welcoming the

contents of strengthened sanctions compared with the resolution 169524) On

the surface South Korea - which sustained considerably close relationship

with the US - seemed to unwillingly follow the resolution emphasizing that

the problem should be solved under a peaceful and diplomatic approach

In fact a division was recognizable within this group While the US and

Japan stuck together in unity in purpose and actions 25) against the irrational

behaviors of North Korea for doing missile tests the South Korean

government was committed to a two-pronged policy Indeed the grand

strategy of the South Korean government was to pursue the following two

aims the prevention of Pyongyang provocations and reconciliation of the

two Koreas In other words although all three maintained close

cooperation they all had slightly different interests and conditions

23) UN Security Council meeting on 9 October 2006

lthttpwwwunorgNewsPressdocs2006sc8853dochtmgt24) The main subjects of the Security Council Resolution 1695 are 1) stopping games

of lsquobrinkmanshiprsquo 2) complying with Security Council demands 3) returning to the

Six-Party Talks and 4) implementing terms of the joint statement for the last round

of the talks See United Nations Security Council Resolution 1695 (2006)25) The expectations of Washington and Tokyo from the Six-Party Talks are1) the

withdrawal of Nuclear weapons first then negotiations afterwards and 2) the

establishment of a democratic government similar to the US standards

264 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

Group (Ⅱ) China Russia

In the case of the group two China and Russia who have been close

supporters of North Korea for more than an half century demonstrated

similar reactions as the members of group one did While they agreed on

the general direction of the resolution each had a slightly different view on

the extension of the contents In the case of China not only Beijing was

the main actor in initiating the Six-Party Talks but also a very close friend

to North Korea 26) However China chose to support the sanctions against

Pyongyang under the resolution 1718 Meanwhile Russia had a different

view In an urgent meeting of the UN Security Council unlike China Russia

did not support such stringent sanctions against Pyongyang although

Moscow agreed on condemning the North Korean rocket launch Even if

in the end both Beijing and Moscow supported the resolution 1718 in

general it was an occasion when the two countries showed different

approach toward Pyongyang during the adoption process of the resolution27)

Group(Ⅲ) North Korea

Contrarily the reaction of the third group North Korea was fairly

obvious against the Security Council Resolution Park Gilyon North Korearsquos

Ambassador to UN said that Pyongyang rejects the resolution 1718 since the

resolution is a coercive declaration by a ldquogangster-likerdquo Security Council28)

26) See Security Council Meeting on 9 October 2006

lthttpwwwunorgNewsPressdocs2006sc8853dochtmgt27) See Security Council Meeting on 9 October 2006

lthttpwwwunorgNewsPressdocs2006sc8853dochtmgt28) See Security Council meeting on 9 October 2006

lthttpwwwunorgNewsPressdocs2006sc8853dochtmgt

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 265

Nevertheless the main limitation of the talks still remains without

creative alternatives to disentangle intricate interests of the participants of

the Six-Party Talks no feasible output can be expected from such a

multilateral meeting Thus in order to overcome the above-mentioned

limitations of the Six-Party Talks I suggest an approach which emphasizes

the following points 1) the emergence of a lsquonew experienced facilitatorrsquo

instead of previous main actors to encourage more pragmatic approaches

and 2) the combination of political and economic tools especially in

highlighting the economic approaches Consequently this paper will focus

on Russiarsquos role as a New Seasoned Facilitator since Russia can offer new

possibilities for a long-term resolution of the issues on the Korean

peninsula

2 Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo for Dealing with

Issues on the Korean Peninsula

In this part the role of Russia will be scrutinized as a possible new

strong facilitator who might offer long-term solutions to the problems on the

Korean peninsula in the 21st century Since most of the studies concerning

cooperation on the Korean peninsula tend to focus mainly on the role

played by the US and China I argue that this paper may provide an

innovative contribution to the study of the ldquoSix-Party Talksrdquo stressing

Russiarsquos new role vis-agrave-vis the Korean peninsula In my view indeed

Russiarsquos role on the Korean peninsula progressively emerged in recent years

shaping the image of ldquofacilitatorrdquo interested in persuading North Korea to

seek an alternative to the nuclear weapons program and promote energy

266 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

cooperation in the region which might hasten possibility of peace on the

Korean peninsula

According to Vorontsov (2007) the basic positions of Moscow for the

Six-Party Talks are as follows 1) advocating the strict inspection of NPT and

the denuclearized Korean peninsula 2) persisting peaceful negotiation

among the six players and 3) promoting the inter-Korean dialogues29) In

contrast to the hard-line stance of White House30) to eliminate all factors

related to North Korean nuclear program in terms of the Korean issues the

current Russian government seems to strive for the achievement of the goal

2) and 3) When it comes to the geostrategic situations the Korean issues

have recently become one of the major considerations for Moscow because

the US China and Japan have gradually played important roles on the

issues of Korean peninsula who are all Russiarsquos direct neighbors31)

Namely owing to the invisible lsquoPower Racersquo among the major powers

Russia is increasingly interested in the issues surrounding the Korean

peninsula

In the same way unlike the general expectations on the global stage the

Russian role within the multilateral talks may have substantial influences as

well as the other actors have contributed to the meetings In the beginning

29) Alexander Vorontsov ldquoCurrent Russia ndash North Korea Relations Challenges and

Achievementsrdquo Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies (2007) p1730) Still North Korea seems to believe what White House pursues a hard-line policy

toward Pyongyang An unnamed spokesman of Pyongyang stated on 8 May 2009

ldquothe Obama administration for the past 100 dayshelliphellip the hostile policy toward

Pyongyang remains unchangedrdquo

lthttpwwwnytimescom20090509worldasia09koreahtml_r=1ampref=global-homegt31) Georgy Toloraya ldquoRussian Policy in Korea in a time of changerdquo The Korean

Journal of Defense Analysis Vol211 (2009) p69

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 267

stage of the talks some counties had skepticism about Moscowrsquos

participation in the talks because the Four-Party Talks (the US China and

the two Koreas) - except for Moscow - was a general pattern on the

inter-Korean issues32) However Kremlin played an essential role in inviting

Pyongyang in joining the Six-Party Talks because North Korea insisted

Pyongyang would not participate in the 2003 meeting without Russia33)

When it comes to Russian official stance in 2015 Moscow continuously

supports the Six-Party Talks for denuclearization in the Korean peninsula

while Russia does not recognize North Korea as a nuclear state34)

Historically Russia and North Korea have significantly long and

meaningful relations throughout the period of Korearsquos liberation following

Japanese colonization the Korean War and the opening and ending of the

Cold War In particular the two countries enjoyed a very strong cooperative

relationship during the Korean War35) Following the Korean War the

Soviet Union became the main trade partner and a sponsor for the

nation-building of Kim Il-sungrsquo regime Approximately 93 factories and

industrial facilities in North Korea were established under the Russian

technical assistance 36)constructing Pyongyangrsquos heavy-industrial backbon

32) Moscowrsquos absence from the Four-Party Talks proposed by the former President Bill

Clinton and President Kim Young Sam on April 16 1996 demonstrated Russiarsquos

dwindled regional influence in the Korean peninsula Yang et al (2004) p80133) Vorontsov (2007) p2234) ldquoRussian Envoy Discusses Pyongyang tests Thaadrdquo Korea Joongang Daily September

25 2015

lthttpkoreajoongangdailyjoinscomnewsarticleArticleaspxaid=3009631gt35) During the Korean War the Russian pilots contributed to the air defence of

North Korea resulting in the loss of 135 pilots and more than 300 airplanes Ibid

p5

268 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

e37) Such a close alliance between the two communist societies continued

until the collapse of the Soviet Union Unfortunately during the President

Elrsquotsinrsquos administration the Russian policy toward the Korean peninsula

shifted due to the unilateral rapprochement with the ROK as the new

diplomatic approach in the so-called ldquodemocratic romanticismrdquo which called

for greatly pro-Western at the expense of Russiarsquos interests 38) Such

transformed Russian policy seemed to cause a crack in the friendship

between Moscow and Pyongyang

However since the inauguration of Vladimir Putin the Russian political

elites began envisaging new approaches towards the Korean peninsula

Putinrsquos new approach functioned as a breakthrough to reinforce previously

weakening relations between Russia and North Korea As a result a historic

treaty on ldquoFriendshiprdquo between Kremlin and Pyongyang―Good-Neighbourly

Relations and Cooperation―was created in 200039) Currently Kim Jong-Un

regime has mainly concentrated on strengthening trade relations with Kremlin

and both Moscow and Pyongyang have taken positive consensus towards

36) The North Korean nuclear energy facilities were established with the Soviet

technical assistance in 1962 37) Vorontsov (2007) p538) On 27 October 1991 Elrsquotin addressed two main aims fo the Russian Foreign

policy 1) pursuing favourable external conditions for the domestic political and

economic reforms and 2) overcoming the legacy of the Cold war Richard Sakwa

(2008) Russian Politics and Society (London Routledge 2008) pp368~36939) After the treaty of lsquoGood-Neighbourly Relations and Cooperationrsquo the Moscowrsquos

declaration of the DPRK and the Russian Federation was released on 4 August 2001

The DPRK-Russia joint declaration is the advanced version of lsquogood-neighbourliness

and cooperationrsquo signed on 9 February 2000 Since then the two countries have

tried the friendly relations and mutually beneficial cooperation

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 269

enhancing their economic cooperative relationship In 2014 Putinrsquos cabinet

concluded the withdrawal of $10 billion of Pyongyangrsquos $11 billion debt that

had accrued during the Soviet Era40) It seems that Putinrsquos cabinet assumes

that this gesture of goodwill will contribute to the construction of a gas

pipeline covering the Korean peninsula When it comes to both geopolitical

and geo-economics aspects North Korea could have profitable investments

opportunities

All in all such a historic fortification of the inter-relationship between

North Korea and Russia provides diverse chances for the improved role of

Russia in making contributions with the backing of other partners of the

Six-Party Talks Based on this fact it would be possible to focus more on

the possibility of Russiarsquos increased contribution to the talks In fact there

is a strong possibility that Moscow could function as a lsquomediatorrsquo and

lsquofacilitatorrsquo between Pyongyang and the other members of the Six-Party

Talks

There are a number of important cases41) through which Moscow enabled

diplomatic efforts assume the role of a lsquofacilitatorrsquo or lsquomediatorrsquo When it

comes to the bilateral relations between Republic of Korea and Russia the

two nations started nearly at a zero point at first However Kremlin and

Blue House have created new economic science and cultural systems For

example since 1990 the leaders of South Korea and Russia have officially

met 27 times In 2013 President Vladimir Putinrsquos visited to Seoul when the

two nationsrsquo annual bilateral trade exceeded $26 billion42)

40) ldquoNorth Korea Looking Abroadrdquo Korea Economic Institute February 18 2015

lthttpblogkeiaorg201502north-korea-looking-abroadgt41) Vorontsov opcit p17

270 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

In particular in July 2002 Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov visited the two

Koreas respectively to persuade both to return to the negotiating table

which was halted after a naval clash in the West (Yellow) Sea in June 2002

Although the visit was not connected to the Six-Party Talks directly the case

seems to confirm Russiarsquos efforts to assist the improvement of the

inter-Korean relations What is more in terms of the US-DPRK relations

Moscow provided an opportunity for a meeting between the North Korean

Foreign Minister Paek NamSun and the former US Secretary of State Colin

Powell during the ministerial meetings at the ASEAN Regional Forum talks

in Darussalam Brunei in 200243) In short Moscowrsquos effort to carry out

ldquobalancer diplomacyrdquo after Putinrsquos inauguration shows potentials to be a

smart lsquomediatorrsquo within the multilateral negotiation such as the Six-Party

Talks

3 The Russian lsquoNew Realismrsquo Policy Applied in the Korean

Peninsula

Then the questions are to what degree can Russia be engaged in

resolving the inter-Korean issues and what kind of benefit can Russia

expect from the increased involvement with the issues regarding the Korean

peninsula especially in the Six-Party Talks

In the recent years the interest of the Russian politicians and academics

toward the Korean peninsula seems to be soaring As an lsquoactive partrsquo the

42) ldquoRussian Envoy Discusses Pyongyang tests Thaadrdquo Korea Joongang Daily September

25 2015 lthttpkoreajoongangdailyjoinscomnewsarticleArticleaspxaid=3009631gt43) Ibid

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 271

Korean peninsula can be regarded as a region of interest and strategic

importance as the Asian-Pacific region is seen to have increasing economic

implication for Russia due to the lack of involvement by Moscow in the

region of economic prowess44) In particular when Moscow participated in

the Six-Party Talks its approach seems to have strategic bearing toward the

Asia-Pacific region because the region especially the Korean peninsula is

now regarded by Moscow as an area of considerable importance

In fact Russiarsquos burgeoning interests for the Six-Party Talks contemporize

with the inauguration of the Putinrsquos administration Namely Putinrsquos lsquoNew

Realismrsquo based on the pragmatic approach over all Russia policies can be

applied to the evaluation of the Russian intention and purpose toward the

Six-Party Talks On the whole the national motto of the 21st century Russia

is lsquoPragmatismrsquo which also significantly influenced the current Medvedevrsquos

cabinet45) On a meeting of the Security Council in March 2000 the new

Russian lsquoForeign Policy Conceptrsquo was introduced by Ivanov the Russian

Foreign Minister at the time The main concept of the document was lsquomore

realisticrsquo for rebuilding the domestic economy and promoting the Russian

economic interests abroad as it strives to become worldrsquos tenth biggest

economy in the 21st century46) Hence Moscowrsquos foreign policy influenced

44) Natasha Kuhrt Russian Policy towards China and Japan The Elrsquotsin and Putin

periods (New York Rutledge 2007) pp 54~5645) In January 2002 the former President Putin had an interview with a Polish

Newspaper and Polish TVP Channel In the interview he stated that lsquoPragmatismrsquo

as a key means for the economic cooperation with other nations ldquoWe began this

talk by pointing out that the soundest approachhellip on the basis of pragmatism

and pragmatic interest in each otherrdquo

lthttpwwwkremlinruengtextspeeches200201150001_type82916_147392shtmlgt46) Sakwa(2008) pp371~391

272 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

by such realistic and pragmatic approaches seems to have valid bearing for

both the Six-Party Talks and the inter-Korean dialogues especially when the

economic aspects are addressed

In essence what are the specific interests Moscow might have on the

Korean peninsula The answer to this question is the more the Korean

military threats are slackened the more Russiarsquos security and economic

interests are amplified In terms of this argument Meyer (2005) identified

the reasons for the Russian Federationrsquos participation in the multilateral

meeting He indicated that by supporting reconciliation between DPRK and

ROK Russia can achieve the following objectives 1) the symbolic objective

to be recognized as a permanent major power on the global stage 2) the

military objective to dissuade Pyongyang from pursuing nuclear weapons

program not to weaken the global commitment for NPT and 3) the

economic objective to establish favorable conditions for the development of

a trilateral economic cooperation among Russia and the two Koreas47)

In relation to the third objective when Putin was the president he had

strong interests toward the Korean peninsula as there were potentially

lucrative economic opportunities available Such projects included connecting

the inter-Korean railroad to the Trans-Siberian railroad and exporting natural

gas from the Kovyktinskoe field in Irkutsk to the Korean peninsula through

China48)

In fact it can be concluded that the third reason which Meyer identified

is the main objective of Russiarsquos participation in the Sic-Party talks therefore

47) Peggy Falkenhein Meyer ldquoRussia Interests and Objectives on the Korean Peninsulardquo

International Journal of Korean Studies (FallWinter 2005) Vol 4 No 2 pp 145~14748) Ibid pp148~154

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 273

it could be assumed the promotion of economic issues can be conceived

and used as a tool to make a breakthrough to overcome the sluggish

multifaceted talks dealing with North Korea high-technology fears More

specifically I argue that the natural gas projects can dramatically increase

Russiarsquos penetration on the Korean peninsula and promote ndash in turn -

Moscowrsquos effort to bring positive changes to the talks From this perspective

Russian economic leverage might become a cornerstone for bringing peace

in the Korean peninsula In the following part I will present a possible

scenario in which this assumption might be substantially developed

Ⅳ A New Role of Russia on the Korean Peninsula

Figure 2 as shown below portrays a possible scenario of cooperation on

the Korean peninsula which emphasizes the following aspects 1) the

importance of the Six-Party Talks for the future of cooperation on the

Korean peninsula in the 21st century and 2) the suggestion of new

alternatives which focus on Russia and its economic involvement to boost

multilateral talks In building-up the scenario the key presumption is that

economic cooperation can create a ldquofunctional leveragerdquo in a political

scenario characterized by a substantial political rapprochement due to the

enforcement of a legally binding treaty (ie a Peace Treaty that could officially

end the Korean War) and prepare a definitive process of nation-building

among the two Koreas This ldquofunctional leveragerdquo is based on the role

played by CTR (Cooperative Threat Reduction) program49) to eliminate all

274 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

military threats―nuclear chemical biological and missiles threat from North

Korea In principle the objective of CTR is to reduce the dangers created

by nuclear chemical or biological weapons or their delivery vehicles The

actors of the CTR are consisted of a host who eradicates secures or

converts the WMD (Weapons of Mass Destruction) programs while the

other partners supporting such efforts50)

The most attractive function of the CTR for the following scenario is that

the partners provide money technology equipment and training to the host

nation In case that the six participants select the option during the process

of the WMD removal the main problems such methods and incentives in

terms of the North Korean nuclear withdrawal will be solved naturally

Furthermore the main argument to highlight the economic approaches with

flexible funds produced by rewards of the CTR programs can be persuaded

more convincingly Therefore the following section will justify this

alternative based on the postulation mentioned above―the application of

the CTR in the process of the Six-Party Talks

49) The CTR (or sometimes called for lsquoNunn-Lugarrsquo) programme provides funding

and expertise for the states in the former Soviet Unions including Russia Ukraine

Georgia Azerbaijan Belarus Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan under disarmament

treaties lthttpnunn-lugarcomindexshtmlgt50) Joel S Wit Wolfsthal Jon and Oh Choong-suk (2005) ldquoThe Six Party Talks and

Beyond Cooperative Threat Reduction and North Koreardquo A Report of the CSIS

International Security Program Dec (Washington DC CSIS) pp7~8

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 275

1 A Scenario Suggested lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Projection

for the DPRKrsquo

As stressed before the founding hypothesis of this scenario is a

substantial political shift on the Korean peninsula prospecting a clear

ldquoongoing processrdquo ldquoone Korea reunifiedrdquo However in my argumentation

the crucial assumption is not related to dynamics leading to the political

rapprochement among the two Koreas and neighbor countries which are

members of the Six-Party Talks Instead the central point of the first

scenario is to focus on the preparations and nation-building toward the

reconciliation of the two Koreas through multilateral economic negotiations

Namely to what extent can the framework of the Six-Party Talks and Russia

influence on peace and prosperity on the Korean peninsula as the means

of economic approaches

(Figure 2) Economy Reconstruction Project for the DPRK

276 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

Stage I

As shown in Figure 2 this scenario will be developed through four

stages During Stage I in order to resolve the core problem of Pyongyang―

the disposal of all WMD including chemical biological nuclear weapons

and the CTR program will be offered strongly Under the circumstances

North Korea seems to be a proper candidate for the CTR In the case of the

CTR the multilateral approaches owing to the political and financial

burden-sharing among the sponsors are indispensable51) Although the

Northeast Asian region has not been a suitable case for the program the

Six-Party Talks has shown a consensus on the difficult security problems

especially on Pyongyangrsquos military threats Such a partnership among the

participants of the Six-Party Talks which has been cultivated for seven years

of working together produces more positive results in the progress of the

disposal of nuclear weapons during the period of conducting the CTR

program

In addition Moscow will play a key role in the application of the CTR

program for North Korea When it comes to the beginning of the CTR the

program focused intensively on the countries of the former Soviet Union

including Russia Ukraine Georgia Azerbaijan Belarus Uzbekistan and

Kazakhstan As a result 6600 nuclear warheads have been eliminated since

1991 and more that 470 long-range missiles have been destroyed while

over 1800 other missiles strategic bombers have been disassembled52) With

51) Ibid pp1~352) The United States has invested $7 billion in the former Soviet Union since 1991

and is recently investing $1 billion per year There are additional participants―EU

UK Germany and France Ibid pp7~8

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 277

such an impressive precedent Russia is able to provide a workable solution

during the process of Pyongyangrsquos cooperative threat reduction The most

impressive strength of the first stage is provided that North Korea and the

five members of the Six-Party talks collectively pursue the CTR program the

following economic incentives will be offered for the reconstruction of

North Korea 1) a reward of nuclear withdrawal and 2) the reuse of

resources previously used in the Northrsquos nuclear program

In relation to CTR with application to the case of North Korea it possible

to argue that Russia ndash mindful of the CTR program provided by the US in

the aftermath of the collapse of the Soviet Empire ndash could potentially reuse

the rationale behind the above-mentioned mass destruction dismantlement

program in order to materially help North Korea to eliminate these kinds of

armaments as well as to boost a more comprehensive trust-building process

in the direction of Pyongyang increasing Russian influence over the North

and the overall region

Stage II

During the Stage II the expected economic incentives offered from the

implementation of the CTR project will be connected to the establishment of

a factual organization―lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Project for the DPRKrsquo

Continuously the international community should remain concerned about a

steep decline of the North Korean economy which in the past caused the

most destructive famines of the 20th century As many as one million

people who represent about five percent of the North Korean population

perished in the mid-1990s as a result53) Therefore the members of the

Six-Party Talks should pursue Pyongyangrsquos economic reforms and

278 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

reconstruction simultaneously since the countries regard economic inability

of Kim Jung Un to be one of the causes for using the military threats54)

Therefore it would provide a vital opportunity to bring changes in North

Korea if an organization which focuses on the economic benefits is

founded For this purpose this study recommends the establishment of

lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Project for the DPRKrsquo within the framework of the

Six-Party Talks The aspiration for the DPRK project is based on the

September 2005 Joint Statement and the February 2007 Joint Statement of

the Six-Party Talks The September Statement encouraged the economic

cooperation in the areas of energy trade and investment within the

Six-Party Talks framework55) Also in the February 2007 Joint Statement the

six players promised humanitarian assistance to North Korea and

established an Economy and Energy Cooperation Working Group56)

Although such agreements to boost the North Korean economy did not

53) Haggard Stephan and Noland Marcus ldquoA Security and Peace for Northeast Asia

The Economic Dimensionrdquo Peterson Institute for International Economics Policy

Brief No PB08-4 (April 2008) p2 54) In 2000 North Korea tried ldquomarketization from belowrdquo in the areas of local

organs government offices and military units with the recommendation of the

international community Ibid p255) See Join Statement of the Fourth Round of the Six-Party Talks in Beijing (19

September 2005)

lthttpwwwmofatgokrwebmodulehtsboardhbdhbdreadjsptypeID=6ampboardid=

247ampseqno=293918ampc=TITLEampt=amppagenum=2amptableName=TYPE_DATABOARDamppc=

ampdc=ampwc=amplu=ampvu=ampiu=ampdu=gt56) See Initial Actions for the Implementation of the Joint Statement (13 February 2007)

lthttpwwwmofatgokrwebmodulehtsboardhbdhbdreadjsptypeID=6ampboardid=

247ampseqno=293924ampc=TITLEampt=amppagenum=3amptableName=TYPE_DATABOARDamppc=amp

dc=ampwc=amplu=ampvu=ampiu=ampdu=gt

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 279

produce output in reality the international concerns seemed to have

reached a consensus relating to the ideas of lsquoEconomic Reconstruction

Project for DPRKrsquo introduced for the Stage II

Stage III

The following study on the similar subject reflects such international

concerns in a pragmatic way lsquopipeline gas introduction to the Korean

peninsularsquo57) In the Stage III as a long-term scenario to rehabilitate the

DPRKrsquos economy the idea of lsquopipeline gas projectrsquo introduced by Paik

(2005) will be applied Within the Six-Party Talks framework energy

assistance is another integral theme which is seen as important area to

resolve the nuclear problem on the Korean peninsula What is more such

energy supply options for DPRK generated from the gas pipeline project can

be functioned as a versatile negotiation tool combining the geopolitical and

economic reality on the Six-Party Talks table

In fact one well-established energy development organization―KEDO―

already exists The mission of KEDO is to implement the Agreed Framework

between the US and DPRK on the assumption that Pyongyang agreed to

freeze and ultimately dismantle its breathing nuclear program58) Unfortunately

the KEDO led project failed due to the North Korean distrust towards KEDO

due to the ailing relationship between Washington and Pyongyang caused

by the North Korean military threats and the failure to meet the agreed

57) Keun-Wook Paik ldquoPipeline Gas Introduction to the Korean Peninsulardquo Korea

Foundation Project lsquoEnergy and Environmental Cooperation in the Korea Peninsula

(2005)58) Baker et al opcit pp135~138

280 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

provisions59) Unlike the KEDO projects the introduction of the long

distance gas pipeline passing through the DPRK territory will involve the

two Koreas and Russia In particular intended for Pyongyang the pipeline

gas would provide energy to power many major cities in the DPRK

assuming that a 15 bcm60) natural gas would be allocated to the North as

a transit fees Also South Korea can provide additional support to prevent

the collapse of the North Korean economy61) In addition further funding

can be allocated for the CTR programs which will intensify the effort to

support rebuilding of the North Korean economy

Other than the economic merit Moscow is well positioned in this

pipeline project since the major Russian company Gazprom which is the

largest extractor of natural gas in the world has outstanding options to

promote the project from all the shareholders For this reason the role of

Russia should be given more weight in the third stage

In terms of the Economy Reconstruction Project for the DPRK this study

will follow the main idea of the paper Pipeline Gas Introduction to the

Korean Peninsula by Paik In his in-depth study Paik suggested lsquothe

Proposed Greater Circular Pipeline in Northeast Asiarsquo As shown in Figure 3

the Korean peninsula is ideally located to have pivotal benefits from the

59) There are two main conditions 1) KEDO finances and constructs two

proliferation-resistant light-water reactors(LWR) of the Korean Standard Nuclear

Power Plant in the DPRK and 2) KEDO provides DPRK with an alternative source

of energy for heating and electricity until the first of the two reactors is

completed lthttpwwwkedoorgap_mainaspgt 60) 30bcm is an amount which can handle gas over 30 years Baker et al opcit

p10161) Ibid pp81~82

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 281

Source Paik (2005) p41

Russian oil and gas pipeline infrastructure In the case that the gas pipeline

scenario is applied in reality as a useful alternative for the settlement of the

current North Korean nuclear crisis this project will provide significant

contribution to in promoting energy cooperation between Russia and the

Two Koreas

Stage Ⅳ

In the final stage a consensus and convention to justify this project

within the Six-Party Talks framework should be guaranteed This is necessary

to avoid the inevitable problem of incompatibility between the laws and

regulations among the six players and different investment environment

(Figure 3) Map The Proposed Greater Pipeline in Northeast Asia

282 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

The Six Party Talks Russia

Stage

bull Providing a Negotiation Tool (the

CTR Program)

bull Initiating North Korea into Russian

precedents of the CTR program

Stage

bull Invoking international concerns about

NKrsquos economy reconstruction

bull Implementing the project based on

the Agreements

bull Supporting this project actively

Stage

bull Creating conventions to recognize the

gas pipeline project with six players

bull Participating in the gas pipeline project

actively persuading Gazprom

Stage

Ⅳ Building the consensus and trust of the Six-Party Talks members

2 Strength and Limitation of the Scenario

Based on the scenario introduced above the expected roles of Russia and

the members of the Six-Party Talks is as follows

(Table 2) Expected Roles of Russia and the Six-Party Talks in the Scenario

In short the main feature of lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Project for the

DPRKrsquo is a product of a multilateral economic diplomacy In general such

a multilateral economic approach has an unavoidable drawback in that such

a pragmatic diplomacy cannot move ahead regardless of the difficult security

concern of the Korean peninsula In particular I recognize that an increased

Russian role on a unified Korean peninsula would increase the tensions

among the main regional actors

However the strength of this scenario is combining security and

economic issues together to offer a comprehensive resolution concerning the

main threat that would inhibit inter-Korean rapprochement that is an

unchanged provocative posture of North Korea vis-agrave-vis its security needs

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 283

In other words the CTR program for Pyongyangrsquos WMD can be a suitable

alternative to prevent the North Korean military actions In addition the

economic rewards and investment for the DPRK during the negotiation

based on the gas pipeline project would enable advancement the North

Korean economy which in turn will have a positive effect on a long-term

solution such as the reconciliation between the two Koreas Furthermore if

an economic reconciliation can be reached with the help of the new actor

lsquoRussiarsquo this could become a plausible alternative reunification strategy of

the Korean peninsula Such a new consideration will justify the economic

and pragmatic approaches in the framework of the Six-Party talks

Ⅴ Conclusion

Time has changed However the issues surrounding the Korean

peninsula where interests of major powers are contested still display a

unique and multifaceted pattern on the international political order The

dilemma of the peninsula is the coexistence of lsquoinsecurityrsquo and lsquoprosperityrsquo

which is an inevitable by-product caused by the geopolitical situation

Despite such a reality smarter alternatives to achieve lsquopeacersquo and

lsquoprosperityrsquo on the Korean peninsula in the 21st century should be created

The option available currently is lsquothe Six-Party Talksrsquo This study has

suggested that such a multilateral talk offers a plausible framework to

resolve the issues surrounding the Korean peninsula beyond the North

Korean nuclear crisis Obviously the complex diplomatic calculations of the

284 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

six players are the key limitation of this framework but the talks seems

to be worthy as it is acting as a creditable model of the multilateral

negotiations In particular this study dealt with the role of Russia because

when it comes to the process of the Six-Party Talks and inter-relations with

the two Koreas to date Moscowrsquos contribution on the Six-Party Talks

brought positive alternatives which rival the contributions of Washington

and Beijing Based on such a development a scenario under which Russia

can play a positive role in creating a new and a long-term resolution to the

issues of the Korean peninsula can be postulated

However there are limitations which this study cannot escape Firstly as

the worst case scenario if the second Korean War breaks out suddenly the

reality of the multilateral talks and the scenario introduced above may

presumably have no bearing Secondly due to unexpected internal and

external conditions of Russia such as instability of the regime or global

economy crisis the role of Russia can fluctuate Thirdly if the others actors

especially in the US and China wants to maintain strong influences a

lsquopower gamersquo might break out the result of which might have negative

effects Finally the methodology of this research is a problem-solving

approach which was connected to the current policy analysis based on

comprehensive study of the primary sources As a result it is impossible to

deliver obvious and exact facts and information in terms of the Six-Party

Talks which is still in progress

Nonetheless the aim of this study was to offer an alternative to the

current difficult though hypothetical As a result this study was able to lead

a conclusion the Six-Party Talks and the role of Moscow are able to be a

persuasive and plausible alternative for a long-term solution on the Korean

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 285

peninsula The importance of the Six-Party Talks the inter-relations between

Russia and the two Koreas and a scenario suggested supported the

conclusion

All in all the increased and positive Russian involvement toward the two

Koreas can be a stepping-stone for a dialogue and cooperation for peace

and prosperity on the Korean peninsula Furthermore the full use of the

Six-Party Talks will ultimately contribute to security of the Northeast Asian

region beyond the North Korean nuclear crisis

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286 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

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영국 런던대 킹스 칼리지(Kingrsquos College London) 국제분쟁학 석사 학위를 취득하고 현재 동

대학원 전략학 박사과정에 있다 주요 연구실적으로 ldquoConstructivist Understandings of North

Korearsquos Ballistic Missile Programme National Security Policy Based on North Korearsquos Strategic

Culturerdquo(2014) 985172한반도 신뢰프로세스를 통한 비핵국가 한국의 핵 안보전략 제2차 핵시대를

맞이하여985173(2013 공저) 985172클라우제비츠의 전쟁이론으로 본 냉전 이후 북한의 핵미사일 전략

에 관한 연구985173(2010 공저) 등이 있다

6자회담 틀 내에서 한반도 중장기 평화번영을 위한 러시아의

lsquo숙련된 중재자(New Seasoned Facilitator)rsquo 역할

박지선 (런던대 킹스 칼리지)

국문요약

본 논문은 한반도의 중장기 평화번영 방안을 위해 교착상태에 빠진 6자회담의 틀 안

에서 러시아의 역할에 대한 새로운 학문적 접근을 보여주고자 한다 본 논문에서는 북한

핵무기 개발 프로그램의 중단이라는 공동의 목적을 달성하기 위해 설립된 6자회담의 주

요 행위자들의 정치적middot전략적 이해관계를 경제적 영역으로 확대하면서 보다 실용적인

한반도 문제 해결 방안을 제시하고 있다 특히 lsquo숙련된 중재자(New Seasoned Facilitator)rsquo

로서의 러시아의 역할에 대해 심도 있게 고찰하면서 6자회담 틀에서 가능한 하나의 시나

리오를 실험적으로 제안하고 있다 본 논문의 주요 내용은 1) 6자회담의 연대기적 분석

2)한반도를 둘러싼 6자회담 주요 국가들의 이해관계 분석 3) 숙련된 중재자로서의 러

시아의 역할을 고찰 4) 실용적이고 실행 가능한 경제협력 방안이 될 한반도 평화정착을

위한 북한경제재건 프로젝트의 시나리오 등이다

주제어 6자회담 러시아 외교정책 북한 중재자 한반도 중middot장기 번영

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254 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

conducting its third nuclear test on February 12 2013rdquo8) For this reason

North Korea issues demands fairly multifaceted calculations owing to the

historic political and economic dilemmas among the participants In this

respect the talks have not produced a comprehensive agreement or feasible

actions since the beginning even though this approach is a commendable

model of such a multilateral negotiation

Nevertheless I conclude that the Six-Party Talks plays an important part

in the resolution about comprehensive issues adjoining the Korean

peninsula In spite of many obstacles facing the Six-Party Talks the players

kept the multilateral and intricate meeting continue for more than 10 years

while expecting favorable results to extend their strategic goals

When it comes to chronological steps of the Talks the first Six-Party

Talks initiated in 2003 but the North Korean nuclear crisis which is

regarded as the main theme of the Six-Party Talks originated in the early of

1960s After the Korean War North Korea established a nuclear energy

facility at Yongbyon in 1962 based on the agreement of peaceful nuclear

energy development with the Soviet Union Since then a suspicion that

Pyongyang might have the capacity to develop a workable nuclear weapon

became an lsquoopen secretrsquo Finally such a suspicion was known to the

international community with a concrete evidence―the US and French

satellite images of Yongbyon9) Owing to the apparent information of the

8) Ministry of Foreign Affairs Republic of Korea

lthttpwwwmofagokrENGpolicykpennknuclearoverviewindexjspmenu=m_20_

20_10gt

9) Kook Sin Kim ldquoNorth Korean Nuclear crisis and International Responsesrdquo Korea

Institute for National Unification Issue Paper for the Korean Reunification (Nov

2006) pp2~10

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 255

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Washington concluded that North Korea

was pursuing a uranium enrichment program

Hence as an appeasement to end the future high-tech military

provocation of Pyongyang the 1994 Agreed Framework was created―

The Geneva Agreed Framework between Washington and Pyongyang10)

Specifically on the basis of the agreement Washington pledged to provide

fuel and construct two light-water reactors with the establishment of the

KEDO (Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization) while North

Korea promised to end a plutonium enrichment program in exchange 11)

However both the US and North Korea did not meet the key demands of

the 1994 Agreed framework What is more North Korearsquos secret uranium

enrichment program and Pyongyangrsquo continuous development of nuclear

weapons led to a breakdown of agreement between Pyongyang and

Washington in 2002 At the same time North Korea withdrew from the

Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) once again

10) The Agreed Framework between the US and DPRK (Geneva Oct 21 1994)

lthttpwww2lawcolumbiaeducourse_00S_L9436_001North20Korea20materials

agreedframeworkhtmgt11) Jayshree Barjoria and Beina Xu ldquoThe Six Party Talks on North Korearsquos Nuclear

Programrdquo Council on foreign Relations (September 2013)

256 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

(Figure 1) Chronological Steps of ldquoThe Six-Party Talksrdquo

Unfortunately by failing to keep pledges both Washington and

Pyongyang caused the following outcomes 1) providing official reasons for

continuous nuclear development program 2) weakening chances of the

bilateral talks between the US and the DPRK due to growing distrust and

3) accelerating security threats on the Northeast Asian region

These outcomes resulted from the first North Korean nuclear crisis which

eventually led to the Six-Party Talks Shortly thereafter the second North

Korean nuclear crisis was developed by the side-effects of the first nuclear

crisis The ldquothree-party talksrdquo among the US China and North Korea began

in April 2003 to discuss the second crisis when Pyongyang withdrew from

the NPT (Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty) in January 2003 However the

meeting was not enough to deal with the crisis because more complicated

lsquopower gamesrsquo beyond the North Korean nuclear crisis was evident From

this perspective the other regional players ndash Russia Japan and South Korea

- pushed cooperation to turn the ldquoThree-Party Talksrdquo into the ldquoSix-Party

Talksrdquo12) stressing the need to deal with the crisis on the Korean peninsula

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 257

through a new regional framework This is the origin of the lsquoSix-Party Talksrsquo

covering comprehensive problems generated from North Korearsquos nuclear

issue

Ⅲ Critical Analysis of the Six-Party Talks

Demonstrating Different Interests of Six Players

The obvious goal of the Six-Party talks is the denuclearization of the

Korean peninsula13) However there is what can be dubbed as lsquogrand

agendarsquo to resolve the some of the unsettled regional issues even though it

can arguable depending on respective issues By analyzing three major

agreements which resulted from the Six-Party Talks it is possible to contain

the contents of a lsquogrand agendarsquo They include 1) the September 19 Joint

Agreement in 2005 2) the February13 Agreement in 2007 and 3) the

October 3 Agreement in 200814) In particular in the case of lsquoInitial Actions

for Implementation of the Joint Statementrsquo meetings of five Working Groups

12) Pang Zhongying ldquoThe Six-Party Process Regional Security Mechanisms and

China-US Cooperation Toward a Regional Security Mechanism for a New

Northeast Asiardquo Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies (March 2009) pp1~413) In the Second-Phased actions for the implementation of the Joint Statement of 19

September 2005 the goal of the Six-Party Talks clarified as follows the first goal

is the verifiable denuclearization of the Korean peninsula in a peace manner14) Official names of the three agreements are 1) Join Statement of the Fourth Round

of the Six-Party Talks (Beijing 19 September 2005) 2) Initial Actions for the

Implementation of the Joint Statement (13 February 2007) and 3) Second-Phase

Actions for the Implementation of the Joint Statement (3 October 2007)

258 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

(WG) held in 200715) The main purpose is to carry out the initial actions

and to achieve the purpose of full implementation of the Joint Statement

The details are as follows

1 Denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula

2 Normalization of US-DPRK Relations

3 Normalization of Japan-DPRK Relations

4 Economic and Energy Cooperation

5 Northeast Asia Peace and Security Mechanism

As it has been seen the follow-up working groups of the Six-Party

Talks dealt with fairly broad subjects beyond the prevention of Pyongyangrsquos

high-tech military threats In this regard Zhongying (2009) states ldquothe

Six-Party Talks has mutually advocated some crucial goalsrdquo16) 1) the

denuclearization of the Korean peninsula 2) the ending the Korean

War with a peace treaty and 3) building a regional mechanism for

peace-building and prosperity From this viewpoint even if the main task of

the Six-Party Talks denuclearized the Korean Peninsula failed due to the

unexpected internal or external factors of the six participants the other

options like 2) and 3) which Zhongying suggested might become another

key agenda for the six parties Thus it is important to recognize the value

of such all-inclusive approach to resolve the difficult regional issues through

the Six-Party Talks rather than focusing on the North Korean nuclear threats

alone

15) Diplomatic White Paper of the Republic of Korea (2008) pp32~3616) Pang Zhongying ldquoThe Six-Party Process Regional Security Mechanisms and

China-US Cooperation Toward a Regional Security Mechanism for a New

Northeast Asiardquo Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies (March 2009) p4

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 259

Taking the importance as a lsquogrand agendarsquo into consideration it is

important to analyze distinctive features of the process of the Six-Party

Talks and this will lead to the identification of the main limitations of the

Six-Party Talks Such limitations will support the following argument

When the range of the Six-Party Talksrsquo agenda is extended to include

comprehensive and pragmatic agenda for medium and long-term resolutions

of the issues of the Korean peninsula this multilateral talks can produce

more positive outcomes while embracing the regional interests of the six

nations More crucially ipso facto the suggestion to create more

comprehensive multilateral framework will enable the following creative and

new approaches 1) the emergence of a lsquoNew Actorrsquo Russia instead of the

main actors such as the US and China within the sixth round of the Six-Party

Talks and 2) the strengthening of the economic approach concentrated on

prosperity rather than intensive political and military negotiation

Above all the most important characteristic of the Six-Party Talks is that

the talks necessitate complicated calculations to balance all membersrsquo

interests After the first talks in 2003 the participating members began to

involve in dynamic diplomatic maneuvers based on each otherrsquos own

domestic issues national interests and interpretations of historical analogies

Owing to these diverse considerations regardless of the main challenge of

the Six-Party Talks framework to stop the North Korean nuclear program

many other challenges have been identified The Six Parties were aroused

by the internal and external interests like the wide-ranging topics of five

Working Groups discussions after February 13 Agreement in 200717)

17) Diplomatic White Paper of the Republic of Korea (2008) pp32~36

260 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

1 Critical Analysis on Six Partiesrsquo Responses after the

Adoption of United Nations Security Council Resolution

1718 (2006)

As an important case the different responses by the each of Six Party

participants on the Security Council resolution 171818) is a good example of

demonstrating complicated strategic calculations of everyone involved After

a nuclear ballistic missile test in October 2006 the Security Council

condemned the test and unanimously adopted resolution 1718 in 14 October

2006 calling for an immediate return to the Six-Party Talks19) The resolution

called for based on Chapter 7 of the United Nations Charter excluding

automatic military enforcement of its demands under the Charterrsquos Article 4

120) the members of the UN prohibit a range of goods from entering or

leaving the DPRK and imposed an asset freeze and travel ban on persons

in terms of the nuclear weapon program21)

In reaction to the resolution the six players showed different reactions

In this paper the responses of six players are largely divided into three

18) On 14 October 2006 after the nuclear ballistic missile test of Pyongyang the UN

Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 1718 condemning the nuclear test 19) Security Council Resolution 1718(2006)

lthttpdaccessddsunorgdocUNDOCGENN0657207PDFN0657207pdfOpen

Elementgt 20) According to the Charterrsquos Article 41 the Security Council decided what measures

not involving the use of armed force are to be employed to the DPRK These

include complete or partial interruption of economic relations and of rail sea air

postal telegraphic radio and other means of communication and the severance

of diplomatic relations 21) UN Security Council Resolution 1718 (2006)

lthttpwwwunorggasearchview_docaspsymbol=SRES171820(2006)gt

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 261

groups Group (Ⅰ) US Japan South Korea Group (Ⅱ) China Russia and

Group (Ⅲ) North Korea Before analyzing the United Nations Security

Council Resolution 1718 one important thesis in this case study is that the

criteria of the grouping stated above is focused on only the United Nations

Security Council Resolution 1718 rather than including all resolutions of

United Nations22) This is because eight UN resolutions related to North

Korearsquos nuclear issue from 1993 to 2013 demonstrate different politico-strategic

outcomes In this regard in the Table (1) the distinctive responses of the

three groups are categorized In brief this table illustrates the complexity of

the Six-Party Talks depending on politico-strategic relations while emphasizing

the importance of a multilateral approach for a long-term solution on the

Korean peninsula

22) These are a list of Unite Nations Council Resolutions related to the North Korean

nuclear issues from 1993 to 2013

bull United Nations Security Council Resolution 825(1993)

bull United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540 (2004)

bull United Nations Security Council Resolution 1695(2006)

bull United Nations Security Council Resolution 1718 (2006)

bull United Nations Security Council Resolution 1874 (2009)

bull United Nations Security Council Resolution 1887 (2009)

bull United Nations Security Council Resolution 2087(2013)

bull United Nations Security Council Resolution 2094 (2013)

262 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

Nuclear Capability (DPRK)

Resolution1718

Comeback of the Six-Party Talks

Military Enforcement

to DPRK

Sanctions against DPRK

The US

(Group Ⅰ)

Japan

(Group Ⅰ)

S Korea

(Group Ⅰ)ⅹ ⅹ

China

(Group Ⅱ)

ⅹ ⅹ

Russia

(Group Ⅱ)ⅹ ⅹ ⅹ

N Korea

(Group Ⅲ)

ⅹ ⅹ ⅹ

(Table 1) Critical Analysis on Six Partiesrsquo Responses after the Adoption of

United Nations Security Council Resolution 1718

strong support support partly support ⅹ objection

Group(Ⅰ) US Japan and Korea

In the case of the first Group it rallied behind Washington whose

stubborn reaction against Pyongyang led to the adoption of the UN Security

Council Resolution 171823) John Bolton who was the former US Ambassador

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 263

to the UN stated ldquoa nuclear test in 2006 was the gravest threat to international

peace and securityrdquo During a Security Council meeting he maintained that

the resolution 1718 should impose more strict demands complementing the

Security Resolution 1695 which is regarded as a failure As a result the US

and Japan enthusiastically bolstered the resolution 1718 welcoming the

contents of strengthened sanctions compared with the resolution 169524) On

the surface South Korea - which sustained considerably close relationship

with the US - seemed to unwillingly follow the resolution emphasizing that

the problem should be solved under a peaceful and diplomatic approach

In fact a division was recognizable within this group While the US and

Japan stuck together in unity in purpose and actions 25) against the irrational

behaviors of North Korea for doing missile tests the South Korean

government was committed to a two-pronged policy Indeed the grand

strategy of the South Korean government was to pursue the following two

aims the prevention of Pyongyang provocations and reconciliation of the

two Koreas In other words although all three maintained close

cooperation they all had slightly different interests and conditions

23) UN Security Council meeting on 9 October 2006

lthttpwwwunorgNewsPressdocs2006sc8853dochtmgt24) The main subjects of the Security Council Resolution 1695 are 1) stopping games

of lsquobrinkmanshiprsquo 2) complying with Security Council demands 3) returning to the

Six-Party Talks and 4) implementing terms of the joint statement for the last round

of the talks See United Nations Security Council Resolution 1695 (2006)25) The expectations of Washington and Tokyo from the Six-Party Talks are1) the

withdrawal of Nuclear weapons first then negotiations afterwards and 2) the

establishment of a democratic government similar to the US standards

264 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

Group (Ⅱ) China Russia

In the case of the group two China and Russia who have been close

supporters of North Korea for more than an half century demonstrated

similar reactions as the members of group one did While they agreed on

the general direction of the resolution each had a slightly different view on

the extension of the contents In the case of China not only Beijing was

the main actor in initiating the Six-Party Talks but also a very close friend

to North Korea 26) However China chose to support the sanctions against

Pyongyang under the resolution 1718 Meanwhile Russia had a different

view In an urgent meeting of the UN Security Council unlike China Russia

did not support such stringent sanctions against Pyongyang although

Moscow agreed on condemning the North Korean rocket launch Even if

in the end both Beijing and Moscow supported the resolution 1718 in

general it was an occasion when the two countries showed different

approach toward Pyongyang during the adoption process of the resolution27)

Group(Ⅲ) North Korea

Contrarily the reaction of the third group North Korea was fairly

obvious against the Security Council Resolution Park Gilyon North Korearsquos

Ambassador to UN said that Pyongyang rejects the resolution 1718 since the

resolution is a coercive declaration by a ldquogangster-likerdquo Security Council28)

26) See Security Council Meeting on 9 October 2006

lthttpwwwunorgNewsPressdocs2006sc8853dochtmgt27) See Security Council Meeting on 9 October 2006

lthttpwwwunorgNewsPressdocs2006sc8853dochtmgt28) See Security Council meeting on 9 October 2006

lthttpwwwunorgNewsPressdocs2006sc8853dochtmgt

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 265

Nevertheless the main limitation of the talks still remains without

creative alternatives to disentangle intricate interests of the participants of

the Six-Party Talks no feasible output can be expected from such a

multilateral meeting Thus in order to overcome the above-mentioned

limitations of the Six-Party Talks I suggest an approach which emphasizes

the following points 1) the emergence of a lsquonew experienced facilitatorrsquo

instead of previous main actors to encourage more pragmatic approaches

and 2) the combination of political and economic tools especially in

highlighting the economic approaches Consequently this paper will focus

on Russiarsquos role as a New Seasoned Facilitator since Russia can offer new

possibilities for a long-term resolution of the issues on the Korean

peninsula

2 Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo for Dealing with

Issues on the Korean Peninsula

In this part the role of Russia will be scrutinized as a possible new

strong facilitator who might offer long-term solutions to the problems on the

Korean peninsula in the 21st century Since most of the studies concerning

cooperation on the Korean peninsula tend to focus mainly on the role

played by the US and China I argue that this paper may provide an

innovative contribution to the study of the ldquoSix-Party Talksrdquo stressing

Russiarsquos new role vis-agrave-vis the Korean peninsula In my view indeed

Russiarsquos role on the Korean peninsula progressively emerged in recent years

shaping the image of ldquofacilitatorrdquo interested in persuading North Korea to

seek an alternative to the nuclear weapons program and promote energy

266 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

cooperation in the region which might hasten possibility of peace on the

Korean peninsula

According to Vorontsov (2007) the basic positions of Moscow for the

Six-Party Talks are as follows 1) advocating the strict inspection of NPT and

the denuclearized Korean peninsula 2) persisting peaceful negotiation

among the six players and 3) promoting the inter-Korean dialogues29) In

contrast to the hard-line stance of White House30) to eliminate all factors

related to North Korean nuclear program in terms of the Korean issues the

current Russian government seems to strive for the achievement of the goal

2) and 3) When it comes to the geostrategic situations the Korean issues

have recently become one of the major considerations for Moscow because

the US China and Japan have gradually played important roles on the

issues of Korean peninsula who are all Russiarsquos direct neighbors31)

Namely owing to the invisible lsquoPower Racersquo among the major powers

Russia is increasingly interested in the issues surrounding the Korean

peninsula

In the same way unlike the general expectations on the global stage the

Russian role within the multilateral talks may have substantial influences as

well as the other actors have contributed to the meetings In the beginning

29) Alexander Vorontsov ldquoCurrent Russia ndash North Korea Relations Challenges and

Achievementsrdquo Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies (2007) p1730) Still North Korea seems to believe what White House pursues a hard-line policy

toward Pyongyang An unnamed spokesman of Pyongyang stated on 8 May 2009

ldquothe Obama administration for the past 100 dayshelliphellip the hostile policy toward

Pyongyang remains unchangedrdquo

lthttpwwwnytimescom20090509worldasia09koreahtml_r=1ampref=global-homegt31) Georgy Toloraya ldquoRussian Policy in Korea in a time of changerdquo The Korean

Journal of Defense Analysis Vol211 (2009) p69

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 267

stage of the talks some counties had skepticism about Moscowrsquos

participation in the talks because the Four-Party Talks (the US China and

the two Koreas) - except for Moscow - was a general pattern on the

inter-Korean issues32) However Kremlin played an essential role in inviting

Pyongyang in joining the Six-Party Talks because North Korea insisted

Pyongyang would not participate in the 2003 meeting without Russia33)

When it comes to Russian official stance in 2015 Moscow continuously

supports the Six-Party Talks for denuclearization in the Korean peninsula

while Russia does not recognize North Korea as a nuclear state34)

Historically Russia and North Korea have significantly long and

meaningful relations throughout the period of Korearsquos liberation following

Japanese colonization the Korean War and the opening and ending of the

Cold War In particular the two countries enjoyed a very strong cooperative

relationship during the Korean War35) Following the Korean War the

Soviet Union became the main trade partner and a sponsor for the

nation-building of Kim Il-sungrsquo regime Approximately 93 factories and

industrial facilities in North Korea were established under the Russian

technical assistance 36)constructing Pyongyangrsquos heavy-industrial backbon

32) Moscowrsquos absence from the Four-Party Talks proposed by the former President Bill

Clinton and President Kim Young Sam on April 16 1996 demonstrated Russiarsquos

dwindled regional influence in the Korean peninsula Yang et al (2004) p80133) Vorontsov (2007) p2234) ldquoRussian Envoy Discusses Pyongyang tests Thaadrdquo Korea Joongang Daily September

25 2015

lthttpkoreajoongangdailyjoinscomnewsarticleArticleaspxaid=3009631gt35) During the Korean War the Russian pilots contributed to the air defence of

North Korea resulting in the loss of 135 pilots and more than 300 airplanes Ibid

p5

268 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

e37) Such a close alliance between the two communist societies continued

until the collapse of the Soviet Union Unfortunately during the President

Elrsquotsinrsquos administration the Russian policy toward the Korean peninsula

shifted due to the unilateral rapprochement with the ROK as the new

diplomatic approach in the so-called ldquodemocratic romanticismrdquo which called

for greatly pro-Western at the expense of Russiarsquos interests 38) Such

transformed Russian policy seemed to cause a crack in the friendship

between Moscow and Pyongyang

However since the inauguration of Vladimir Putin the Russian political

elites began envisaging new approaches towards the Korean peninsula

Putinrsquos new approach functioned as a breakthrough to reinforce previously

weakening relations between Russia and North Korea As a result a historic

treaty on ldquoFriendshiprdquo between Kremlin and Pyongyang―Good-Neighbourly

Relations and Cooperation―was created in 200039) Currently Kim Jong-Un

regime has mainly concentrated on strengthening trade relations with Kremlin

and both Moscow and Pyongyang have taken positive consensus towards

36) The North Korean nuclear energy facilities were established with the Soviet

technical assistance in 1962 37) Vorontsov (2007) p538) On 27 October 1991 Elrsquotin addressed two main aims fo the Russian Foreign

policy 1) pursuing favourable external conditions for the domestic political and

economic reforms and 2) overcoming the legacy of the Cold war Richard Sakwa

(2008) Russian Politics and Society (London Routledge 2008) pp368~36939) After the treaty of lsquoGood-Neighbourly Relations and Cooperationrsquo the Moscowrsquos

declaration of the DPRK and the Russian Federation was released on 4 August 2001

The DPRK-Russia joint declaration is the advanced version of lsquogood-neighbourliness

and cooperationrsquo signed on 9 February 2000 Since then the two countries have

tried the friendly relations and mutually beneficial cooperation

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 269

enhancing their economic cooperative relationship In 2014 Putinrsquos cabinet

concluded the withdrawal of $10 billion of Pyongyangrsquos $11 billion debt that

had accrued during the Soviet Era40) It seems that Putinrsquos cabinet assumes

that this gesture of goodwill will contribute to the construction of a gas

pipeline covering the Korean peninsula When it comes to both geopolitical

and geo-economics aspects North Korea could have profitable investments

opportunities

All in all such a historic fortification of the inter-relationship between

North Korea and Russia provides diverse chances for the improved role of

Russia in making contributions with the backing of other partners of the

Six-Party Talks Based on this fact it would be possible to focus more on

the possibility of Russiarsquos increased contribution to the talks In fact there

is a strong possibility that Moscow could function as a lsquomediatorrsquo and

lsquofacilitatorrsquo between Pyongyang and the other members of the Six-Party

Talks

There are a number of important cases41) through which Moscow enabled

diplomatic efforts assume the role of a lsquofacilitatorrsquo or lsquomediatorrsquo When it

comes to the bilateral relations between Republic of Korea and Russia the

two nations started nearly at a zero point at first However Kremlin and

Blue House have created new economic science and cultural systems For

example since 1990 the leaders of South Korea and Russia have officially

met 27 times In 2013 President Vladimir Putinrsquos visited to Seoul when the

two nationsrsquo annual bilateral trade exceeded $26 billion42)

40) ldquoNorth Korea Looking Abroadrdquo Korea Economic Institute February 18 2015

lthttpblogkeiaorg201502north-korea-looking-abroadgt41) Vorontsov opcit p17

270 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

In particular in July 2002 Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov visited the two

Koreas respectively to persuade both to return to the negotiating table

which was halted after a naval clash in the West (Yellow) Sea in June 2002

Although the visit was not connected to the Six-Party Talks directly the case

seems to confirm Russiarsquos efforts to assist the improvement of the

inter-Korean relations What is more in terms of the US-DPRK relations

Moscow provided an opportunity for a meeting between the North Korean

Foreign Minister Paek NamSun and the former US Secretary of State Colin

Powell during the ministerial meetings at the ASEAN Regional Forum talks

in Darussalam Brunei in 200243) In short Moscowrsquos effort to carry out

ldquobalancer diplomacyrdquo after Putinrsquos inauguration shows potentials to be a

smart lsquomediatorrsquo within the multilateral negotiation such as the Six-Party

Talks

3 The Russian lsquoNew Realismrsquo Policy Applied in the Korean

Peninsula

Then the questions are to what degree can Russia be engaged in

resolving the inter-Korean issues and what kind of benefit can Russia

expect from the increased involvement with the issues regarding the Korean

peninsula especially in the Six-Party Talks

In the recent years the interest of the Russian politicians and academics

toward the Korean peninsula seems to be soaring As an lsquoactive partrsquo the

42) ldquoRussian Envoy Discusses Pyongyang tests Thaadrdquo Korea Joongang Daily September

25 2015 lthttpkoreajoongangdailyjoinscomnewsarticleArticleaspxaid=3009631gt43) Ibid

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 271

Korean peninsula can be regarded as a region of interest and strategic

importance as the Asian-Pacific region is seen to have increasing economic

implication for Russia due to the lack of involvement by Moscow in the

region of economic prowess44) In particular when Moscow participated in

the Six-Party Talks its approach seems to have strategic bearing toward the

Asia-Pacific region because the region especially the Korean peninsula is

now regarded by Moscow as an area of considerable importance

In fact Russiarsquos burgeoning interests for the Six-Party Talks contemporize

with the inauguration of the Putinrsquos administration Namely Putinrsquos lsquoNew

Realismrsquo based on the pragmatic approach over all Russia policies can be

applied to the evaluation of the Russian intention and purpose toward the

Six-Party Talks On the whole the national motto of the 21st century Russia

is lsquoPragmatismrsquo which also significantly influenced the current Medvedevrsquos

cabinet45) On a meeting of the Security Council in March 2000 the new

Russian lsquoForeign Policy Conceptrsquo was introduced by Ivanov the Russian

Foreign Minister at the time The main concept of the document was lsquomore

realisticrsquo for rebuilding the domestic economy and promoting the Russian

economic interests abroad as it strives to become worldrsquos tenth biggest

economy in the 21st century46) Hence Moscowrsquos foreign policy influenced

44) Natasha Kuhrt Russian Policy towards China and Japan The Elrsquotsin and Putin

periods (New York Rutledge 2007) pp 54~5645) In January 2002 the former President Putin had an interview with a Polish

Newspaper and Polish TVP Channel In the interview he stated that lsquoPragmatismrsquo

as a key means for the economic cooperation with other nations ldquoWe began this

talk by pointing out that the soundest approachhellip on the basis of pragmatism

and pragmatic interest in each otherrdquo

lthttpwwwkremlinruengtextspeeches200201150001_type82916_147392shtmlgt46) Sakwa(2008) pp371~391

272 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

by such realistic and pragmatic approaches seems to have valid bearing for

both the Six-Party Talks and the inter-Korean dialogues especially when the

economic aspects are addressed

In essence what are the specific interests Moscow might have on the

Korean peninsula The answer to this question is the more the Korean

military threats are slackened the more Russiarsquos security and economic

interests are amplified In terms of this argument Meyer (2005) identified

the reasons for the Russian Federationrsquos participation in the multilateral

meeting He indicated that by supporting reconciliation between DPRK and

ROK Russia can achieve the following objectives 1) the symbolic objective

to be recognized as a permanent major power on the global stage 2) the

military objective to dissuade Pyongyang from pursuing nuclear weapons

program not to weaken the global commitment for NPT and 3) the

economic objective to establish favorable conditions for the development of

a trilateral economic cooperation among Russia and the two Koreas47)

In relation to the third objective when Putin was the president he had

strong interests toward the Korean peninsula as there were potentially

lucrative economic opportunities available Such projects included connecting

the inter-Korean railroad to the Trans-Siberian railroad and exporting natural

gas from the Kovyktinskoe field in Irkutsk to the Korean peninsula through

China48)

In fact it can be concluded that the third reason which Meyer identified

is the main objective of Russiarsquos participation in the Sic-Party talks therefore

47) Peggy Falkenhein Meyer ldquoRussia Interests and Objectives on the Korean Peninsulardquo

International Journal of Korean Studies (FallWinter 2005) Vol 4 No 2 pp 145~14748) Ibid pp148~154

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 273

it could be assumed the promotion of economic issues can be conceived

and used as a tool to make a breakthrough to overcome the sluggish

multifaceted talks dealing with North Korea high-technology fears More

specifically I argue that the natural gas projects can dramatically increase

Russiarsquos penetration on the Korean peninsula and promote ndash in turn -

Moscowrsquos effort to bring positive changes to the talks From this perspective

Russian economic leverage might become a cornerstone for bringing peace

in the Korean peninsula In the following part I will present a possible

scenario in which this assumption might be substantially developed

Ⅳ A New Role of Russia on the Korean Peninsula

Figure 2 as shown below portrays a possible scenario of cooperation on

the Korean peninsula which emphasizes the following aspects 1) the

importance of the Six-Party Talks for the future of cooperation on the

Korean peninsula in the 21st century and 2) the suggestion of new

alternatives which focus on Russia and its economic involvement to boost

multilateral talks In building-up the scenario the key presumption is that

economic cooperation can create a ldquofunctional leveragerdquo in a political

scenario characterized by a substantial political rapprochement due to the

enforcement of a legally binding treaty (ie a Peace Treaty that could officially

end the Korean War) and prepare a definitive process of nation-building

among the two Koreas This ldquofunctional leveragerdquo is based on the role

played by CTR (Cooperative Threat Reduction) program49) to eliminate all

274 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

military threats―nuclear chemical biological and missiles threat from North

Korea In principle the objective of CTR is to reduce the dangers created

by nuclear chemical or biological weapons or their delivery vehicles The

actors of the CTR are consisted of a host who eradicates secures or

converts the WMD (Weapons of Mass Destruction) programs while the

other partners supporting such efforts50)

The most attractive function of the CTR for the following scenario is that

the partners provide money technology equipment and training to the host

nation In case that the six participants select the option during the process

of the WMD removal the main problems such methods and incentives in

terms of the North Korean nuclear withdrawal will be solved naturally

Furthermore the main argument to highlight the economic approaches with

flexible funds produced by rewards of the CTR programs can be persuaded

more convincingly Therefore the following section will justify this

alternative based on the postulation mentioned above―the application of

the CTR in the process of the Six-Party Talks

49) The CTR (or sometimes called for lsquoNunn-Lugarrsquo) programme provides funding

and expertise for the states in the former Soviet Unions including Russia Ukraine

Georgia Azerbaijan Belarus Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan under disarmament

treaties lthttpnunn-lugarcomindexshtmlgt50) Joel S Wit Wolfsthal Jon and Oh Choong-suk (2005) ldquoThe Six Party Talks and

Beyond Cooperative Threat Reduction and North Koreardquo A Report of the CSIS

International Security Program Dec (Washington DC CSIS) pp7~8

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 275

1 A Scenario Suggested lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Projection

for the DPRKrsquo

As stressed before the founding hypothesis of this scenario is a

substantial political shift on the Korean peninsula prospecting a clear

ldquoongoing processrdquo ldquoone Korea reunifiedrdquo However in my argumentation

the crucial assumption is not related to dynamics leading to the political

rapprochement among the two Koreas and neighbor countries which are

members of the Six-Party Talks Instead the central point of the first

scenario is to focus on the preparations and nation-building toward the

reconciliation of the two Koreas through multilateral economic negotiations

Namely to what extent can the framework of the Six-Party Talks and Russia

influence on peace and prosperity on the Korean peninsula as the means

of economic approaches

(Figure 2) Economy Reconstruction Project for the DPRK

276 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

Stage I

As shown in Figure 2 this scenario will be developed through four

stages During Stage I in order to resolve the core problem of Pyongyang―

the disposal of all WMD including chemical biological nuclear weapons

and the CTR program will be offered strongly Under the circumstances

North Korea seems to be a proper candidate for the CTR In the case of the

CTR the multilateral approaches owing to the political and financial

burden-sharing among the sponsors are indispensable51) Although the

Northeast Asian region has not been a suitable case for the program the

Six-Party Talks has shown a consensus on the difficult security problems

especially on Pyongyangrsquos military threats Such a partnership among the

participants of the Six-Party Talks which has been cultivated for seven years

of working together produces more positive results in the progress of the

disposal of nuclear weapons during the period of conducting the CTR

program

In addition Moscow will play a key role in the application of the CTR

program for North Korea When it comes to the beginning of the CTR the

program focused intensively on the countries of the former Soviet Union

including Russia Ukraine Georgia Azerbaijan Belarus Uzbekistan and

Kazakhstan As a result 6600 nuclear warheads have been eliminated since

1991 and more that 470 long-range missiles have been destroyed while

over 1800 other missiles strategic bombers have been disassembled52) With

51) Ibid pp1~352) The United States has invested $7 billion in the former Soviet Union since 1991

and is recently investing $1 billion per year There are additional participants―EU

UK Germany and France Ibid pp7~8

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 277

such an impressive precedent Russia is able to provide a workable solution

during the process of Pyongyangrsquos cooperative threat reduction The most

impressive strength of the first stage is provided that North Korea and the

five members of the Six-Party talks collectively pursue the CTR program the

following economic incentives will be offered for the reconstruction of

North Korea 1) a reward of nuclear withdrawal and 2) the reuse of

resources previously used in the Northrsquos nuclear program

In relation to CTR with application to the case of North Korea it possible

to argue that Russia ndash mindful of the CTR program provided by the US in

the aftermath of the collapse of the Soviet Empire ndash could potentially reuse

the rationale behind the above-mentioned mass destruction dismantlement

program in order to materially help North Korea to eliminate these kinds of

armaments as well as to boost a more comprehensive trust-building process

in the direction of Pyongyang increasing Russian influence over the North

and the overall region

Stage II

During the Stage II the expected economic incentives offered from the

implementation of the CTR project will be connected to the establishment of

a factual organization―lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Project for the DPRKrsquo

Continuously the international community should remain concerned about a

steep decline of the North Korean economy which in the past caused the

most destructive famines of the 20th century As many as one million

people who represent about five percent of the North Korean population

perished in the mid-1990s as a result53) Therefore the members of the

Six-Party Talks should pursue Pyongyangrsquos economic reforms and

278 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

reconstruction simultaneously since the countries regard economic inability

of Kim Jung Un to be one of the causes for using the military threats54)

Therefore it would provide a vital opportunity to bring changes in North

Korea if an organization which focuses on the economic benefits is

founded For this purpose this study recommends the establishment of

lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Project for the DPRKrsquo within the framework of the

Six-Party Talks The aspiration for the DPRK project is based on the

September 2005 Joint Statement and the February 2007 Joint Statement of

the Six-Party Talks The September Statement encouraged the economic

cooperation in the areas of energy trade and investment within the

Six-Party Talks framework55) Also in the February 2007 Joint Statement the

six players promised humanitarian assistance to North Korea and

established an Economy and Energy Cooperation Working Group56)

Although such agreements to boost the North Korean economy did not

53) Haggard Stephan and Noland Marcus ldquoA Security and Peace for Northeast Asia

The Economic Dimensionrdquo Peterson Institute for International Economics Policy

Brief No PB08-4 (April 2008) p2 54) In 2000 North Korea tried ldquomarketization from belowrdquo in the areas of local

organs government offices and military units with the recommendation of the

international community Ibid p255) See Join Statement of the Fourth Round of the Six-Party Talks in Beijing (19

September 2005)

lthttpwwwmofatgokrwebmodulehtsboardhbdhbdreadjsptypeID=6ampboardid=

247ampseqno=293918ampc=TITLEampt=amppagenum=2amptableName=TYPE_DATABOARDamppc=

ampdc=ampwc=amplu=ampvu=ampiu=ampdu=gt56) See Initial Actions for the Implementation of the Joint Statement (13 February 2007)

lthttpwwwmofatgokrwebmodulehtsboardhbdhbdreadjsptypeID=6ampboardid=

247ampseqno=293924ampc=TITLEampt=amppagenum=3amptableName=TYPE_DATABOARDamppc=amp

dc=ampwc=amplu=ampvu=ampiu=ampdu=gt

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 279

produce output in reality the international concerns seemed to have

reached a consensus relating to the ideas of lsquoEconomic Reconstruction

Project for DPRKrsquo introduced for the Stage II

Stage III

The following study on the similar subject reflects such international

concerns in a pragmatic way lsquopipeline gas introduction to the Korean

peninsularsquo57) In the Stage III as a long-term scenario to rehabilitate the

DPRKrsquos economy the idea of lsquopipeline gas projectrsquo introduced by Paik

(2005) will be applied Within the Six-Party Talks framework energy

assistance is another integral theme which is seen as important area to

resolve the nuclear problem on the Korean peninsula What is more such

energy supply options for DPRK generated from the gas pipeline project can

be functioned as a versatile negotiation tool combining the geopolitical and

economic reality on the Six-Party Talks table

In fact one well-established energy development organization―KEDO―

already exists The mission of KEDO is to implement the Agreed Framework

between the US and DPRK on the assumption that Pyongyang agreed to

freeze and ultimately dismantle its breathing nuclear program58) Unfortunately

the KEDO led project failed due to the North Korean distrust towards KEDO

due to the ailing relationship between Washington and Pyongyang caused

by the North Korean military threats and the failure to meet the agreed

57) Keun-Wook Paik ldquoPipeline Gas Introduction to the Korean Peninsulardquo Korea

Foundation Project lsquoEnergy and Environmental Cooperation in the Korea Peninsula

(2005)58) Baker et al opcit pp135~138

280 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

provisions59) Unlike the KEDO projects the introduction of the long

distance gas pipeline passing through the DPRK territory will involve the

two Koreas and Russia In particular intended for Pyongyang the pipeline

gas would provide energy to power many major cities in the DPRK

assuming that a 15 bcm60) natural gas would be allocated to the North as

a transit fees Also South Korea can provide additional support to prevent

the collapse of the North Korean economy61) In addition further funding

can be allocated for the CTR programs which will intensify the effort to

support rebuilding of the North Korean economy

Other than the economic merit Moscow is well positioned in this

pipeline project since the major Russian company Gazprom which is the

largest extractor of natural gas in the world has outstanding options to

promote the project from all the shareholders For this reason the role of

Russia should be given more weight in the third stage

In terms of the Economy Reconstruction Project for the DPRK this study

will follow the main idea of the paper Pipeline Gas Introduction to the

Korean Peninsula by Paik In his in-depth study Paik suggested lsquothe

Proposed Greater Circular Pipeline in Northeast Asiarsquo As shown in Figure 3

the Korean peninsula is ideally located to have pivotal benefits from the

59) There are two main conditions 1) KEDO finances and constructs two

proliferation-resistant light-water reactors(LWR) of the Korean Standard Nuclear

Power Plant in the DPRK and 2) KEDO provides DPRK with an alternative source

of energy for heating and electricity until the first of the two reactors is

completed lthttpwwwkedoorgap_mainaspgt 60) 30bcm is an amount which can handle gas over 30 years Baker et al opcit

p10161) Ibid pp81~82

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 281

Source Paik (2005) p41

Russian oil and gas pipeline infrastructure In the case that the gas pipeline

scenario is applied in reality as a useful alternative for the settlement of the

current North Korean nuclear crisis this project will provide significant

contribution to in promoting energy cooperation between Russia and the

Two Koreas

Stage Ⅳ

In the final stage a consensus and convention to justify this project

within the Six-Party Talks framework should be guaranteed This is necessary

to avoid the inevitable problem of incompatibility between the laws and

regulations among the six players and different investment environment

(Figure 3) Map The Proposed Greater Pipeline in Northeast Asia

282 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

The Six Party Talks Russia

Stage

bull Providing a Negotiation Tool (the

CTR Program)

bull Initiating North Korea into Russian

precedents of the CTR program

Stage

bull Invoking international concerns about

NKrsquos economy reconstruction

bull Implementing the project based on

the Agreements

bull Supporting this project actively

Stage

bull Creating conventions to recognize the

gas pipeline project with six players

bull Participating in the gas pipeline project

actively persuading Gazprom

Stage

Ⅳ Building the consensus and trust of the Six-Party Talks members

2 Strength and Limitation of the Scenario

Based on the scenario introduced above the expected roles of Russia and

the members of the Six-Party Talks is as follows

(Table 2) Expected Roles of Russia and the Six-Party Talks in the Scenario

In short the main feature of lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Project for the

DPRKrsquo is a product of a multilateral economic diplomacy In general such

a multilateral economic approach has an unavoidable drawback in that such

a pragmatic diplomacy cannot move ahead regardless of the difficult security

concern of the Korean peninsula In particular I recognize that an increased

Russian role on a unified Korean peninsula would increase the tensions

among the main regional actors

However the strength of this scenario is combining security and

economic issues together to offer a comprehensive resolution concerning the

main threat that would inhibit inter-Korean rapprochement that is an

unchanged provocative posture of North Korea vis-agrave-vis its security needs

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 283

In other words the CTR program for Pyongyangrsquos WMD can be a suitable

alternative to prevent the North Korean military actions In addition the

economic rewards and investment for the DPRK during the negotiation

based on the gas pipeline project would enable advancement the North

Korean economy which in turn will have a positive effect on a long-term

solution such as the reconciliation between the two Koreas Furthermore if

an economic reconciliation can be reached with the help of the new actor

lsquoRussiarsquo this could become a plausible alternative reunification strategy of

the Korean peninsula Such a new consideration will justify the economic

and pragmatic approaches in the framework of the Six-Party talks

Ⅴ Conclusion

Time has changed However the issues surrounding the Korean

peninsula where interests of major powers are contested still display a

unique and multifaceted pattern on the international political order The

dilemma of the peninsula is the coexistence of lsquoinsecurityrsquo and lsquoprosperityrsquo

which is an inevitable by-product caused by the geopolitical situation

Despite such a reality smarter alternatives to achieve lsquopeacersquo and

lsquoprosperityrsquo on the Korean peninsula in the 21st century should be created

The option available currently is lsquothe Six-Party Talksrsquo This study has

suggested that such a multilateral talk offers a plausible framework to

resolve the issues surrounding the Korean peninsula beyond the North

Korean nuclear crisis Obviously the complex diplomatic calculations of the

284 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

six players are the key limitation of this framework but the talks seems

to be worthy as it is acting as a creditable model of the multilateral

negotiations In particular this study dealt with the role of Russia because

when it comes to the process of the Six-Party Talks and inter-relations with

the two Koreas to date Moscowrsquos contribution on the Six-Party Talks

brought positive alternatives which rival the contributions of Washington

and Beijing Based on such a development a scenario under which Russia

can play a positive role in creating a new and a long-term resolution to the

issues of the Korean peninsula can be postulated

However there are limitations which this study cannot escape Firstly as

the worst case scenario if the second Korean War breaks out suddenly the

reality of the multilateral talks and the scenario introduced above may

presumably have no bearing Secondly due to unexpected internal and

external conditions of Russia such as instability of the regime or global

economy crisis the role of Russia can fluctuate Thirdly if the others actors

especially in the US and China wants to maintain strong influences a

lsquopower gamersquo might break out the result of which might have negative

effects Finally the methodology of this research is a problem-solving

approach which was connected to the current policy analysis based on

comprehensive study of the primary sources As a result it is impossible to

deliver obvious and exact facts and information in terms of the Six-Party

Talks which is still in progress

Nonetheless the aim of this study was to offer an alternative to the

current difficult though hypothetical As a result this study was able to lead

a conclusion the Six-Party Talks and the role of Moscow are able to be a

persuasive and plausible alternative for a long-term solution on the Korean

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 285

peninsula The importance of the Six-Party Talks the inter-relations between

Russia and the two Koreas and a scenario suggested supported the

conclusion

All in all the increased and positive Russian involvement toward the two

Koreas can be a stepping-stone for a dialogue and cooperation for peace

and prosperity on the Korean peninsula Furthermore the full use of the

Six-Party Talks will ultimately contribute to security of the Northeast Asian

region beyond the North Korean nuclear crisis

접수 2015년 10월 23일 심사 2015년 10월 23일 게재확정 2015년 11월 24일

286 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

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25 2015

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Williams Carol J ldquoNorth Korea Read to Resume Six-Party Nuclear Talks Russia

Reportsrdquo Los Angeles Times November 12 2014

CCTV ldquoPutin Urges Unconditional Resumption of Six-Party Talksrdquo November 13 2013

Barjoria Jayshree and Xu Beina ldquoThe Six Party Talks on North Korearsquos Nuclear

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energy needsrdquo November 2007

President of Russia ldquoPress Statement Following Russian-Korean Talksrdquo November

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m_20_20_10amptabmenu=t_2gt

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lthttpblogkeiaorg201502north-korea-looking-abroadgt

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 289

박지선(PARK JISUN )

영국 런던대 킹스 칼리지(Kingrsquos College London) 국제분쟁학 석사 학위를 취득하고 현재 동

대학원 전략학 박사과정에 있다 주요 연구실적으로 ldquoConstructivist Understandings of North

Korearsquos Ballistic Missile Programme National Security Policy Based on North Korearsquos Strategic

Culturerdquo(2014) 985172한반도 신뢰프로세스를 통한 비핵국가 한국의 핵 안보전략 제2차 핵시대를

맞이하여985173(2013 공저) 985172클라우제비츠의 전쟁이론으로 본 냉전 이후 북한의 핵미사일 전략

에 관한 연구985173(2010 공저) 등이 있다

6자회담 틀 내에서 한반도 중장기 평화번영을 위한 러시아의

lsquo숙련된 중재자(New Seasoned Facilitator)rsquo 역할

박지선 (런던대 킹스 칼리지)

국문요약

본 논문은 한반도의 중장기 평화번영 방안을 위해 교착상태에 빠진 6자회담의 틀 안

에서 러시아의 역할에 대한 새로운 학문적 접근을 보여주고자 한다 본 논문에서는 북한

핵무기 개발 프로그램의 중단이라는 공동의 목적을 달성하기 위해 설립된 6자회담의 주

요 행위자들의 정치적middot전략적 이해관계를 경제적 영역으로 확대하면서 보다 실용적인

한반도 문제 해결 방안을 제시하고 있다 특히 lsquo숙련된 중재자(New Seasoned Facilitator)rsquo

로서의 러시아의 역할에 대해 심도 있게 고찰하면서 6자회담 틀에서 가능한 하나의 시나

리오를 실험적으로 제안하고 있다 본 논문의 주요 내용은 1) 6자회담의 연대기적 분석

2)한반도를 둘러싼 6자회담 주요 국가들의 이해관계 분석 3) 숙련된 중재자로서의 러

시아의 역할을 고찰 4) 실용적이고 실행 가능한 경제협력 방안이 될 한반도 평화정착을

위한 북한경제재건 프로젝트의 시나리오 등이다

주제어 6자회담 러시아 외교정책 북한 중재자 한반도 중middot장기 번영

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Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 255

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Washington concluded that North Korea

was pursuing a uranium enrichment program

Hence as an appeasement to end the future high-tech military

provocation of Pyongyang the 1994 Agreed Framework was created―

The Geneva Agreed Framework between Washington and Pyongyang10)

Specifically on the basis of the agreement Washington pledged to provide

fuel and construct two light-water reactors with the establishment of the

KEDO (Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization) while North

Korea promised to end a plutonium enrichment program in exchange 11)

However both the US and North Korea did not meet the key demands of

the 1994 Agreed framework What is more North Korearsquos secret uranium

enrichment program and Pyongyangrsquo continuous development of nuclear

weapons led to a breakdown of agreement between Pyongyang and

Washington in 2002 At the same time North Korea withdrew from the

Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) once again

10) The Agreed Framework between the US and DPRK (Geneva Oct 21 1994)

lthttpwww2lawcolumbiaeducourse_00S_L9436_001North20Korea20materials

agreedframeworkhtmgt11) Jayshree Barjoria and Beina Xu ldquoThe Six Party Talks on North Korearsquos Nuclear

Programrdquo Council on foreign Relations (September 2013)

256 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

(Figure 1) Chronological Steps of ldquoThe Six-Party Talksrdquo

Unfortunately by failing to keep pledges both Washington and

Pyongyang caused the following outcomes 1) providing official reasons for

continuous nuclear development program 2) weakening chances of the

bilateral talks between the US and the DPRK due to growing distrust and

3) accelerating security threats on the Northeast Asian region

These outcomes resulted from the first North Korean nuclear crisis which

eventually led to the Six-Party Talks Shortly thereafter the second North

Korean nuclear crisis was developed by the side-effects of the first nuclear

crisis The ldquothree-party talksrdquo among the US China and North Korea began

in April 2003 to discuss the second crisis when Pyongyang withdrew from

the NPT (Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty) in January 2003 However the

meeting was not enough to deal with the crisis because more complicated

lsquopower gamesrsquo beyond the North Korean nuclear crisis was evident From

this perspective the other regional players ndash Russia Japan and South Korea

- pushed cooperation to turn the ldquoThree-Party Talksrdquo into the ldquoSix-Party

Talksrdquo12) stressing the need to deal with the crisis on the Korean peninsula

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 257

through a new regional framework This is the origin of the lsquoSix-Party Talksrsquo

covering comprehensive problems generated from North Korearsquos nuclear

issue

Ⅲ Critical Analysis of the Six-Party Talks

Demonstrating Different Interests of Six Players

The obvious goal of the Six-Party talks is the denuclearization of the

Korean peninsula13) However there is what can be dubbed as lsquogrand

agendarsquo to resolve the some of the unsettled regional issues even though it

can arguable depending on respective issues By analyzing three major

agreements which resulted from the Six-Party Talks it is possible to contain

the contents of a lsquogrand agendarsquo They include 1) the September 19 Joint

Agreement in 2005 2) the February13 Agreement in 2007 and 3) the

October 3 Agreement in 200814) In particular in the case of lsquoInitial Actions

for Implementation of the Joint Statementrsquo meetings of five Working Groups

12) Pang Zhongying ldquoThe Six-Party Process Regional Security Mechanisms and

China-US Cooperation Toward a Regional Security Mechanism for a New

Northeast Asiardquo Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies (March 2009) pp1~413) In the Second-Phased actions for the implementation of the Joint Statement of 19

September 2005 the goal of the Six-Party Talks clarified as follows the first goal

is the verifiable denuclearization of the Korean peninsula in a peace manner14) Official names of the three agreements are 1) Join Statement of the Fourth Round

of the Six-Party Talks (Beijing 19 September 2005) 2) Initial Actions for the

Implementation of the Joint Statement (13 February 2007) and 3) Second-Phase

Actions for the Implementation of the Joint Statement (3 October 2007)

258 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

(WG) held in 200715) The main purpose is to carry out the initial actions

and to achieve the purpose of full implementation of the Joint Statement

The details are as follows

1 Denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula

2 Normalization of US-DPRK Relations

3 Normalization of Japan-DPRK Relations

4 Economic and Energy Cooperation

5 Northeast Asia Peace and Security Mechanism

As it has been seen the follow-up working groups of the Six-Party

Talks dealt with fairly broad subjects beyond the prevention of Pyongyangrsquos

high-tech military threats In this regard Zhongying (2009) states ldquothe

Six-Party Talks has mutually advocated some crucial goalsrdquo16) 1) the

denuclearization of the Korean peninsula 2) the ending the Korean

War with a peace treaty and 3) building a regional mechanism for

peace-building and prosperity From this viewpoint even if the main task of

the Six-Party Talks denuclearized the Korean Peninsula failed due to the

unexpected internal or external factors of the six participants the other

options like 2) and 3) which Zhongying suggested might become another

key agenda for the six parties Thus it is important to recognize the value

of such all-inclusive approach to resolve the difficult regional issues through

the Six-Party Talks rather than focusing on the North Korean nuclear threats

alone

15) Diplomatic White Paper of the Republic of Korea (2008) pp32~3616) Pang Zhongying ldquoThe Six-Party Process Regional Security Mechanisms and

China-US Cooperation Toward a Regional Security Mechanism for a New

Northeast Asiardquo Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies (March 2009) p4

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 259

Taking the importance as a lsquogrand agendarsquo into consideration it is

important to analyze distinctive features of the process of the Six-Party

Talks and this will lead to the identification of the main limitations of the

Six-Party Talks Such limitations will support the following argument

When the range of the Six-Party Talksrsquo agenda is extended to include

comprehensive and pragmatic agenda for medium and long-term resolutions

of the issues of the Korean peninsula this multilateral talks can produce

more positive outcomes while embracing the regional interests of the six

nations More crucially ipso facto the suggestion to create more

comprehensive multilateral framework will enable the following creative and

new approaches 1) the emergence of a lsquoNew Actorrsquo Russia instead of the

main actors such as the US and China within the sixth round of the Six-Party

Talks and 2) the strengthening of the economic approach concentrated on

prosperity rather than intensive political and military negotiation

Above all the most important characteristic of the Six-Party Talks is that

the talks necessitate complicated calculations to balance all membersrsquo

interests After the first talks in 2003 the participating members began to

involve in dynamic diplomatic maneuvers based on each otherrsquos own

domestic issues national interests and interpretations of historical analogies

Owing to these diverse considerations regardless of the main challenge of

the Six-Party Talks framework to stop the North Korean nuclear program

many other challenges have been identified The Six Parties were aroused

by the internal and external interests like the wide-ranging topics of five

Working Groups discussions after February 13 Agreement in 200717)

17) Diplomatic White Paper of the Republic of Korea (2008) pp32~36

260 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

1 Critical Analysis on Six Partiesrsquo Responses after the

Adoption of United Nations Security Council Resolution

1718 (2006)

As an important case the different responses by the each of Six Party

participants on the Security Council resolution 171818) is a good example of

demonstrating complicated strategic calculations of everyone involved After

a nuclear ballistic missile test in October 2006 the Security Council

condemned the test and unanimously adopted resolution 1718 in 14 October

2006 calling for an immediate return to the Six-Party Talks19) The resolution

called for based on Chapter 7 of the United Nations Charter excluding

automatic military enforcement of its demands under the Charterrsquos Article 4

120) the members of the UN prohibit a range of goods from entering or

leaving the DPRK and imposed an asset freeze and travel ban on persons

in terms of the nuclear weapon program21)

In reaction to the resolution the six players showed different reactions

In this paper the responses of six players are largely divided into three

18) On 14 October 2006 after the nuclear ballistic missile test of Pyongyang the UN

Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 1718 condemning the nuclear test 19) Security Council Resolution 1718(2006)

lthttpdaccessddsunorgdocUNDOCGENN0657207PDFN0657207pdfOpen

Elementgt 20) According to the Charterrsquos Article 41 the Security Council decided what measures

not involving the use of armed force are to be employed to the DPRK These

include complete or partial interruption of economic relations and of rail sea air

postal telegraphic radio and other means of communication and the severance

of diplomatic relations 21) UN Security Council Resolution 1718 (2006)

lthttpwwwunorggasearchview_docaspsymbol=SRES171820(2006)gt

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 261

groups Group (Ⅰ) US Japan South Korea Group (Ⅱ) China Russia and

Group (Ⅲ) North Korea Before analyzing the United Nations Security

Council Resolution 1718 one important thesis in this case study is that the

criteria of the grouping stated above is focused on only the United Nations

Security Council Resolution 1718 rather than including all resolutions of

United Nations22) This is because eight UN resolutions related to North

Korearsquos nuclear issue from 1993 to 2013 demonstrate different politico-strategic

outcomes In this regard in the Table (1) the distinctive responses of the

three groups are categorized In brief this table illustrates the complexity of

the Six-Party Talks depending on politico-strategic relations while emphasizing

the importance of a multilateral approach for a long-term solution on the

Korean peninsula

22) These are a list of Unite Nations Council Resolutions related to the North Korean

nuclear issues from 1993 to 2013

bull United Nations Security Council Resolution 825(1993)

bull United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540 (2004)

bull United Nations Security Council Resolution 1695(2006)

bull United Nations Security Council Resolution 1718 (2006)

bull United Nations Security Council Resolution 1874 (2009)

bull United Nations Security Council Resolution 1887 (2009)

bull United Nations Security Council Resolution 2087(2013)

bull United Nations Security Council Resolution 2094 (2013)

262 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

Nuclear Capability (DPRK)

Resolution1718

Comeback of the Six-Party Talks

Military Enforcement

to DPRK

Sanctions against DPRK

The US

(Group Ⅰ)

Japan

(Group Ⅰ)

S Korea

(Group Ⅰ)ⅹ ⅹ

China

(Group Ⅱ)

ⅹ ⅹ

Russia

(Group Ⅱ)ⅹ ⅹ ⅹ

N Korea

(Group Ⅲ)

ⅹ ⅹ ⅹ

(Table 1) Critical Analysis on Six Partiesrsquo Responses after the Adoption of

United Nations Security Council Resolution 1718

strong support support partly support ⅹ objection

Group(Ⅰ) US Japan and Korea

In the case of the first Group it rallied behind Washington whose

stubborn reaction against Pyongyang led to the adoption of the UN Security

Council Resolution 171823) John Bolton who was the former US Ambassador

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 263

to the UN stated ldquoa nuclear test in 2006 was the gravest threat to international

peace and securityrdquo During a Security Council meeting he maintained that

the resolution 1718 should impose more strict demands complementing the

Security Resolution 1695 which is regarded as a failure As a result the US

and Japan enthusiastically bolstered the resolution 1718 welcoming the

contents of strengthened sanctions compared with the resolution 169524) On

the surface South Korea - which sustained considerably close relationship

with the US - seemed to unwillingly follow the resolution emphasizing that

the problem should be solved under a peaceful and diplomatic approach

In fact a division was recognizable within this group While the US and

Japan stuck together in unity in purpose and actions 25) against the irrational

behaviors of North Korea for doing missile tests the South Korean

government was committed to a two-pronged policy Indeed the grand

strategy of the South Korean government was to pursue the following two

aims the prevention of Pyongyang provocations and reconciliation of the

two Koreas In other words although all three maintained close

cooperation they all had slightly different interests and conditions

23) UN Security Council meeting on 9 October 2006

lthttpwwwunorgNewsPressdocs2006sc8853dochtmgt24) The main subjects of the Security Council Resolution 1695 are 1) stopping games

of lsquobrinkmanshiprsquo 2) complying with Security Council demands 3) returning to the

Six-Party Talks and 4) implementing terms of the joint statement for the last round

of the talks See United Nations Security Council Resolution 1695 (2006)25) The expectations of Washington and Tokyo from the Six-Party Talks are1) the

withdrawal of Nuclear weapons first then negotiations afterwards and 2) the

establishment of a democratic government similar to the US standards

264 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

Group (Ⅱ) China Russia

In the case of the group two China and Russia who have been close

supporters of North Korea for more than an half century demonstrated

similar reactions as the members of group one did While they agreed on

the general direction of the resolution each had a slightly different view on

the extension of the contents In the case of China not only Beijing was

the main actor in initiating the Six-Party Talks but also a very close friend

to North Korea 26) However China chose to support the sanctions against

Pyongyang under the resolution 1718 Meanwhile Russia had a different

view In an urgent meeting of the UN Security Council unlike China Russia

did not support such stringent sanctions against Pyongyang although

Moscow agreed on condemning the North Korean rocket launch Even if

in the end both Beijing and Moscow supported the resolution 1718 in

general it was an occasion when the two countries showed different

approach toward Pyongyang during the adoption process of the resolution27)

Group(Ⅲ) North Korea

Contrarily the reaction of the third group North Korea was fairly

obvious against the Security Council Resolution Park Gilyon North Korearsquos

Ambassador to UN said that Pyongyang rejects the resolution 1718 since the

resolution is a coercive declaration by a ldquogangster-likerdquo Security Council28)

26) See Security Council Meeting on 9 October 2006

lthttpwwwunorgNewsPressdocs2006sc8853dochtmgt27) See Security Council Meeting on 9 October 2006

lthttpwwwunorgNewsPressdocs2006sc8853dochtmgt28) See Security Council meeting on 9 October 2006

lthttpwwwunorgNewsPressdocs2006sc8853dochtmgt

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 265

Nevertheless the main limitation of the talks still remains without

creative alternatives to disentangle intricate interests of the participants of

the Six-Party Talks no feasible output can be expected from such a

multilateral meeting Thus in order to overcome the above-mentioned

limitations of the Six-Party Talks I suggest an approach which emphasizes

the following points 1) the emergence of a lsquonew experienced facilitatorrsquo

instead of previous main actors to encourage more pragmatic approaches

and 2) the combination of political and economic tools especially in

highlighting the economic approaches Consequently this paper will focus

on Russiarsquos role as a New Seasoned Facilitator since Russia can offer new

possibilities for a long-term resolution of the issues on the Korean

peninsula

2 Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo for Dealing with

Issues on the Korean Peninsula

In this part the role of Russia will be scrutinized as a possible new

strong facilitator who might offer long-term solutions to the problems on the

Korean peninsula in the 21st century Since most of the studies concerning

cooperation on the Korean peninsula tend to focus mainly on the role

played by the US and China I argue that this paper may provide an

innovative contribution to the study of the ldquoSix-Party Talksrdquo stressing

Russiarsquos new role vis-agrave-vis the Korean peninsula In my view indeed

Russiarsquos role on the Korean peninsula progressively emerged in recent years

shaping the image of ldquofacilitatorrdquo interested in persuading North Korea to

seek an alternative to the nuclear weapons program and promote energy

266 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

cooperation in the region which might hasten possibility of peace on the

Korean peninsula

According to Vorontsov (2007) the basic positions of Moscow for the

Six-Party Talks are as follows 1) advocating the strict inspection of NPT and

the denuclearized Korean peninsula 2) persisting peaceful negotiation

among the six players and 3) promoting the inter-Korean dialogues29) In

contrast to the hard-line stance of White House30) to eliminate all factors

related to North Korean nuclear program in terms of the Korean issues the

current Russian government seems to strive for the achievement of the goal

2) and 3) When it comes to the geostrategic situations the Korean issues

have recently become one of the major considerations for Moscow because

the US China and Japan have gradually played important roles on the

issues of Korean peninsula who are all Russiarsquos direct neighbors31)

Namely owing to the invisible lsquoPower Racersquo among the major powers

Russia is increasingly interested in the issues surrounding the Korean

peninsula

In the same way unlike the general expectations on the global stage the

Russian role within the multilateral talks may have substantial influences as

well as the other actors have contributed to the meetings In the beginning

29) Alexander Vorontsov ldquoCurrent Russia ndash North Korea Relations Challenges and

Achievementsrdquo Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies (2007) p1730) Still North Korea seems to believe what White House pursues a hard-line policy

toward Pyongyang An unnamed spokesman of Pyongyang stated on 8 May 2009

ldquothe Obama administration for the past 100 dayshelliphellip the hostile policy toward

Pyongyang remains unchangedrdquo

lthttpwwwnytimescom20090509worldasia09koreahtml_r=1ampref=global-homegt31) Georgy Toloraya ldquoRussian Policy in Korea in a time of changerdquo The Korean

Journal of Defense Analysis Vol211 (2009) p69

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 267

stage of the talks some counties had skepticism about Moscowrsquos

participation in the talks because the Four-Party Talks (the US China and

the two Koreas) - except for Moscow - was a general pattern on the

inter-Korean issues32) However Kremlin played an essential role in inviting

Pyongyang in joining the Six-Party Talks because North Korea insisted

Pyongyang would not participate in the 2003 meeting without Russia33)

When it comes to Russian official stance in 2015 Moscow continuously

supports the Six-Party Talks for denuclearization in the Korean peninsula

while Russia does not recognize North Korea as a nuclear state34)

Historically Russia and North Korea have significantly long and

meaningful relations throughout the period of Korearsquos liberation following

Japanese colonization the Korean War and the opening and ending of the

Cold War In particular the two countries enjoyed a very strong cooperative

relationship during the Korean War35) Following the Korean War the

Soviet Union became the main trade partner and a sponsor for the

nation-building of Kim Il-sungrsquo regime Approximately 93 factories and

industrial facilities in North Korea were established under the Russian

technical assistance 36)constructing Pyongyangrsquos heavy-industrial backbon

32) Moscowrsquos absence from the Four-Party Talks proposed by the former President Bill

Clinton and President Kim Young Sam on April 16 1996 demonstrated Russiarsquos

dwindled regional influence in the Korean peninsula Yang et al (2004) p80133) Vorontsov (2007) p2234) ldquoRussian Envoy Discusses Pyongyang tests Thaadrdquo Korea Joongang Daily September

25 2015

lthttpkoreajoongangdailyjoinscomnewsarticleArticleaspxaid=3009631gt35) During the Korean War the Russian pilots contributed to the air defence of

North Korea resulting in the loss of 135 pilots and more than 300 airplanes Ibid

p5

268 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

e37) Such a close alliance between the two communist societies continued

until the collapse of the Soviet Union Unfortunately during the President

Elrsquotsinrsquos administration the Russian policy toward the Korean peninsula

shifted due to the unilateral rapprochement with the ROK as the new

diplomatic approach in the so-called ldquodemocratic romanticismrdquo which called

for greatly pro-Western at the expense of Russiarsquos interests 38) Such

transformed Russian policy seemed to cause a crack in the friendship

between Moscow and Pyongyang

However since the inauguration of Vladimir Putin the Russian political

elites began envisaging new approaches towards the Korean peninsula

Putinrsquos new approach functioned as a breakthrough to reinforce previously

weakening relations between Russia and North Korea As a result a historic

treaty on ldquoFriendshiprdquo between Kremlin and Pyongyang―Good-Neighbourly

Relations and Cooperation―was created in 200039) Currently Kim Jong-Un

regime has mainly concentrated on strengthening trade relations with Kremlin

and both Moscow and Pyongyang have taken positive consensus towards

36) The North Korean nuclear energy facilities were established with the Soviet

technical assistance in 1962 37) Vorontsov (2007) p538) On 27 October 1991 Elrsquotin addressed two main aims fo the Russian Foreign

policy 1) pursuing favourable external conditions for the domestic political and

economic reforms and 2) overcoming the legacy of the Cold war Richard Sakwa

(2008) Russian Politics and Society (London Routledge 2008) pp368~36939) After the treaty of lsquoGood-Neighbourly Relations and Cooperationrsquo the Moscowrsquos

declaration of the DPRK and the Russian Federation was released on 4 August 2001

The DPRK-Russia joint declaration is the advanced version of lsquogood-neighbourliness

and cooperationrsquo signed on 9 February 2000 Since then the two countries have

tried the friendly relations and mutually beneficial cooperation

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 269

enhancing their economic cooperative relationship In 2014 Putinrsquos cabinet

concluded the withdrawal of $10 billion of Pyongyangrsquos $11 billion debt that

had accrued during the Soviet Era40) It seems that Putinrsquos cabinet assumes

that this gesture of goodwill will contribute to the construction of a gas

pipeline covering the Korean peninsula When it comes to both geopolitical

and geo-economics aspects North Korea could have profitable investments

opportunities

All in all such a historic fortification of the inter-relationship between

North Korea and Russia provides diverse chances for the improved role of

Russia in making contributions with the backing of other partners of the

Six-Party Talks Based on this fact it would be possible to focus more on

the possibility of Russiarsquos increased contribution to the talks In fact there

is a strong possibility that Moscow could function as a lsquomediatorrsquo and

lsquofacilitatorrsquo between Pyongyang and the other members of the Six-Party

Talks

There are a number of important cases41) through which Moscow enabled

diplomatic efforts assume the role of a lsquofacilitatorrsquo or lsquomediatorrsquo When it

comes to the bilateral relations between Republic of Korea and Russia the

two nations started nearly at a zero point at first However Kremlin and

Blue House have created new economic science and cultural systems For

example since 1990 the leaders of South Korea and Russia have officially

met 27 times In 2013 President Vladimir Putinrsquos visited to Seoul when the

two nationsrsquo annual bilateral trade exceeded $26 billion42)

40) ldquoNorth Korea Looking Abroadrdquo Korea Economic Institute February 18 2015

lthttpblogkeiaorg201502north-korea-looking-abroadgt41) Vorontsov opcit p17

270 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

In particular in July 2002 Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov visited the two

Koreas respectively to persuade both to return to the negotiating table

which was halted after a naval clash in the West (Yellow) Sea in June 2002

Although the visit was not connected to the Six-Party Talks directly the case

seems to confirm Russiarsquos efforts to assist the improvement of the

inter-Korean relations What is more in terms of the US-DPRK relations

Moscow provided an opportunity for a meeting between the North Korean

Foreign Minister Paek NamSun and the former US Secretary of State Colin

Powell during the ministerial meetings at the ASEAN Regional Forum talks

in Darussalam Brunei in 200243) In short Moscowrsquos effort to carry out

ldquobalancer diplomacyrdquo after Putinrsquos inauguration shows potentials to be a

smart lsquomediatorrsquo within the multilateral negotiation such as the Six-Party

Talks

3 The Russian lsquoNew Realismrsquo Policy Applied in the Korean

Peninsula

Then the questions are to what degree can Russia be engaged in

resolving the inter-Korean issues and what kind of benefit can Russia

expect from the increased involvement with the issues regarding the Korean

peninsula especially in the Six-Party Talks

In the recent years the interest of the Russian politicians and academics

toward the Korean peninsula seems to be soaring As an lsquoactive partrsquo the

42) ldquoRussian Envoy Discusses Pyongyang tests Thaadrdquo Korea Joongang Daily September

25 2015 lthttpkoreajoongangdailyjoinscomnewsarticleArticleaspxaid=3009631gt43) Ibid

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 271

Korean peninsula can be regarded as a region of interest and strategic

importance as the Asian-Pacific region is seen to have increasing economic

implication for Russia due to the lack of involvement by Moscow in the

region of economic prowess44) In particular when Moscow participated in

the Six-Party Talks its approach seems to have strategic bearing toward the

Asia-Pacific region because the region especially the Korean peninsula is

now regarded by Moscow as an area of considerable importance

In fact Russiarsquos burgeoning interests for the Six-Party Talks contemporize

with the inauguration of the Putinrsquos administration Namely Putinrsquos lsquoNew

Realismrsquo based on the pragmatic approach over all Russia policies can be

applied to the evaluation of the Russian intention and purpose toward the

Six-Party Talks On the whole the national motto of the 21st century Russia

is lsquoPragmatismrsquo which also significantly influenced the current Medvedevrsquos

cabinet45) On a meeting of the Security Council in March 2000 the new

Russian lsquoForeign Policy Conceptrsquo was introduced by Ivanov the Russian

Foreign Minister at the time The main concept of the document was lsquomore

realisticrsquo for rebuilding the domestic economy and promoting the Russian

economic interests abroad as it strives to become worldrsquos tenth biggest

economy in the 21st century46) Hence Moscowrsquos foreign policy influenced

44) Natasha Kuhrt Russian Policy towards China and Japan The Elrsquotsin and Putin

periods (New York Rutledge 2007) pp 54~5645) In January 2002 the former President Putin had an interview with a Polish

Newspaper and Polish TVP Channel In the interview he stated that lsquoPragmatismrsquo

as a key means for the economic cooperation with other nations ldquoWe began this

talk by pointing out that the soundest approachhellip on the basis of pragmatism

and pragmatic interest in each otherrdquo

lthttpwwwkremlinruengtextspeeches200201150001_type82916_147392shtmlgt46) Sakwa(2008) pp371~391

272 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

by such realistic and pragmatic approaches seems to have valid bearing for

both the Six-Party Talks and the inter-Korean dialogues especially when the

economic aspects are addressed

In essence what are the specific interests Moscow might have on the

Korean peninsula The answer to this question is the more the Korean

military threats are slackened the more Russiarsquos security and economic

interests are amplified In terms of this argument Meyer (2005) identified

the reasons for the Russian Federationrsquos participation in the multilateral

meeting He indicated that by supporting reconciliation between DPRK and

ROK Russia can achieve the following objectives 1) the symbolic objective

to be recognized as a permanent major power on the global stage 2) the

military objective to dissuade Pyongyang from pursuing nuclear weapons

program not to weaken the global commitment for NPT and 3) the

economic objective to establish favorable conditions for the development of

a trilateral economic cooperation among Russia and the two Koreas47)

In relation to the third objective when Putin was the president he had

strong interests toward the Korean peninsula as there were potentially

lucrative economic opportunities available Such projects included connecting

the inter-Korean railroad to the Trans-Siberian railroad and exporting natural

gas from the Kovyktinskoe field in Irkutsk to the Korean peninsula through

China48)

In fact it can be concluded that the third reason which Meyer identified

is the main objective of Russiarsquos participation in the Sic-Party talks therefore

47) Peggy Falkenhein Meyer ldquoRussia Interests and Objectives on the Korean Peninsulardquo

International Journal of Korean Studies (FallWinter 2005) Vol 4 No 2 pp 145~14748) Ibid pp148~154

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 273

it could be assumed the promotion of economic issues can be conceived

and used as a tool to make a breakthrough to overcome the sluggish

multifaceted talks dealing with North Korea high-technology fears More

specifically I argue that the natural gas projects can dramatically increase

Russiarsquos penetration on the Korean peninsula and promote ndash in turn -

Moscowrsquos effort to bring positive changes to the talks From this perspective

Russian economic leverage might become a cornerstone for bringing peace

in the Korean peninsula In the following part I will present a possible

scenario in which this assumption might be substantially developed

Ⅳ A New Role of Russia on the Korean Peninsula

Figure 2 as shown below portrays a possible scenario of cooperation on

the Korean peninsula which emphasizes the following aspects 1) the

importance of the Six-Party Talks for the future of cooperation on the

Korean peninsula in the 21st century and 2) the suggestion of new

alternatives which focus on Russia and its economic involvement to boost

multilateral talks In building-up the scenario the key presumption is that

economic cooperation can create a ldquofunctional leveragerdquo in a political

scenario characterized by a substantial political rapprochement due to the

enforcement of a legally binding treaty (ie a Peace Treaty that could officially

end the Korean War) and prepare a definitive process of nation-building

among the two Koreas This ldquofunctional leveragerdquo is based on the role

played by CTR (Cooperative Threat Reduction) program49) to eliminate all

274 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

military threats―nuclear chemical biological and missiles threat from North

Korea In principle the objective of CTR is to reduce the dangers created

by nuclear chemical or biological weapons or their delivery vehicles The

actors of the CTR are consisted of a host who eradicates secures or

converts the WMD (Weapons of Mass Destruction) programs while the

other partners supporting such efforts50)

The most attractive function of the CTR for the following scenario is that

the partners provide money technology equipment and training to the host

nation In case that the six participants select the option during the process

of the WMD removal the main problems such methods and incentives in

terms of the North Korean nuclear withdrawal will be solved naturally

Furthermore the main argument to highlight the economic approaches with

flexible funds produced by rewards of the CTR programs can be persuaded

more convincingly Therefore the following section will justify this

alternative based on the postulation mentioned above―the application of

the CTR in the process of the Six-Party Talks

49) The CTR (or sometimes called for lsquoNunn-Lugarrsquo) programme provides funding

and expertise for the states in the former Soviet Unions including Russia Ukraine

Georgia Azerbaijan Belarus Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan under disarmament

treaties lthttpnunn-lugarcomindexshtmlgt50) Joel S Wit Wolfsthal Jon and Oh Choong-suk (2005) ldquoThe Six Party Talks and

Beyond Cooperative Threat Reduction and North Koreardquo A Report of the CSIS

International Security Program Dec (Washington DC CSIS) pp7~8

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 275

1 A Scenario Suggested lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Projection

for the DPRKrsquo

As stressed before the founding hypothesis of this scenario is a

substantial political shift on the Korean peninsula prospecting a clear

ldquoongoing processrdquo ldquoone Korea reunifiedrdquo However in my argumentation

the crucial assumption is not related to dynamics leading to the political

rapprochement among the two Koreas and neighbor countries which are

members of the Six-Party Talks Instead the central point of the first

scenario is to focus on the preparations and nation-building toward the

reconciliation of the two Koreas through multilateral economic negotiations

Namely to what extent can the framework of the Six-Party Talks and Russia

influence on peace and prosperity on the Korean peninsula as the means

of economic approaches

(Figure 2) Economy Reconstruction Project for the DPRK

276 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

Stage I

As shown in Figure 2 this scenario will be developed through four

stages During Stage I in order to resolve the core problem of Pyongyang―

the disposal of all WMD including chemical biological nuclear weapons

and the CTR program will be offered strongly Under the circumstances

North Korea seems to be a proper candidate for the CTR In the case of the

CTR the multilateral approaches owing to the political and financial

burden-sharing among the sponsors are indispensable51) Although the

Northeast Asian region has not been a suitable case for the program the

Six-Party Talks has shown a consensus on the difficult security problems

especially on Pyongyangrsquos military threats Such a partnership among the

participants of the Six-Party Talks which has been cultivated for seven years

of working together produces more positive results in the progress of the

disposal of nuclear weapons during the period of conducting the CTR

program

In addition Moscow will play a key role in the application of the CTR

program for North Korea When it comes to the beginning of the CTR the

program focused intensively on the countries of the former Soviet Union

including Russia Ukraine Georgia Azerbaijan Belarus Uzbekistan and

Kazakhstan As a result 6600 nuclear warheads have been eliminated since

1991 and more that 470 long-range missiles have been destroyed while

over 1800 other missiles strategic bombers have been disassembled52) With

51) Ibid pp1~352) The United States has invested $7 billion in the former Soviet Union since 1991

and is recently investing $1 billion per year There are additional participants―EU

UK Germany and France Ibid pp7~8

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 277

such an impressive precedent Russia is able to provide a workable solution

during the process of Pyongyangrsquos cooperative threat reduction The most

impressive strength of the first stage is provided that North Korea and the

five members of the Six-Party talks collectively pursue the CTR program the

following economic incentives will be offered for the reconstruction of

North Korea 1) a reward of nuclear withdrawal and 2) the reuse of

resources previously used in the Northrsquos nuclear program

In relation to CTR with application to the case of North Korea it possible

to argue that Russia ndash mindful of the CTR program provided by the US in

the aftermath of the collapse of the Soviet Empire ndash could potentially reuse

the rationale behind the above-mentioned mass destruction dismantlement

program in order to materially help North Korea to eliminate these kinds of

armaments as well as to boost a more comprehensive trust-building process

in the direction of Pyongyang increasing Russian influence over the North

and the overall region

Stage II

During the Stage II the expected economic incentives offered from the

implementation of the CTR project will be connected to the establishment of

a factual organization―lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Project for the DPRKrsquo

Continuously the international community should remain concerned about a

steep decline of the North Korean economy which in the past caused the

most destructive famines of the 20th century As many as one million

people who represent about five percent of the North Korean population

perished in the mid-1990s as a result53) Therefore the members of the

Six-Party Talks should pursue Pyongyangrsquos economic reforms and

278 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

reconstruction simultaneously since the countries regard economic inability

of Kim Jung Un to be one of the causes for using the military threats54)

Therefore it would provide a vital opportunity to bring changes in North

Korea if an organization which focuses on the economic benefits is

founded For this purpose this study recommends the establishment of

lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Project for the DPRKrsquo within the framework of the

Six-Party Talks The aspiration for the DPRK project is based on the

September 2005 Joint Statement and the February 2007 Joint Statement of

the Six-Party Talks The September Statement encouraged the economic

cooperation in the areas of energy trade and investment within the

Six-Party Talks framework55) Also in the February 2007 Joint Statement the

six players promised humanitarian assistance to North Korea and

established an Economy and Energy Cooperation Working Group56)

Although such agreements to boost the North Korean economy did not

53) Haggard Stephan and Noland Marcus ldquoA Security and Peace for Northeast Asia

The Economic Dimensionrdquo Peterson Institute for International Economics Policy

Brief No PB08-4 (April 2008) p2 54) In 2000 North Korea tried ldquomarketization from belowrdquo in the areas of local

organs government offices and military units with the recommendation of the

international community Ibid p255) See Join Statement of the Fourth Round of the Six-Party Talks in Beijing (19

September 2005)

lthttpwwwmofatgokrwebmodulehtsboardhbdhbdreadjsptypeID=6ampboardid=

247ampseqno=293918ampc=TITLEampt=amppagenum=2amptableName=TYPE_DATABOARDamppc=

ampdc=ampwc=amplu=ampvu=ampiu=ampdu=gt56) See Initial Actions for the Implementation of the Joint Statement (13 February 2007)

lthttpwwwmofatgokrwebmodulehtsboardhbdhbdreadjsptypeID=6ampboardid=

247ampseqno=293924ampc=TITLEampt=amppagenum=3amptableName=TYPE_DATABOARDamppc=amp

dc=ampwc=amplu=ampvu=ampiu=ampdu=gt

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 279

produce output in reality the international concerns seemed to have

reached a consensus relating to the ideas of lsquoEconomic Reconstruction

Project for DPRKrsquo introduced for the Stage II

Stage III

The following study on the similar subject reflects such international

concerns in a pragmatic way lsquopipeline gas introduction to the Korean

peninsularsquo57) In the Stage III as a long-term scenario to rehabilitate the

DPRKrsquos economy the idea of lsquopipeline gas projectrsquo introduced by Paik

(2005) will be applied Within the Six-Party Talks framework energy

assistance is another integral theme which is seen as important area to

resolve the nuclear problem on the Korean peninsula What is more such

energy supply options for DPRK generated from the gas pipeline project can

be functioned as a versatile negotiation tool combining the geopolitical and

economic reality on the Six-Party Talks table

In fact one well-established energy development organization―KEDO―

already exists The mission of KEDO is to implement the Agreed Framework

between the US and DPRK on the assumption that Pyongyang agreed to

freeze and ultimately dismantle its breathing nuclear program58) Unfortunately

the KEDO led project failed due to the North Korean distrust towards KEDO

due to the ailing relationship between Washington and Pyongyang caused

by the North Korean military threats and the failure to meet the agreed

57) Keun-Wook Paik ldquoPipeline Gas Introduction to the Korean Peninsulardquo Korea

Foundation Project lsquoEnergy and Environmental Cooperation in the Korea Peninsula

(2005)58) Baker et al opcit pp135~138

280 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

provisions59) Unlike the KEDO projects the introduction of the long

distance gas pipeline passing through the DPRK territory will involve the

two Koreas and Russia In particular intended for Pyongyang the pipeline

gas would provide energy to power many major cities in the DPRK

assuming that a 15 bcm60) natural gas would be allocated to the North as

a transit fees Also South Korea can provide additional support to prevent

the collapse of the North Korean economy61) In addition further funding

can be allocated for the CTR programs which will intensify the effort to

support rebuilding of the North Korean economy

Other than the economic merit Moscow is well positioned in this

pipeline project since the major Russian company Gazprom which is the

largest extractor of natural gas in the world has outstanding options to

promote the project from all the shareholders For this reason the role of

Russia should be given more weight in the third stage

In terms of the Economy Reconstruction Project for the DPRK this study

will follow the main idea of the paper Pipeline Gas Introduction to the

Korean Peninsula by Paik In his in-depth study Paik suggested lsquothe

Proposed Greater Circular Pipeline in Northeast Asiarsquo As shown in Figure 3

the Korean peninsula is ideally located to have pivotal benefits from the

59) There are two main conditions 1) KEDO finances and constructs two

proliferation-resistant light-water reactors(LWR) of the Korean Standard Nuclear

Power Plant in the DPRK and 2) KEDO provides DPRK with an alternative source

of energy for heating and electricity until the first of the two reactors is

completed lthttpwwwkedoorgap_mainaspgt 60) 30bcm is an amount which can handle gas over 30 years Baker et al opcit

p10161) Ibid pp81~82

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 281

Source Paik (2005) p41

Russian oil and gas pipeline infrastructure In the case that the gas pipeline

scenario is applied in reality as a useful alternative for the settlement of the

current North Korean nuclear crisis this project will provide significant

contribution to in promoting energy cooperation between Russia and the

Two Koreas

Stage Ⅳ

In the final stage a consensus and convention to justify this project

within the Six-Party Talks framework should be guaranteed This is necessary

to avoid the inevitable problem of incompatibility between the laws and

regulations among the six players and different investment environment

(Figure 3) Map The Proposed Greater Pipeline in Northeast Asia

282 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

The Six Party Talks Russia

Stage

bull Providing a Negotiation Tool (the

CTR Program)

bull Initiating North Korea into Russian

precedents of the CTR program

Stage

bull Invoking international concerns about

NKrsquos economy reconstruction

bull Implementing the project based on

the Agreements

bull Supporting this project actively

Stage

bull Creating conventions to recognize the

gas pipeline project with six players

bull Participating in the gas pipeline project

actively persuading Gazprom

Stage

Ⅳ Building the consensus and trust of the Six-Party Talks members

2 Strength and Limitation of the Scenario

Based on the scenario introduced above the expected roles of Russia and

the members of the Six-Party Talks is as follows

(Table 2) Expected Roles of Russia and the Six-Party Talks in the Scenario

In short the main feature of lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Project for the

DPRKrsquo is a product of a multilateral economic diplomacy In general such

a multilateral economic approach has an unavoidable drawback in that such

a pragmatic diplomacy cannot move ahead regardless of the difficult security

concern of the Korean peninsula In particular I recognize that an increased

Russian role on a unified Korean peninsula would increase the tensions

among the main regional actors

However the strength of this scenario is combining security and

economic issues together to offer a comprehensive resolution concerning the

main threat that would inhibit inter-Korean rapprochement that is an

unchanged provocative posture of North Korea vis-agrave-vis its security needs

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 283

In other words the CTR program for Pyongyangrsquos WMD can be a suitable

alternative to prevent the North Korean military actions In addition the

economic rewards and investment for the DPRK during the negotiation

based on the gas pipeline project would enable advancement the North

Korean economy which in turn will have a positive effect on a long-term

solution such as the reconciliation between the two Koreas Furthermore if

an economic reconciliation can be reached with the help of the new actor

lsquoRussiarsquo this could become a plausible alternative reunification strategy of

the Korean peninsula Such a new consideration will justify the economic

and pragmatic approaches in the framework of the Six-Party talks

Ⅴ Conclusion

Time has changed However the issues surrounding the Korean

peninsula where interests of major powers are contested still display a

unique and multifaceted pattern on the international political order The

dilemma of the peninsula is the coexistence of lsquoinsecurityrsquo and lsquoprosperityrsquo

which is an inevitable by-product caused by the geopolitical situation

Despite such a reality smarter alternatives to achieve lsquopeacersquo and

lsquoprosperityrsquo on the Korean peninsula in the 21st century should be created

The option available currently is lsquothe Six-Party Talksrsquo This study has

suggested that such a multilateral talk offers a plausible framework to

resolve the issues surrounding the Korean peninsula beyond the North

Korean nuclear crisis Obviously the complex diplomatic calculations of the

284 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

six players are the key limitation of this framework but the talks seems

to be worthy as it is acting as a creditable model of the multilateral

negotiations In particular this study dealt with the role of Russia because

when it comes to the process of the Six-Party Talks and inter-relations with

the two Koreas to date Moscowrsquos contribution on the Six-Party Talks

brought positive alternatives which rival the contributions of Washington

and Beijing Based on such a development a scenario under which Russia

can play a positive role in creating a new and a long-term resolution to the

issues of the Korean peninsula can be postulated

However there are limitations which this study cannot escape Firstly as

the worst case scenario if the second Korean War breaks out suddenly the

reality of the multilateral talks and the scenario introduced above may

presumably have no bearing Secondly due to unexpected internal and

external conditions of Russia such as instability of the regime or global

economy crisis the role of Russia can fluctuate Thirdly if the others actors

especially in the US and China wants to maintain strong influences a

lsquopower gamersquo might break out the result of which might have negative

effects Finally the methodology of this research is a problem-solving

approach which was connected to the current policy analysis based on

comprehensive study of the primary sources As a result it is impossible to

deliver obvious and exact facts and information in terms of the Six-Party

Talks which is still in progress

Nonetheless the aim of this study was to offer an alternative to the

current difficult though hypothetical As a result this study was able to lead

a conclusion the Six-Party Talks and the role of Moscow are able to be a

persuasive and plausible alternative for a long-term solution on the Korean

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 285

peninsula The importance of the Six-Party Talks the inter-relations between

Russia and the two Koreas and a scenario suggested supported the

conclusion

All in all the increased and positive Russian involvement toward the two

Koreas can be a stepping-stone for a dialogue and cooperation for peace

and prosperity on the Korean peninsula Furthermore the full use of the

Six-Party Talks will ultimately contribute to security of the Northeast Asian

region beyond the North Korean nuclear crisis

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286 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

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of Korean Unification Studies Vol 24 No 2 (2015)

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Relations of the Asia-Pacific Vol No 6 (2006)

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Zhebin Alexander ldquoRussiarsquos Efforts for Reconciliation and Peace in Koreardquo A paper

for the 2nd World Congress of Korean Studies Pyongyang (August 2004)

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25 2015

httpkoreajoongangdailyjoinscomnewsarticleArticleaspxaid=3009631

Williams Carol J ldquoNorth Korea Read to Resume Six-Party Nuclear Talks Russia

Reportsrdquo Los Angeles Times November 12 2014

CCTV ldquoPutin Urges Unconditional Resumption of Six-Party Talksrdquo November 13 2013

Barjoria Jayshree and Xu Beina ldquoThe Six Party Talks on North Korearsquos Nuclear

Programrdquo Council on foreign Relations September 2013

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energy needsrdquo November 2007

President of Russia ldquoPress Statement Following Russian-Korean Talksrdquo November

2013

Ministry of Foreign Affairs Republic of Korea

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m_20_20_10amptabmenu=t_2gt

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lthttpblogkeiaorg201502north-korea-looking-abroadgt

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 289

박지선(PARK JISUN )

영국 런던대 킹스 칼리지(Kingrsquos College London) 국제분쟁학 석사 학위를 취득하고 현재 동

대학원 전략학 박사과정에 있다 주요 연구실적으로 ldquoConstructivist Understandings of North

Korearsquos Ballistic Missile Programme National Security Policy Based on North Korearsquos Strategic

Culturerdquo(2014) 985172한반도 신뢰프로세스를 통한 비핵국가 한국의 핵 안보전략 제2차 핵시대를

맞이하여985173(2013 공저) 985172클라우제비츠의 전쟁이론으로 본 냉전 이후 북한의 핵미사일 전략

에 관한 연구985173(2010 공저) 등이 있다

6자회담 틀 내에서 한반도 중장기 평화번영을 위한 러시아의

lsquo숙련된 중재자(New Seasoned Facilitator)rsquo 역할

박지선 (런던대 킹스 칼리지)

국문요약

본 논문은 한반도의 중장기 평화번영 방안을 위해 교착상태에 빠진 6자회담의 틀 안

에서 러시아의 역할에 대한 새로운 학문적 접근을 보여주고자 한다 본 논문에서는 북한

핵무기 개발 프로그램의 중단이라는 공동의 목적을 달성하기 위해 설립된 6자회담의 주

요 행위자들의 정치적middot전략적 이해관계를 경제적 영역으로 확대하면서 보다 실용적인

한반도 문제 해결 방안을 제시하고 있다 특히 lsquo숙련된 중재자(New Seasoned Facilitator)rsquo

로서의 러시아의 역할에 대해 심도 있게 고찰하면서 6자회담 틀에서 가능한 하나의 시나

리오를 실험적으로 제안하고 있다 본 논문의 주요 내용은 1) 6자회담의 연대기적 분석

2)한반도를 둘러싼 6자회담 주요 국가들의 이해관계 분석 3) 숙련된 중재자로서의 러

시아의 역할을 고찰 4) 실용적이고 실행 가능한 경제협력 방안이 될 한반도 평화정착을

위한 북한경제재건 프로젝트의 시나리오 등이다

주제어 6자회담 러시아 외교정책 북한 중재자 한반도 중middot장기 번영

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Page 10: Russia as a New Seasoned Facilitator in Making Medium and …s-space.snu.ac.kr/bitstream/10371/95184/1/07 박지선.pdf · 2020. 6. 4. · Russia as a ‘New Seasoned Facilitator’

256 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

(Figure 1) Chronological Steps of ldquoThe Six-Party Talksrdquo

Unfortunately by failing to keep pledges both Washington and

Pyongyang caused the following outcomes 1) providing official reasons for

continuous nuclear development program 2) weakening chances of the

bilateral talks between the US and the DPRK due to growing distrust and

3) accelerating security threats on the Northeast Asian region

These outcomes resulted from the first North Korean nuclear crisis which

eventually led to the Six-Party Talks Shortly thereafter the second North

Korean nuclear crisis was developed by the side-effects of the first nuclear

crisis The ldquothree-party talksrdquo among the US China and North Korea began

in April 2003 to discuss the second crisis when Pyongyang withdrew from

the NPT (Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty) in January 2003 However the

meeting was not enough to deal with the crisis because more complicated

lsquopower gamesrsquo beyond the North Korean nuclear crisis was evident From

this perspective the other regional players ndash Russia Japan and South Korea

- pushed cooperation to turn the ldquoThree-Party Talksrdquo into the ldquoSix-Party

Talksrdquo12) stressing the need to deal with the crisis on the Korean peninsula

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 257

through a new regional framework This is the origin of the lsquoSix-Party Talksrsquo

covering comprehensive problems generated from North Korearsquos nuclear

issue

Ⅲ Critical Analysis of the Six-Party Talks

Demonstrating Different Interests of Six Players

The obvious goal of the Six-Party talks is the denuclearization of the

Korean peninsula13) However there is what can be dubbed as lsquogrand

agendarsquo to resolve the some of the unsettled regional issues even though it

can arguable depending on respective issues By analyzing three major

agreements which resulted from the Six-Party Talks it is possible to contain

the contents of a lsquogrand agendarsquo They include 1) the September 19 Joint

Agreement in 2005 2) the February13 Agreement in 2007 and 3) the

October 3 Agreement in 200814) In particular in the case of lsquoInitial Actions

for Implementation of the Joint Statementrsquo meetings of five Working Groups

12) Pang Zhongying ldquoThe Six-Party Process Regional Security Mechanisms and

China-US Cooperation Toward a Regional Security Mechanism for a New

Northeast Asiardquo Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies (March 2009) pp1~413) In the Second-Phased actions for the implementation of the Joint Statement of 19

September 2005 the goal of the Six-Party Talks clarified as follows the first goal

is the verifiable denuclearization of the Korean peninsula in a peace manner14) Official names of the three agreements are 1) Join Statement of the Fourth Round

of the Six-Party Talks (Beijing 19 September 2005) 2) Initial Actions for the

Implementation of the Joint Statement (13 February 2007) and 3) Second-Phase

Actions for the Implementation of the Joint Statement (3 October 2007)

258 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

(WG) held in 200715) The main purpose is to carry out the initial actions

and to achieve the purpose of full implementation of the Joint Statement

The details are as follows

1 Denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula

2 Normalization of US-DPRK Relations

3 Normalization of Japan-DPRK Relations

4 Economic and Energy Cooperation

5 Northeast Asia Peace and Security Mechanism

As it has been seen the follow-up working groups of the Six-Party

Talks dealt with fairly broad subjects beyond the prevention of Pyongyangrsquos

high-tech military threats In this regard Zhongying (2009) states ldquothe

Six-Party Talks has mutually advocated some crucial goalsrdquo16) 1) the

denuclearization of the Korean peninsula 2) the ending the Korean

War with a peace treaty and 3) building a regional mechanism for

peace-building and prosperity From this viewpoint even if the main task of

the Six-Party Talks denuclearized the Korean Peninsula failed due to the

unexpected internal or external factors of the six participants the other

options like 2) and 3) which Zhongying suggested might become another

key agenda for the six parties Thus it is important to recognize the value

of such all-inclusive approach to resolve the difficult regional issues through

the Six-Party Talks rather than focusing on the North Korean nuclear threats

alone

15) Diplomatic White Paper of the Republic of Korea (2008) pp32~3616) Pang Zhongying ldquoThe Six-Party Process Regional Security Mechanisms and

China-US Cooperation Toward a Regional Security Mechanism for a New

Northeast Asiardquo Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies (March 2009) p4

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 259

Taking the importance as a lsquogrand agendarsquo into consideration it is

important to analyze distinctive features of the process of the Six-Party

Talks and this will lead to the identification of the main limitations of the

Six-Party Talks Such limitations will support the following argument

When the range of the Six-Party Talksrsquo agenda is extended to include

comprehensive and pragmatic agenda for medium and long-term resolutions

of the issues of the Korean peninsula this multilateral talks can produce

more positive outcomes while embracing the regional interests of the six

nations More crucially ipso facto the suggestion to create more

comprehensive multilateral framework will enable the following creative and

new approaches 1) the emergence of a lsquoNew Actorrsquo Russia instead of the

main actors such as the US and China within the sixth round of the Six-Party

Talks and 2) the strengthening of the economic approach concentrated on

prosperity rather than intensive political and military negotiation

Above all the most important characteristic of the Six-Party Talks is that

the talks necessitate complicated calculations to balance all membersrsquo

interests After the first talks in 2003 the participating members began to

involve in dynamic diplomatic maneuvers based on each otherrsquos own

domestic issues national interests and interpretations of historical analogies

Owing to these diverse considerations regardless of the main challenge of

the Six-Party Talks framework to stop the North Korean nuclear program

many other challenges have been identified The Six Parties were aroused

by the internal and external interests like the wide-ranging topics of five

Working Groups discussions after February 13 Agreement in 200717)

17) Diplomatic White Paper of the Republic of Korea (2008) pp32~36

260 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

1 Critical Analysis on Six Partiesrsquo Responses after the

Adoption of United Nations Security Council Resolution

1718 (2006)

As an important case the different responses by the each of Six Party

participants on the Security Council resolution 171818) is a good example of

demonstrating complicated strategic calculations of everyone involved After

a nuclear ballistic missile test in October 2006 the Security Council

condemned the test and unanimously adopted resolution 1718 in 14 October

2006 calling for an immediate return to the Six-Party Talks19) The resolution

called for based on Chapter 7 of the United Nations Charter excluding

automatic military enforcement of its demands under the Charterrsquos Article 4

120) the members of the UN prohibit a range of goods from entering or

leaving the DPRK and imposed an asset freeze and travel ban on persons

in terms of the nuclear weapon program21)

In reaction to the resolution the six players showed different reactions

In this paper the responses of six players are largely divided into three

18) On 14 October 2006 after the nuclear ballistic missile test of Pyongyang the UN

Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 1718 condemning the nuclear test 19) Security Council Resolution 1718(2006)

lthttpdaccessddsunorgdocUNDOCGENN0657207PDFN0657207pdfOpen

Elementgt 20) According to the Charterrsquos Article 41 the Security Council decided what measures

not involving the use of armed force are to be employed to the DPRK These

include complete or partial interruption of economic relations and of rail sea air

postal telegraphic radio and other means of communication and the severance

of diplomatic relations 21) UN Security Council Resolution 1718 (2006)

lthttpwwwunorggasearchview_docaspsymbol=SRES171820(2006)gt

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 261

groups Group (Ⅰ) US Japan South Korea Group (Ⅱ) China Russia and

Group (Ⅲ) North Korea Before analyzing the United Nations Security

Council Resolution 1718 one important thesis in this case study is that the

criteria of the grouping stated above is focused on only the United Nations

Security Council Resolution 1718 rather than including all resolutions of

United Nations22) This is because eight UN resolutions related to North

Korearsquos nuclear issue from 1993 to 2013 demonstrate different politico-strategic

outcomes In this regard in the Table (1) the distinctive responses of the

three groups are categorized In brief this table illustrates the complexity of

the Six-Party Talks depending on politico-strategic relations while emphasizing

the importance of a multilateral approach for a long-term solution on the

Korean peninsula

22) These are a list of Unite Nations Council Resolutions related to the North Korean

nuclear issues from 1993 to 2013

bull United Nations Security Council Resolution 825(1993)

bull United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540 (2004)

bull United Nations Security Council Resolution 1695(2006)

bull United Nations Security Council Resolution 1718 (2006)

bull United Nations Security Council Resolution 1874 (2009)

bull United Nations Security Council Resolution 1887 (2009)

bull United Nations Security Council Resolution 2087(2013)

bull United Nations Security Council Resolution 2094 (2013)

262 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

Nuclear Capability (DPRK)

Resolution1718

Comeback of the Six-Party Talks

Military Enforcement

to DPRK

Sanctions against DPRK

The US

(Group Ⅰ)

Japan

(Group Ⅰ)

S Korea

(Group Ⅰ)ⅹ ⅹ

China

(Group Ⅱ)

ⅹ ⅹ

Russia

(Group Ⅱ)ⅹ ⅹ ⅹ

N Korea

(Group Ⅲ)

ⅹ ⅹ ⅹ

(Table 1) Critical Analysis on Six Partiesrsquo Responses after the Adoption of

United Nations Security Council Resolution 1718

strong support support partly support ⅹ objection

Group(Ⅰ) US Japan and Korea

In the case of the first Group it rallied behind Washington whose

stubborn reaction against Pyongyang led to the adoption of the UN Security

Council Resolution 171823) John Bolton who was the former US Ambassador

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 263

to the UN stated ldquoa nuclear test in 2006 was the gravest threat to international

peace and securityrdquo During a Security Council meeting he maintained that

the resolution 1718 should impose more strict demands complementing the

Security Resolution 1695 which is regarded as a failure As a result the US

and Japan enthusiastically bolstered the resolution 1718 welcoming the

contents of strengthened sanctions compared with the resolution 169524) On

the surface South Korea - which sustained considerably close relationship

with the US - seemed to unwillingly follow the resolution emphasizing that

the problem should be solved under a peaceful and diplomatic approach

In fact a division was recognizable within this group While the US and

Japan stuck together in unity in purpose and actions 25) against the irrational

behaviors of North Korea for doing missile tests the South Korean

government was committed to a two-pronged policy Indeed the grand

strategy of the South Korean government was to pursue the following two

aims the prevention of Pyongyang provocations and reconciliation of the

two Koreas In other words although all three maintained close

cooperation they all had slightly different interests and conditions

23) UN Security Council meeting on 9 October 2006

lthttpwwwunorgNewsPressdocs2006sc8853dochtmgt24) The main subjects of the Security Council Resolution 1695 are 1) stopping games

of lsquobrinkmanshiprsquo 2) complying with Security Council demands 3) returning to the

Six-Party Talks and 4) implementing terms of the joint statement for the last round

of the talks See United Nations Security Council Resolution 1695 (2006)25) The expectations of Washington and Tokyo from the Six-Party Talks are1) the

withdrawal of Nuclear weapons first then negotiations afterwards and 2) the

establishment of a democratic government similar to the US standards

264 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

Group (Ⅱ) China Russia

In the case of the group two China and Russia who have been close

supporters of North Korea for more than an half century demonstrated

similar reactions as the members of group one did While they agreed on

the general direction of the resolution each had a slightly different view on

the extension of the contents In the case of China not only Beijing was

the main actor in initiating the Six-Party Talks but also a very close friend

to North Korea 26) However China chose to support the sanctions against

Pyongyang under the resolution 1718 Meanwhile Russia had a different

view In an urgent meeting of the UN Security Council unlike China Russia

did not support such stringent sanctions against Pyongyang although

Moscow agreed on condemning the North Korean rocket launch Even if

in the end both Beijing and Moscow supported the resolution 1718 in

general it was an occasion when the two countries showed different

approach toward Pyongyang during the adoption process of the resolution27)

Group(Ⅲ) North Korea

Contrarily the reaction of the third group North Korea was fairly

obvious against the Security Council Resolution Park Gilyon North Korearsquos

Ambassador to UN said that Pyongyang rejects the resolution 1718 since the

resolution is a coercive declaration by a ldquogangster-likerdquo Security Council28)

26) See Security Council Meeting on 9 October 2006

lthttpwwwunorgNewsPressdocs2006sc8853dochtmgt27) See Security Council Meeting on 9 October 2006

lthttpwwwunorgNewsPressdocs2006sc8853dochtmgt28) See Security Council meeting on 9 October 2006

lthttpwwwunorgNewsPressdocs2006sc8853dochtmgt

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 265

Nevertheless the main limitation of the talks still remains without

creative alternatives to disentangle intricate interests of the participants of

the Six-Party Talks no feasible output can be expected from such a

multilateral meeting Thus in order to overcome the above-mentioned

limitations of the Six-Party Talks I suggest an approach which emphasizes

the following points 1) the emergence of a lsquonew experienced facilitatorrsquo

instead of previous main actors to encourage more pragmatic approaches

and 2) the combination of political and economic tools especially in

highlighting the economic approaches Consequently this paper will focus

on Russiarsquos role as a New Seasoned Facilitator since Russia can offer new

possibilities for a long-term resolution of the issues on the Korean

peninsula

2 Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo for Dealing with

Issues on the Korean Peninsula

In this part the role of Russia will be scrutinized as a possible new

strong facilitator who might offer long-term solutions to the problems on the

Korean peninsula in the 21st century Since most of the studies concerning

cooperation on the Korean peninsula tend to focus mainly on the role

played by the US and China I argue that this paper may provide an

innovative contribution to the study of the ldquoSix-Party Talksrdquo stressing

Russiarsquos new role vis-agrave-vis the Korean peninsula In my view indeed

Russiarsquos role on the Korean peninsula progressively emerged in recent years

shaping the image of ldquofacilitatorrdquo interested in persuading North Korea to

seek an alternative to the nuclear weapons program and promote energy

266 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

cooperation in the region which might hasten possibility of peace on the

Korean peninsula

According to Vorontsov (2007) the basic positions of Moscow for the

Six-Party Talks are as follows 1) advocating the strict inspection of NPT and

the denuclearized Korean peninsula 2) persisting peaceful negotiation

among the six players and 3) promoting the inter-Korean dialogues29) In

contrast to the hard-line stance of White House30) to eliminate all factors

related to North Korean nuclear program in terms of the Korean issues the

current Russian government seems to strive for the achievement of the goal

2) and 3) When it comes to the geostrategic situations the Korean issues

have recently become one of the major considerations for Moscow because

the US China and Japan have gradually played important roles on the

issues of Korean peninsula who are all Russiarsquos direct neighbors31)

Namely owing to the invisible lsquoPower Racersquo among the major powers

Russia is increasingly interested in the issues surrounding the Korean

peninsula

In the same way unlike the general expectations on the global stage the

Russian role within the multilateral talks may have substantial influences as

well as the other actors have contributed to the meetings In the beginning

29) Alexander Vorontsov ldquoCurrent Russia ndash North Korea Relations Challenges and

Achievementsrdquo Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies (2007) p1730) Still North Korea seems to believe what White House pursues a hard-line policy

toward Pyongyang An unnamed spokesman of Pyongyang stated on 8 May 2009

ldquothe Obama administration for the past 100 dayshelliphellip the hostile policy toward

Pyongyang remains unchangedrdquo

lthttpwwwnytimescom20090509worldasia09koreahtml_r=1ampref=global-homegt31) Georgy Toloraya ldquoRussian Policy in Korea in a time of changerdquo The Korean

Journal of Defense Analysis Vol211 (2009) p69

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 267

stage of the talks some counties had skepticism about Moscowrsquos

participation in the talks because the Four-Party Talks (the US China and

the two Koreas) - except for Moscow - was a general pattern on the

inter-Korean issues32) However Kremlin played an essential role in inviting

Pyongyang in joining the Six-Party Talks because North Korea insisted

Pyongyang would not participate in the 2003 meeting without Russia33)

When it comes to Russian official stance in 2015 Moscow continuously

supports the Six-Party Talks for denuclearization in the Korean peninsula

while Russia does not recognize North Korea as a nuclear state34)

Historically Russia and North Korea have significantly long and

meaningful relations throughout the period of Korearsquos liberation following

Japanese colonization the Korean War and the opening and ending of the

Cold War In particular the two countries enjoyed a very strong cooperative

relationship during the Korean War35) Following the Korean War the

Soviet Union became the main trade partner and a sponsor for the

nation-building of Kim Il-sungrsquo regime Approximately 93 factories and

industrial facilities in North Korea were established under the Russian

technical assistance 36)constructing Pyongyangrsquos heavy-industrial backbon

32) Moscowrsquos absence from the Four-Party Talks proposed by the former President Bill

Clinton and President Kim Young Sam on April 16 1996 demonstrated Russiarsquos

dwindled regional influence in the Korean peninsula Yang et al (2004) p80133) Vorontsov (2007) p2234) ldquoRussian Envoy Discusses Pyongyang tests Thaadrdquo Korea Joongang Daily September

25 2015

lthttpkoreajoongangdailyjoinscomnewsarticleArticleaspxaid=3009631gt35) During the Korean War the Russian pilots contributed to the air defence of

North Korea resulting in the loss of 135 pilots and more than 300 airplanes Ibid

p5

268 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

e37) Such a close alliance between the two communist societies continued

until the collapse of the Soviet Union Unfortunately during the President

Elrsquotsinrsquos administration the Russian policy toward the Korean peninsula

shifted due to the unilateral rapprochement with the ROK as the new

diplomatic approach in the so-called ldquodemocratic romanticismrdquo which called

for greatly pro-Western at the expense of Russiarsquos interests 38) Such

transformed Russian policy seemed to cause a crack in the friendship

between Moscow and Pyongyang

However since the inauguration of Vladimir Putin the Russian political

elites began envisaging new approaches towards the Korean peninsula

Putinrsquos new approach functioned as a breakthrough to reinforce previously

weakening relations between Russia and North Korea As a result a historic

treaty on ldquoFriendshiprdquo between Kremlin and Pyongyang―Good-Neighbourly

Relations and Cooperation―was created in 200039) Currently Kim Jong-Un

regime has mainly concentrated on strengthening trade relations with Kremlin

and both Moscow and Pyongyang have taken positive consensus towards

36) The North Korean nuclear energy facilities were established with the Soviet

technical assistance in 1962 37) Vorontsov (2007) p538) On 27 October 1991 Elrsquotin addressed two main aims fo the Russian Foreign

policy 1) pursuing favourable external conditions for the domestic political and

economic reforms and 2) overcoming the legacy of the Cold war Richard Sakwa

(2008) Russian Politics and Society (London Routledge 2008) pp368~36939) After the treaty of lsquoGood-Neighbourly Relations and Cooperationrsquo the Moscowrsquos

declaration of the DPRK and the Russian Federation was released on 4 August 2001

The DPRK-Russia joint declaration is the advanced version of lsquogood-neighbourliness

and cooperationrsquo signed on 9 February 2000 Since then the two countries have

tried the friendly relations and mutually beneficial cooperation

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 269

enhancing their economic cooperative relationship In 2014 Putinrsquos cabinet

concluded the withdrawal of $10 billion of Pyongyangrsquos $11 billion debt that

had accrued during the Soviet Era40) It seems that Putinrsquos cabinet assumes

that this gesture of goodwill will contribute to the construction of a gas

pipeline covering the Korean peninsula When it comes to both geopolitical

and geo-economics aspects North Korea could have profitable investments

opportunities

All in all such a historic fortification of the inter-relationship between

North Korea and Russia provides diverse chances for the improved role of

Russia in making contributions with the backing of other partners of the

Six-Party Talks Based on this fact it would be possible to focus more on

the possibility of Russiarsquos increased contribution to the talks In fact there

is a strong possibility that Moscow could function as a lsquomediatorrsquo and

lsquofacilitatorrsquo between Pyongyang and the other members of the Six-Party

Talks

There are a number of important cases41) through which Moscow enabled

diplomatic efforts assume the role of a lsquofacilitatorrsquo or lsquomediatorrsquo When it

comes to the bilateral relations between Republic of Korea and Russia the

two nations started nearly at a zero point at first However Kremlin and

Blue House have created new economic science and cultural systems For

example since 1990 the leaders of South Korea and Russia have officially

met 27 times In 2013 President Vladimir Putinrsquos visited to Seoul when the

two nationsrsquo annual bilateral trade exceeded $26 billion42)

40) ldquoNorth Korea Looking Abroadrdquo Korea Economic Institute February 18 2015

lthttpblogkeiaorg201502north-korea-looking-abroadgt41) Vorontsov opcit p17

270 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

In particular in July 2002 Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov visited the two

Koreas respectively to persuade both to return to the negotiating table

which was halted after a naval clash in the West (Yellow) Sea in June 2002

Although the visit was not connected to the Six-Party Talks directly the case

seems to confirm Russiarsquos efforts to assist the improvement of the

inter-Korean relations What is more in terms of the US-DPRK relations

Moscow provided an opportunity for a meeting between the North Korean

Foreign Minister Paek NamSun and the former US Secretary of State Colin

Powell during the ministerial meetings at the ASEAN Regional Forum talks

in Darussalam Brunei in 200243) In short Moscowrsquos effort to carry out

ldquobalancer diplomacyrdquo after Putinrsquos inauguration shows potentials to be a

smart lsquomediatorrsquo within the multilateral negotiation such as the Six-Party

Talks

3 The Russian lsquoNew Realismrsquo Policy Applied in the Korean

Peninsula

Then the questions are to what degree can Russia be engaged in

resolving the inter-Korean issues and what kind of benefit can Russia

expect from the increased involvement with the issues regarding the Korean

peninsula especially in the Six-Party Talks

In the recent years the interest of the Russian politicians and academics

toward the Korean peninsula seems to be soaring As an lsquoactive partrsquo the

42) ldquoRussian Envoy Discusses Pyongyang tests Thaadrdquo Korea Joongang Daily September

25 2015 lthttpkoreajoongangdailyjoinscomnewsarticleArticleaspxaid=3009631gt43) Ibid

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 271

Korean peninsula can be regarded as a region of interest and strategic

importance as the Asian-Pacific region is seen to have increasing economic

implication for Russia due to the lack of involvement by Moscow in the

region of economic prowess44) In particular when Moscow participated in

the Six-Party Talks its approach seems to have strategic bearing toward the

Asia-Pacific region because the region especially the Korean peninsula is

now regarded by Moscow as an area of considerable importance

In fact Russiarsquos burgeoning interests for the Six-Party Talks contemporize

with the inauguration of the Putinrsquos administration Namely Putinrsquos lsquoNew

Realismrsquo based on the pragmatic approach over all Russia policies can be

applied to the evaluation of the Russian intention and purpose toward the

Six-Party Talks On the whole the national motto of the 21st century Russia

is lsquoPragmatismrsquo which also significantly influenced the current Medvedevrsquos

cabinet45) On a meeting of the Security Council in March 2000 the new

Russian lsquoForeign Policy Conceptrsquo was introduced by Ivanov the Russian

Foreign Minister at the time The main concept of the document was lsquomore

realisticrsquo for rebuilding the domestic economy and promoting the Russian

economic interests abroad as it strives to become worldrsquos tenth biggest

economy in the 21st century46) Hence Moscowrsquos foreign policy influenced

44) Natasha Kuhrt Russian Policy towards China and Japan The Elrsquotsin and Putin

periods (New York Rutledge 2007) pp 54~5645) In January 2002 the former President Putin had an interview with a Polish

Newspaper and Polish TVP Channel In the interview he stated that lsquoPragmatismrsquo

as a key means for the economic cooperation with other nations ldquoWe began this

talk by pointing out that the soundest approachhellip on the basis of pragmatism

and pragmatic interest in each otherrdquo

lthttpwwwkremlinruengtextspeeches200201150001_type82916_147392shtmlgt46) Sakwa(2008) pp371~391

272 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

by such realistic and pragmatic approaches seems to have valid bearing for

both the Six-Party Talks and the inter-Korean dialogues especially when the

economic aspects are addressed

In essence what are the specific interests Moscow might have on the

Korean peninsula The answer to this question is the more the Korean

military threats are slackened the more Russiarsquos security and economic

interests are amplified In terms of this argument Meyer (2005) identified

the reasons for the Russian Federationrsquos participation in the multilateral

meeting He indicated that by supporting reconciliation between DPRK and

ROK Russia can achieve the following objectives 1) the symbolic objective

to be recognized as a permanent major power on the global stage 2) the

military objective to dissuade Pyongyang from pursuing nuclear weapons

program not to weaken the global commitment for NPT and 3) the

economic objective to establish favorable conditions for the development of

a trilateral economic cooperation among Russia and the two Koreas47)

In relation to the third objective when Putin was the president he had

strong interests toward the Korean peninsula as there were potentially

lucrative economic opportunities available Such projects included connecting

the inter-Korean railroad to the Trans-Siberian railroad and exporting natural

gas from the Kovyktinskoe field in Irkutsk to the Korean peninsula through

China48)

In fact it can be concluded that the third reason which Meyer identified

is the main objective of Russiarsquos participation in the Sic-Party talks therefore

47) Peggy Falkenhein Meyer ldquoRussia Interests and Objectives on the Korean Peninsulardquo

International Journal of Korean Studies (FallWinter 2005) Vol 4 No 2 pp 145~14748) Ibid pp148~154

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 273

it could be assumed the promotion of economic issues can be conceived

and used as a tool to make a breakthrough to overcome the sluggish

multifaceted talks dealing with North Korea high-technology fears More

specifically I argue that the natural gas projects can dramatically increase

Russiarsquos penetration on the Korean peninsula and promote ndash in turn -

Moscowrsquos effort to bring positive changes to the talks From this perspective

Russian economic leverage might become a cornerstone for bringing peace

in the Korean peninsula In the following part I will present a possible

scenario in which this assumption might be substantially developed

Ⅳ A New Role of Russia on the Korean Peninsula

Figure 2 as shown below portrays a possible scenario of cooperation on

the Korean peninsula which emphasizes the following aspects 1) the

importance of the Six-Party Talks for the future of cooperation on the

Korean peninsula in the 21st century and 2) the suggestion of new

alternatives which focus on Russia and its economic involvement to boost

multilateral talks In building-up the scenario the key presumption is that

economic cooperation can create a ldquofunctional leveragerdquo in a political

scenario characterized by a substantial political rapprochement due to the

enforcement of a legally binding treaty (ie a Peace Treaty that could officially

end the Korean War) and prepare a definitive process of nation-building

among the two Koreas This ldquofunctional leveragerdquo is based on the role

played by CTR (Cooperative Threat Reduction) program49) to eliminate all

274 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

military threats―nuclear chemical biological and missiles threat from North

Korea In principle the objective of CTR is to reduce the dangers created

by nuclear chemical or biological weapons or their delivery vehicles The

actors of the CTR are consisted of a host who eradicates secures or

converts the WMD (Weapons of Mass Destruction) programs while the

other partners supporting such efforts50)

The most attractive function of the CTR for the following scenario is that

the partners provide money technology equipment and training to the host

nation In case that the six participants select the option during the process

of the WMD removal the main problems such methods and incentives in

terms of the North Korean nuclear withdrawal will be solved naturally

Furthermore the main argument to highlight the economic approaches with

flexible funds produced by rewards of the CTR programs can be persuaded

more convincingly Therefore the following section will justify this

alternative based on the postulation mentioned above―the application of

the CTR in the process of the Six-Party Talks

49) The CTR (or sometimes called for lsquoNunn-Lugarrsquo) programme provides funding

and expertise for the states in the former Soviet Unions including Russia Ukraine

Georgia Azerbaijan Belarus Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan under disarmament

treaties lthttpnunn-lugarcomindexshtmlgt50) Joel S Wit Wolfsthal Jon and Oh Choong-suk (2005) ldquoThe Six Party Talks and

Beyond Cooperative Threat Reduction and North Koreardquo A Report of the CSIS

International Security Program Dec (Washington DC CSIS) pp7~8

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 275

1 A Scenario Suggested lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Projection

for the DPRKrsquo

As stressed before the founding hypothesis of this scenario is a

substantial political shift on the Korean peninsula prospecting a clear

ldquoongoing processrdquo ldquoone Korea reunifiedrdquo However in my argumentation

the crucial assumption is not related to dynamics leading to the political

rapprochement among the two Koreas and neighbor countries which are

members of the Six-Party Talks Instead the central point of the first

scenario is to focus on the preparations and nation-building toward the

reconciliation of the two Koreas through multilateral economic negotiations

Namely to what extent can the framework of the Six-Party Talks and Russia

influence on peace and prosperity on the Korean peninsula as the means

of economic approaches

(Figure 2) Economy Reconstruction Project for the DPRK

276 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

Stage I

As shown in Figure 2 this scenario will be developed through four

stages During Stage I in order to resolve the core problem of Pyongyang―

the disposal of all WMD including chemical biological nuclear weapons

and the CTR program will be offered strongly Under the circumstances

North Korea seems to be a proper candidate for the CTR In the case of the

CTR the multilateral approaches owing to the political and financial

burden-sharing among the sponsors are indispensable51) Although the

Northeast Asian region has not been a suitable case for the program the

Six-Party Talks has shown a consensus on the difficult security problems

especially on Pyongyangrsquos military threats Such a partnership among the

participants of the Six-Party Talks which has been cultivated for seven years

of working together produces more positive results in the progress of the

disposal of nuclear weapons during the period of conducting the CTR

program

In addition Moscow will play a key role in the application of the CTR

program for North Korea When it comes to the beginning of the CTR the

program focused intensively on the countries of the former Soviet Union

including Russia Ukraine Georgia Azerbaijan Belarus Uzbekistan and

Kazakhstan As a result 6600 nuclear warheads have been eliminated since

1991 and more that 470 long-range missiles have been destroyed while

over 1800 other missiles strategic bombers have been disassembled52) With

51) Ibid pp1~352) The United States has invested $7 billion in the former Soviet Union since 1991

and is recently investing $1 billion per year There are additional participants―EU

UK Germany and France Ibid pp7~8

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 277

such an impressive precedent Russia is able to provide a workable solution

during the process of Pyongyangrsquos cooperative threat reduction The most

impressive strength of the first stage is provided that North Korea and the

five members of the Six-Party talks collectively pursue the CTR program the

following economic incentives will be offered for the reconstruction of

North Korea 1) a reward of nuclear withdrawal and 2) the reuse of

resources previously used in the Northrsquos nuclear program

In relation to CTR with application to the case of North Korea it possible

to argue that Russia ndash mindful of the CTR program provided by the US in

the aftermath of the collapse of the Soviet Empire ndash could potentially reuse

the rationale behind the above-mentioned mass destruction dismantlement

program in order to materially help North Korea to eliminate these kinds of

armaments as well as to boost a more comprehensive trust-building process

in the direction of Pyongyang increasing Russian influence over the North

and the overall region

Stage II

During the Stage II the expected economic incentives offered from the

implementation of the CTR project will be connected to the establishment of

a factual organization―lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Project for the DPRKrsquo

Continuously the international community should remain concerned about a

steep decline of the North Korean economy which in the past caused the

most destructive famines of the 20th century As many as one million

people who represent about five percent of the North Korean population

perished in the mid-1990s as a result53) Therefore the members of the

Six-Party Talks should pursue Pyongyangrsquos economic reforms and

278 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

reconstruction simultaneously since the countries regard economic inability

of Kim Jung Un to be one of the causes for using the military threats54)

Therefore it would provide a vital opportunity to bring changes in North

Korea if an organization which focuses on the economic benefits is

founded For this purpose this study recommends the establishment of

lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Project for the DPRKrsquo within the framework of the

Six-Party Talks The aspiration for the DPRK project is based on the

September 2005 Joint Statement and the February 2007 Joint Statement of

the Six-Party Talks The September Statement encouraged the economic

cooperation in the areas of energy trade and investment within the

Six-Party Talks framework55) Also in the February 2007 Joint Statement the

six players promised humanitarian assistance to North Korea and

established an Economy and Energy Cooperation Working Group56)

Although such agreements to boost the North Korean economy did not

53) Haggard Stephan and Noland Marcus ldquoA Security and Peace for Northeast Asia

The Economic Dimensionrdquo Peterson Institute for International Economics Policy

Brief No PB08-4 (April 2008) p2 54) In 2000 North Korea tried ldquomarketization from belowrdquo in the areas of local

organs government offices and military units with the recommendation of the

international community Ibid p255) See Join Statement of the Fourth Round of the Six-Party Talks in Beijing (19

September 2005)

lthttpwwwmofatgokrwebmodulehtsboardhbdhbdreadjsptypeID=6ampboardid=

247ampseqno=293918ampc=TITLEampt=amppagenum=2amptableName=TYPE_DATABOARDamppc=

ampdc=ampwc=amplu=ampvu=ampiu=ampdu=gt56) See Initial Actions for the Implementation of the Joint Statement (13 February 2007)

lthttpwwwmofatgokrwebmodulehtsboardhbdhbdreadjsptypeID=6ampboardid=

247ampseqno=293924ampc=TITLEampt=amppagenum=3amptableName=TYPE_DATABOARDamppc=amp

dc=ampwc=amplu=ampvu=ampiu=ampdu=gt

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 279

produce output in reality the international concerns seemed to have

reached a consensus relating to the ideas of lsquoEconomic Reconstruction

Project for DPRKrsquo introduced for the Stage II

Stage III

The following study on the similar subject reflects such international

concerns in a pragmatic way lsquopipeline gas introduction to the Korean

peninsularsquo57) In the Stage III as a long-term scenario to rehabilitate the

DPRKrsquos economy the idea of lsquopipeline gas projectrsquo introduced by Paik

(2005) will be applied Within the Six-Party Talks framework energy

assistance is another integral theme which is seen as important area to

resolve the nuclear problem on the Korean peninsula What is more such

energy supply options for DPRK generated from the gas pipeline project can

be functioned as a versatile negotiation tool combining the geopolitical and

economic reality on the Six-Party Talks table

In fact one well-established energy development organization―KEDO―

already exists The mission of KEDO is to implement the Agreed Framework

between the US and DPRK on the assumption that Pyongyang agreed to

freeze and ultimately dismantle its breathing nuclear program58) Unfortunately

the KEDO led project failed due to the North Korean distrust towards KEDO

due to the ailing relationship between Washington and Pyongyang caused

by the North Korean military threats and the failure to meet the agreed

57) Keun-Wook Paik ldquoPipeline Gas Introduction to the Korean Peninsulardquo Korea

Foundation Project lsquoEnergy and Environmental Cooperation in the Korea Peninsula

(2005)58) Baker et al opcit pp135~138

280 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

provisions59) Unlike the KEDO projects the introduction of the long

distance gas pipeline passing through the DPRK territory will involve the

two Koreas and Russia In particular intended for Pyongyang the pipeline

gas would provide energy to power many major cities in the DPRK

assuming that a 15 bcm60) natural gas would be allocated to the North as

a transit fees Also South Korea can provide additional support to prevent

the collapse of the North Korean economy61) In addition further funding

can be allocated for the CTR programs which will intensify the effort to

support rebuilding of the North Korean economy

Other than the economic merit Moscow is well positioned in this

pipeline project since the major Russian company Gazprom which is the

largest extractor of natural gas in the world has outstanding options to

promote the project from all the shareholders For this reason the role of

Russia should be given more weight in the third stage

In terms of the Economy Reconstruction Project for the DPRK this study

will follow the main idea of the paper Pipeline Gas Introduction to the

Korean Peninsula by Paik In his in-depth study Paik suggested lsquothe

Proposed Greater Circular Pipeline in Northeast Asiarsquo As shown in Figure 3

the Korean peninsula is ideally located to have pivotal benefits from the

59) There are two main conditions 1) KEDO finances and constructs two

proliferation-resistant light-water reactors(LWR) of the Korean Standard Nuclear

Power Plant in the DPRK and 2) KEDO provides DPRK with an alternative source

of energy for heating and electricity until the first of the two reactors is

completed lthttpwwwkedoorgap_mainaspgt 60) 30bcm is an amount which can handle gas over 30 years Baker et al opcit

p10161) Ibid pp81~82

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 281

Source Paik (2005) p41

Russian oil and gas pipeline infrastructure In the case that the gas pipeline

scenario is applied in reality as a useful alternative for the settlement of the

current North Korean nuclear crisis this project will provide significant

contribution to in promoting energy cooperation between Russia and the

Two Koreas

Stage Ⅳ

In the final stage a consensus and convention to justify this project

within the Six-Party Talks framework should be guaranteed This is necessary

to avoid the inevitable problem of incompatibility between the laws and

regulations among the six players and different investment environment

(Figure 3) Map The Proposed Greater Pipeline in Northeast Asia

282 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

The Six Party Talks Russia

Stage

bull Providing a Negotiation Tool (the

CTR Program)

bull Initiating North Korea into Russian

precedents of the CTR program

Stage

bull Invoking international concerns about

NKrsquos economy reconstruction

bull Implementing the project based on

the Agreements

bull Supporting this project actively

Stage

bull Creating conventions to recognize the

gas pipeline project with six players

bull Participating in the gas pipeline project

actively persuading Gazprom

Stage

Ⅳ Building the consensus and trust of the Six-Party Talks members

2 Strength and Limitation of the Scenario

Based on the scenario introduced above the expected roles of Russia and

the members of the Six-Party Talks is as follows

(Table 2) Expected Roles of Russia and the Six-Party Talks in the Scenario

In short the main feature of lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Project for the

DPRKrsquo is a product of a multilateral economic diplomacy In general such

a multilateral economic approach has an unavoidable drawback in that such

a pragmatic diplomacy cannot move ahead regardless of the difficult security

concern of the Korean peninsula In particular I recognize that an increased

Russian role on a unified Korean peninsula would increase the tensions

among the main regional actors

However the strength of this scenario is combining security and

economic issues together to offer a comprehensive resolution concerning the

main threat that would inhibit inter-Korean rapprochement that is an

unchanged provocative posture of North Korea vis-agrave-vis its security needs

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 283

In other words the CTR program for Pyongyangrsquos WMD can be a suitable

alternative to prevent the North Korean military actions In addition the

economic rewards and investment for the DPRK during the negotiation

based on the gas pipeline project would enable advancement the North

Korean economy which in turn will have a positive effect on a long-term

solution such as the reconciliation between the two Koreas Furthermore if

an economic reconciliation can be reached with the help of the new actor

lsquoRussiarsquo this could become a plausible alternative reunification strategy of

the Korean peninsula Such a new consideration will justify the economic

and pragmatic approaches in the framework of the Six-Party talks

Ⅴ Conclusion

Time has changed However the issues surrounding the Korean

peninsula where interests of major powers are contested still display a

unique and multifaceted pattern on the international political order The

dilemma of the peninsula is the coexistence of lsquoinsecurityrsquo and lsquoprosperityrsquo

which is an inevitable by-product caused by the geopolitical situation

Despite such a reality smarter alternatives to achieve lsquopeacersquo and

lsquoprosperityrsquo on the Korean peninsula in the 21st century should be created

The option available currently is lsquothe Six-Party Talksrsquo This study has

suggested that such a multilateral talk offers a plausible framework to

resolve the issues surrounding the Korean peninsula beyond the North

Korean nuclear crisis Obviously the complex diplomatic calculations of the

284 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

six players are the key limitation of this framework but the talks seems

to be worthy as it is acting as a creditable model of the multilateral

negotiations In particular this study dealt with the role of Russia because

when it comes to the process of the Six-Party Talks and inter-relations with

the two Koreas to date Moscowrsquos contribution on the Six-Party Talks

brought positive alternatives which rival the contributions of Washington

and Beijing Based on such a development a scenario under which Russia

can play a positive role in creating a new and a long-term resolution to the

issues of the Korean peninsula can be postulated

However there are limitations which this study cannot escape Firstly as

the worst case scenario if the second Korean War breaks out suddenly the

reality of the multilateral talks and the scenario introduced above may

presumably have no bearing Secondly due to unexpected internal and

external conditions of Russia such as instability of the regime or global

economy crisis the role of Russia can fluctuate Thirdly if the others actors

especially in the US and China wants to maintain strong influences a

lsquopower gamersquo might break out the result of which might have negative

effects Finally the methodology of this research is a problem-solving

approach which was connected to the current policy analysis based on

comprehensive study of the primary sources As a result it is impossible to

deliver obvious and exact facts and information in terms of the Six-Party

Talks which is still in progress

Nonetheless the aim of this study was to offer an alternative to the

current difficult though hypothetical As a result this study was able to lead

a conclusion the Six-Party Talks and the role of Moscow are able to be a

persuasive and plausible alternative for a long-term solution on the Korean

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 285

peninsula The importance of the Six-Party Talks the inter-relations between

Russia and the two Koreas and a scenario suggested supported the

conclusion

All in all the increased and positive Russian involvement toward the two

Koreas can be a stepping-stone for a dialogue and cooperation for peace

and prosperity on the Korean peninsula Furthermore the full use of the

Six-Party Talks will ultimately contribute to security of the Northeast Asian

region beyond the North Korean nuclear crisis

접수 2015년 10월 23일 심사 2015년 10월 23일 게재확정 2015년 11월 24일

286 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

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Reportsrdquo Los Angeles Times November 12 2014

CCTV ldquoPutin Urges Unconditional Resumption of Six-Party Talksrdquo November 13 2013

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energy needsrdquo November 2007

President of Russia ldquoPress Statement Following Russian-Korean Talksrdquo November

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m_20_20_10amptabmenu=t_2gt

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lthttpblogkeiaorg201502north-korea-looking-abroadgt

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박지선(PARK JISUN )

영국 런던대 킹스 칼리지(Kingrsquos College London) 국제분쟁학 석사 학위를 취득하고 현재 동

대학원 전략학 박사과정에 있다 주요 연구실적으로 ldquoConstructivist Understandings of North

Korearsquos Ballistic Missile Programme National Security Policy Based on North Korearsquos Strategic

Culturerdquo(2014) 985172한반도 신뢰프로세스를 통한 비핵국가 한국의 핵 안보전략 제2차 핵시대를

맞이하여985173(2013 공저) 985172클라우제비츠의 전쟁이론으로 본 냉전 이후 북한의 핵미사일 전략

에 관한 연구985173(2010 공저) 등이 있다

6자회담 틀 내에서 한반도 중장기 평화번영을 위한 러시아의

lsquo숙련된 중재자(New Seasoned Facilitator)rsquo 역할

박지선 (런던대 킹스 칼리지)

국문요약

본 논문은 한반도의 중장기 평화번영 방안을 위해 교착상태에 빠진 6자회담의 틀 안

에서 러시아의 역할에 대한 새로운 학문적 접근을 보여주고자 한다 본 논문에서는 북한

핵무기 개발 프로그램의 중단이라는 공동의 목적을 달성하기 위해 설립된 6자회담의 주

요 행위자들의 정치적middot전략적 이해관계를 경제적 영역으로 확대하면서 보다 실용적인

한반도 문제 해결 방안을 제시하고 있다 특히 lsquo숙련된 중재자(New Seasoned Facilitator)rsquo

로서의 러시아의 역할에 대해 심도 있게 고찰하면서 6자회담 틀에서 가능한 하나의 시나

리오를 실험적으로 제안하고 있다 본 논문의 주요 내용은 1) 6자회담의 연대기적 분석

2)한반도를 둘러싼 6자회담 주요 국가들의 이해관계 분석 3) 숙련된 중재자로서의 러

시아의 역할을 고찰 4) 실용적이고 실행 가능한 경제협력 방안이 될 한반도 평화정착을

위한 북한경제재건 프로젝트의 시나리오 등이다

주제어 6자회담 러시아 외교정책 북한 중재자 한반도 중middot장기 번영

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Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 257

through a new regional framework This is the origin of the lsquoSix-Party Talksrsquo

covering comprehensive problems generated from North Korearsquos nuclear

issue

Ⅲ Critical Analysis of the Six-Party Talks

Demonstrating Different Interests of Six Players

The obvious goal of the Six-Party talks is the denuclearization of the

Korean peninsula13) However there is what can be dubbed as lsquogrand

agendarsquo to resolve the some of the unsettled regional issues even though it

can arguable depending on respective issues By analyzing three major

agreements which resulted from the Six-Party Talks it is possible to contain

the contents of a lsquogrand agendarsquo They include 1) the September 19 Joint

Agreement in 2005 2) the February13 Agreement in 2007 and 3) the

October 3 Agreement in 200814) In particular in the case of lsquoInitial Actions

for Implementation of the Joint Statementrsquo meetings of five Working Groups

12) Pang Zhongying ldquoThe Six-Party Process Regional Security Mechanisms and

China-US Cooperation Toward a Regional Security Mechanism for a New

Northeast Asiardquo Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies (March 2009) pp1~413) In the Second-Phased actions for the implementation of the Joint Statement of 19

September 2005 the goal of the Six-Party Talks clarified as follows the first goal

is the verifiable denuclearization of the Korean peninsula in a peace manner14) Official names of the three agreements are 1) Join Statement of the Fourth Round

of the Six-Party Talks (Beijing 19 September 2005) 2) Initial Actions for the

Implementation of the Joint Statement (13 February 2007) and 3) Second-Phase

Actions for the Implementation of the Joint Statement (3 October 2007)

258 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

(WG) held in 200715) The main purpose is to carry out the initial actions

and to achieve the purpose of full implementation of the Joint Statement

The details are as follows

1 Denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula

2 Normalization of US-DPRK Relations

3 Normalization of Japan-DPRK Relations

4 Economic and Energy Cooperation

5 Northeast Asia Peace and Security Mechanism

As it has been seen the follow-up working groups of the Six-Party

Talks dealt with fairly broad subjects beyond the prevention of Pyongyangrsquos

high-tech military threats In this regard Zhongying (2009) states ldquothe

Six-Party Talks has mutually advocated some crucial goalsrdquo16) 1) the

denuclearization of the Korean peninsula 2) the ending the Korean

War with a peace treaty and 3) building a regional mechanism for

peace-building and prosperity From this viewpoint even if the main task of

the Six-Party Talks denuclearized the Korean Peninsula failed due to the

unexpected internal or external factors of the six participants the other

options like 2) and 3) which Zhongying suggested might become another

key agenda for the six parties Thus it is important to recognize the value

of such all-inclusive approach to resolve the difficult regional issues through

the Six-Party Talks rather than focusing on the North Korean nuclear threats

alone

15) Diplomatic White Paper of the Republic of Korea (2008) pp32~3616) Pang Zhongying ldquoThe Six-Party Process Regional Security Mechanisms and

China-US Cooperation Toward a Regional Security Mechanism for a New

Northeast Asiardquo Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies (March 2009) p4

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 259

Taking the importance as a lsquogrand agendarsquo into consideration it is

important to analyze distinctive features of the process of the Six-Party

Talks and this will lead to the identification of the main limitations of the

Six-Party Talks Such limitations will support the following argument

When the range of the Six-Party Talksrsquo agenda is extended to include

comprehensive and pragmatic agenda for medium and long-term resolutions

of the issues of the Korean peninsula this multilateral talks can produce

more positive outcomes while embracing the regional interests of the six

nations More crucially ipso facto the suggestion to create more

comprehensive multilateral framework will enable the following creative and

new approaches 1) the emergence of a lsquoNew Actorrsquo Russia instead of the

main actors such as the US and China within the sixth round of the Six-Party

Talks and 2) the strengthening of the economic approach concentrated on

prosperity rather than intensive political and military negotiation

Above all the most important characteristic of the Six-Party Talks is that

the talks necessitate complicated calculations to balance all membersrsquo

interests After the first talks in 2003 the participating members began to

involve in dynamic diplomatic maneuvers based on each otherrsquos own

domestic issues national interests and interpretations of historical analogies

Owing to these diverse considerations regardless of the main challenge of

the Six-Party Talks framework to stop the North Korean nuclear program

many other challenges have been identified The Six Parties were aroused

by the internal and external interests like the wide-ranging topics of five

Working Groups discussions after February 13 Agreement in 200717)

17) Diplomatic White Paper of the Republic of Korea (2008) pp32~36

260 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

1 Critical Analysis on Six Partiesrsquo Responses after the

Adoption of United Nations Security Council Resolution

1718 (2006)

As an important case the different responses by the each of Six Party

participants on the Security Council resolution 171818) is a good example of

demonstrating complicated strategic calculations of everyone involved After

a nuclear ballistic missile test in October 2006 the Security Council

condemned the test and unanimously adopted resolution 1718 in 14 October

2006 calling for an immediate return to the Six-Party Talks19) The resolution

called for based on Chapter 7 of the United Nations Charter excluding

automatic military enforcement of its demands under the Charterrsquos Article 4

120) the members of the UN prohibit a range of goods from entering or

leaving the DPRK and imposed an asset freeze and travel ban on persons

in terms of the nuclear weapon program21)

In reaction to the resolution the six players showed different reactions

In this paper the responses of six players are largely divided into three

18) On 14 October 2006 after the nuclear ballistic missile test of Pyongyang the UN

Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 1718 condemning the nuclear test 19) Security Council Resolution 1718(2006)

lthttpdaccessddsunorgdocUNDOCGENN0657207PDFN0657207pdfOpen

Elementgt 20) According to the Charterrsquos Article 41 the Security Council decided what measures

not involving the use of armed force are to be employed to the DPRK These

include complete or partial interruption of economic relations and of rail sea air

postal telegraphic radio and other means of communication and the severance

of diplomatic relations 21) UN Security Council Resolution 1718 (2006)

lthttpwwwunorggasearchview_docaspsymbol=SRES171820(2006)gt

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 261

groups Group (Ⅰ) US Japan South Korea Group (Ⅱ) China Russia and

Group (Ⅲ) North Korea Before analyzing the United Nations Security

Council Resolution 1718 one important thesis in this case study is that the

criteria of the grouping stated above is focused on only the United Nations

Security Council Resolution 1718 rather than including all resolutions of

United Nations22) This is because eight UN resolutions related to North

Korearsquos nuclear issue from 1993 to 2013 demonstrate different politico-strategic

outcomes In this regard in the Table (1) the distinctive responses of the

three groups are categorized In brief this table illustrates the complexity of

the Six-Party Talks depending on politico-strategic relations while emphasizing

the importance of a multilateral approach for a long-term solution on the

Korean peninsula

22) These are a list of Unite Nations Council Resolutions related to the North Korean

nuclear issues from 1993 to 2013

bull United Nations Security Council Resolution 825(1993)

bull United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540 (2004)

bull United Nations Security Council Resolution 1695(2006)

bull United Nations Security Council Resolution 1718 (2006)

bull United Nations Security Council Resolution 1874 (2009)

bull United Nations Security Council Resolution 1887 (2009)

bull United Nations Security Council Resolution 2087(2013)

bull United Nations Security Council Resolution 2094 (2013)

262 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

Nuclear Capability (DPRK)

Resolution1718

Comeback of the Six-Party Talks

Military Enforcement

to DPRK

Sanctions against DPRK

The US

(Group Ⅰ)

Japan

(Group Ⅰ)

S Korea

(Group Ⅰ)ⅹ ⅹ

China

(Group Ⅱ)

ⅹ ⅹ

Russia

(Group Ⅱ)ⅹ ⅹ ⅹ

N Korea

(Group Ⅲ)

ⅹ ⅹ ⅹ

(Table 1) Critical Analysis on Six Partiesrsquo Responses after the Adoption of

United Nations Security Council Resolution 1718

strong support support partly support ⅹ objection

Group(Ⅰ) US Japan and Korea

In the case of the first Group it rallied behind Washington whose

stubborn reaction against Pyongyang led to the adoption of the UN Security

Council Resolution 171823) John Bolton who was the former US Ambassador

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 263

to the UN stated ldquoa nuclear test in 2006 was the gravest threat to international

peace and securityrdquo During a Security Council meeting he maintained that

the resolution 1718 should impose more strict demands complementing the

Security Resolution 1695 which is regarded as a failure As a result the US

and Japan enthusiastically bolstered the resolution 1718 welcoming the

contents of strengthened sanctions compared with the resolution 169524) On

the surface South Korea - which sustained considerably close relationship

with the US - seemed to unwillingly follow the resolution emphasizing that

the problem should be solved under a peaceful and diplomatic approach

In fact a division was recognizable within this group While the US and

Japan stuck together in unity in purpose and actions 25) against the irrational

behaviors of North Korea for doing missile tests the South Korean

government was committed to a two-pronged policy Indeed the grand

strategy of the South Korean government was to pursue the following two

aims the prevention of Pyongyang provocations and reconciliation of the

two Koreas In other words although all three maintained close

cooperation they all had slightly different interests and conditions

23) UN Security Council meeting on 9 October 2006

lthttpwwwunorgNewsPressdocs2006sc8853dochtmgt24) The main subjects of the Security Council Resolution 1695 are 1) stopping games

of lsquobrinkmanshiprsquo 2) complying with Security Council demands 3) returning to the

Six-Party Talks and 4) implementing terms of the joint statement for the last round

of the talks See United Nations Security Council Resolution 1695 (2006)25) The expectations of Washington and Tokyo from the Six-Party Talks are1) the

withdrawal of Nuclear weapons first then negotiations afterwards and 2) the

establishment of a democratic government similar to the US standards

264 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

Group (Ⅱ) China Russia

In the case of the group two China and Russia who have been close

supporters of North Korea for more than an half century demonstrated

similar reactions as the members of group one did While they agreed on

the general direction of the resolution each had a slightly different view on

the extension of the contents In the case of China not only Beijing was

the main actor in initiating the Six-Party Talks but also a very close friend

to North Korea 26) However China chose to support the sanctions against

Pyongyang under the resolution 1718 Meanwhile Russia had a different

view In an urgent meeting of the UN Security Council unlike China Russia

did not support such stringent sanctions against Pyongyang although

Moscow agreed on condemning the North Korean rocket launch Even if

in the end both Beijing and Moscow supported the resolution 1718 in

general it was an occasion when the two countries showed different

approach toward Pyongyang during the adoption process of the resolution27)

Group(Ⅲ) North Korea

Contrarily the reaction of the third group North Korea was fairly

obvious against the Security Council Resolution Park Gilyon North Korearsquos

Ambassador to UN said that Pyongyang rejects the resolution 1718 since the

resolution is a coercive declaration by a ldquogangster-likerdquo Security Council28)

26) See Security Council Meeting on 9 October 2006

lthttpwwwunorgNewsPressdocs2006sc8853dochtmgt27) See Security Council Meeting on 9 October 2006

lthttpwwwunorgNewsPressdocs2006sc8853dochtmgt28) See Security Council meeting on 9 October 2006

lthttpwwwunorgNewsPressdocs2006sc8853dochtmgt

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 265

Nevertheless the main limitation of the talks still remains without

creative alternatives to disentangle intricate interests of the participants of

the Six-Party Talks no feasible output can be expected from such a

multilateral meeting Thus in order to overcome the above-mentioned

limitations of the Six-Party Talks I suggest an approach which emphasizes

the following points 1) the emergence of a lsquonew experienced facilitatorrsquo

instead of previous main actors to encourage more pragmatic approaches

and 2) the combination of political and economic tools especially in

highlighting the economic approaches Consequently this paper will focus

on Russiarsquos role as a New Seasoned Facilitator since Russia can offer new

possibilities for a long-term resolution of the issues on the Korean

peninsula

2 Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo for Dealing with

Issues on the Korean Peninsula

In this part the role of Russia will be scrutinized as a possible new

strong facilitator who might offer long-term solutions to the problems on the

Korean peninsula in the 21st century Since most of the studies concerning

cooperation on the Korean peninsula tend to focus mainly on the role

played by the US and China I argue that this paper may provide an

innovative contribution to the study of the ldquoSix-Party Talksrdquo stressing

Russiarsquos new role vis-agrave-vis the Korean peninsula In my view indeed

Russiarsquos role on the Korean peninsula progressively emerged in recent years

shaping the image of ldquofacilitatorrdquo interested in persuading North Korea to

seek an alternative to the nuclear weapons program and promote energy

266 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

cooperation in the region which might hasten possibility of peace on the

Korean peninsula

According to Vorontsov (2007) the basic positions of Moscow for the

Six-Party Talks are as follows 1) advocating the strict inspection of NPT and

the denuclearized Korean peninsula 2) persisting peaceful negotiation

among the six players and 3) promoting the inter-Korean dialogues29) In

contrast to the hard-line stance of White House30) to eliminate all factors

related to North Korean nuclear program in terms of the Korean issues the

current Russian government seems to strive for the achievement of the goal

2) and 3) When it comes to the geostrategic situations the Korean issues

have recently become one of the major considerations for Moscow because

the US China and Japan have gradually played important roles on the

issues of Korean peninsula who are all Russiarsquos direct neighbors31)

Namely owing to the invisible lsquoPower Racersquo among the major powers

Russia is increasingly interested in the issues surrounding the Korean

peninsula

In the same way unlike the general expectations on the global stage the

Russian role within the multilateral talks may have substantial influences as

well as the other actors have contributed to the meetings In the beginning

29) Alexander Vorontsov ldquoCurrent Russia ndash North Korea Relations Challenges and

Achievementsrdquo Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies (2007) p1730) Still North Korea seems to believe what White House pursues a hard-line policy

toward Pyongyang An unnamed spokesman of Pyongyang stated on 8 May 2009

ldquothe Obama administration for the past 100 dayshelliphellip the hostile policy toward

Pyongyang remains unchangedrdquo

lthttpwwwnytimescom20090509worldasia09koreahtml_r=1ampref=global-homegt31) Georgy Toloraya ldquoRussian Policy in Korea in a time of changerdquo The Korean

Journal of Defense Analysis Vol211 (2009) p69

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 267

stage of the talks some counties had skepticism about Moscowrsquos

participation in the talks because the Four-Party Talks (the US China and

the two Koreas) - except for Moscow - was a general pattern on the

inter-Korean issues32) However Kremlin played an essential role in inviting

Pyongyang in joining the Six-Party Talks because North Korea insisted

Pyongyang would not participate in the 2003 meeting without Russia33)

When it comes to Russian official stance in 2015 Moscow continuously

supports the Six-Party Talks for denuclearization in the Korean peninsula

while Russia does not recognize North Korea as a nuclear state34)

Historically Russia and North Korea have significantly long and

meaningful relations throughout the period of Korearsquos liberation following

Japanese colonization the Korean War and the opening and ending of the

Cold War In particular the two countries enjoyed a very strong cooperative

relationship during the Korean War35) Following the Korean War the

Soviet Union became the main trade partner and a sponsor for the

nation-building of Kim Il-sungrsquo regime Approximately 93 factories and

industrial facilities in North Korea were established under the Russian

technical assistance 36)constructing Pyongyangrsquos heavy-industrial backbon

32) Moscowrsquos absence from the Four-Party Talks proposed by the former President Bill

Clinton and President Kim Young Sam on April 16 1996 demonstrated Russiarsquos

dwindled regional influence in the Korean peninsula Yang et al (2004) p80133) Vorontsov (2007) p2234) ldquoRussian Envoy Discusses Pyongyang tests Thaadrdquo Korea Joongang Daily September

25 2015

lthttpkoreajoongangdailyjoinscomnewsarticleArticleaspxaid=3009631gt35) During the Korean War the Russian pilots contributed to the air defence of

North Korea resulting in the loss of 135 pilots and more than 300 airplanes Ibid

p5

268 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

e37) Such a close alliance between the two communist societies continued

until the collapse of the Soviet Union Unfortunately during the President

Elrsquotsinrsquos administration the Russian policy toward the Korean peninsula

shifted due to the unilateral rapprochement with the ROK as the new

diplomatic approach in the so-called ldquodemocratic romanticismrdquo which called

for greatly pro-Western at the expense of Russiarsquos interests 38) Such

transformed Russian policy seemed to cause a crack in the friendship

between Moscow and Pyongyang

However since the inauguration of Vladimir Putin the Russian political

elites began envisaging new approaches towards the Korean peninsula

Putinrsquos new approach functioned as a breakthrough to reinforce previously

weakening relations between Russia and North Korea As a result a historic

treaty on ldquoFriendshiprdquo between Kremlin and Pyongyang―Good-Neighbourly

Relations and Cooperation―was created in 200039) Currently Kim Jong-Un

regime has mainly concentrated on strengthening trade relations with Kremlin

and both Moscow and Pyongyang have taken positive consensus towards

36) The North Korean nuclear energy facilities were established with the Soviet

technical assistance in 1962 37) Vorontsov (2007) p538) On 27 October 1991 Elrsquotin addressed two main aims fo the Russian Foreign

policy 1) pursuing favourable external conditions for the domestic political and

economic reforms and 2) overcoming the legacy of the Cold war Richard Sakwa

(2008) Russian Politics and Society (London Routledge 2008) pp368~36939) After the treaty of lsquoGood-Neighbourly Relations and Cooperationrsquo the Moscowrsquos

declaration of the DPRK and the Russian Federation was released on 4 August 2001

The DPRK-Russia joint declaration is the advanced version of lsquogood-neighbourliness

and cooperationrsquo signed on 9 February 2000 Since then the two countries have

tried the friendly relations and mutually beneficial cooperation

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 269

enhancing their economic cooperative relationship In 2014 Putinrsquos cabinet

concluded the withdrawal of $10 billion of Pyongyangrsquos $11 billion debt that

had accrued during the Soviet Era40) It seems that Putinrsquos cabinet assumes

that this gesture of goodwill will contribute to the construction of a gas

pipeline covering the Korean peninsula When it comes to both geopolitical

and geo-economics aspects North Korea could have profitable investments

opportunities

All in all such a historic fortification of the inter-relationship between

North Korea and Russia provides diverse chances for the improved role of

Russia in making contributions with the backing of other partners of the

Six-Party Talks Based on this fact it would be possible to focus more on

the possibility of Russiarsquos increased contribution to the talks In fact there

is a strong possibility that Moscow could function as a lsquomediatorrsquo and

lsquofacilitatorrsquo between Pyongyang and the other members of the Six-Party

Talks

There are a number of important cases41) through which Moscow enabled

diplomatic efforts assume the role of a lsquofacilitatorrsquo or lsquomediatorrsquo When it

comes to the bilateral relations between Republic of Korea and Russia the

two nations started nearly at a zero point at first However Kremlin and

Blue House have created new economic science and cultural systems For

example since 1990 the leaders of South Korea and Russia have officially

met 27 times In 2013 President Vladimir Putinrsquos visited to Seoul when the

two nationsrsquo annual bilateral trade exceeded $26 billion42)

40) ldquoNorth Korea Looking Abroadrdquo Korea Economic Institute February 18 2015

lthttpblogkeiaorg201502north-korea-looking-abroadgt41) Vorontsov opcit p17

270 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

In particular in July 2002 Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov visited the two

Koreas respectively to persuade both to return to the negotiating table

which was halted after a naval clash in the West (Yellow) Sea in June 2002

Although the visit was not connected to the Six-Party Talks directly the case

seems to confirm Russiarsquos efforts to assist the improvement of the

inter-Korean relations What is more in terms of the US-DPRK relations

Moscow provided an opportunity for a meeting between the North Korean

Foreign Minister Paek NamSun and the former US Secretary of State Colin

Powell during the ministerial meetings at the ASEAN Regional Forum talks

in Darussalam Brunei in 200243) In short Moscowrsquos effort to carry out

ldquobalancer diplomacyrdquo after Putinrsquos inauguration shows potentials to be a

smart lsquomediatorrsquo within the multilateral negotiation such as the Six-Party

Talks

3 The Russian lsquoNew Realismrsquo Policy Applied in the Korean

Peninsula

Then the questions are to what degree can Russia be engaged in

resolving the inter-Korean issues and what kind of benefit can Russia

expect from the increased involvement with the issues regarding the Korean

peninsula especially in the Six-Party Talks

In the recent years the interest of the Russian politicians and academics

toward the Korean peninsula seems to be soaring As an lsquoactive partrsquo the

42) ldquoRussian Envoy Discusses Pyongyang tests Thaadrdquo Korea Joongang Daily September

25 2015 lthttpkoreajoongangdailyjoinscomnewsarticleArticleaspxaid=3009631gt43) Ibid

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 271

Korean peninsula can be regarded as a region of interest and strategic

importance as the Asian-Pacific region is seen to have increasing economic

implication for Russia due to the lack of involvement by Moscow in the

region of economic prowess44) In particular when Moscow participated in

the Six-Party Talks its approach seems to have strategic bearing toward the

Asia-Pacific region because the region especially the Korean peninsula is

now regarded by Moscow as an area of considerable importance

In fact Russiarsquos burgeoning interests for the Six-Party Talks contemporize

with the inauguration of the Putinrsquos administration Namely Putinrsquos lsquoNew

Realismrsquo based on the pragmatic approach over all Russia policies can be

applied to the evaluation of the Russian intention and purpose toward the

Six-Party Talks On the whole the national motto of the 21st century Russia

is lsquoPragmatismrsquo which also significantly influenced the current Medvedevrsquos

cabinet45) On a meeting of the Security Council in March 2000 the new

Russian lsquoForeign Policy Conceptrsquo was introduced by Ivanov the Russian

Foreign Minister at the time The main concept of the document was lsquomore

realisticrsquo for rebuilding the domestic economy and promoting the Russian

economic interests abroad as it strives to become worldrsquos tenth biggest

economy in the 21st century46) Hence Moscowrsquos foreign policy influenced

44) Natasha Kuhrt Russian Policy towards China and Japan The Elrsquotsin and Putin

periods (New York Rutledge 2007) pp 54~5645) In January 2002 the former President Putin had an interview with a Polish

Newspaper and Polish TVP Channel In the interview he stated that lsquoPragmatismrsquo

as a key means for the economic cooperation with other nations ldquoWe began this

talk by pointing out that the soundest approachhellip on the basis of pragmatism

and pragmatic interest in each otherrdquo

lthttpwwwkremlinruengtextspeeches200201150001_type82916_147392shtmlgt46) Sakwa(2008) pp371~391

272 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

by such realistic and pragmatic approaches seems to have valid bearing for

both the Six-Party Talks and the inter-Korean dialogues especially when the

economic aspects are addressed

In essence what are the specific interests Moscow might have on the

Korean peninsula The answer to this question is the more the Korean

military threats are slackened the more Russiarsquos security and economic

interests are amplified In terms of this argument Meyer (2005) identified

the reasons for the Russian Federationrsquos participation in the multilateral

meeting He indicated that by supporting reconciliation between DPRK and

ROK Russia can achieve the following objectives 1) the symbolic objective

to be recognized as a permanent major power on the global stage 2) the

military objective to dissuade Pyongyang from pursuing nuclear weapons

program not to weaken the global commitment for NPT and 3) the

economic objective to establish favorable conditions for the development of

a trilateral economic cooperation among Russia and the two Koreas47)

In relation to the third objective when Putin was the president he had

strong interests toward the Korean peninsula as there were potentially

lucrative economic opportunities available Such projects included connecting

the inter-Korean railroad to the Trans-Siberian railroad and exporting natural

gas from the Kovyktinskoe field in Irkutsk to the Korean peninsula through

China48)

In fact it can be concluded that the third reason which Meyer identified

is the main objective of Russiarsquos participation in the Sic-Party talks therefore

47) Peggy Falkenhein Meyer ldquoRussia Interests and Objectives on the Korean Peninsulardquo

International Journal of Korean Studies (FallWinter 2005) Vol 4 No 2 pp 145~14748) Ibid pp148~154

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 273

it could be assumed the promotion of economic issues can be conceived

and used as a tool to make a breakthrough to overcome the sluggish

multifaceted talks dealing with North Korea high-technology fears More

specifically I argue that the natural gas projects can dramatically increase

Russiarsquos penetration on the Korean peninsula and promote ndash in turn -

Moscowrsquos effort to bring positive changes to the talks From this perspective

Russian economic leverage might become a cornerstone for bringing peace

in the Korean peninsula In the following part I will present a possible

scenario in which this assumption might be substantially developed

Ⅳ A New Role of Russia on the Korean Peninsula

Figure 2 as shown below portrays a possible scenario of cooperation on

the Korean peninsula which emphasizes the following aspects 1) the

importance of the Six-Party Talks for the future of cooperation on the

Korean peninsula in the 21st century and 2) the suggestion of new

alternatives which focus on Russia and its economic involvement to boost

multilateral talks In building-up the scenario the key presumption is that

economic cooperation can create a ldquofunctional leveragerdquo in a political

scenario characterized by a substantial political rapprochement due to the

enforcement of a legally binding treaty (ie a Peace Treaty that could officially

end the Korean War) and prepare a definitive process of nation-building

among the two Koreas This ldquofunctional leveragerdquo is based on the role

played by CTR (Cooperative Threat Reduction) program49) to eliminate all

274 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

military threats―nuclear chemical biological and missiles threat from North

Korea In principle the objective of CTR is to reduce the dangers created

by nuclear chemical or biological weapons or their delivery vehicles The

actors of the CTR are consisted of a host who eradicates secures or

converts the WMD (Weapons of Mass Destruction) programs while the

other partners supporting such efforts50)

The most attractive function of the CTR for the following scenario is that

the partners provide money technology equipment and training to the host

nation In case that the six participants select the option during the process

of the WMD removal the main problems such methods and incentives in

terms of the North Korean nuclear withdrawal will be solved naturally

Furthermore the main argument to highlight the economic approaches with

flexible funds produced by rewards of the CTR programs can be persuaded

more convincingly Therefore the following section will justify this

alternative based on the postulation mentioned above―the application of

the CTR in the process of the Six-Party Talks

49) The CTR (or sometimes called for lsquoNunn-Lugarrsquo) programme provides funding

and expertise for the states in the former Soviet Unions including Russia Ukraine

Georgia Azerbaijan Belarus Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan under disarmament

treaties lthttpnunn-lugarcomindexshtmlgt50) Joel S Wit Wolfsthal Jon and Oh Choong-suk (2005) ldquoThe Six Party Talks and

Beyond Cooperative Threat Reduction and North Koreardquo A Report of the CSIS

International Security Program Dec (Washington DC CSIS) pp7~8

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 275

1 A Scenario Suggested lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Projection

for the DPRKrsquo

As stressed before the founding hypothesis of this scenario is a

substantial political shift on the Korean peninsula prospecting a clear

ldquoongoing processrdquo ldquoone Korea reunifiedrdquo However in my argumentation

the crucial assumption is not related to dynamics leading to the political

rapprochement among the two Koreas and neighbor countries which are

members of the Six-Party Talks Instead the central point of the first

scenario is to focus on the preparations and nation-building toward the

reconciliation of the two Koreas through multilateral economic negotiations

Namely to what extent can the framework of the Six-Party Talks and Russia

influence on peace and prosperity on the Korean peninsula as the means

of economic approaches

(Figure 2) Economy Reconstruction Project for the DPRK

276 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

Stage I

As shown in Figure 2 this scenario will be developed through four

stages During Stage I in order to resolve the core problem of Pyongyang―

the disposal of all WMD including chemical biological nuclear weapons

and the CTR program will be offered strongly Under the circumstances

North Korea seems to be a proper candidate for the CTR In the case of the

CTR the multilateral approaches owing to the political and financial

burden-sharing among the sponsors are indispensable51) Although the

Northeast Asian region has not been a suitable case for the program the

Six-Party Talks has shown a consensus on the difficult security problems

especially on Pyongyangrsquos military threats Such a partnership among the

participants of the Six-Party Talks which has been cultivated for seven years

of working together produces more positive results in the progress of the

disposal of nuclear weapons during the period of conducting the CTR

program

In addition Moscow will play a key role in the application of the CTR

program for North Korea When it comes to the beginning of the CTR the

program focused intensively on the countries of the former Soviet Union

including Russia Ukraine Georgia Azerbaijan Belarus Uzbekistan and

Kazakhstan As a result 6600 nuclear warheads have been eliminated since

1991 and more that 470 long-range missiles have been destroyed while

over 1800 other missiles strategic bombers have been disassembled52) With

51) Ibid pp1~352) The United States has invested $7 billion in the former Soviet Union since 1991

and is recently investing $1 billion per year There are additional participants―EU

UK Germany and France Ibid pp7~8

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 277

such an impressive precedent Russia is able to provide a workable solution

during the process of Pyongyangrsquos cooperative threat reduction The most

impressive strength of the first stage is provided that North Korea and the

five members of the Six-Party talks collectively pursue the CTR program the

following economic incentives will be offered for the reconstruction of

North Korea 1) a reward of nuclear withdrawal and 2) the reuse of

resources previously used in the Northrsquos nuclear program

In relation to CTR with application to the case of North Korea it possible

to argue that Russia ndash mindful of the CTR program provided by the US in

the aftermath of the collapse of the Soviet Empire ndash could potentially reuse

the rationale behind the above-mentioned mass destruction dismantlement

program in order to materially help North Korea to eliminate these kinds of

armaments as well as to boost a more comprehensive trust-building process

in the direction of Pyongyang increasing Russian influence over the North

and the overall region

Stage II

During the Stage II the expected economic incentives offered from the

implementation of the CTR project will be connected to the establishment of

a factual organization―lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Project for the DPRKrsquo

Continuously the international community should remain concerned about a

steep decline of the North Korean economy which in the past caused the

most destructive famines of the 20th century As many as one million

people who represent about five percent of the North Korean population

perished in the mid-1990s as a result53) Therefore the members of the

Six-Party Talks should pursue Pyongyangrsquos economic reforms and

278 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

reconstruction simultaneously since the countries regard economic inability

of Kim Jung Un to be one of the causes for using the military threats54)

Therefore it would provide a vital opportunity to bring changes in North

Korea if an organization which focuses on the economic benefits is

founded For this purpose this study recommends the establishment of

lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Project for the DPRKrsquo within the framework of the

Six-Party Talks The aspiration for the DPRK project is based on the

September 2005 Joint Statement and the February 2007 Joint Statement of

the Six-Party Talks The September Statement encouraged the economic

cooperation in the areas of energy trade and investment within the

Six-Party Talks framework55) Also in the February 2007 Joint Statement the

six players promised humanitarian assistance to North Korea and

established an Economy and Energy Cooperation Working Group56)

Although such agreements to boost the North Korean economy did not

53) Haggard Stephan and Noland Marcus ldquoA Security and Peace for Northeast Asia

The Economic Dimensionrdquo Peterson Institute for International Economics Policy

Brief No PB08-4 (April 2008) p2 54) In 2000 North Korea tried ldquomarketization from belowrdquo in the areas of local

organs government offices and military units with the recommendation of the

international community Ibid p255) See Join Statement of the Fourth Round of the Six-Party Talks in Beijing (19

September 2005)

lthttpwwwmofatgokrwebmodulehtsboardhbdhbdreadjsptypeID=6ampboardid=

247ampseqno=293918ampc=TITLEampt=amppagenum=2amptableName=TYPE_DATABOARDamppc=

ampdc=ampwc=amplu=ampvu=ampiu=ampdu=gt56) See Initial Actions for the Implementation of the Joint Statement (13 February 2007)

lthttpwwwmofatgokrwebmodulehtsboardhbdhbdreadjsptypeID=6ampboardid=

247ampseqno=293924ampc=TITLEampt=amppagenum=3amptableName=TYPE_DATABOARDamppc=amp

dc=ampwc=amplu=ampvu=ampiu=ampdu=gt

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 279

produce output in reality the international concerns seemed to have

reached a consensus relating to the ideas of lsquoEconomic Reconstruction

Project for DPRKrsquo introduced for the Stage II

Stage III

The following study on the similar subject reflects such international

concerns in a pragmatic way lsquopipeline gas introduction to the Korean

peninsularsquo57) In the Stage III as a long-term scenario to rehabilitate the

DPRKrsquos economy the idea of lsquopipeline gas projectrsquo introduced by Paik

(2005) will be applied Within the Six-Party Talks framework energy

assistance is another integral theme which is seen as important area to

resolve the nuclear problem on the Korean peninsula What is more such

energy supply options for DPRK generated from the gas pipeline project can

be functioned as a versatile negotiation tool combining the geopolitical and

economic reality on the Six-Party Talks table

In fact one well-established energy development organization―KEDO―

already exists The mission of KEDO is to implement the Agreed Framework

between the US and DPRK on the assumption that Pyongyang agreed to

freeze and ultimately dismantle its breathing nuclear program58) Unfortunately

the KEDO led project failed due to the North Korean distrust towards KEDO

due to the ailing relationship between Washington and Pyongyang caused

by the North Korean military threats and the failure to meet the agreed

57) Keun-Wook Paik ldquoPipeline Gas Introduction to the Korean Peninsulardquo Korea

Foundation Project lsquoEnergy and Environmental Cooperation in the Korea Peninsula

(2005)58) Baker et al opcit pp135~138

280 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

provisions59) Unlike the KEDO projects the introduction of the long

distance gas pipeline passing through the DPRK territory will involve the

two Koreas and Russia In particular intended for Pyongyang the pipeline

gas would provide energy to power many major cities in the DPRK

assuming that a 15 bcm60) natural gas would be allocated to the North as

a transit fees Also South Korea can provide additional support to prevent

the collapse of the North Korean economy61) In addition further funding

can be allocated for the CTR programs which will intensify the effort to

support rebuilding of the North Korean economy

Other than the economic merit Moscow is well positioned in this

pipeline project since the major Russian company Gazprom which is the

largest extractor of natural gas in the world has outstanding options to

promote the project from all the shareholders For this reason the role of

Russia should be given more weight in the third stage

In terms of the Economy Reconstruction Project for the DPRK this study

will follow the main idea of the paper Pipeline Gas Introduction to the

Korean Peninsula by Paik In his in-depth study Paik suggested lsquothe

Proposed Greater Circular Pipeline in Northeast Asiarsquo As shown in Figure 3

the Korean peninsula is ideally located to have pivotal benefits from the

59) There are two main conditions 1) KEDO finances and constructs two

proliferation-resistant light-water reactors(LWR) of the Korean Standard Nuclear

Power Plant in the DPRK and 2) KEDO provides DPRK with an alternative source

of energy for heating and electricity until the first of the two reactors is

completed lthttpwwwkedoorgap_mainaspgt 60) 30bcm is an amount which can handle gas over 30 years Baker et al opcit

p10161) Ibid pp81~82

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 281

Source Paik (2005) p41

Russian oil and gas pipeline infrastructure In the case that the gas pipeline

scenario is applied in reality as a useful alternative for the settlement of the

current North Korean nuclear crisis this project will provide significant

contribution to in promoting energy cooperation between Russia and the

Two Koreas

Stage Ⅳ

In the final stage a consensus and convention to justify this project

within the Six-Party Talks framework should be guaranteed This is necessary

to avoid the inevitable problem of incompatibility between the laws and

regulations among the six players and different investment environment

(Figure 3) Map The Proposed Greater Pipeline in Northeast Asia

282 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

The Six Party Talks Russia

Stage

bull Providing a Negotiation Tool (the

CTR Program)

bull Initiating North Korea into Russian

precedents of the CTR program

Stage

bull Invoking international concerns about

NKrsquos economy reconstruction

bull Implementing the project based on

the Agreements

bull Supporting this project actively

Stage

bull Creating conventions to recognize the

gas pipeline project with six players

bull Participating in the gas pipeline project

actively persuading Gazprom

Stage

Ⅳ Building the consensus and trust of the Six-Party Talks members

2 Strength and Limitation of the Scenario

Based on the scenario introduced above the expected roles of Russia and

the members of the Six-Party Talks is as follows

(Table 2) Expected Roles of Russia and the Six-Party Talks in the Scenario

In short the main feature of lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Project for the

DPRKrsquo is a product of a multilateral economic diplomacy In general such

a multilateral economic approach has an unavoidable drawback in that such

a pragmatic diplomacy cannot move ahead regardless of the difficult security

concern of the Korean peninsula In particular I recognize that an increased

Russian role on a unified Korean peninsula would increase the tensions

among the main regional actors

However the strength of this scenario is combining security and

economic issues together to offer a comprehensive resolution concerning the

main threat that would inhibit inter-Korean rapprochement that is an

unchanged provocative posture of North Korea vis-agrave-vis its security needs

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 283

In other words the CTR program for Pyongyangrsquos WMD can be a suitable

alternative to prevent the North Korean military actions In addition the

economic rewards and investment for the DPRK during the negotiation

based on the gas pipeline project would enable advancement the North

Korean economy which in turn will have a positive effect on a long-term

solution such as the reconciliation between the two Koreas Furthermore if

an economic reconciliation can be reached with the help of the new actor

lsquoRussiarsquo this could become a plausible alternative reunification strategy of

the Korean peninsula Such a new consideration will justify the economic

and pragmatic approaches in the framework of the Six-Party talks

Ⅴ Conclusion

Time has changed However the issues surrounding the Korean

peninsula where interests of major powers are contested still display a

unique and multifaceted pattern on the international political order The

dilemma of the peninsula is the coexistence of lsquoinsecurityrsquo and lsquoprosperityrsquo

which is an inevitable by-product caused by the geopolitical situation

Despite such a reality smarter alternatives to achieve lsquopeacersquo and

lsquoprosperityrsquo on the Korean peninsula in the 21st century should be created

The option available currently is lsquothe Six-Party Talksrsquo This study has

suggested that such a multilateral talk offers a plausible framework to

resolve the issues surrounding the Korean peninsula beyond the North

Korean nuclear crisis Obviously the complex diplomatic calculations of the

284 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

six players are the key limitation of this framework but the talks seems

to be worthy as it is acting as a creditable model of the multilateral

negotiations In particular this study dealt with the role of Russia because

when it comes to the process of the Six-Party Talks and inter-relations with

the two Koreas to date Moscowrsquos contribution on the Six-Party Talks

brought positive alternatives which rival the contributions of Washington

and Beijing Based on such a development a scenario under which Russia

can play a positive role in creating a new and a long-term resolution to the

issues of the Korean peninsula can be postulated

However there are limitations which this study cannot escape Firstly as

the worst case scenario if the second Korean War breaks out suddenly the

reality of the multilateral talks and the scenario introduced above may

presumably have no bearing Secondly due to unexpected internal and

external conditions of Russia such as instability of the regime or global

economy crisis the role of Russia can fluctuate Thirdly if the others actors

especially in the US and China wants to maintain strong influences a

lsquopower gamersquo might break out the result of which might have negative

effects Finally the methodology of this research is a problem-solving

approach which was connected to the current policy analysis based on

comprehensive study of the primary sources As a result it is impossible to

deliver obvious and exact facts and information in terms of the Six-Party

Talks which is still in progress

Nonetheless the aim of this study was to offer an alternative to the

current difficult though hypothetical As a result this study was able to lead

a conclusion the Six-Party Talks and the role of Moscow are able to be a

persuasive and plausible alternative for a long-term solution on the Korean

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 285

peninsula The importance of the Six-Party Talks the inter-relations between

Russia and the two Koreas and a scenario suggested supported the

conclusion

All in all the increased and positive Russian involvement toward the two

Koreas can be a stepping-stone for a dialogue and cooperation for peace

and prosperity on the Korean peninsula Furthermore the full use of the

Six-Party Talks will ultimately contribute to security of the Northeast Asian

region beyond the North Korean nuclear crisis

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286 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

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Journal of Defense Analysis 211 (2009)

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Achievementsrdquo Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies the Brookings

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in the 2000s Moscowrsquos Continuing Search for Regional Influencerdquo Asian

Survey Vol 44 No 6 (2006)

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for the 2nd World Congress of Korean Studies Pyongyang (August 2004)

Zhongying Pang ldquoThe Six-Party Process Regional Security Mechanisms and

China-US Cooperation Toward a Regional Security Mechanism for a New

Northeast Asiardquo Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies the Brookings

Institution (March 2009)

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25 2015

httpkoreajoongangdailyjoinscomnewsarticleArticleaspxaid=3009631

Williams Carol J ldquoNorth Korea Read to Resume Six-Party Nuclear Talks Russia

Reportsrdquo Los Angeles Times November 12 2014

CCTV ldquoPutin Urges Unconditional Resumption of Six-Party Talksrdquo November 13 2013

Barjoria Jayshree and Xu Beina ldquoThe Six Party Talks on North Korearsquos Nuclear

Programrdquo Council on foreign Relations September 2013

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists ldquoThe Six-Party Talks Meeting North Korearsquos

energy needsrdquo November 2007

President of Russia ldquoPress Statement Following Russian-Korean Talksrdquo November

2013

Ministry of Foreign Affairs Republic of Korea

lthttpwwwmofagokrENGpolicykpennknuclearpressreleasesindexjspmenu=

m_20_20_10amptabmenu=t_2gt

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lthttpblogkeiaorg201502north-korea-looking-abroadgt

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 289

박지선(PARK JISUN )

영국 런던대 킹스 칼리지(Kingrsquos College London) 국제분쟁학 석사 학위를 취득하고 현재 동

대학원 전략학 박사과정에 있다 주요 연구실적으로 ldquoConstructivist Understandings of North

Korearsquos Ballistic Missile Programme National Security Policy Based on North Korearsquos Strategic

Culturerdquo(2014) 985172한반도 신뢰프로세스를 통한 비핵국가 한국의 핵 안보전략 제2차 핵시대를

맞이하여985173(2013 공저) 985172클라우제비츠의 전쟁이론으로 본 냉전 이후 북한의 핵미사일 전략

에 관한 연구985173(2010 공저) 등이 있다

6자회담 틀 내에서 한반도 중장기 평화번영을 위한 러시아의

lsquo숙련된 중재자(New Seasoned Facilitator)rsquo 역할

박지선 (런던대 킹스 칼리지)

국문요약

본 논문은 한반도의 중장기 평화번영 방안을 위해 교착상태에 빠진 6자회담의 틀 안

에서 러시아의 역할에 대한 새로운 학문적 접근을 보여주고자 한다 본 논문에서는 북한

핵무기 개발 프로그램의 중단이라는 공동의 목적을 달성하기 위해 설립된 6자회담의 주

요 행위자들의 정치적middot전략적 이해관계를 경제적 영역으로 확대하면서 보다 실용적인

한반도 문제 해결 방안을 제시하고 있다 특히 lsquo숙련된 중재자(New Seasoned Facilitator)rsquo

로서의 러시아의 역할에 대해 심도 있게 고찰하면서 6자회담 틀에서 가능한 하나의 시나

리오를 실험적으로 제안하고 있다 본 논문의 주요 내용은 1) 6자회담의 연대기적 분석

2)한반도를 둘러싼 6자회담 주요 국가들의 이해관계 분석 3) 숙련된 중재자로서의 러

시아의 역할을 고찰 4) 실용적이고 실행 가능한 경제협력 방안이 될 한반도 평화정착을

위한 북한경제재건 프로젝트의 시나리오 등이다

주제어 6자회담 러시아 외교정책 북한 중재자 한반도 중middot장기 번영

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258 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

(WG) held in 200715) The main purpose is to carry out the initial actions

and to achieve the purpose of full implementation of the Joint Statement

The details are as follows

1 Denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula

2 Normalization of US-DPRK Relations

3 Normalization of Japan-DPRK Relations

4 Economic and Energy Cooperation

5 Northeast Asia Peace and Security Mechanism

As it has been seen the follow-up working groups of the Six-Party

Talks dealt with fairly broad subjects beyond the prevention of Pyongyangrsquos

high-tech military threats In this regard Zhongying (2009) states ldquothe

Six-Party Talks has mutually advocated some crucial goalsrdquo16) 1) the

denuclearization of the Korean peninsula 2) the ending the Korean

War with a peace treaty and 3) building a regional mechanism for

peace-building and prosperity From this viewpoint even if the main task of

the Six-Party Talks denuclearized the Korean Peninsula failed due to the

unexpected internal or external factors of the six participants the other

options like 2) and 3) which Zhongying suggested might become another

key agenda for the six parties Thus it is important to recognize the value

of such all-inclusive approach to resolve the difficult regional issues through

the Six-Party Talks rather than focusing on the North Korean nuclear threats

alone

15) Diplomatic White Paper of the Republic of Korea (2008) pp32~3616) Pang Zhongying ldquoThe Six-Party Process Regional Security Mechanisms and

China-US Cooperation Toward a Regional Security Mechanism for a New

Northeast Asiardquo Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies (March 2009) p4

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 259

Taking the importance as a lsquogrand agendarsquo into consideration it is

important to analyze distinctive features of the process of the Six-Party

Talks and this will lead to the identification of the main limitations of the

Six-Party Talks Such limitations will support the following argument

When the range of the Six-Party Talksrsquo agenda is extended to include

comprehensive and pragmatic agenda for medium and long-term resolutions

of the issues of the Korean peninsula this multilateral talks can produce

more positive outcomes while embracing the regional interests of the six

nations More crucially ipso facto the suggestion to create more

comprehensive multilateral framework will enable the following creative and

new approaches 1) the emergence of a lsquoNew Actorrsquo Russia instead of the

main actors such as the US and China within the sixth round of the Six-Party

Talks and 2) the strengthening of the economic approach concentrated on

prosperity rather than intensive political and military negotiation

Above all the most important characteristic of the Six-Party Talks is that

the talks necessitate complicated calculations to balance all membersrsquo

interests After the first talks in 2003 the participating members began to

involve in dynamic diplomatic maneuvers based on each otherrsquos own

domestic issues national interests and interpretations of historical analogies

Owing to these diverse considerations regardless of the main challenge of

the Six-Party Talks framework to stop the North Korean nuclear program

many other challenges have been identified The Six Parties were aroused

by the internal and external interests like the wide-ranging topics of five

Working Groups discussions after February 13 Agreement in 200717)

17) Diplomatic White Paper of the Republic of Korea (2008) pp32~36

260 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

1 Critical Analysis on Six Partiesrsquo Responses after the

Adoption of United Nations Security Council Resolution

1718 (2006)

As an important case the different responses by the each of Six Party

participants on the Security Council resolution 171818) is a good example of

demonstrating complicated strategic calculations of everyone involved After

a nuclear ballistic missile test in October 2006 the Security Council

condemned the test and unanimously adopted resolution 1718 in 14 October

2006 calling for an immediate return to the Six-Party Talks19) The resolution

called for based on Chapter 7 of the United Nations Charter excluding

automatic military enforcement of its demands under the Charterrsquos Article 4

120) the members of the UN prohibit a range of goods from entering or

leaving the DPRK and imposed an asset freeze and travel ban on persons

in terms of the nuclear weapon program21)

In reaction to the resolution the six players showed different reactions

In this paper the responses of six players are largely divided into three

18) On 14 October 2006 after the nuclear ballistic missile test of Pyongyang the UN

Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 1718 condemning the nuclear test 19) Security Council Resolution 1718(2006)

lthttpdaccessddsunorgdocUNDOCGENN0657207PDFN0657207pdfOpen

Elementgt 20) According to the Charterrsquos Article 41 the Security Council decided what measures

not involving the use of armed force are to be employed to the DPRK These

include complete or partial interruption of economic relations and of rail sea air

postal telegraphic radio and other means of communication and the severance

of diplomatic relations 21) UN Security Council Resolution 1718 (2006)

lthttpwwwunorggasearchview_docaspsymbol=SRES171820(2006)gt

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 261

groups Group (Ⅰ) US Japan South Korea Group (Ⅱ) China Russia and

Group (Ⅲ) North Korea Before analyzing the United Nations Security

Council Resolution 1718 one important thesis in this case study is that the

criteria of the grouping stated above is focused on only the United Nations

Security Council Resolution 1718 rather than including all resolutions of

United Nations22) This is because eight UN resolutions related to North

Korearsquos nuclear issue from 1993 to 2013 demonstrate different politico-strategic

outcomes In this regard in the Table (1) the distinctive responses of the

three groups are categorized In brief this table illustrates the complexity of

the Six-Party Talks depending on politico-strategic relations while emphasizing

the importance of a multilateral approach for a long-term solution on the

Korean peninsula

22) These are a list of Unite Nations Council Resolutions related to the North Korean

nuclear issues from 1993 to 2013

bull United Nations Security Council Resolution 825(1993)

bull United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540 (2004)

bull United Nations Security Council Resolution 1695(2006)

bull United Nations Security Council Resolution 1718 (2006)

bull United Nations Security Council Resolution 1874 (2009)

bull United Nations Security Council Resolution 1887 (2009)

bull United Nations Security Council Resolution 2087(2013)

bull United Nations Security Council Resolution 2094 (2013)

262 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

Nuclear Capability (DPRK)

Resolution1718

Comeback of the Six-Party Talks

Military Enforcement

to DPRK

Sanctions against DPRK

The US

(Group Ⅰ)

Japan

(Group Ⅰ)

S Korea

(Group Ⅰ)ⅹ ⅹ

China

(Group Ⅱ)

ⅹ ⅹ

Russia

(Group Ⅱ)ⅹ ⅹ ⅹ

N Korea

(Group Ⅲ)

ⅹ ⅹ ⅹ

(Table 1) Critical Analysis on Six Partiesrsquo Responses after the Adoption of

United Nations Security Council Resolution 1718

strong support support partly support ⅹ objection

Group(Ⅰ) US Japan and Korea

In the case of the first Group it rallied behind Washington whose

stubborn reaction against Pyongyang led to the adoption of the UN Security

Council Resolution 171823) John Bolton who was the former US Ambassador

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 263

to the UN stated ldquoa nuclear test in 2006 was the gravest threat to international

peace and securityrdquo During a Security Council meeting he maintained that

the resolution 1718 should impose more strict demands complementing the

Security Resolution 1695 which is regarded as a failure As a result the US

and Japan enthusiastically bolstered the resolution 1718 welcoming the

contents of strengthened sanctions compared with the resolution 169524) On

the surface South Korea - which sustained considerably close relationship

with the US - seemed to unwillingly follow the resolution emphasizing that

the problem should be solved under a peaceful and diplomatic approach

In fact a division was recognizable within this group While the US and

Japan stuck together in unity in purpose and actions 25) against the irrational

behaviors of North Korea for doing missile tests the South Korean

government was committed to a two-pronged policy Indeed the grand

strategy of the South Korean government was to pursue the following two

aims the prevention of Pyongyang provocations and reconciliation of the

two Koreas In other words although all three maintained close

cooperation they all had slightly different interests and conditions

23) UN Security Council meeting on 9 October 2006

lthttpwwwunorgNewsPressdocs2006sc8853dochtmgt24) The main subjects of the Security Council Resolution 1695 are 1) stopping games

of lsquobrinkmanshiprsquo 2) complying with Security Council demands 3) returning to the

Six-Party Talks and 4) implementing terms of the joint statement for the last round

of the talks See United Nations Security Council Resolution 1695 (2006)25) The expectations of Washington and Tokyo from the Six-Party Talks are1) the

withdrawal of Nuclear weapons first then negotiations afterwards and 2) the

establishment of a democratic government similar to the US standards

264 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

Group (Ⅱ) China Russia

In the case of the group two China and Russia who have been close

supporters of North Korea for more than an half century demonstrated

similar reactions as the members of group one did While they agreed on

the general direction of the resolution each had a slightly different view on

the extension of the contents In the case of China not only Beijing was

the main actor in initiating the Six-Party Talks but also a very close friend

to North Korea 26) However China chose to support the sanctions against

Pyongyang under the resolution 1718 Meanwhile Russia had a different

view In an urgent meeting of the UN Security Council unlike China Russia

did not support such stringent sanctions against Pyongyang although

Moscow agreed on condemning the North Korean rocket launch Even if

in the end both Beijing and Moscow supported the resolution 1718 in

general it was an occasion when the two countries showed different

approach toward Pyongyang during the adoption process of the resolution27)

Group(Ⅲ) North Korea

Contrarily the reaction of the third group North Korea was fairly

obvious against the Security Council Resolution Park Gilyon North Korearsquos

Ambassador to UN said that Pyongyang rejects the resolution 1718 since the

resolution is a coercive declaration by a ldquogangster-likerdquo Security Council28)

26) See Security Council Meeting on 9 October 2006

lthttpwwwunorgNewsPressdocs2006sc8853dochtmgt27) See Security Council Meeting on 9 October 2006

lthttpwwwunorgNewsPressdocs2006sc8853dochtmgt28) See Security Council meeting on 9 October 2006

lthttpwwwunorgNewsPressdocs2006sc8853dochtmgt

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 265

Nevertheless the main limitation of the talks still remains without

creative alternatives to disentangle intricate interests of the participants of

the Six-Party Talks no feasible output can be expected from such a

multilateral meeting Thus in order to overcome the above-mentioned

limitations of the Six-Party Talks I suggest an approach which emphasizes

the following points 1) the emergence of a lsquonew experienced facilitatorrsquo

instead of previous main actors to encourage more pragmatic approaches

and 2) the combination of political and economic tools especially in

highlighting the economic approaches Consequently this paper will focus

on Russiarsquos role as a New Seasoned Facilitator since Russia can offer new

possibilities for a long-term resolution of the issues on the Korean

peninsula

2 Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo for Dealing with

Issues on the Korean Peninsula

In this part the role of Russia will be scrutinized as a possible new

strong facilitator who might offer long-term solutions to the problems on the

Korean peninsula in the 21st century Since most of the studies concerning

cooperation on the Korean peninsula tend to focus mainly on the role

played by the US and China I argue that this paper may provide an

innovative contribution to the study of the ldquoSix-Party Talksrdquo stressing

Russiarsquos new role vis-agrave-vis the Korean peninsula In my view indeed

Russiarsquos role on the Korean peninsula progressively emerged in recent years

shaping the image of ldquofacilitatorrdquo interested in persuading North Korea to

seek an alternative to the nuclear weapons program and promote energy

266 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

cooperation in the region which might hasten possibility of peace on the

Korean peninsula

According to Vorontsov (2007) the basic positions of Moscow for the

Six-Party Talks are as follows 1) advocating the strict inspection of NPT and

the denuclearized Korean peninsula 2) persisting peaceful negotiation

among the six players and 3) promoting the inter-Korean dialogues29) In

contrast to the hard-line stance of White House30) to eliminate all factors

related to North Korean nuclear program in terms of the Korean issues the

current Russian government seems to strive for the achievement of the goal

2) and 3) When it comes to the geostrategic situations the Korean issues

have recently become one of the major considerations for Moscow because

the US China and Japan have gradually played important roles on the

issues of Korean peninsula who are all Russiarsquos direct neighbors31)

Namely owing to the invisible lsquoPower Racersquo among the major powers

Russia is increasingly interested in the issues surrounding the Korean

peninsula

In the same way unlike the general expectations on the global stage the

Russian role within the multilateral talks may have substantial influences as

well as the other actors have contributed to the meetings In the beginning

29) Alexander Vorontsov ldquoCurrent Russia ndash North Korea Relations Challenges and

Achievementsrdquo Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies (2007) p1730) Still North Korea seems to believe what White House pursues a hard-line policy

toward Pyongyang An unnamed spokesman of Pyongyang stated on 8 May 2009

ldquothe Obama administration for the past 100 dayshelliphellip the hostile policy toward

Pyongyang remains unchangedrdquo

lthttpwwwnytimescom20090509worldasia09koreahtml_r=1ampref=global-homegt31) Georgy Toloraya ldquoRussian Policy in Korea in a time of changerdquo The Korean

Journal of Defense Analysis Vol211 (2009) p69

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 267

stage of the talks some counties had skepticism about Moscowrsquos

participation in the talks because the Four-Party Talks (the US China and

the two Koreas) - except for Moscow - was a general pattern on the

inter-Korean issues32) However Kremlin played an essential role in inviting

Pyongyang in joining the Six-Party Talks because North Korea insisted

Pyongyang would not participate in the 2003 meeting without Russia33)

When it comes to Russian official stance in 2015 Moscow continuously

supports the Six-Party Talks for denuclearization in the Korean peninsula

while Russia does not recognize North Korea as a nuclear state34)

Historically Russia and North Korea have significantly long and

meaningful relations throughout the period of Korearsquos liberation following

Japanese colonization the Korean War and the opening and ending of the

Cold War In particular the two countries enjoyed a very strong cooperative

relationship during the Korean War35) Following the Korean War the

Soviet Union became the main trade partner and a sponsor for the

nation-building of Kim Il-sungrsquo regime Approximately 93 factories and

industrial facilities in North Korea were established under the Russian

technical assistance 36)constructing Pyongyangrsquos heavy-industrial backbon

32) Moscowrsquos absence from the Four-Party Talks proposed by the former President Bill

Clinton and President Kim Young Sam on April 16 1996 demonstrated Russiarsquos

dwindled regional influence in the Korean peninsula Yang et al (2004) p80133) Vorontsov (2007) p2234) ldquoRussian Envoy Discusses Pyongyang tests Thaadrdquo Korea Joongang Daily September

25 2015

lthttpkoreajoongangdailyjoinscomnewsarticleArticleaspxaid=3009631gt35) During the Korean War the Russian pilots contributed to the air defence of

North Korea resulting in the loss of 135 pilots and more than 300 airplanes Ibid

p5

268 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

e37) Such a close alliance between the two communist societies continued

until the collapse of the Soviet Union Unfortunately during the President

Elrsquotsinrsquos administration the Russian policy toward the Korean peninsula

shifted due to the unilateral rapprochement with the ROK as the new

diplomatic approach in the so-called ldquodemocratic romanticismrdquo which called

for greatly pro-Western at the expense of Russiarsquos interests 38) Such

transformed Russian policy seemed to cause a crack in the friendship

between Moscow and Pyongyang

However since the inauguration of Vladimir Putin the Russian political

elites began envisaging new approaches towards the Korean peninsula

Putinrsquos new approach functioned as a breakthrough to reinforce previously

weakening relations between Russia and North Korea As a result a historic

treaty on ldquoFriendshiprdquo between Kremlin and Pyongyang―Good-Neighbourly

Relations and Cooperation―was created in 200039) Currently Kim Jong-Un

regime has mainly concentrated on strengthening trade relations with Kremlin

and both Moscow and Pyongyang have taken positive consensus towards

36) The North Korean nuclear energy facilities were established with the Soviet

technical assistance in 1962 37) Vorontsov (2007) p538) On 27 October 1991 Elrsquotin addressed two main aims fo the Russian Foreign

policy 1) pursuing favourable external conditions for the domestic political and

economic reforms and 2) overcoming the legacy of the Cold war Richard Sakwa

(2008) Russian Politics and Society (London Routledge 2008) pp368~36939) After the treaty of lsquoGood-Neighbourly Relations and Cooperationrsquo the Moscowrsquos

declaration of the DPRK and the Russian Federation was released on 4 August 2001

The DPRK-Russia joint declaration is the advanced version of lsquogood-neighbourliness

and cooperationrsquo signed on 9 February 2000 Since then the two countries have

tried the friendly relations and mutually beneficial cooperation

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 269

enhancing their economic cooperative relationship In 2014 Putinrsquos cabinet

concluded the withdrawal of $10 billion of Pyongyangrsquos $11 billion debt that

had accrued during the Soviet Era40) It seems that Putinrsquos cabinet assumes

that this gesture of goodwill will contribute to the construction of a gas

pipeline covering the Korean peninsula When it comes to both geopolitical

and geo-economics aspects North Korea could have profitable investments

opportunities

All in all such a historic fortification of the inter-relationship between

North Korea and Russia provides diverse chances for the improved role of

Russia in making contributions with the backing of other partners of the

Six-Party Talks Based on this fact it would be possible to focus more on

the possibility of Russiarsquos increased contribution to the talks In fact there

is a strong possibility that Moscow could function as a lsquomediatorrsquo and

lsquofacilitatorrsquo between Pyongyang and the other members of the Six-Party

Talks

There are a number of important cases41) through which Moscow enabled

diplomatic efforts assume the role of a lsquofacilitatorrsquo or lsquomediatorrsquo When it

comes to the bilateral relations between Republic of Korea and Russia the

two nations started nearly at a zero point at first However Kremlin and

Blue House have created new economic science and cultural systems For

example since 1990 the leaders of South Korea and Russia have officially

met 27 times In 2013 President Vladimir Putinrsquos visited to Seoul when the

two nationsrsquo annual bilateral trade exceeded $26 billion42)

40) ldquoNorth Korea Looking Abroadrdquo Korea Economic Institute February 18 2015

lthttpblogkeiaorg201502north-korea-looking-abroadgt41) Vorontsov opcit p17

270 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

In particular in July 2002 Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov visited the two

Koreas respectively to persuade both to return to the negotiating table

which was halted after a naval clash in the West (Yellow) Sea in June 2002

Although the visit was not connected to the Six-Party Talks directly the case

seems to confirm Russiarsquos efforts to assist the improvement of the

inter-Korean relations What is more in terms of the US-DPRK relations

Moscow provided an opportunity for a meeting between the North Korean

Foreign Minister Paek NamSun and the former US Secretary of State Colin

Powell during the ministerial meetings at the ASEAN Regional Forum talks

in Darussalam Brunei in 200243) In short Moscowrsquos effort to carry out

ldquobalancer diplomacyrdquo after Putinrsquos inauguration shows potentials to be a

smart lsquomediatorrsquo within the multilateral negotiation such as the Six-Party

Talks

3 The Russian lsquoNew Realismrsquo Policy Applied in the Korean

Peninsula

Then the questions are to what degree can Russia be engaged in

resolving the inter-Korean issues and what kind of benefit can Russia

expect from the increased involvement with the issues regarding the Korean

peninsula especially in the Six-Party Talks

In the recent years the interest of the Russian politicians and academics

toward the Korean peninsula seems to be soaring As an lsquoactive partrsquo the

42) ldquoRussian Envoy Discusses Pyongyang tests Thaadrdquo Korea Joongang Daily September

25 2015 lthttpkoreajoongangdailyjoinscomnewsarticleArticleaspxaid=3009631gt43) Ibid

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 271

Korean peninsula can be regarded as a region of interest and strategic

importance as the Asian-Pacific region is seen to have increasing economic

implication for Russia due to the lack of involvement by Moscow in the

region of economic prowess44) In particular when Moscow participated in

the Six-Party Talks its approach seems to have strategic bearing toward the

Asia-Pacific region because the region especially the Korean peninsula is

now regarded by Moscow as an area of considerable importance

In fact Russiarsquos burgeoning interests for the Six-Party Talks contemporize

with the inauguration of the Putinrsquos administration Namely Putinrsquos lsquoNew

Realismrsquo based on the pragmatic approach over all Russia policies can be

applied to the evaluation of the Russian intention and purpose toward the

Six-Party Talks On the whole the national motto of the 21st century Russia

is lsquoPragmatismrsquo which also significantly influenced the current Medvedevrsquos

cabinet45) On a meeting of the Security Council in March 2000 the new

Russian lsquoForeign Policy Conceptrsquo was introduced by Ivanov the Russian

Foreign Minister at the time The main concept of the document was lsquomore

realisticrsquo for rebuilding the domestic economy and promoting the Russian

economic interests abroad as it strives to become worldrsquos tenth biggest

economy in the 21st century46) Hence Moscowrsquos foreign policy influenced

44) Natasha Kuhrt Russian Policy towards China and Japan The Elrsquotsin and Putin

periods (New York Rutledge 2007) pp 54~5645) In January 2002 the former President Putin had an interview with a Polish

Newspaper and Polish TVP Channel In the interview he stated that lsquoPragmatismrsquo

as a key means for the economic cooperation with other nations ldquoWe began this

talk by pointing out that the soundest approachhellip on the basis of pragmatism

and pragmatic interest in each otherrdquo

lthttpwwwkremlinruengtextspeeches200201150001_type82916_147392shtmlgt46) Sakwa(2008) pp371~391

272 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

by such realistic and pragmatic approaches seems to have valid bearing for

both the Six-Party Talks and the inter-Korean dialogues especially when the

economic aspects are addressed

In essence what are the specific interests Moscow might have on the

Korean peninsula The answer to this question is the more the Korean

military threats are slackened the more Russiarsquos security and economic

interests are amplified In terms of this argument Meyer (2005) identified

the reasons for the Russian Federationrsquos participation in the multilateral

meeting He indicated that by supporting reconciliation between DPRK and

ROK Russia can achieve the following objectives 1) the symbolic objective

to be recognized as a permanent major power on the global stage 2) the

military objective to dissuade Pyongyang from pursuing nuclear weapons

program not to weaken the global commitment for NPT and 3) the

economic objective to establish favorable conditions for the development of

a trilateral economic cooperation among Russia and the two Koreas47)

In relation to the third objective when Putin was the president he had

strong interests toward the Korean peninsula as there were potentially

lucrative economic opportunities available Such projects included connecting

the inter-Korean railroad to the Trans-Siberian railroad and exporting natural

gas from the Kovyktinskoe field in Irkutsk to the Korean peninsula through

China48)

In fact it can be concluded that the third reason which Meyer identified

is the main objective of Russiarsquos participation in the Sic-Party talks therefore

47) Peggy Falkenhein Meyer ldquoRussia Interests and Objectives on the Korean Peninsulardquo

International Journal of Korean Studies (FallWinter 2005) Vol 4 No 2 pp 145~14748) Ibid pp148~154

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 273

it could be assumed the promotion of economic issues can be conceived

and used as a tool to make a breakthrough to overcome the sluggish

multifaceted talks dealing with North Korea high-technology fears More

specifically I argue that the natural gas projects can dramatically increase

Russiarsquos penetration on the Korean peninsula and promote ndash in turn -

Moscowrsquos effort to bring positive changes to the talks From this perspective

Russian economic leverage might become a cornerstone for bringing peace

in the Korean peninsula In the following part I will present a possible

scenario in which this assumption might be substantially developed

Ⅳ A New Role of Russia on the Korean Peninsula

Figure 2 as shown below portrays a possible scenario of cooperation on

the Korean peninsula which emphasizes the following aspects 1) the

importance of the Six-Party Talks for the future of cooperation on the

Korean peninsula in the 21st century and 2) the suggestion of new

alternatives which focus on Russia and its economic involvement to boost

multilateral talks In building-up the scenario the key presumption is that

economic cooperation can create a ldquofunctional leveragerdquo in a political

scenario characterized by a substantial political rapprochement due to the

enforcement of a legally binding treaty (ie a Peace Treaty that could officially

end the Korean War) and prepare a definitive process of nation-building

among the two Koreas This ldquofunctional leveragerdquo is based on the role

played by CTR (Cooperative Threat Reduction) program49) to eliminate all

274 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

military threats―nuclear chemical biological and missiles threat from North

Korea In principle the objective of CTR is to reduce the dangers created

by nuclear chemical or biological weapons or their delivery vehicles The

actors of the CTR are consisted of a host who eradicates secures or

converts the WMD (Weapons of Mass Destruction) programs while the

other partners supporting such efforts50)

The most attractive function of the CTR for the following scenario is that

the partners provide money technology equipment and training to the host

nation In case that the six participants select the option during the process

of the WMD removal the main problems such methods and incentives in

terms of the North Korean nuclear withdrawal will be solved naturally

Furthermore the main argument to highlight the economic approaches with

flexible funds produced by rewards of the CTR programs can be persuaded

more convincingly Therefore the following section will justify this

alternative based on the postulation mentioned above―the application of

the CTR in the process of the Six-Party Talks

49) The CTR (or sometimes called for lsquoNunn-Lugarrsquo) programme provides funding

and expertise for the states in the former Soviet Unions including Russia Ukraine

Georgia Azerbaijan Belarus Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan under disarmament

treaties lthttpnunn-lugarcomindexshtmlgt50) Joel S Wit Wolfsthal Jon and Oh Choong-suk (2005) ldquoThe Six Party Talks and

Beyond Cooperative Threat Reduction and North Koreardquo A Report of the CSIS

International Security Program Dec (Washington DC CSIS) pp7~8

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 275

1 A Scenario Suggested lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Projection

for the DPRKrsquo

As stressed before the founding hypothesis of this scenario is a

substantial political shift on the Korean peninsula prospecting a clear

ldquoongoing processrdquo ldquoone Korea reunifiedrdquo However in my argumentation

the crucial assumption is not related to dynamics leading to the political

rapprochement among the two Koreas and neighbor countries which are

members of the Six-Party Talks Instead the central point of the first

scenario is to focus on the preparations and nation-building toward the

reconciliation of the two Koreas through multilateral economic negotiations

Namely to what extent can the framework of the Six-Party Talks and Russia

influence on peace and prosperity on the Korean peninsula as the means

of economic approaches

(Figure 2) Economy Reconstruction Project for the DPRK

276 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

Stage I

As shown in Figure 2 this scenario will be developed through four

stages During Stage I in order to resolve the core problem of Pyongyang―

the disposal of all WMD including chemical biological nuclear weapons

and the CTR program will be offered strongly Under the circumstances

North Korea seems to be a proper candidate for the CTR In the case of the

CTR the multilateral approaches owing to the political and financial

burden-sharing among the sponsors are indispensable51) Although the

Northeast Asian region has not been a suitable case for the program the

Six-Party Talks has shown a consensus on the difficult security problems

especially on Pyongyangrsquos military threats Such a partnership among the

participants of the Six-Party Talks which has been cultivated for seven years

of working together produces more positive results in the progress of the

disposal of nuclear weapons during the period of conducting the CTR

program

In addition Moscow will play a key role in the application of the CTR

program for North Korea When it comes to the beginning of the CTR the

program focused intensively on the countries of the former Soviet Union

including Russia Ukraine Georgia Azerbaijan Belarus Uzbekistan and

Kazakhstan As a result 6600 nuclear warheads have been eliminated since

1991 and more that 470 long-range missiles have been destroyed while

over 1800 other missiles strategic bombers have been disassembled52) With

51) Ibid pp1~352) The United States has invested $7 billion in the former Soviet Union since 1991

and is recently investing $1 billion per year There are additional participants―EU

UK Germany and France Ibid pp7~8

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 277

such an impressive precedent Russia is able to provide a workable solution

during the process of Pyongyangrsquos cooperative threat reduction The most

impressive strength of the first stage is provided that North Korea and the

five members of the Six-Party talks collectively pursue the CTR program the

following economic incentives will be offered for the reconstruction of

North Korea 1) a reward of nuclear withdrawal and 2) the reuse of

resources previously used in the Northrsquos nuclear program

In relation to CTR with application to the case of North Korea it possible

to argue that Russia ndash mindful of the CTR program provided by the US in

the aftermath of the collapse of the Soviet Empire ndash could potentially reuse

the rationale behind the above-mentioned mass destruction dismantlement

program in order to materially help North Korea to eliminate these kinds of

armaments as well as to boost a more comprehensive trust-building process

in the direction of Pyongyang increasing Russian influence over the North

and the overall region

Stage II

During the Stage II the expected economic incentives offered from the

implementation of the CTR project will be connected to the establishment of

a factual organization―lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Project for the DPRKrsquo

Continuously the international community should remain concerned about a

steep decline of the North Korean economy which in the past caused the

most destructive famines of the 20th century As many as one million

people who represent about five percent of the North Korean population

perished in the mid-1990s as a result53) Therefore the members of the

Six-Party Talks should pursue Pyongyangrsquos economic reforms and

278 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

reconstruction simultaneously since the countries regard economic inability

of Kim Jung Un to be one of the causes for using the military threats54)

Therefore it would provide a vital opportunity to bring changes in North

Korea if an organization which focuses on the economic benefits is

founded For this purpose this study recommends the establishment of

lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Project for the DPRKrsquo within the framework of the

Six-Party Talks The aspiration for the DPRK project is based on the

September 2005 Joint Statement and the February 2007 Joint Statement of

the Six-Party Talks The September Statement encouraged the economic

cooperation in the areas of energy trade and investment within the

Six-Party Talks framework55) Also in the February 2007 Joint Statement the

six players promised humanitarian assistance to North Korea and

established an Economy and Energy Cooperation Working Group56)

Although such agreements to boost the North Korean economy did not

53) Haggard Stephan and Noland Marcus ldquoA Security and Peace for Northeast Asia

The Economic Dimensionrdquo Peterson Institute for International Economics Policy

Brief No PB08-4 (April 2008) p2 54) In 2000 North Korea tried ldquomarketization from belowrdquo in the areas of local

organs government offices and military units with the recommendation of the

international community Ibid p255) See Join Statement of the Fourth Round of the Six-Party Talks in Beijing (19

September 2005)

lthttpwwwmofatgokrwebmodulehtsboardhbdhbdreadjsptypeID=6ampboardid=

247ampseqno=293918ampc=TITLEampt=amppagenum=2amptableName=TYPE_DATABOARDamppc=

ampdc=ampwc=amplu=ampvu=ampiu=ampdu=gt56) See Initial Actions for the Implementation of the Joint Statement (13 February 2007)

lthttpwwwmofatgokrwebmodulehtsboardhbdhbdreadjsptypeID=6ampboardid=

247ampseqno=293924ampc=TITLEampt=amppagenum=3amptableName=TYPE_DATABOARDamppc=amp

dc=ampwc=amplu=ampvu=ampiu=ampdu=gt

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 279

produce output in reality the international concerns seemed to have

reached a consensus relating to the ideas of lsquoEconomic Reconstruction

Project for DPRKrsquo introduced for the Stage II

Stage III

The following study on the similar subject reflects such international

concerns in a pragmatic way lsquopipeline gas introduction to the Korean

peninsularsquo57) In the Stage III as a long-term scenario to rehabilitate the

DPRKrsquos economy the idea of lsquopipeline gas projectrsquo introduced by Paik

(2005) will be applied Within the Six-Party Talks framework energy

assistance is another integral theme which is seen as important area to

resolve the nuclear problem on the Korean peninsula What is more such

energy supply options for DPRK generated from the gas pipeline project can

be functioned as a versatile negotiation tool combining the geopolitical and

economic reality on the Six-Party Talks table

In fact one well-established energy development organization―KEDO―

already exists The mission of KEDO is to implement the Agreed Framework

between the US and DPRK on the assumption that Pyongyang agreed to

freeze and ultimately dismantle its breathing nuclear program58) Unfortunately

the KEDO led project failed due to the North Korean distrust towards KEDO

due to the ailing relationship between Washington and Pyongyang caused

by the North Korean military threats and the failure to meet the agreed

57) Keun-Wook Paik ldquoPipeline Gas Introduction to the Korean Peninsulardquo Korea

Foundation Project lsquoEnergy and Environmental Cooperation in the Korea Peninsula

(2005)58) Baker et al opcit pp135~138

280 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

provisions59) Unlike the KEDO projects the introduction of the long

distance gas pipeline passing through the DPRK territory will involve the

two Koreas and Russia In particular intended for Pyongyang the pipeline

gas would provide energy to power many major cities in the DPRK

assuming that a 15 bcm60) natural gas would be allocated to the North as

a transit fees Also South Korea can provide additional support to prevent

the collapse of the North Korean economy61) In addition further funding

can be allocated for the CTR programs which will intensify the effort to

support rebuilding of the North Korean economy

Other than the economic merit Moscow is well positioned in this

pipeline project since the major Russian company Gazprom which is the

largest extractor of natural gas in the world has outstanding options to

promote the project from all the shareholders For this reason the role of

Russia should be given more weight in the third stage

In terms of the Economy Reconstruction Project for the DPRK this study

will follow the main idea of the paper Pipeline Gas Introduction to the

Korean Peninsula by Paik In his in-depth study Paik suggested lsquothe

Proposed Greater Circular Pipeline in Northeast Asiarsquo As shown in Figure 3

the Korean peninsula is ideally located to have pivotal benefits from the

59) There are two main conditions 1) KEDO finances and constructs two

proliferation-resistant light-water reactors(LWR) of the Korean Standard Nuclear

Power Plant in the DPRK and 2) KEDO provides DPRK with an alternative source

of energy for heating and electricity until the first of the two reactors is

completed lthttpwwwkedoorgap_mainaspgt 60) 30bcm is an amount which can handle gas over 30 years Baker et al opcit

p10161) Ibid pp81~82

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 281

Source Paik (2005) p41

Russian oil and gas pipeline infrastructure In the case that the gas pipeline

scenario is applied in reality as a useful alternative for the settlement of the

current North Korean nuclear crisis this project will provide significant

contribution to in promoting energy cooperation between Russia and the

Two Koreas

Stage Ⅳ

In the final stage a consensus and convention to justify this project

within the Six-Party Talks framework should be guaranteed This is necessary

to avoid the inevitable problem of incompatibility between the laws and

regulations among the six players and different investment environment

(Figure 3) Map The Proposed Greater Pipeline in Northeast Asia

282 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

The Six Party Talks Russia

Stage

bull Providing a Negotiation Tool (the

CTR Program)

bull Initiating North Korea into Russian

precedents of the CTR program

Stage

bull Invoking international concerns about

NKrsquos economy reconstruction

bull Implementing the project based on

the Agreements

bull Supporting this project actively

Stage

bull Creating conventions to recognize the

gas pipeline project with six players

bull Participating in the gas pipeline project

actively persuading Gazprom

Stage

Ⅳ Building the consensus and trust of the Six-Party Talks members

2 Strength and Limitation of the Scenario

Based on the scenario introduced above the expected roles of Russia and

the members of the Six-Party Talks is as follows

(Table 2) Expected Roles of Russia and the Six-Party Talks in the Scenario

In short the main feature of lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Project for the

DPRKrsquo is a product of a multilateral economic diplomacy In general such

a multilateral economic approach has an unavoidable drawback in that such

a pragmatic diplomacy cannot move ahead regardless of the difficult security

concern of the Korean peninsula In particular I recognize that an increased

Russian role on a unified Korean peninsula would increase the tensions

among the main regional actors

However the strength of this scenario is combining security and

economic issues together to offer a comprehensive resolution concerning the

main threat that would inhibit inter-Korean rapprochement that is an

unchanged provocative posture of North Korea vis-agrave-vis its security needs

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 283

In other words the CTR program for Pyongyangrsquos WMD can be a suitable

alternative to prevent the North Korean military actions In addition the

economic rewards and investment for the DPRK during the negotiation

based on the gas pipeline project would enable advancement the North

Korean economy which in turn will have a positive effect on a long-term

solution such as the reconciliation between the two Koreas Furthermore if

an economic reconciliation can be reached with the help of the new actor

lsquoRussiarsquo this could become a plausible alternative reunification strategy of

the Korean peninsula Such a new consideration will justify the economic

and pragmatic approaches in the framework of the Six-Party talks

Ⅴ Conclusion

Time has changed However the issues surrounding the Korean

peninsula where interests of major powers are contested still display a

unique and multifaceted pattern on the international political order The

dilemma of the peninsula is the coexistence of lsquoinsecurityrsquo and lsquoprosperityrsquo

which is an inevitable by-product caused by the geopolitical situation

Despite such a reality smarter alternatives to achieve lsquopeacersquo and

lsquoprosperityrsquo on the Korean peninsula in the 21st century should be created

The option available currently is lsquothe Six-Party Talksrsquo This study has

suggested that such a multilateral talk offers a plausible framework to

resolve the issues surrounding the Korean peninsula beyond the North

Korean nuclear crisis Obviously the complex diplomatic calculations of the

284 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

six players are the key limitation of this framework but the talks seems

to be worthy as it is acting as a creditable model of the multilateral

negotiations In particular this study dealt with the role of Russia because

when it comes to the process of the Six-Party Talks and inter-relations with

the two Koreas to date Moscowrsquos contribution on the Six-Party Talks

brought positive alternatives which rival the contributions of Washington

and Beijing Based on such a development a scenario under which Russia

can play a positive role in creating a new and a long-term resolution to the

issues of the Korean peninsula can be postulated

However there are limitations which this study cannot escape Firstly as

the worst case scenario if the second Korean War breaks out suddenly the

reality of the multilateral talks and the scenario introduced above may

presumably have no bearing Secondly due to unexpected internal and

external conditions of Russia such as instability of the regime or global

economy crisis the role of Russia can fluctuate Thirdly if the others actors

especially in the US and China wants to maintain strong influences a

lsquopower gamersquo might break out the result of which might have negative

effects Finally the methodology of this research is a problem-solving

approach which was connected to the current policy analysis based on

comprehensive study of the primary sources As a result it is impossible to

deliver obvious and exact facts and information in terms of the Six-Party

Talks which is still in progress

Nonetheless the aim of this study was to offer an alternative to the

current difficult though hypothetical As a result this study was able to lead

a conclusion the Six-Party Talks and the role of Moscow are able to be a

persuasive and plausible alternative for a long-term solution on the Korean

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 285

peninsula The importance of the Six-Party Talks the inter-relations between

Russia and the two Koreas and a scenario suggested supported the

conclusion

All in all the increased and positive Russian involvement toward the two

Koreas can be a stepping-stone for a dialogue and cooperation for peace

and prosperity on the Korean peninsula Furthermore the full use of the

Six-Party Talks will ultimately contribute to security of the Northeast Asian

region beyond the North Korean nuclear crisis

접수 2015년 10월 23일 심사 2015년 10월 23일 게재확정 2015년 11월 24일

286 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

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httpkoreajoongangdailyjoinscomnewsarticleArticleaspxaid=3009631

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lthttpblogkeiaorg201502north-korea-looking-abroadgt

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 289

박지선(PARK JISUN )

영국 런던대 킹스 칼리지(Kingrsquos College London) 국제분쟁학 석사 학위를 취득하고 현재 동

대학원 전략학 박사과정에 있다 주요 연구실적으로 ldquoConstructivist Understandings of North

Korearsquos Ballistic Missile Programme National Security Policy Based on North Korearsquos Strategic

Culturerdquo(2014) 985172한반도 신뢰프로세스를 통한 비핵국가 한국의 핵 안보전략 제2차 핵시대를

맞이하여985173(2013 공저) 985172클라우제비츠의 전쟁이론으로 본 냉전 이후 북한의 핵미사일 전략

에 관한 연구985173(2010 공저) 등이 있다

6자회담 틀 내에서 한반도 중장기 평화번영을 위한 러시아의

lsquo숙련된 중재자(New Seasoned Facilitator)rsquo 역할

박지선 (런던대 킹스 칼리지)

국문요약

본 논문은 한반도의 중장기 평화번영 방안을 위해 교착상태에 빠진 6자회담의 틀 안

에서 러시아의 역할에 대한 새로운 학문적 접근을 보여주고자 한다 본 논문에서는 북한

핵무기 개발 프로그램의 중단이라는 공동의 목적을 달성하기 위해 설립된 6자회담의 주

요 행위자들의 정치적middot전략적 이해관계를 경제적 영역으로 확대하면서 보다 실용적인

한반도 문제 해결 방안을 제시하고 있다 특히 lsquo숙련된 중재자(New Seasoned Facilitator)rsquo

로서의 러시아의 역할에 대해 심도 있게 고찰하면서 6자회담 틀에서 가능한 하나의 시나

리오를 실험적으로 제안하고 있다 본 논문의 주요 내용은 1) 6자회담의 연대기적 분석

2)한반도를 둘러싼 6자회담 주요 국가들의 이해관계 분석 3) 숙련된 중재자로서의 러

시아의 역할을 고찰 4) 실용적이고 실행 가능한 경제협력 방안이 될 한반도 평화정착을

위한 북한경제재건 프로젝트의 시나리오 등이다

주제어 6자회담 러시아 외교정책 북한 중재자 한반도 중middot장기 번영

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Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 259

Taking the importance as a lsquogrand agendarsquo into consideration it is

important to analyze distinctive features of the process of the Six-Party

Talks and this will lead to the identification of the main limitations of the

Six-Party Talks Such limitations will support the following argument

When the range of the Six-Party Talksrsquo agenda is extended to include

comprehensive and pragmatic agenda for medium and long-term resolutions

of the issues of the Korean peninsula this multilateral talks can produce

more positive outcomes while embracing the regional interests of the six

nations More crucially ipso facto the suggestion to create more

comprehensive multilateral framework will enable the following creative and

new approaches 1) the emergence of a lsquoNew Actorrsquo Russia instead of the

main actors such as the US and China within the sixth round of the Six-Party

Talks and 2) the strengthening of the economic approach concentrated on

prosperity rather than intensive political and military negotiation

Above all the most important characteristic of the Six-Party Talks is that

the talks necessitate complicated calculations to balance all membersrsquo

interests After the first talks in 2003 the participating members began to

involve in dynamic diplomatic maneuvers based on each otherrsquos own

domestic issues national interests and interpretations of historical analogies

Owing to these diverse considerations regardless of the main challenge of

the Six-Party Talks framework to stop the North Korean nuclear program

many other challenges have been identified The Six Parties were aroused

by the internal and external interests like the wide-ranging topics of five

Working Groups discussions after February 13 Agreement in 200717)

17) Diplomatic White Paper of the Republic of Korea (2008) pp32~36

260 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

1 Critical Analysis on Six Partiesrsquo Responses after the

Adoption of United Nations Security Council Resolution

1718 (2006)

As an important case the different responses by the each of Six Party

participants on the Security Council resolution 171818) is a good example of

demonstrating complicated strategic calculations of everyone involved After

a nuclear ballistic missile test in October 2006 the Security Council

condemned the test and unanimously adopted resolution 1718 in 14 October

2006 calling for an immediate return to the Six-Party Talks19) The resolution

called for based on Chapter 7 of the United Nations Charter excluding

automatic military enforcement of its demands under the Charterrsquos Article 4

120) the members of the UN prohibit a range of goods from entering or

leaving the DPRK and imposed an asset freeze and travel ban on persons

in terms of the nuclear weapon program21)

In reaction to the resolution the six players showed different reactions

In this paper the responses of six players are largely divided into three

18) On 14 October 2006 after the nuclear ballistic missile test of Pyongyang the UN

Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 1718 condemning the nuclear test 19) Security Council Resolution 1718(2006)

lthttpdaccessddsunorgdocUNDOCGENN0657207PDFN0657207pdfOpen

Elementgt 20) According to the Charterrsquos Article 41 the Security Council decided what measures

not involving the use of armed force are to be employed to the DPRK These

include complete or partial interruption of economic relations and of rail sea air

postal telegraphic radio and other means of communication and the severance

of diplomatic relations 21) UN Security Council Resolution 1718 (2006)

lthttpwwwunorggasearchview_docaspsymbol=SRES171820(2006)gt

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 261

groups Group (Ⅰ) US Japan South Korea Group (Ⅱ) China Russia and

Group (Ⅲ) North Korea Before analyzing the United Nations Security

Council Resolution 1718 one important thesis in this case study is that the

criteria of the grouping stated above is focused on only the United Nations

Security Council Resolution 1718 rather than including all resolutions of

United Nations22) This is because eight UN resolutions related to North

Korearsquos nuclear issue from 1993 to 2013 demonstrate different politico-strategic

outcomes In this regard in the Table (1) the distinctive responses of the

three groups are categorized In brief this table illustrates the complexity of

the Six-Party Talks depending on politico-strategic relations while emphasizing

the importance of a multilateral approach for a long-term solution on the

Korean peninsula

22) These are a list of Unite Nations Council Resolutions related to the North Korean

nuclear issues from 1993 to 2013

bull United Nations Security Council Resolution 825(1993)

bull United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540 (2004)

bull United Nations Security Council Resolution 1695(2006)

bull United Nations Security Council Resolution 1718 (2006)

bull United Nations Security Council Resolution 1874 (2009)

bull United Nations Security Council Resolution 1887 (2009)

bull United Nations Security Council Resolution 2087(2013)

bull United Nations Security Council Resolution 2094 (2013)

262 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

Nuclear Capability (DPRK)

Resolution1718

Comeback of the Six-Party Talks

Military Enforcement

to DPRK

Sanctions against DPRK

The US

(Group Ⅰ)

Japan

(Group Ⅰ)

S Korea

(Group Ⅰ)ⅹ ⅹ

China

(Group Ⅱ)

ⅹ ⅹ

Russia

(Group Ⅱ)ⅹ ⅹ ⅹ

N Korea

(Group Ⅲ)

ⅹ ⅹ ⅹ

(Table 1) Critical Analysis on Six Partiesrsquo Responses after the Adoption of

United Nations Security Council Resolution 1718

strong support support partly support ⅹ objection

Group(Ⅰ) US Japan and Korea

In the case of the first Group it rallied behind Washington whose

stubborn reaction against Pyongyang led to the adoption of the UN Security

Council Resolution 171823) John Bolton who was the former US Ambassador

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 263

to the UN stated ldquoa nuclear test in 2006 was the gravest threat to international

peace and securityrdquo During a Security Council meeting he maintained that

the resolution 1718 should impose more strict demands complementing the

Security Resolution 1695 which is regarded as a failure As a result the US

and Japan enthusiastically bolstered the resolution 1718 welcoming the

contents of strengthened sanctions compared with the resolution 169524) On

the surface South Korea - which sustained considerably close relationship

with the US - seemed to unwillingly follow the resolution emphasizing that

the problem should be solved under a peaceful and diplomatic approach

In fact a division was recognizable within this group While the US and

Japan stuck together in unity in purpose and actions 25) against the irrational

behaviors of North Korea for doing missile tests the South Korean

government was committed to a two-pronged policy Indeed the grand

strategy of the South Korean government was to pursue the following two

aims the prevention of Pyongyang provocations and reconciliation of the

two Koreas In other words although all three maintained close

cooperation they all had slightly different interests and conditions

23) UN Security Council meeting on 9 October 2006

lthttpwwwunorgNewsPressdocs2006sc8853dochtmgt24) The main subjects of the Security Council Resolution 1695 are 1) stopping games

of lsquobrinkmanshiprsquo 2) complying with Security Council demands 3) returning to the

Six-Party Talks and 4) implementing terms of the joint statement for the last round

of the talks See United Nations Security Council Resolution 1695 (2006)25) The expectations of Washington and Tokyo from the Six-Party Talks are1) the

withdrawal of Nuclear weapons first then negotiations afterwards and 2) the

establishment of a democratic government similar to the US standards

264 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

Group (Ⅱ) China Russia

In the case of the group two China and Russia who have been close

supporters of North Korea for more than an half century demonstrated

similar reactions as the members of group one did While they agreed on

the general direction of the resolution each had a slightly different view on

the extension of the contents In the case of China not only Beijing was

the main actor in initiating the Six-Party Talks but also a very close friend

to North Korea 26) However China chose to support the sanctions against

Pyongyang under the resolution 1718 Meanwhile Russia had a different

view In an urgent meeting of the UN Security Council unlike China Russia

did not support such stringent sanctions against Pyongyang although

Moscow agreed on condemning the North Korean rocket launch Even if

in the end both Beijing and Moscow supported the resolution 1718 in

general it was an occasion when the two countries showed different

approach toward Pyongyang during the adoption process of the resolution27)

Group(Ⅲ) North Korea

Contrarily the reaction of the third group North Korea was fairly

obvious against the Security Council Resolution Park Gilyon North Korearsquos

Ambassador to UN said that Pyongyang rejects the resolution 1718 since the

resolution is a coercive declaration by a ldquogangster-likerdquo Security Council28)

26) See Security Council Meeting on 9 October 2006

lthttpwwwunorgNewsPressdocs2006sc8853dochtmgt27) See Security Council Meeting on 9 October 2006

lthttpwwwunorgNewsPressdocs2006sc8853dochtmgt28) See Security Council meeting on 9 October 2006

lthttpwwwunorgNewsPressdocs2006sc8853dochtmgt

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 265

Nevertheless the main limitation of the talks still remains without

creative alternatives to disentangle intricate interests of the participants of

the Six-Party Talks no feasible output can be expected from such a

multilateral meeting Thus in order to overcome the above-mentioned

limitations of the Six-Party Talks I suggest an approach which emphasizes

the following points 1) the emergence of a lsquonew experienced facilitatorrsquo

instead of previous main actors to encourage more pragmatic approaches

and 2) the combination of political and economic tools especially in

highlighting the economic approaches Consequently this paper will focus

on Russiarsquos role as a New Seasoned Facilitator since Russia can offer new

possibilities for a long-term resolution of the issues on the Korean

peninsula

2 Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo for Dealing with

Issues on the Korean Peninsula

In this part the role of Russia will be scrutinized as a possible new

strong facilitator who might offer long-term solutions to the problems on the

Korean peninsula in the 21st century Since most of the studies concerning

cooperation on the Korean peninsula tend to focus mainly on the role

played by the US and China I argue that this paper may provide an

innovative contribution to the study of the ldquoSix-Party Talksrdquo stressing

Russiarsquos new role vis-agrave-vis the Korean peninsula In my view indeed

Russiarsquos role on the Korean peninsula progressively emerged in recent years

shaping the image of ldquofacilitatorrdquo interested in persuading North Korea to

seek an alternative to the nuclear weapons program and promote energy

266 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

cooperation in the region which might hasten possibility of peace on the

Korean peninsula

According to Vorontsov (2007) the basic positions of Moscow for the

Six-Party Talks are as follows 1) advocating the strict inspection of NPT and

the denuclearized Korean peninsula 2) persisting peaceful negotiation

among the six players and 3) promoting the inter-Korean dialogues29) In

contrast to the hard-line stance of White House30) to eliminate all factors

related to North Korean nuclear program in terms of the Korean issues the

current Russian government seems to strive for the achievement of the goal

2) and 3) When it comes to the geostrategic situations the Korean issues

have recently become one of the major considerations for Moscow because

the US China and Japan have gradually played important roles on the

issues of Korean peninsula who are all Russiarsquos direct neighbors31)

Namely owing to the invisible lsquoPower Racersquo among the major powers

Russia is increasingly interested in the issues surrounding the Korean

peninsula

In the same way unlike the general expectations on the global stage the

Russian role within the multilateral talks may have substantial influences as

well as the other actors have contributed to the meetings In the beginning

29) Alexander Vorontsov ldquoCurrent Russia ndash North Korea Relations Challenges and

Achievementsrdquo Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies (2007) p1730) Still North Korea seems to believe what White House pursues a hard-line policy

toward Pyongyang An unnamed spokesman of Pyongyang stated on 8 May 2009

ldquothe Obama administration for the past 100 dayshelliphellip the hostile policy toward

Pyongyang remains unchangedrdquo

lthttpwwwnytimescom20090509worldasia09koreahtml_r=1ampref=global-homegt31) Georgy Toloraya ldquoRussian Policy in Korea in a time of changerdquo The Korean

Journal of Defense Analysis Vol211 (2009) p69

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 267

stage of the talks some counties had skepticism about Moscowrsquos

participation in the talks because the Four-Party Talks (the US China and

the two Koreas) - except for Moscow - was a general pattern on the

inter-Korean issues32) However Kremlin played an essential role in inviting

Pyongyang in joining the Six-Party Talks because North Korea insisted

Pyongyang would not participate in the 2003 meeting without Russia33)

When it comes to Russian official stance in 2015 Moscow continuously

supports the Six-Party Talks for denuclearization in the Korean peninsula

while Russia does not recognize North Korea as a nuclear state34)

Historically Russia and North Korea have significantly long and

meaningful relations throughout the period of Korearsquos liberation following

Japanese colonization the Korean War and the opening and ending of the

Cold War In particular the two countries enjoyed a very strong cooperative

relationship during the Korean War35) Following the Korean War the

Soviet Union became the main trade partner and a sponsor for the

nation-building of Kim Il-sungrsquo regime Approximately 93 factories and

industrial facilities in North Korea were established under the Russian

technical assistance 36)constructing Pyongyangrsquos heavy-industrial backbon

32) Moscowrsquos absence from the Four-Party Talks proposed by the former President Bill

Clinton and President Kim Young Sam on April 16 1996 demonstrated Russiarsquos

dwindled regional influence in the Korean peninsula Yang et al (2004) p80133) Vorontsov (2007) p2234) ldquoRussian Envoy Discusses Pyongyang tests Thaadrdquo Korea Joongang Daily September

25 2015

lthttpkoreajoongangdailyjoinscomnewsarticleArticleaspxaid=3009631gt35) During the Korean War the Russian pilots contributed to the air defence of

North Korea resulting in the loss of 135 pilots and more than 300 airplanes Ibid

p5

268 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

e37) Such a close alliance between the two communist societies continued

until the collapse of the Soviet Union Unfortunately during the President

Elrsquotsinrsquos administration the Russian policy toward the Korean peninsula

shifted due to the unilateral rapprochement with the ROK as the new

diplomatic approach in the so-called ldquodemocratic romanticismrdquo which called

for greatly pro-Western at the expense of Russiarsquos interests 38) Such

transformed Russian policy seemed to cause a crack in the friendship

between Moscow and Pyongyang

However since the inauguration of Vladimir Putin the Russian political

elites began envisaging new approaches towards the Korean peninsula

Putinrsquos new approach functioned as a breakthrough to reinforce previously

weakening relations between Russia and North Korea As a result a historic

treaty on ldquoFriendshiprdquo between Kremlin and Pyongyang―Good-Neighbourly

Relations and Cooperation―was created in 200039) Currently Kim Jong-Un

regime has mainly concentrated on strengthening trade relations with Kremlin

and both Moscow and Pyongyang have taken positive consensus towards

36) The North Korean nuclear energy facilities were established with the Soviet

technical assistance in 1962 37) Vorontsov (2007) p538) On 27 October 1991 Elrsquotin addressed two main aims fo the Russian Foreign

policy 1) pursuing favourable external conditions for the domestic political and

economic reforms and 2) overcoming the legacy of the Cold war Richard Sakwa

(2008) Russian Politics and Society (London Routledge 2008) pp368~36939) After the treaty of lsquoGood-Neighbourly Relations and Cooperationrsquo the Moscowrsquos

declaration of the DPRK and the Russian Federation was released on 4 August 2001

The DPRK-Russia joint declaration is the advanced version of lsquogood-neighbourliness

and cooperationrsquo signed on 9 February 2000 Since then the two countries have

tried the friendly relations and mutually beneficial cooperation

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 269

enhancing their economic cooperative relationship In 2014 Putinrsquos cabinet

concluded the withdrawal of $10 billion of Pyongyangrsquos $11 billion debt that

had accrued during the Soviet Era40) It seems that Putinrsquos cabinet assumes

that this gesture of goodwill will contribute to the construction of a gas

pipeline covering the Korean peninsula When it comes to both geopolitical

and geo-economics aspects North Korea could have profitable investments

opportunities

All in all such a historic fortification of the inter-relationship between

North Korea and Russia provides diverse chances for the improved role of

Russia in making contributions with the backing of other partners of the

Six-Party Talks Based on this fact it would be possible to focus more on

the possibility of Russiarsquos increased contribution to the talks In fact there

is a strong possibility that Moscow could function as a lsquomediatorrsquo and

lsquofacilitatorrsquo between Pyongyang and the other members of the Six-Party

Talks

There are a number of important cases41) through which Moscow enabled

diplomatic efforts assume the role of a lsquofacilitatorrsquo or lsquomediatorrsquo When it

comes to the bilateral relations between Republic of Korea and Russia the

two nations started nearly at a zero point at first However Kremlin and

Blue House have created new economic science and cultural systems For

example since 1990 the leaders of South Korea and Russia have officially

met 27 times In 2013 President Vladimir Putinrsquos visited to Seoul when the

two nationsrsquo annual bilateral trade exceeded $26 billion42)

40) ldquoNorth Korea Looking Abroadrdquo Korea Economic Institute February 18 2015

lthttpblogkeiaorg201502north-korea-looking-abroadgt41) Vorontsov opcit p17

270 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

In particular in July 2002 Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov visited the two

Koreas respectively to persuade both to return to the negotiating table

which was halted after a naval clash in the West (Yellow) Sea in June 2002

Although the visit was not connected to the Six-Party Talks directly the case

seems to confirm Russiarsquos efforts to assist the improvement of the

inter-Korean relations What is more in terms of the US-DPRK relations

Moscow provided an opportunity for a meeting between the North Korean

Foreign Minister Paek NamSun and the former US Secretary of State Colin

Powell during the ministerial meetings at the ASEAN Regional Forum talks

in Darussalam Brunei in 200243) In short Moscowrsquos effort to carry out

ldquobalancer diplomacyrdquo after Putinrsquos inauguration shows potentials to be a

smart lsquomediatorrsquo within the multilateral negotiation such as the Six-Party

Talks

3 The Russian lsquoNew Realismrsquo Policy Applied in the Korean

Peninsula

Then the questions are to what degree can Russia be engaged in

resolving the inter-Korean issues and what kind of benefit can Russia

expect from the increased involvement with the issues regarding the Korean

peninsula especially in the Six-Party Talks

In the recent years the interest of the Russian politicians and academics

toward the Korean peninsula seems to be soaring As an lsquoactive partrsquo the

42) ldquoRussian Envoy Discusses Pyongyang tests Thaadrdquo Korea Joongang Daily September

25 2015 lthttpkoreajoongangdailyjoinscomnewsarticleArticleaspxaid=3009631gt43) Ibid

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 271

Korean peninsula can be regarded as a region of interest and strategic

importance as the Asian-Pacific region is seen to have increasing economic

implication for Russia due to the lack of involvement by Moscow in the

region of economic prowess44) In particular when Moscow participated in

the Six-Party Talks its approach seems to have strategic bearing toward the

Asia-Pacific region because the region especially the Korean peninsula is

now regarded by Moscow as an area of considerable importance

In fact Russiarsquos burgeoning interests for the Six-Party Talks contemporize

with the inauguration of the Putinrsquos administration Namely Putinrsquos lsquoNew

Realismrsquo based on the pragmatic approach over all Russia policies can be

applied to the evaluation of the Russian intention and purpose toward the

Six-Party Talks On the whole the national motto of the 21st century Russia

is lsquoPragmatismrsquo which also significantly influenced the current Medvedevrsquos

cabinet45) On a meeting of the Security Council in March 2000 the new

Russian lsquoForeign Policy Conceptrsquo was introduced by Ivanov the Russian

Foreign Minister at the time The main concept of the document was lsquomore

realisticrsquo for rebuilding the domestic economy and promoting the Russian

economic interests abroad as it strives to become worldrsquos tenth biggest

economy in the 21st century46) Hence Moscowrsquos foreign policy influenced

44) Natasha Kuhrt Russian Policy towards China and Japan The Elrsquotsin and Putin

periods (New York Rutledge 2007) pp 54~5645) In January 2002 the former President Putin had an interview with a Polish

Newspaper and Polish TVP Channel In the interview he stated that lsquoPragmatismrsquo

as a key means for the economic cooperation with other nations ldquoWe began this

talk by pointing out that the soundest approachhellip on the basis of pragmatism

and pragmatic interest in each otherrdquo

lthttpwwwkremlinruengtextspeeches200201150001_type82916_147392shtmlgt46) Sakwa(2008) pp371~391

272 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

by such realistic and pragmatic approaches seems to have valid bearing for

both the Six-Party Talks and the inter-Korean dialogues especially when the

economic aspects are addressed

In essence what are the specific interests Moscow might have on the

Korean peninsula The answer to this question is the more the Korean

military threats are slackened the more Russiarsquos security and economic

interests are amplified In terms of this argument Meyer (2005) identified

the reasons for the Russian Federationrsquos participation in the multilateral

meeting He indicated that by supporting reconciliation between DPRK and

ROK Russia can achieve the following objectives 1) the symbolic objective

to be recognized as a permanent major power on the global stage 2) the

military objective to dissuade Pyongyang from pursuing nuclear weapons

program not to weaken the global commitment for NPT and 3) the

economic objective to establish favorable conditions for the development of

a trilateral economic cooperation among Russia and the two Koreas47)

In relation to the third objective when Putin was the president he had

strong interests toward the Korean peninsula as there were potentially

lucrative economic opportunities available Such projects included connecting

the inter-Korean railroad to the Trans-Siberian railroad and exporting natural

gas from the Kovyktinskoe field in Irkutsk to the Korean peninsula through

China48)

In fact it can be concluded that the third reason which Meyer identified

is the main objective of Russiarsquos participation in the Sic-Party talks therefore

47) Peggy Falkenhein Meyer ldquoRussia Interests and Objectives on the Korean Peninsulardquo

International Journal of Korean Studies (FallWinter 2005) Vol 4 No 2 pp 145~14748) Ibid pp148~154

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 273

it could be assumed the promotion of economic issues can be conceived

and used as a tool to make a breakthrough to overcome the sluggish

multifaceted talks dealing with North Korea high-technology fears More

specifically I argue that the natural gas projects can dramatically increase

Russiarsquos penetration on the Korean peninsula and promote ndash in turn -

Moscowrsquos effort to bring positive changes to the talks From this perspective

Russian economic leverage might become a cornerstone for bringing peace

in the Korean peninsula In the following part I will present a possible

scenario in which this assumption might be substantially developed

Ⅳ A New Role of Russia on the Korean Peninsula

Figure 2 as shown below portrays a possible scenario of cooperation on

the Korean peninsula which emphasizes the following aspects 1) the

importance of the Six-Party Talks for the future of cooperation on the

Korean peninsula in the 21st century and 2) the suggestion of new

alternatives which focus on Russia and its economic involvement to boost

multilateral talks In building-up the scenario the key presumption is that

economic cooperation can create a ldquofunctional leveragerdquo in a political

scenario characterized by a substantial political rapprochement due to the

enforcement of a legally binding treaty (ie a Peace Treaty that could officially

end the Korean War) and prepare a definitive process of nation-building

among the two Koreas This ldquofunctional leveragerdquo is based on the role

played by CTR (Cooperative Threat Reduction) program49) to eliminate all

274 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

military threats―nuclear chemical biological and missiles threat from North

Korea In principle the objective of CTR is to reduce the dangers created

by nuclear chemical or biological weapons or their delivery vehicles The

actors of the CTR are consisted of a host who eradicates secures or

converts the WMD (Weapons of Mass Destruction) programs while the

other partners supporting such efforts50)

The most attractive function of the CTR for the following scenario is that

the partners provide money technology equipment and training to the host

nation In case that the six participants select the option during the process

of the WMD removal the main problems such methods and incentives in

terms of the North Korean nuclear withdrawal will be solved naturally

Furthermore the main argument to highlight the economic approaches with

flexible funds produced by rewards of the CTR programs can be persuaded

more convincingly Therefore the following section will justify this

alternative based on the postulation mentioned above―the application of

the CTR in the process of the Six-Party Talks

49) The CTR (or sometimes called for lsquoNunn-Lugarrsquo) programme provides funding

and expertise for the states in the former Soviet Unions including Russia Ukraine

Georgia Azerbaijan Belarus Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan under disarmament

treaties lthttpnunn-lugarcomindexshtmlgt50) Joel S Wit Wolfsthal Jon and Oh Choong-suk (2005) ldquoThe Six Party Talks and

Beyond Cooperative Threat Reduction and North Koreardquo A Report of the CSIS

International Security Program Dec (Washington DC CSIS) pp7~8

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 275

1 A Scenario Suggested lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Projection

for the DPRKrsquo

As stressed before the founding hypothesis of this scenario is a

substantial political shift on the Korean peninsula prospecting a clear

ldquoongoing processrdquo ldquoone Korea reunifiedrdquo However in my argumentation

the crucial assumption is not related to dynamics leading to the political

rapprochement among the two Koreas and neighbor countries which are

members of the Six-Party Talks Instead the central point of the first

scenario is to focus on the preparations and nation-building toward the

reconciliation of the two Koreas through multilateral economic negotiations

Namely to what extent can the framework of the Six-Party Talks and Russia

influence on peace and prosperity on the Korean peninsula as the means

of economic approaches

(Figure 2) Economy Reconstruction Project for the DPRK

276 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

Stage I

As shown in Figure 2 this scenario will be developed through four

stages During Stage I in order to resolve the core problem of Pyongyang―

the disposal of all WMD including chemical biological nuclear weapons

and the CTR program will be offered strongly Under the circumstances

North Korea seems to be a proper candidate for the CTR In the case of the

CTR the multilateral approaches owing to the political and financial

burden-sharing among the sponsors are indispensable51) Although the

Northeast Asian region has not been a suitable case for the program the

Six-Party Talks has shown a consensus on the difficult security problems

especially on Pyongyangrsquos military threats Such a partnership among the

participants of the Six-Party Talks which has been cultivated for seven years

of working together produces more positive results in the progress of the

disposal of nuclear weapons during the period of conducting the CTR

program

In addition Moscow will play a key role in the application of the CTR

program for North Korea When it comes to the beginning of the CTR the

program focused intensively on the countries of the former Soviet Union

including Russia Ukraine Georgia Azerbaijan Belarus Uzbekistan and

Kazakhstan As a result 6600 nuclear warheads have been eliminated since

1991 and more that 470 long-range missiles have been destroyed while

over 1800 other missiles strategic bombers have been disassembled52) With

51) Ibid pp1~352) The United States has invested $7 billion in the former Soviet Union since 1991

and is recently investing $1 billion per year There are additional participants―EU

UK Germany and France Ibid pp7~8

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 277

such an impressive precedent Russia is able to provide a workable solution

during the process of Pyongyangrsquos cooperative threat reduction The most

impressive strength of the first stage is provided that North Korea and the

five members of the Six-Party talks collectively pursue the CTR program the

following economic incentives will be offered for the reconstruction of

North Korea 1) a reward of nuclear withdrawal and 2) the reuse of

resources previously used in the Northrsquos nuclear program

In relation to CTR with application to the case of North Korea it possible

to argue that Russia ndash mindful of the CTR program provided by the US in

the aftermath of the collapse of the Soviet Empire ndash could potentially reuse

the rationale behind the above-mentioned mass destruction dismantlement

program in order to materially help North Korea to eliminate these kinds of

armaments as well as to boost a more comprehensive trust-building process

in the direction of Pyongyang increasing Russian influence over the North

and the overall region

Stage II

During the Stage II the expected economic incentives offered from the

implementation of the CTR project will be connected to the establishment of

a factual organization―lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Project for the DPRKrsquo

Continuously the international community should remain concerned about a

steep decline of the North Korean economy which in the past caused the

most destructive famines of the 20th century As many as one million

people who represent about five percent of the North Korean population

perished in the mid-1990s as a result53) Therefore the members of the

Six-Party Talks should pursue Pyongyangrsquos economic reforms and

278 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

reconstruction simultaneously since the countries regard economic inability

of Kim Jung Un to be one of the causes for using the military threats54)

Therefore it would provide a vital opportunity to bring changes in North

Korea if an organization which focuses on the economic benefits is

founded For this purpose this study recommends the establishment of

lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Project for the DPRKrsquo within the framework of the

Six-Party Talks The aspiration for the DPRK project is based on the

September 2005 Joint Statement and the February 2007 Joint Statement of

the Six-Party Talks The September Statement encouraged the economic

cooperation in the areas of energy trade and investment within the

Six-Party Talks framework55) Also in the February 2007 Joint Statement the

six players promised humanitarian assistance to North Korea and

established an Economy and Energy Cooperation Working Group56)

Although such agreements to boost the North Korean economy did not

53) Haggard Stephan and Noland Marcus ldquoA Security and Peace for Northeast Asia

The Economic Dimensionrdquo Peterson Institute for International Economics Policy

Brief No PB08-4 (April 2008) p2 54) In 2000 North Korea tried ldquomarketization from belowrdquo in the areas of local

organs government offices and military units with the recommendation of the

international community Ibid p255) See Join Statement of the Fourth Round of the Six-Party Talks in Beijing (19

September 2005)

lthttpwwwmofatgokrwebmodulehtsboardhbdhbdreadjsptypeID=6ampboardid=

247ampseqno=293918ampc=TITLEampt=amppagenum=2amptableName=TYPE_DATABOARDamppc=

ampdc=ampwc=amplu=ampvu=ampiu=ampdu=gt56) See Initial Actions for the Implementation of the Joint Statement (13 February 2007)

lthttpwwwmofatgokrwebmodulehtsboardhbdhbdreadjsptypeID=6ampboardid=

247ampseqno=293924ampc=TITLEampt=amppagenum=3amptableName=TYPE_DATABOARDamppc=amp

dc=ampwc=amplu=ampvu=ampiu=ampdu=gt

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 279

produce output in reality the international concerns seemed to have

reached a consensus relating to the ideas of lsquoEconomic Reconstruction

Project for DPRKrsquo introduced for the Stage II

Stage III

The following study on the similar subject reflects such international

concerns in a pragmatic way lsquopipeline gas introduction to the Korean

peninsularsquo57) In the Stage III as a long-term scenario to rehabilitate the

DPRKrsquos economy the idea of lsquopipeline gas projectrsquo introduced by Paik

(2005) will be applied Within the Six-Party Talks framework energy

assistance is another integral theme which is seen as important area to

resolve the nuclear problem on the Korean peninsula What is more such

energy supply options for DPRK generated from the gas pipeline project can

be functioned as a versatile negotiation tool combining the geopolitical and

economic reality on the Six-Party Talks table

In fact one well-established energy development organization―KEDO―

already exists The mission of KEDO is to implement the Agreed Framework

between the US and DPRK on the assumption that Pyongyang agreed to

freeze and ultimately dismantle its breathing nuclear program58) Unfortunately

the KEDO led project failed due to the North Korean distrust towards KEDO

due to the ailing relationship between Washington and Pyongyang caused

by the North Korean military threats and the failure to meet the agreed

57) Keun-Wook Paik ldquoPipeline Gas Introduction to the Korean Peninsulardquo Korea

Foundation Project lsquoEnergy and Environmental Cooperation in the Korea Peninsula

(2005)58) Baker et al opcit pp135~138

280 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

provisions59) Unlike the KEDO projects the introduction of the long

distance gas pipeline passing through the DPRK territory will involve the

two Koreas and Russia In particular intended for Pyongyang the pipeline

gas would provide energy to power many major cities in the DPRK

assuming that a 15 bcm60) natural gas would be allocated to the North as

a transit fees Also South Korea can provide additional support to prevent

the collapse of the North Korean economy61) In addition further funding

can be allocated for the CTR programs which will intensify the effort to

support rebuilding of the North Korean economy

Other than the economic merit Moscow is well positioned in this

pipeline project since the major Russian company Gazprom which is the

largest extractor of natural gas in the world has outstanding options to

promote the project from all the shareholders For this reason the role of

Russia should be given more weight in the third stage

In terms of the Economy Reconstruction Project for the DPRK this study

will follow the main idea of the paper Pipeline Gas Introduction to the

Korean Peninsula by Paik In his in-depth study Paik suggested lsquothe

Proposed Greater Circular Pipeline in Northeast Asiarsquo As shown in Figure 3

the Korean peninsula is ideally located to have pivotal benefits from the

59) There are two main conditions 1) KEDO finances and constructs two

proliferation-resistant light-water reactors(LWR) of the Korean Standard Nuclear

Power Plant in the DPRK and 2) KEDO provides DPRK with an alternative source

of energy for heating and electricity until the first of the two reactors is

completed lthttpwwwkedoorgap_mainaspgt 60) 30bcm is an amount which can handle gas over 30 years Baker et al opcit

p10161) Ibid pp81~82

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 281

Source Paik (2005) p41

Russian oil and gas pipeline infrastructure In the case that the gas pipeline

scenario is applied in reality as a useful alternative for the settlement of the

current North Korean nuclear crisis this project will provide significant

contribution to in promoting energy cooperation between Russia and the

Two Koreas

Stage Ⅳ

In the final stage a consensus and convention to justify this project

within the Six-Party Talks framework should be guaranteed This is necessary

to avoid the inevitable problem of incompatibility between the laws and

regulations among the six players and different investment environment

(Figure 3) Map The Proposed Greater Pipeline in Northeast Asia

282 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

The Six Party Talks Russia

Stage

bull Providing a Negotiation Tool (the

CTR Program)

bull Initiating North Korea into Russian

precedents of the CTR program

Stage

bull Invoking international concerns about

NKrsquos economy reconstruction

bull Implementing the project based on

the Agreements

bull Supporting this project actively

Stage

bull Creating conventions to recognize the

gas pipeline project with six players

bull Participating in the gas pipeline project

actively persuading Gazprom

Stage

Ⅳ Building the consensus and trust of the Six-Party Talks members

2 Strength and Limitation of the Scenario

Based on the scenario introduced above the expected roles of Russia and

the members of the Six-Party Talks is as follows

(Table 2) Expected Roles of Russia and the Six-Party Talks in the Scenario

In short the main feature of lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Project for the

DPRKrsquo is a product of a multilateral economic diplomacy In general such

a multilateral economic approach has an unavoidable drawback in that such

a pragmatic diplomacy cannot move ahead regardless of the difficult security

concern of the Korean peninsula In particular I recognize that an increased

Russian role on a unified Korean peninsula would increase the tensions

among the main regional actors

However the strength of this scenario is combining security and

economic issues together to offer a comprehensive resolution concerning the

main threat that would inhibit inter-Korean rapprochement that is an

unchanged provocative posture of North Korea vis-agrave-vis its security needs

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 283

In other words the CTR program for Pyongyangrsquos WMD can be a suitable

alternative to prevent the North Korean military actions In addition the

economic rewards and investment for the DPRK during the negotiation

based on the gas pipeline project would enable advancement the North

Korean economy which in turn will have a positive effect on a long-term

solution such as the reconciliation between the two Koreas Furthermore if

an economic reconciliation can be reached with the help of the new actor

lsquoRussiarsquo this could become a plausible alternative reunification strategy of

the Korean peninsula Such a new consideration will justify the economic

and pragmatic approaches in the framework of the Six-Party talks

Ⅴ Conclusion

Time has changed However the issues surrounding the Korean

peninsula where interests of major powers are contested still display a

unique and multifaceted pattern on the international political order The

dilemma of the peninsula is the coexistence of lsquoinsecurityrsquo and lsquoprosperityrsquo

which is an inevitable by-product caused by the geopolitical situation

Despite such a reality smarter alternatives to achieve lsquopeacersquo and

lsquoprosperityrsquo on the Korean peninsula in the 21st century should be created

The option available currently is lsquothe Six-Party Talksrsquo This study has

suggested that such a multilateral talk offers a plausible framework to

resolve the issues surrounding the Korean peninsula beyond the North

Korean nuclear crisis Obviously the complex diplomatic calculations of the

284 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

six players are the key limitation of this framework but the talks seems

to be worthy as it is acting as a creditable model of the multilateral

negotiations In particular this study dealt with the role of Russia because

when it comes to the process of the Six-Party Talks and inter-relations with

the two Koreas to date Moscowrsquos contribution on the Six-Party Talks

brought positive alternatives which rival the contributions of Washington

and Beijing Based on such a development a scenario under which Russia

can play a positive role in creating a new and a long-term resolution to the

issues of the Korean peninsula can be postulated

However there are limitations which this study cannot escape Firstly as

the worst case scenario if the second Korean War breaks out suddenly the

reality of the multilateral talks and the scenario introduced above may

presumably have no bearing Secondly due to unexpected internal and

external conditions of Russia such as instability of the regime or global

economy crisis the role of Russia can fluctuate Thirdly if the others actors

especially in the US and China wants to maintain strong influences a

lsquopower gamersquo might break out the result of which might have negative

effects Finally the methodology of this research is a problem-solving

approach which was connected to the current policy analysis based on

comprehensive study of the primary sources As a result it is impossible to

deliver obvious and exact facts and information in terms of the Six-Party

Talks which is still in progress

Nonetheless the aim of this study was to offer an alternative to the

current difficult though hypothetical As a result this study was able to lead

a conclusion the Six-Party Talks and the role of Moscow are able to be a

persuasive and plausible alternative for a long-term solution on the Korean

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 285

peninsula The importance of the Six-Party Talks the inter-relations between

Russia and the two Koreas and a scenario suggested supported the

conclusion

All in all the increased and positive Russian involvement toward the two

Koreas can be a stepping-stone for a dialogue and cooperation for peace

and prosperity on the Korean peninsula Furthermore the full use of the

Six-Party Talks will ultimately contribute to security of the Northeast Asian

region beyond the North Korean nuclear crisis

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286 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

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영국 런던대 킹스 칼리지(Kingrsquos College London) 국제분쟁학 석사 학위를 취득하고 현재 동

대학원 전략학 박사과정에 있다 주요 연구실적으로 ldquoConstructivist Understandings of North

Korearsquos Ballistic Missile Programme National Security Policy Based on North Korearsquos Strategic

Culturerdquo(2014) 985172한반도 신뢰프로세스를 통한 비핵국가 한국의 핵 안보전략 제2차 핵시대를

맞이하여985173(2013 공저) 985172클라우제비츠의 전쟁이론으로 본 냉전 이후 북한의 핵미사일 전략

에 관한 연구985173(2010 공저) 등이 있다

6자회담 틀 내에서 한반도 중장기 평화번영을 위한 러시아의

lsquo숙련된 중재자(New Seasoned Facilitator)rsquo 역할

박지선 (런던대 킹스 칼리지)

국문요약

본 논문은 한반도의 중장기 평화번영 방안을 위해 교착상태에 빠진 6자회담의 틀 안

에서 러시아의 역할에 대한 새로운 학문적 접근을 보여주고자 한다 본 논문에서는 북한

핵무기 개발 프로그램의 중단이라는 공동의 목적을 달성하기 위해 설립된 6자회담의 주

요 행위자들의 정치적middot전략적 이해관계를 경제적 영역으로 확대하면서 보다 실용적인

한반도 문제 해결 방안을 제시하고 있다 특히 lsquo숙련된 중재자(New Seasoned Facilitator)rsquo

로서의 러시아의 역할에 대해 심도 있게 고찰하면서 6자회담 틀에서 가능한 하나의 시나

리오를 실험적으로 제안하고 있다 본 논문의 주요 내용은 1) 6자회담의 연대기적 분석

2)한반도를 둘러싼 6자회담 주요 국가들의 이해관계 분석 3) 숙련된 중재자로서의 러

시아의 역할을 고찰 4) 실용적이고 실행 가능한 경제협력 방안이 될 한반도 평화정착을

위한 북한경제재건 프로젝트의 시나리오 등이다

주제어 6자회담 러시아 외교정책 북한 중재자 한반도 중middot장기 번영

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260 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

1 Critical Analysis on Six Partiesrsquo Responses after the

Adoption of United Nations Security Council Resolution

1718 (2006)

As an important case the different responses by the each of Six Party

participants on the Security Council resolution 171818) is a good example of

demonstrating complicated strategic calculations of everyone involved After

a nuclear ballistic missile test in October 2006 the Security Council

condemned the test and unanimously adopted resolution 1718 in 14 October

2006 calling for an immediate return to the Six-Party Talks19) The resolution

called for based on Chapter 7 of the United Nations Charter excluding

automatic military enforcement of its demands under the Charterrsquos Article 4

120) the members of the UN prohibit a range of goods from entering or

leaving the DPRK and imposed an asset freeze and travel ban on persons

in terms of the nuclear weapon program21)

In reaction to the resolution the six players showed different reactions

In this paper the responses of six players are largely divided into three

18) On 14 October 2006 after the nuclear ballistic missile test of Pyongyang the UN

Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 1718 condemning the nuclear test 19) Security Council Resolution 1718(2006)

lthttpdaccessddsunorgdocUNDOCGENN0657207PDFN0657207pdfOpen

Elementgt 20) According to the Charterrsquos Article 41 the Security Council decided what measures

not involving the use of armed force are to be employed to the DPRK These

include complete or partial interruption of economic relations and of rail sea air

postal telegraphic radio and other means of communication and the severance

of diplomatic relations 21) UN Security Council Resolution 1718 (2006)

lthttpwwwunorggasearchview_docaspsymbol=SRES171820(2006)gt

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 261

groups Group (Ⅰ) US Japan South Korea Group (Ⅱ) China Russia and

Group (Ⅲ) North Korea Before analyzing the United Nations Security

Council Resolution 1718 one important thesis in this case study is that the

criteria of the grouping stated above is focused on only the United Nations

Security Council Resolution 1718 rather than including all resolutions of

United Nations22) This is because eight UN resolutions related to North

Korearsquos nuclear issue from 1993 to 2013 demonstrate different politico-strategic

outcomes In this regard in the Table (1) the distinctive responses of the

three groups are categorized In brief this table illustrates the complexity of

the Six-Party Talks depending on politico-strategic relations while emphasizing

the importance of a multilateral approach for a long-term solution on the

Korean peninsula

22) These are a list of Unite Nations Council Resolutions related to the North Korean

nuclear issues from 1993 to 2013

bull United Nations Security Council Resolution 825(1993)

bull United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540 (2004)

bull United Nations Security Council Resolution 1695(2006)

bull United Nations Security Council Resolution 1718 (2006)

bull United Nations Security Council Resolution 1874 (2009)

bull United Nations Security Council Resolution 1887 (2009)

bull United Nations Security Council Resolution 2087(2013)

bull United Nations Security Council Resolution 2094 (2013)

262 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

Nuclear Capability (DPRK)

Resolution1718

Comeback of the Six-Party Talks

Military Enforcement

to DPRK

Sanctions against DPRK

The US

(Group Ⅰ)

Japan

(Group Ⅰ)

S Korea

(Group Ⅰ)ⅹ ⅹ

China

(Group Ⅱ)

ⅹ ⅹ

Russia

(Group Ⅱ)ⅹ ⅹ ⅹ

N Korea

(Group Ⅲ)

ⅹ ⅹ ⅹ

(Table 1) Critical Analysis on Six Partiesrsquo Responses after the Adoption of

United Nations Security Council Resolution 1718

strong support support partly support ⅹ objection

Group(Ⅰ) US Japan and Korea

In the case of the first Group it rallied behind Washington whose

stubborn reaction against Pyongyang led to the adoption of the UN Security

Council Resolution 171823) John Bolton who was the former US Ambassador

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 263

to the UN stated ldquoa nuclear test in 2006 was the gravest threat to international

peace and securityrdquo During a Security Council meeting he maintained that

the resolution 1718 should impose more strict demands complementing the

Security Resolution 1695 which is regarded as a failure As a result the US

and Japan enthusiastically bolstered the resolution 1718 welcoming the

contents of strengthened sanctions compared with the resolution 169524) On

the surface South Korea - which sustained considerably close relationship

with the US - seemed to unwillingly follow the resolution emphasizing that

the problem should be solved under a peaceful and diplomatic approach

In fact a division was recognizable within this group While the US and

Japan stuck together in unity in purpose and actions 25) against the irrational

behaviors of North Korea for doing missile tests the South Korean

government was committed to a two-pronged policy Indeed the grand

strategy of the South Korean government was to pursue the following two

aims the prevention of Pyongyang provocations and reconciliation of the

two Koreas In other words although all three maintained close

cooperation they all had slightly different interests and conditions

23) UN Security Council meeting on 9 October 2006

lthttpwwwunorgNewsPressdocs2006sc8853dochtmgt24) The main subjects of the Security Council Resolution 1695 are 1) stopping games

of lsquobrinkmanshiprsquo 2) complying with Security Council demands 3) returning to the

Six-Party Talks and 4) implementing terms of the joint statement for the last round

of the talks See United Nations Security Council Resolution 1695 (2006)25) The expectations of Washington and Tokyo from the Six-Party Talks are1) the

withdrawal of Nuclear weapons first then negotiations afterwards and 2) the

establishment of a democratic government similar to the US standards

264 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

Group (Ⅱ) China Russia

In the case of the group two China and Russia who have been close

supporters of North Korea for more than an half century demonstrated

similar reactions as the members of group one did While they agreed on

the general direction of the resolution each had a slightly different view on

the extension of the contents In the case of China not only Beijing was

the main actor in initiating the Six-Party Talks but also a very close friend

to North Korea 26) However China chose to support the sanctions against

Pyongyang under the resolution 1718 Meanwhile Russia had a different

view In an urgent meeting of the UN Security Council unlike China Russia

did not support such stringent sanctions against Pyongyang although

Moscow agreed on condemning the North Korean rocket launch Even if

in the end both Beijing and Moscow supported the resolution 1718 in

general it was an occasion when the two countries showed different

approach toward Pyongyang during the adoption process of the resolution27)

Group(Ⅲ) North Korea

Contrarily the reaction of the third group North Korea was fairly

obvious against the Security Council Resolution Park Gilyon North Korearsquos

Ambassador to UN said that Pyongyang rejects the resolution 1718 since the

resolution is a coercive declaration by a ldquogangster-likerdquo Security Council28)

26) See Security Council Meeting on 9 October 2006

lthttpwwwunorgNewsPressdocs2006sc8853dochtmgt27) See Security Council Meeting on 9 October 2006

lthttpwwwunorgNewsPressdocs2006sc8853dochtmgt28) See Security Council meeting on 9 October 2006

lthttpwwwunorgNewsPressdocs2006sc8853dochtmgt

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 265

Nevertheless the main limitation of the talks still remains without

creative alternatives to disentangle intricate interests of the participants of

the Six-Party Talks no feasible output can be expected from such a

multilateral meeting Thus in order to overcome the above-mentioned

limitations of the Six-Party Talks I suggest an approach which emphasizes

the following points 1) the emergence of a lsquonew experienced facilitatorrsquo

instead of previous main actors to encourage more pragmatic approaches

and 2) the combination of political and economic tools especially in

highlighting the economic approaches Consequently this paper will focus

on Russiarsquos role as a New Seasoned Facilitator since Russia can offer new

possibilities for a long-term resolution of the issues on the Korean

peninsula

2 Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo for Dealing with

Issues on the Korean Peninsula

In this part the role of Russia will be scrutinized as a possible new

strong facilitator who might offer long-term solutions to the problems on the

Korean peninsula in the 21st century Since most of the studies concerning

cooperation on the Korean peninsula tend to focus mainly on the role

played by the US and China I argue that this paper may provide an

innovative contribution to the study of the ldquoSix-Party Talksrdquo stressing

Russiarsquos new role vis-agrave-vis the Korean peninsula In my view indeed

Russiarsquos role on the Korean peninsula progressively emerged in recent years

shaping the image of ldquofacilitatorrdquo interested in persuading North Korea to

seek an alternative to the nuclear weapons program and promote energy

266 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

cooperation in the region which might hasten possibility of peace on the

Korean peninsula

According to Vorontsov (2007) the basic positions of Moscow for the

Six-Party Talks are as follows 1) advocating the strict inspection of NPT and

the denuclearized Korean peninsula 2) persisting peaceful negotiation

among the six players and 3) promoting the inter-Korean dialogues29) In

contrast to the hard-line stance of White House30) to eliminate all factors

related to North Korean nuclear program in terms of the Korean issues the

current Russian government seems to strive for the achievement of the goal

2) and 3) When it comes to the geostrategic situations the Korean issues

have recently become one of the major considerations for Moscow because

the US China and Japan have gradually played important roles on the

issues of Korean peninsula who are all Russiarsquos direct neighbors31)

Namely owing to the invisible lsquoPower Racersquo among the major powers

Russia is increasingly interested in the issues surrounding the Korean

peninsula

In the same way unlike the general expectations on the global stage the

Russian role within the multilateral talks may have substantial influences as

well as the other actors have contributed to the meetings In the beginning

29) Alexander Vorontsov ldquoCurrent Russia ndash North Korea Relations Challenges and

Achievementsrdquo Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies (2007) p1730) Still North Korea seems to believe what White House pursues a hard-line policy

toward Pyongyang An unnamed spokesman of Pyongyang stated on 8 May 2009

ldquothe Obama administration for the past 100 dayshelliphellip the hostile policy toward

Pyongyang remains unchangedrdquo

lthttpwwwnytimescom20090509worldasia09koreahtml_r=1ampref=global-homegt31) Georgy Toloraya ldquoRussian Policy in Korea in a time of changerdquo The Korean

Journal of Defense Analysis Vol211 (2009) p69

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 267

stage of the talks some counties had skepticism about Moscowrsquos

participation in the talks because the Four-Party Talks (the US China and

the two Koreas) - except for Moscow - was a general pattern on the

inter-Korean issues32) However Kremlin played an essential role in inviting

Pyongyang in joining the Six-Party Talks because North Korea insisted

Pyongyang would not participate in the 2003 meeting without Russia33)

When it comes to Russian official stance in 2015 Moscow continuously

supports the Six-Party Talks for denuclearization in the Korean peninsula

while Russia does not recognize North Korea as a nuclear state34)

Historically Russia and North Korea have significantly long and

meaningful relations throughout the period of Korearsquos liberation following

Japanese colonization the Korean War and the opening and ending of the

Cold War In particular the two countries enjoyed a very strong cooperative

relationship during the Korean War35) Following the Korean War the

Soviet Union became the main trade partner and a sponsor for the

nation-building of Kim Il-sungrsquo regime Approximately 93 factories and

industrial facilities in North Korea were established under the Russian

technical assistance 36)constructing Pyongyangrsquos heavy-industrial backbon

32) Moscowrsquos absence from the Four-Party Talks proposed by the former President Bill

Clinton and President Kim Young Sam on April 16 1996 demonstrated Russiarsquos

dwindled regional influence in the Korean peninsula Yang et al (2004) p80133) Vorontsov (2007) p2234) ldquoRussian Envoy Discusses Pyongyang tests Thaadrdquo Korea Joongang Daily September

25 2015

lthttpkoreajoongangdailyjoinscomnewsarticleArticleaspxaid=3009631gt35) During the Korean War the Russian pilots contributed to the air defence of

North Korea resulting in the loss of 135 pilots and more than 300 airplanes Ibid

p5

268 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

e37) Such a close alliance between the two communist societies continued

until the collapse of the Soviet Union Unfortunately during the President

Elrsquotsinrsquos administration the Russian policy toward the Korean peninsula

shifted due to the unilateral rapprochement with the ROK as the new

diplomatic approach in the so-called ldquodemocratic romanticismrdquo which called

for greatly pro-Western at the expense of Russiarsquos interests 38) Such

transformed Russian policy seemed to cause a crack in the friendship

between Moscow and Pyongyang

However since the inauguration of Vladimir Putin the Russian political

elites began envisaging new approaches towards the Korean peninsula

Putinrsquos new approach functioned as a breakthrough to reinforce previously

weakening relations between Russia and North Korea As a result a historic

treaty on ldquoFriendshiprdquo between Kremlin and Pyongyang―Good-Neighbourly

Relations and Cooperation―was created in 200039) Currently Kim Jong-Un

regime has mainly concentrated on strengthening trade relations with Kremlin

and both Moscow and Pyongyang have taken positive consensus towards

36) The North Korean nuclear energy facilities were established with the Soviet

technical assistance in 1962 37) Vorontsov (2007) p538) On 27 October 1991 Elrsquotin addressed two main aims fo the Russian Foreign

policy 1) pursuing favourable external conditions for the domestic political and

economic reforms and 2) overcoming the legacy of the Cold war Richard Sakwa

(2008) Russian Politics and Society (London Routledge 2008) pp368~36939) After the treaty of lsquoGood-Neighbourly Relations and Cooperationrsquo the Moscowrsquos

declaration of the DPRK and the Russian Federation was released on 4 August 2001

The DPRK-Russia joint declaration is the advanced version of lsquogood-neighbourliness

and cooperationrsquo signed on 9 February 2000 Since then the two countries have

tried the friendly relations and mutually beneficial cooperation

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 269

enhancing their economic cooperative relationship In 2014 Putinrsquos cabinet

concluded the withdrawal of $10 billion of Pyongyangrsquos $11 billion debt that

had accrued during the Soviet Era40) It seems that Putinrsquos cabinet assumes

that this gesture of goodwill will contribute to the construction of a gas

pipeline covering the Korean peninsula When it comes to both geopolitical

and geo-economics aspects North Korea could have profitable investments

opportunities

All in all such a historic fortification of the inter-relationship between

North Korea and Russia provides diverse chances for the improved role of

Russia in making contributions with the backing of other partners of the

Six-Party Talks Based on this fact it would be possible to focus more on

the possibility of Russiarsquos increased contribution to the talks In fact there

is a strong possibility that Moscow could function as a lsquomediatorrsquo and

lsquofacilitatorrsquo between Pyongyang and the other members of the Six-Party

Talks

There are a number of important cases41) through which Moscow enabled

diplomatic efforts assume the role of a lsquofacilitatorrsquo or lsquomediatorrsquo When it

comes to the bilateral relations between Republic of Korea and Russia the

two nations started nearly at a zero point at first However Kremlin and

Blue House have created new economic science and cultural systems For

example since 1990 the leaders of South Korea and Russia have officially

met 27 times In 2013 President Vladimir Putinrsquos visited to Seoul when the

two nationsrsquo annual bilateral trade exceeded $26 billion42)

40) ldquoNorth Korea Looking Abroadrdquo Korea Economic Institute February 18 2015

lthttpblogkeiaorg201502north-korea-looking-abroadgt41) Vorontsov opcit p17

270 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

In particular in July 2002 Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov visited the two

Koreas respectively to persuade both to return to the negotiating table

which was halted after a naval clash in the West (Yellow) Sea in June 2002

Although the visit was not connected to the Six-Party Talks directly the case

seems to confirm Russiarsquos efforts to assist the improvement of the

inter-Korean relations What is more in terms of the US-DPRK relations

Moscow provided an opportunity for a meeting between the North Korean

Foreign Minister Paek NamSun and the former US Secretary of State Colin

Powell during the ministerial meetings at the ASEAN Regional Forum talks

in Darussalam Brunei in 200243) In short Moscowrsquos effort to carry out

ldquobalancer diplomacyrdquo after Putinrsquos inauguration shows potentials to be a

smart lsquomediatorrsquo within the multilateral negotiation such as the Six-Party

Talks

3 The Russian lsquoNew Realismrsquo Policy Applied in the Korean

Peninsula

Then the questions are to what degree can Russia be engaged in

resolving the inter-Korean issues and what kind of benefit can Russia

expect from the increased involvement with the issues regarding the Korean

peninsula especially in the Six-Party Talks

In the recent years the interest of the Russian politicians and academics

toward the Korean peninsula seems to be soaring As an lsquoactive partrsquo the

42) ldquoRussian Envoy Discusses Pyongyang tests Thaadrdquo Korea Joongang Daily September

25 2015 lthttpkoreajoongangdailyjoinscomnewsarticleArticleaspxaid=3009631gt43) Ibid

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 271

Korean peninsula can be regarded as a region of interest and strategic

importance as the Asian-Pacific region is seen to have increasing economic

implication for Russia due to the lack of involvement by Moscow in the

region of economic prowess44) In particular when Moscow participated in

the Six-Party Talks its approach seems to have strategic bearing toward the

Asia-Pacific region because the region especially the Korean peninsula is

now regarded by Moscow as an area of considerable importance

In fact Russiarsquos burgeoning interests for the Six-Party Talks contemporize

with the inauguration of the Putinrsquos administration Namely Putinrsquos lsquoNew

Realismrsquo based on the pragmatic approach over all Russia policies can be

applied to the evaluation of the Russian intention and purpose toward the

Six-Party Talks On the whole the national motto of the 21st century Russia

is lsquoPragmatismrsquo which also significantly influenced the current Medvedevrsquos

cabinet45) On a meeting of the Security Council in March 2000 the new

Russian lsquoForeign Policy Conceptrsquo was introduced by Ivanov the Russian

Foreign Minister at the time The main concept of the document was lsquomore

realisticrsquo for rebuilding the domestic economy and promoting the Russian

economic interests abroad as it strives to become worldrsquos tenth biggest

economy in the 21st century46) Hence Moscowrsquos foreign policy influenced

44) Natasha Kuhrt Russian Policy towards China and Japan The Elrsquotsin and Putin

periods (New York Rutledge 2007) pp 54~5645) In January 2002 the former President Putin had an interview with a Polish

Newspaper and Polish TVP Channel In the interview he stated that lsquoPragmatismrsquo

as a key means for the economic cooperation with other nations ldquoWe began this

talk by pointing out that the soundest approachhellip on the basis of pragmatism

and pragmatic interest in each otherrdquo

lthttpwwwkremlinruengtextspeeches200201150001_type82916_147392shtmlgt46) Sakwa(2008) pp371~391

272 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

by such realistic and pragmatic approaches seems to have valid bearing for

both the Six-Party Talks and the inter-Korean dialogues especially when the

economic aspects are addressed

In essence what are the specific interests Moscow might have on the

Korean peninsula The answer to this question is the more the Korean

military threats are slackened the more Russiarsquos security and economic

interests are amplified In terms of this argument Meyer (2005) identified

the reasons for the Russian Federationrsquos participation in the multilateral

meeting He indicated that by supporting reconciliation between DPRK and

ROK Russia can achieve the following objectives 1) the symbolic objective

to be recognized as a permanent major power on the global stage 2) the

military objective to dissuade Pyongyang from pursuing nuclear weapons

program not to weaken the global commitment for NPT and 3) the

economic objective to establish favorable conditions for the development of

a trilateral economic cooperation among Russia and the two Koreas47)

In relation to the third objective when Putin was the president he had

strong interests toward the Korean peninsula as there were potentially

lucrative economic opportunities available Such projects included connecting

the inter-Korean railroad to the Trans-Siberian railroad and exporting natural

gas from the Kovyktinskoe field in Irkutsk to the Korean peninsula through

China48)

In fact it can be concluded that the third reason which Meyer identified

is the main objective of Russiarsquos participation in the Sic-Party talks therefore

47) Peggy Falkenhein Meyer ldquoRussia Interests and Objectives on the Korean Peninsulardquo

International Journal of Korean Studies (FallWinter 2005) Vol 4 No 2 pp 145~14748) Ibid pp148~154

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 273

it could be assumed the promotion of economic issues can be conceived

and used as a tool to make a breakthrough to overcome the sluggish

multifaceted talks dealing with North Korea high-technology fears More

specifically I argue that the natural gas projects can dramatically increase

Russiarsquos penetration on the Korean peninsula and promote ndash in turn -

Moscowrsquos effort to bring positive changes to the talks From this perspective

Russian economic leverage might become a cornerstone for bringing peace

in the Korean peninsula In the following part I will present a possible

scenario in which this assumption might be substantially developed

Ⅳ A New Role of Russia on the Korean Peninsula

Figure 2 as shown below portrays a possible scenario of cooperation on

the Korean peninsula which emphasizes the following aspects 1) the

importance of the Six-Party Talks for the future of cooperation on the

Korean peninsula in the 21st century and 2) the suggestion of new

alternatives which focus on Russia and its economic involvement to boost

multilateral talks In building-up the scenario the key presumption is that

economic cooperation can create a ldquofunctional leveragerdquo in a political

scenario characterized by a substantial political rapprochement due to the

enforcement of a legally binding treaty (ie a Peace Treaty that could officially

end the Korean War) and prepare a definitive process of nation-building

among the two Koreas This ldquofunctional leveragerdquo is based on the role

played by CTR (Cooperative Threat Reduction) program49) to eliminate all

274 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

military threats―nuclear chemical biological and missiles threat from North

Korea In principle the objective of CTR is to reduce the dangers created

by nuclear chemical or biological weapons or their delivery vehicles The

actors of the CTR are consisted of a host who eradicates secures or

converts the WMD (Weapons of Mass Destruction) programs while the

other partners supporting such efforts50)

The most attractive function of the CTR for the following scenario is that

the partners provide money technology equipment and training to the host

nation In case that the six participants select the option during the process

of the WMD removal the main problems such methods and incentives in

terms of the North Korean nuclear withdrawal will be solved naturally

Furthermore the main argument to highlight the economic approaches with

flexible funds produced by rewards of the CTR programs can be persuaded

more convincingly Therefore the following section will justify this

alternative based on the postulation mentioned above―the application of

the CTR in the process of the Six-Party Talks

49) The CTR (or sometimes called for lsquoNunn-Lugarrsquo) programme provides funding

and expertise for the states in the former Soviet Unions including Russia Ukraine

Georgia Azerbaijan Belarus Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan under disarmament

treaties lthttpnunn-lugarcomindexshtmlgt50) Joel S Wit Wolfsthal Jon and Oh Choong-suk (2005) ldquoThe Six Party Talks and

Beyond Cooperative Threat Reduction and North Koreardquo A Report of the CSIS

International Security Program Dec (Washington DC CSIS) pp7~8

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 275

1 A Scenario Suggested lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Projection

for the DPRKrsquo

As stressed before the founding hypothesis of this scenario is a

substantial political shift on the Korean peninsula prospecting a clear

ldquoongoing processrdquo ldquoone Korea reunifiedrdquo However in my argumentation

the crucial assumption is not related to dynamics leading to the political

rapprochement among the two Koreas and neighbor countries which are

members of the Six-Party Talks Instead the central point of the first

scenario is to focus on the preparations and nation-building toward the

reconciliation of the two Koreas through multilateral economic negotiations

Namely to what extent can the framework of the Six-Party Talks and Russia

influence on peace and prosperity on the Korean peninsula as the means

of economic approaches

(Figure 2) Economy Reconstruction Project for the DPRK

276 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

Stage I

As shown in Figure 2 this scenario will be developed through four

stages During Stage I in order to resolve the core problem of Pyongyang―

the disposal of all WMD including chemical biological nuclear weapons

and the CTR program will be offered strongly Under the circumstances

North Korea seems to be a proper candidate for the CTR In the case of the

CTR the multilateral approaches owing to the political and financial

burden-sharing among the sponsors are indispensable51) Although the

Northeast Asian region has not been a suitable case for the program the

Six-Party Talks has shown a consensus on the difficult security problems

especially on Pyongyangrsquos military threats Such a partnership among the

participants of the Six-Party Talks which has been cultivated for seven years

of working together produces more positive results in the progress of the

disposal of nuclear weapons during the period of conducting the CTR

program

In addition Moscow will play a key role in the application of the CTR

program for North Korea When it comes to the beginning of the CTR the

program focused intensively on the countries of the former Soviet Union

including Russia Ukraine Georgia Azerbaijan Belarus Uzbekistan and

Kazakhstan As a result 6600 nuclear warheads have been eliminated since

1991 and more that 470 long-range missiles have been destroyed while

over 1800 other missiles strategic bombers have been disassembled52) With

51) Ibid pp1~352) The United States has invested $7 billion in the former Soviet Union since 1991

and is recently investing $1 billion per year There are additional participants―EU

UK Germany and France Ibid pp7~8

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 277

such an impressive precedent Russia is able to provide a workable solution

during the process of Pyongyangrsquos cooperative threat reduction The most

impressive strength of the first stage is provided that North Korea and the

five members of the Six-Party talks collectively pursue the CTR program the

following economic incentives will be offered for the reconstruction of

North Korea 1) a reward of nuclear withdrawal and 2) the reuse of

resources previously used in the Northrsquos nuclear program

In relation to CTR with application to the case of North Korea it possible

to argue that Russia ndash mindful of the CTR program provided by the US in

the aftermath of the collapse of the Soviet Empire ndash could potentially reuse

the rationale behind the above-mentioned mass destruction dismantlement

program in order to materially help North Korea to eliminate these kinds of

armaments as well as to boost a more comprehensive trust-building process

in the direction of Pyongyang increasing Russian influence over the North

and the overall region

Stage II

During the Stage II the expected economic incentives offered from the

implementation of the CTR project will be connected to the establishment of

a factual organization―lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Project for the DPRKrsquo

Continuously the international community should remain concerned about a

steep decline of the North Korean economy which in the past caused the

most destructive famines of the 20th century As many as one million

people who represent about five percent of the North Korean population

perished in the mid-1990s as a result53) Therefore the members of the

Six-Party Talks should pursue Pyongyangrsquos economic reforms and

278 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

reconstruction simultaneously since the countries regard economic inability

of Kim Jung Un to be one of the causes for using the military threats54)

Therefore it would provide a vital opportunity to bring changes in North

Korea if an organization which focuses on the economic benefits is

founded For this purpose this study recommends the establishment of

lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Project for the DPRKrsquo within the framework of the

Six-Party Talks The aspiration for the DPRK project is based on the

September 2005 Joint Statement and the February 2007 Joint Statement of

the Six-Party Talks The September Statement encouraged the economic

cooperation in the areas of energy trade and investment within the

Six-Party Talks framework55) Also in the February 2007 Joint Statement the

six players promised humanitarian assistance to North Korea and

established an Economy and Energy Cooperation Working Group56)

Although such agreements to boost the North Korean economy did not

53) Haggard Stephan and Noland Marcus ldquoA Security and Peace for Northeast Asia

The Economic Dimensionrdquo Peterson Institute for International Economics Policy

Brief No PB08-4 (April 2008) p2 54) In 2000 North Korea tried ldquomarketization from belowrdquo in the areas of local

organs government offices and military units with the recommendation of the

international community Ibid p255) See Join Statement of the Fourth Round of the Six-Party Talks in Beijing (19

September 2005)

lthttpwwwmofatgokrwebmodulehtsboardhbdhbdreadjsptypeID=6ampboardid=

247ampseqno=293918ampc=TITLEampt=amppagenum=2amptableName=TYPE_DATABOARDamppc=

ampdc=ampwc=amplu=ampvu=ampiu=ampdu=gt56) See Initial Actions for the Implementation of the Joint Statement (13 February 2007)

lthttpwwwmofatgokrwebmodulehtsboardhbdhbdreadjsptypeID=6ampboardid=

247ampseqno=293924ampc=TITLEampt=amppagenum=3amptableName=TYPE_DATABOARDamppc=amp

dc=ampwc=amplu=ampvu=ampiu=ampdu=gt

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 279

produce output in reality the international concerns seemed to have

reached a consensus relating to the ideas of lsquoEconomic Reconstruction

Project for DPRKrsquo introduced for the Stage II

Stage III

The following study on the similar subject reflects such international

concerns in a pragmatic way lsquopipeline gas introduction to the Korean

peninsularsquo57) In the Stage III as a long-term scenario to rehabilitate the

DPRKrsquos economy the idea of lsquopipeline gas projectrsquo introduced by Paik

(2005) will be applied Within the Six-Party Talks framework energy

assistance is another integral theme which is seen as important area to

resolve the nuclear problem on the Korean peninsula What is more such

energy supply options for DPRK generated from the gas pipeline project can

be functioned as a versatile negotiation tool combining the geopolitical and

economic reality on the Six-Party Talks table

In fact one well-established energy development organization―KEDO―

already exists The mission of KEDO is to implement the Agreed Framework

between the US and DPRK on the assumption that Pyongyang agreed to

freeze and ultimately dismantle its breathing nuclear program58) Unfortunately

the KEDO led project failed due to the North Korean distrust towards KEDO

due to the ailing relationship between Washington and Pyongyang caused

by the North Korean military threats and the failure to meet the agreed

57) Keun-Wook Paik ldquoPipeline Gas Introduction to the Korean Peninsulardquo Korea

Foundation Project lsquoEnergy and Environmental Cooperation in the Korea Peninsula

(2005)58) Baker et al opcit pp135~138

280 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

provisions59) Unlike the KEDO projects the introduction of the long

distance gas pipeline passing through the DPRK territory will involve the

two Koreas and Russia In particular intended for Pyongyang the pipeline

gas would provide energy to power many major cities in the DPRK

assuming that a 15 bcm60) natural gas would be allocated to the North as

a transit fees Also South Korea can provide additional support to prevent

the collapse of the North Korean economy61) In addition further funding

can be allocated for the CTR programs which will intensify the effort to

support rebuilding of the North Korean economy

Other than the economic merit Moscow is well positioned in this

pipeline project since the major Russian company Gazprom which is the

largest extractor of natural gas in the world has outstanding options to

promote the project from all the shareholders For this reason the role of

Russia should be given more weight in the third stage

In terms of the Economy Reconstruction Project for the DPRK this study

will follow the main idea of the paper Pipeline Gas Introduction to the

Korean Peninsula by Paik In his in-depth study Paik suggested lsquothe

Proposed Greater Circular Pipeline in Northeast Asiarsquo As shown in Figure 3

the Korean peninsula is ideally located to have pivotal benefits from the

59) There are two main conditions 1) KEDO finances and constructs two

proliferation-resistant light-water reactors(LWR) of the Korean Standard Nuclear

Power Plant in the DPRK and 2) KEDO provides DPRK with an alternative source

of energy for heating and electricity until the first of the two reactors is

completed lthttpwwwkedoorgap_mainaspgt 60) 30bcm is an amount which can handle gas over 30 years Baker et al opcit

p10161) Ibid pp81~82

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 281

Source Paik (2005) p41

Russian oil and gas pipeline infrastructure In the case that the gas pipeline

scenario is applied in reality as a useful alternative for the settlement of the

current North Korean nuclear crisis this project will provide significant

contribution to in promoting energy cooperation between Russia and the

Two Koreas

Stage Ⅳ

In the final stage a consensus and convention to justify this project

within the Six-Party Talks framework should be guaranteed This is necessary

to avoid the inevitable problem of incompatibility between the laws and

regulations among the six players and different investment environment

(Figure 3) Map The Proposed Greater Pipeline in Northeast Asia

282 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

The Six Party Talks Russia

Stage

bull Providing a Negotiation Tool (the

CTR Program)

bull Initiating North Korea into Russian

precedents of the CTR program

Stage

bull Invoking international concerns about

NKrsquos economy reconstruction

bull Implementing the project based on

the Agreements

bull Supporting this project actively

Stage

bull Creating conventions to recognize the

gas pipeline project with six players

bull Participating in the gas pipeline project

actively persuading Gazprom

Stage

Ⅳ Building the consensus and trust of the Six-Party Talks members

2 Strength and Limitation of the Scenario

Based on the scenario introduced above the expected roles of Russia and

the members of the Six-Party Talks is as follows

(Table 2) Expected Roles of Russia and the Six-Party Talks in the Scenario

In short the main feature of lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Project for the

DPRKrsquo is a product of a multilateral economic diplomacy In general such

a multilateral economic approach has an unavoidable drawback in that such

a pragmatic diplomacy cannot move ahead regardless of the difficult security

concern of the Korean peninsula In particular I recognize that an increased

Russian role on a unified Korean peninsula would increase the tensions

among the main regional actors

However the strength of this scenario is combining security and

economic issues together to offer a comprehensive resolution concerning the

main threat that would inhibit inter-Korean rapprochement that is an

unchanged provocative posture of North Korea vis-agrave-vis its security needs

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 283

In other words the CTR program for Pyongyangrsquos WMD can be a suitable

alternative to prevent the North Korean military actions In addition the

economic rewards and investment for the DPRK during the negotiation

based on the gas pipeline project would enable advancement the North

Korean economy which in turn will have a positive effect on a long-term

solution such as the reconciliation between the two Koreas Furthermore if

an economic reconciliation can be reached with the help of the new actor

lsquoRussiarsquo this could become a plausible alternative reunification strategy of

the Korean peninsula Such a new consideration will justify the economic

and pragmatic approaches in the framework of the Six-Party talks

Ⅴ Conclusion

Time has changed However the issues surrounding the Korean

peninsula where interests of major powers are contested still display a

unique and multifaceted pattern on the international political order The

dilemma of the peninsula is the coexistence of lsquoinsecurityrsquo and lsquoprosperityrsquo

which is an inevitable by-product caused by the geopolitical situation

Despite such a reality smarter alternatives to achieve lsquopeacersquo and

lsquoprosperityrsquo on the Korean peninsula in the 21st century should be created

The option available currently is lsquothe Six-Party Talksrsquo This study has

suggested that such a multilateral talk offers a plausible framework to

resolve the issues surrounding the Korean peninsula beyond the North

Korean nuclear crisis Obviously the complex diplomatic calculations of the

284 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

six players are the key limitation of this framework but the talks seems

to be worthy as it is acting as a creditable model of the multilateral

negotiations In particular this study dealt with the role of Russia because

when it comes to the process of the Six-Party Talks and inter-relations with

the two Koreas to date Moscowrsquos contribution on the Six-Party Talks

brought positive alternatives which rival the contributions of Washington

and Beijing Based on such a development a scenario under which Russia

can play a positive role in creating a new and a long-term resolution to the

issues of the Korean peninsula can be postulated

However there are limitations which this study cannot escape Firstly as

the worst case scenario if the second Korean War breaks out suddenly the

reality of the multilateral talks and the scenario introduced above may

presumably have no bearing Secondly due to unexpected internal and

external conditions of Russia such as instability of the regime or global

economy crisis the role of Russia can fluctuate Thirdly if the others actors

especially in the US and China wants to maintain strong influences a

lsquopower gamersquo might break out the result of which might have negative

effects Finally the methodology of this research is a problem-solving

approach which was connected to the current policy analysis based on

comprehensive study of the primary sources As a result it is impossible to

deliver obvious and exact facts and information in terms of the Six-Party

Talks which is still in progress

Nonetheless the aim of this study was to offer an alternative to the

current difficult though hypothetical As a result this study was able to lead

a conclusion the Six-Party Talks and the role of Moscow are able to be a

persuasive and plausible alternative for a long-term solution on the Korean

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 285

peninsula The importance of the Six-Party Talks the inter-relations between

Russia and the two Koreas and a scenario suggested supported the

conclusion

All in all the increased and positive Russian involvement toward the two

Koreas can be a stepping-stone for a dialogue and cooperation for peace

and prosperity on the Korean peninsula Furthermore the full use of the

Six-Party Talks will ultimately contribute to security of the Northeast Asian

region beyond the North Korean nuclear crisis

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286 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

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Implementation of the Joint Statement (3 October 2007) MOFAT

United Nations Security Council Resolution 1695 (2006)

United Nations Security Council Resolution 1718 (2006)

United Nations Security Council 5551st Meeting (PM)

Security Council Condemns Nuclear Test by Democratic Peoplersquos Republic of Korea

Unanimously Adopting Resolution 1718 (2006)

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of the Republic of Korea (2008) 2008

Diplomatic White Paper (Seoul MOFAT)

Books

Baker Arnold Htun Nay Lim Wonhyuk Martin William Paik KeunWook

Pehlivanov Biliana Pinto Frank Seto Isamu Strong Maurice and Toichi

Tsutomu Energy Scenarios for the DPAK-Report of the Working Group

Convened by the United Nations New York University of Peace 2005

Cha Victor D and Kang David C Nuclear North Korea A Debate on Engagement

Strategies New York Columbia 2003

Kuhrt Natasha Russian Policy towards China and Japan The Elrsquotsin and Putin

periods New York Rutledge 2007

Oberdorfer Don The Two Koreas A Contemporary History New York Basic Books

2001

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 287

Sakwa Richard Russian Politics and Society London Routledge 2008

Articles and Periodicals

Buszynski Leszek ldquoRussia and Northeast Asia aspirations and realityrdquo The

Pacific Review Vol 13 (2000)

Haggard Stephan and Noland Marcus ldquoA Security and Peace for Northeast Asia The

Economic Dimensionrsquo Peterson Institute for International Economicsrdquo Policy

Brief No PB08-4 (April 2008)

Kim Kook Sin ldquoNorth Korean Nuclear crisis and International Responsesrdquo Korea

Institute for National Unification Issue Paper for the Korean Reunification

(Nov 2006)

Meyer Peggy Falkenhein ldquoRussia Interests and Objectives on the Korean Peninsulardquo

International Journal of Korean Studies Vol 4 No 2 (FallWinter 2005)

Paik Keun-Wook ldquoPipeline Gas Introduction to the Korean Peninsula Korea

Foundation Project Korea Foundation Project Energy and Environmental

Cooperation in the Korea Peninsulardquo Chatham House (January 2005)

Park John S ldquoInside Multilateralism The Six-Party Talksrdquo The Washington Quarterly

Vol 284 (2005)

Park Kyung-Ae ldquoNorth Korea in 2003 Pendulum Swing between Crisis and

Diplomacyrdquo Asian Survey Vol 44 No 1 (Jan-Feb 2004)

Rozman Gilbert ldquoRussiarsquos Reassessment of the Korean Peninsulardquo International Journal

of Korean Unification Studies Vol 24 No 2 (2015)

Scalapino Robert A ldquoThe Two Koreas and The Major Powersrdquo Institute of East Asian

Studies Univ of California USA (1-2 June 2000)

Takeda Yoshinori ldquoPutinrsquos Foreign policy toward North Koreardquo International

Relations of the Asia-Pacific Vol No 6 (2006)

Toloraya Georgy ldquoRussian Policy in Korea in a time of changerdquo The Korean

Journal of Defense Analysis 211 (2009)

Vorontsov Alexander ldquoCurrent Russia ndash North Korea Relations Challenges and

Achievementsrdquo Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies the Brookings

Institution (2007)

Wit Joel S Wolfsthal Jon and Oh Choong-suk ldquoThe Six Party Talks and Beyond

288 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

Cooperative Threat Reduction and North Koreardquo A Report of the CSIS

International Security Program Dec Washington DC CSIS

Yang Seung Ham Kim Woosang and Kim Yongho ldquoRusso-North Korean Relations

in the 2000s Moscowrsquos Continuing Search for Regional Influencerdquo Asian

Survey Vol 44 No 6 (2006)

Zhebin Alexander ldquoRussiarsquos Efforts for Reconciliation and Peace in Koreardquo A paper

for the 2nd World Congress of Korean Studies Pyongyang (August 2004)

Zhongying Pang ldquoThe Six-Party Process Regional Security Mechanisms and

China-US Cooperation Toward a Regional Security Mechanism for a New

Northeast Asiardquo Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies the Brookings

Institution (March 2009)

Others

Korea Joongang Daily ldquoRussian Envoy Discusses Pyongyang Tests Thaadrdquo September

25 2015

httpkoreajoongangdailyjoinscomnewsarticleArticleaspxaid=3009631

Williams Carol J ldquoNorth Korea Read to Resume Six-Party Nuclear Talks Russia

Reportsrdquo Los Angeles Times November 12 2014

CCTV ldquoPutin Urges Unconditional Resumption of Six-Party Talksrdquo November 13 2013

Barjoria Jayshree and Xu Beina ldquoThe Six Party Talks on North Korearsquos Nuclear

Programrdquo Council on foreign Relations September 2013

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists ldquoThe Six-Party Talks Meeting North Korearsquos

energy needsrdquo November 2007

President of Russia ldquoPress Statement Following Russian-Korean Talksrdquo November

2013

Ministry of Foreign Affairs Republic of Korea

lthttpwwwmofagokrENGpolicykpennknuclearpressreleasesindexjspmenu=

m_20_20_10amptabmenu=t_2gt

Korea Economic Institute ldquoNorth Korea Looking Abroadrdquo February 18 2015

lthttpblogkeiaorg201502north-korea-looking-abroadgt

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 289

박지선(PARK JISUN )

영국 런던대 킹스 칼리지(Kingrsquos College London) 국제분쟁학 석사 학위를 취득하고 현재 동

대학원 전략학 박사과정에 있다 주요 연구실적으로 ldquoConstructivist Understandings of North

Korearsquos Ballistic Missile Programme National Security Policy Based on North Korearsquos Strategic

Culturerdquo(2014) 985172한반도 신뢰프로세스를 통한 비핵국가 한국의 핵 안보전략 제2차 핵시대를

맞이하여985173(2013 공저) 985172클라우제비츠의 전쟁이론으로 본 냉전 이후 북한의 핵미사일 전략

에 관한 연구985173(2010 공저) 등이 있다

6자회담 틀 내에서 한반도 중장기 평화번영을 위한 러시아의

lsquo숙련된 중재자(New Seasoned Facilitator)rsquo 역할

박지선 (런던대 킹스 칼리지)

국문요약

본 논문은 한반도의 중장기 평화번영 방안을 위해 교착상태에 빠진 6자회담의 틀 안

에서 러시아의 역할에 대한 새로운 학문적 접근을 보여주고자 한다 본 논문에서는 북한

핵무기 개발 프로그램의 중단이라는 공동의 목적을 달성하기 위해 설립된 6자회담의 주

요 행위자들의 정치적middot전략적 이해관계를 경제적 영역으로 확대하면서 보다 실용적인

한반도 문제 해결 방안을 제시하고 있다 특히 lsquo숙련된 중재자(New Seasoned Facilitator)rsquo

로서의 러시아의 역할에 대해 심도 있게 고찰하면서 6자회담 틀에서 가능한 하나의 시나

리오를 실험적으로 제안하고 있다 본 논문의 주요 내용은 1) 6자회담의 연대기적 분석

2)한반도를 둘러싼 6자회담 주요 국가들의 이해관계 분석 3) 숙련된 중재자로서의 러

시아의 역할을 고찰 4) 실용적이고 실행 가능한 경제협력 방안이 될 한반도 평화정착을

위한 북한경제재건 프로젝트의 시나리오 등이다

주제어 6자회담 러시아 외교정책 북한 중재자 한반도 중middot장기 번영

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groups Group (Ⅰ) US Japan South Korea Group (Ⅱ) China Russia and

Group (Ⅲ) North Korea Before analyzing the United Nations Security

Council Resolution 1718 one important thesis in this case study is that the

criteria of the grouping stated above is focused on only the United Nations

Security Council Resolution 1718 rather than including all resolutions of

United Nations22) This is because eight UN resolutions related to North

Korearsquos nuclear issue from 1993 to 2013 demonstrate different politico-strategic

outcomes In this regard in the Table (1) the distinctive responses of the

three groups are categorized In brief this table illustrates the complexity of

the Six-Party Talks depending on politico-strategic relations while emphasizing

the importance of a multilateral approach for a long-term solution on the

Korean peninsula

22) These are a list of Unite Nations Council Resolutions related to the North Korean

nuclear issues from 1993 to 2013

bull United Nations Security Council Resolution 825(1993)

bull United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540 (2004)

bull United Nations Security Council Resolution 1695(2006)

bull United Nations Security Council Resolution 1718 (2006)

bull United Nations Security Council Resolution 1874 (2009)

bull United Nations Security Council Resolution 1887 (2009)

bull United Nations Security Council Resolution 2087(2013)

bull United Nations Security Council Resolution 2094 (2013)

262 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

Nuclear Capability (DPRK)

Resolution1718

Comeback of the Six-Party Talks

Military Enforcement

to DPRK

Sanctions against DPRK

The US

(Group Ⅰ)

Japan

(Group Ⅰ)

S Korea

(Group Ⅰ)ⅹ ⅹ

China

(Group Ⅱ)

ⅹ ⅹ

Russia

(Group Ⅱ)ⅹ ⅹ ⅹ

N Korea

(Group Ⅲ)

ⅹ ⅹ ⅹ

(Table 1) Critical Analysis on Six Partiesrsquo Responses after the Adoption of

United Nations Security Council Resolution 1718

strong support support partly support ⅹ objection

Group(Ⅰ) US Japan and Korea

In the case of the first Group it rallied behind Washington whose

stubborn reaction against Pyongyang led to the adoption of the UN Security

Council Resolution 171823) John Bolton who was the former US Ambassador

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 263

to the UN stated ldquoa nuclear test in 2006 was the gravest threat to international

peace and securityrdquo During a Security Council meeting he maintained that

the resolution 1718 should impose more strict demands complementing the

Security Resolution 1695 which is regarded as a failure As a result the US

and Japan enthusiastically bolstered the resolution 1718 welcoming the

contents of strengthened sanctions compared with the resolution 169524) On

the surface South Korea - which sustained considerably close relationship

with the US - seemed to unwillingly follow the resolution emphasizing that

the problem should be solved under a peaceful and diplomatic approach

In fact a division was recognizable within this group While the US and

Japan stuck together in unity in purpose and actions 25) against the irrational

behaviors of North Korea for doing missile tests the South Korean

government was committed to a two-pronged policy Indeed the grand

strategy of the South Korean government was to pursue the following two

aims the prevention of Pyongyang provocations and reconciliation of the

two Koreas In other words although all three maintained close

cooperation they all had slightly different interests and conditions

23) UN Security Council meeting on 9 October 2006

lthttpwwwunorgNewsPressdocs2006sc8853dochtmgt24) The main subjects of the Security Council Resolution 1695 are 1) stopping games

of lsquobrinkmanshiprsquo 2) complying with Security Council demands 3) returning to the

Six-Party Talks and 4) implementing terms of the joint statement for the last round

of the talks See United Nations Security Council Resolution 1695 (2006)25) The expectations of Washington and Tokyo from the Six-Party Talks are1) the

withdrawal of Nuclear weapons first then negotiations afterwards and 2) the

establishment of a democratic government similar to the US standards

264 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

Group (Ⅱ) China Russia

In the case of the group two China and Russia who have been close

supporters of North Korea for more than an half century demonstrated

similar reactions as the members of group one did While they agreed on

the general direction of the resolution each had a slightly different view on

the extension of the contents In the case of China not only Beijing was

the main actor in initiating the Six-Party Talks but also a very close friend

to North Korea 26) However China chose to support the sanctions against

Pyongyang under the resolution 1718 Meanwhile Russia had a different

view In an urgent meeting of the UN Security Council unlike China Russia

did not support such stringent sanctions against Pyongyang although

Moscow agreed on condemning the North Korean rocket launch Even if

in the end both Beijing and Moscow supported the resolution 1718 in

general it was an occasion when the two countries showed different

approach toward Pyongyang during the adoption process of the resolution27)

Group(Ⅲ) North Korea

Contrarily the reaction of the third group North Korea was fairly

obvious against the Security Council Resolution Park Gilyon North Korearsquos

Ambassador to UN said that Pyongyang rejects the resolution 1718 since the

resolution is a coercive declaration by a ldquogangster-likerdquo Security Council28)

26) See Security Council Meeting on 9 October 2006

lthttpwwwunorgNewsPressdocs2006sc8853dochtmgt27) See Security Council Meeting on 9 October 2006

lthttpwwwunorgNewsPressdocs2006sc8853dochtmgt28) See Security Council meeting on 9 October 2006

lthttpwwwunorgNewsPressdocs2006sc8853dochtmgt

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 265

Nevertheless the main limitation of the talks still remains without

creative alternatives to disentangle intricate interests of the participants of

the Six-Party Talks no feasible output can be expected from such a

multilateral meeting Thus in order to overcome the above-mentioned

limitations of the Six-Party Talks I suggest an approach which emphasizes

the following points 1) the emergence of a lsquonew experienced facilitatorrsquo

instead of previous main actors to encourage more pragmatic approaches

and 2) the combination of political and economic tools especially in

highlighting the economic approaches Consequently this paper will focus

on Russiarsquos role as a New Seasoned Facilitator since Russia can offer new

possibilities for a long-term resolution of the issues on the Korean

peninsula

2 Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo for Dealing with

Issues on the Korean Peninsula

In this part the role of Russia will be scrutinized as a possible new

strong facilitator who might offer long-term solutions to the problems on the

Korean peninsula in the 21st century Since most of the studies concerning

cooperation on the Korean peninsula tend to focus mainly on the role

played by the US and China I argue that this paper may provide an

innovative contribution to the study of the ldquoSix-Party Talksrdquo stressing

Russiarsquos new role vis-agrave-vis the Korean peninsula In my view indeed

Russiarsquos role on the Korean peninsula progressively emerged in recent years

shaping the image of ldquofacilitatorrdquo interested in persuading North Korea to

seek an alternative to the nuclear weapons program and promote energy

266 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

cooperation in the region which might hasten possibility of peace on the

Korean peninsula

According to Vorontsov (2007) the basic positions of Moscow for the

Six-Party Talks are as follows 1) advocating the strict inspection of NPT and

the denuclearized Korean peninsula 2) persisting peaceful negotiation

among the six players and 3) promoting the inter-Korean dialogues29) In

contrast to the hard-line stance of White House30) to eliminate all factors

related to North Korean nuclear program in terms of the Korean issues the

current Russian government seems to strive for the achievement of the goal

2) and 3) When it comes to the geostrategic situations the Korean issues

have recently become one of the major considerations for Moscow because

the US China and Japan have gradually played important roles on the

issues of Korean peninsula who are all Russiarsquos direct neighbors31)

Namely owing to the invisible lsquoPower Racersquo among the major powers

Russia is increasingly interested in the issues surrounding the Korean

peninsula

In the same way unlike the general expectations on the global stage the

Russian role within the multilateral talks may have substantial influences as

well as the other actors have contributed to the meetings In the beginning

29) Alexander Vorontsov ldquoCurrent Russia ndash North Korea Relations Challenges and

Achievementsrdquo Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies (2007) p1730) Still North Korea seems to believe what White House pursues a hard-line policy

toward Pyongyang An unnamed spokesman of Pyongyang stated on 8 May 2009

ldquothe Obama administration for the past 100 dayshelliphellip the hostile policy toward

Pyongyang remains unchangedrdquo

lthttpwwwnytimescom20090509worldasia09koreahtml_r=1ampref=global-homegt31) Georgy Toloraya ldquoRussian Policy in Korea in a time of changerdquo The Korean

Journal of Defense Analysis Vol211 (2009) p69

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 267

stage of the talks some counties had skepticism about Moscowrsquos

participation in the talks because the Four-Party Talks (the US China and

the two Koreas) - except for Moscow - was a general pattern on the

inter-Korean issues32) However Kremlin played an essential role in inviting

Pyongyang in joining the Six-Party Talks because North Korea insisted

Pyongyang would not participate in the 2003 meeting without Russia33)

When it comes to Russian official stance in 2015 Moscow continuously

supports the Six-Party Talks for denuclearization in the Korean peninsula

while Russia does not recognize North Korea as a nuclear state34)

Historically Russia and North Korea have significantly long and

meaningful relations throughout the period of Korearsquos liberation following

Japanese colonization the Korean War and the opening and ending of the

Cold War In particular the two countries enjoyed a very strong cooperative

relationship during the Korean War35) Following the Korean War the

Soviet Union became the main trade partner and a sponsor for the

nation-building of Kim Il-sungrsquo regime Approximately 93 factories and

industrial facilities in North Korea were established under the Russian

technical assistance 36)constructing Pyongyangrsquos heavy-industrial backbon

32) Moscowrsquos absence from the Four-Party Talks proposed by the former President Bill

Clinton and President Kim Young Sam on April 16 1996 demonstrated Russiarsquos

dwindled regional influence in the Korean peninsula Yang et al (2004) p80133) Vorontsov (2007) p2234) ldquoRussian Envoy Discusses Pyongyang tests Thaadrdquo Korea Joongang Daily September

25 2015

lthttpkoreajoongangdailyjoinscomnewsarticleArticleaspxaid=3009631gt35) During the Korean War the Russian pilots contributed to the air defence of

North Korea resulting in the loss of 135 pilots and more than 300 airplanes Ibid

p5

268 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

e37) Such a close alliance between the two communist societies continued

until the collapse of the Soviet Union Unfortunately during the President

Elrsquotsinrsquos administration the Russian policy toward the Korean peninsula

shifted due to the unilateral rapprochement with the ROK as the new

diplomatic approach in the so-called ldquodemocratic romanticismrdquo which called

for greatly pro-Western at the expense of Russiarsquos interests 38) Such

transformed Russian policy seemed to cause a crack in the friendship

between Moscow and Pyongyang

However since the inauguration of Vladimir Putin the Russian political

elites began envisaging new approaches towards the Korean peninsula

Putinrsquos new approach functioned as a breakthrough to reinforce previously

weakening relations between Russia and North Korea As a result a historic

treaty on ldquoFriendshiprdquo between Kremlin and Pyongyang―Good-Neighbourly

Relations and Cooperation―was created in 200039) Currently Kim Jong-Un

regime has mainly concentrated on strengthening trade relations with Kremlin

and both Moscow and Pyongyang have taken positive consensus towards

36) The North Korean nuclear energy facilities were established with the Soviet

technical assistance in 1962 37) Vorontsov (2007) p538) On 27 October 1991 Elrsquotin addressed two main aims fo the Russian Foreign

policy 1) pursuing favourable external conditions for the domestic political and

economic reforms and 2) overcoming the legacy of the Cold war Richard Sakwa

(2008) Russian Politics and Society (London Routledge 2008) pp368~36939) After the treaty of lsquoGood-Neighbourly Relations and Cooperationrsquo the Moscowrsquos

declaration of the DPRK and the Russian Federation was released on 4 August 2001

The DPRK-Russia joint declaration is the advanced version of lsquogood-neighbourliness

and cooperationrsquo signed on 9 February 2000 Since then the two countries have

tried the friendly relations and mutually beneficial cooperation

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 269

enhancing their economic cooperative relationship In 2014 Putinrsquos cabinet

concluded the withdrawal of $10 billion of Pyongyangrsquos $11 billion debt that

had accrued during the Soviet Era40) It seems that Putinrsquos cabinet assumes

that this gesture of goodwill will contribute to the construction of a gas

pipeline covering the Korean peninsula When it comes to both geopolitical

and geo-economics aspects North Korea could have profitable investments

opportunities

All in all such a historic fortification of the inter-relationship between

North Korea and Russia provides diverse chances for the improved role of

Russia in making contributions with the backing of other partners of the

Six-Party Talks Based on this fact it would be possible to focus more on

the possibility of Russiarsquos increased contribution to the talks In fact there

is a strong possibility that Moscow could function as a lsquomediatorrsquo and

lsquofacilitatorrsquo between Pyongyang and the other members of the Six-Party

Talks

There are a number of important cases41) through which Moscow enabled

diplomatic efforts assume the role of a lsquofacilitatorrsquo or lsquomediatorrsquo When it

comes to the bilateral relations between Republic of Korea and Russia the

two nations started nearly at a zero point at first However Kremlin and

Blue House have created new economic science and cultural systems For

example since 1990 the leaders of South Korea and Russia have officially

met 27 times In 2013 President Vladimir Putinrsquos visited to Seoul when the

two nationsrsquo annual bilateral trade exceeded $26 billion42)

40) ldquoNorth Korea Looking Abroadrdquo Korea Economic Institute February 18 2015

lthttpblogkeiaorg201502north-korea-looking-abroadgt41) Vorontsov opcit p17

270 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

In particular in July 2002 Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov visited the two

Koreas respectively to persuade both to return to the negotiating table

which was halted after a naval clash in the West (Yellow) Sea in June 2002

Although the visit was not connected to the Six-Party Talks directly the case

seems to confirm Russiarsquos efforts to assist the improvement of the

inter-Korean relations What is more in terms of the US-DPRK relations

Moscow provided an opportunity for a meeting between the North Korean

Foreign Minister Paek NamSun and the former US Secretary of State Colin

Powell during the ministerial meetings at the ASEAN Regional Forum talks

in Darussalam Brunei in 200243) In short Moscowrsquos effort to carry out

ldquobalancer diplomacyrdquo after Putinrsquos inauguration shows potentials to be a

smart lsquomediatorrsquo within the multilateral negotiation such as the Six-Party

Talks

3 The Russian lsquoNew Realismrsquo Policy Applied in the Korean

Peninsula

Then the questions are to what degree can Russia be engaged in

resolving the inter-Korean issues and what kind of benefit can Russia

expect from the increased involvement with the issues regarding the Korean

peninsula especially in the Six-Party Talks

In the recent years the interest of the Russian politicians and academics

toward the Korean peninsula seems to be soaring As an lsquoactive partrsquo the

42) ldquoRussian Envoy Discusses Pyongyang tests Thaadrdquo Korea Joongang Daily September

25 2015 lthttpkoreajoongangdailyjoinscomnewsarticleArticleaspxaid=3009631gt43) Ibid

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 271

Korean peninsula can be regarded as a region of interest and strategic

importance as the Asian-Pacific region is seen to have increasing economic

implication for Russia due to the lack of involvement by Moscow in the

region of economic prowess44) In particular when Moscow participated in

the Six-Party Talks its approach seems to have strategic bearing toward the

Asia-Pacific region because the region especially the Korean peninsula is

now regarded by Moscow as an area of considerable importance

In fact Russiarsquos burgeoning interests for the Six-Party Talks contemporize

with the inauguration of the Putinrsquos administration Namely Putinrsquos lsquoNew

Realismrsquo based on the pragmatic approach over all Russia policies can be

applied to the evaluation of the Russian intention and purpose toward the

Six-Party Talks On the whole the national motto of the 21st century Russia

is lsquoPragmatismrsquo which also significantly influenced the current Medvedevrsquos

cabinet45) On a meeting of the Security Council in March 2000 the new

Russian lsquoForeign Policy Conceptrsquo was introduced by Ivanov the Russian

Foreign Minister at the time The main concept of the document was lsquomore

realisticrsquo for rebuilding the domestic economy and promoting the Russian

economic interests abroad as it strives to become worldrsquos tenth biggest

economy in the 21st century46) Hence Moscowrsquos foreign policy influenced

44) Natasha Kuhrt Russian Policy towards China and Japan The Elrsquotsin and Putin

periods (New York Rutledge 2007) pp 54~5645) In January 2002 the former President Putin had an interview with a Polish

Newspaper and Polish TVP Channel In the interview he stated that lsquoPragmatismrsquo

as a key means for the economic cooperation with other nations ldquoWe began this

talk by pointing out that the soundest approachhellip on the basis of pragmatism

and pragmatic interest in each otherrdquo

lthttpwwwkremlinruengtextspeeches200201150001_type82916_147392shtmlgt46) Sakwa(2008) pp371~391

272 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

by such realistic and pragmatic approaches seems to have valid bearing for

both the Six-Party Talks and the inter-Korean dialogues especially when the

economic aspects are addressed

In essence what are the specific interests Moscow might have on the

Korean peninsula The answer to this question is the more the Korean

military threats are slackened the more Russiarsquos security and economic

interests are amplified In terms of this argument Meyer (2005) identified

the reasons for the Russian Federationrsquos participation in the multilateral

meeting He indicated that by supporting reconciliation between DPRK and

ROK Russia can achieve the following objectives 1) the symbolic objective

to be recognized as a permanent major power on the global stage 2) the

military objective to dissuade Pyongyang from pursuing nuclear weapons

program not to weaken the global commitment for NPT and 3) the

economic objective to establish favorable conditions for the development of

a trilateral economic cooperation among Russia and the two Koreas47)

In relation to the third objective when Putin was the president he had

strong interests toward the Korean peninsula as there were potentially

lucrative economic opportunities available Such projects included connecting

the inter-Korean railroad to the Trans-Siberian railroad and exporting natural

gas from the Kovyktinskoe field in Irkutsk to the Korean peninsula through

China48)

In fact it can be concluded that the third reason which Meyer identified

is the main objective of Russiarsquos participation in the Sic-Party talks therefore

47) Peggy Falkenhein Meyer ldquoRussia Interests and Objectives on the Korean Peninsulardquo

International Journal of Korean Studies (FallWinter 2005) Vol 4 No 2 pp 145~14748) Ibid pp148~154

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 273

it could be assumed the promotion of economic issues can be conceived

and used as a tool to make a breakthrough to overcome the sluggish

multifaceted talks dealing with North Korea high-technology fears More

specifically I argue that the natural gas projects can dramatically increase

Russiarsquos penetration on the Korean peninsula and promote ndash in turn -

Moscowrsquos effort to bring positive changes to the talks From this perspective

Russian economic leverage might become a cornerstone for bringing peace

in the Korean peninsula In the following part I will present a possible

scenario in which this assumption might be substantially developed

Ⅳ A New Role of Russia on the Korean Peninsula

Figure 2 as shown below portrays a possible scenario of cooperation on

the Korean peninsula which emphasizes the following aspects 1) the

importance of the Six-Party Talks for the future of cooperation on the

Korean peninsula in the 21st century and 2) the suggestion of new

alternatives which focus on Russia and its economic involvement to boost

multilateral talks In building-up the scenario the key presumption is that

economic cooperation can create a ldquofunctional leveragerdquo in a political

scenario characterized by a substantial political rapprochement due to the

enforcement of a legally binding treaty (ie a Peace Treaty that could officially

end the Korean War) and prepare a definitive process of nation-building

among the two Koreas This ldquofunctional leveragerdquo is based on the role

played by CTR (Cooperative Threat Reduction) program49) to eliminate all

274 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

military threats―nuclear chemical biological and missiles threat from North

Korea In principle the objective of CTR is to reduce the dangers created

by nuclear chemical or biological weapons or their delivery vehicles The

actors of the CTR are consisted of a host who eradicates secures or

converts the WMD (Weapons of Mass Destruction) programs while the

other partners supporting such efforts50)

The most attractive function of the CTR for the following scenario is that

the partners provide money technology equipment and training to the host

nation In case that the six participants select the option during the process

of the WMD removal the main problems such methods and incentives in

terms of the North Korean nuclear withdrawal will be solved naturally

Furthermore the main argument to highlight the economic approaches with

flexible funds produced by rewards of the CTR programs can be persuaded

more convincingly Therefore the following section will justify this

alternative based on the postulation mentioned above―the application of

the CTR in the process of the Six-Party Talks

49) The CTR (or sometimes called for lsquoNunn-Lugarrsquo) programme provides funding

and expertise for the states in the former Soviet Unions including Russia Ukraine

Georgia Azerbaijan Belarus Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan under disarmament

treaties lthttpnunn-lugarcomindexshtmlgt50) Joel S Wit Wolfsthal Jon and Oh Choong-suk (2005) ldquoThe Six Party Talks and

Beyond Cooperative Threat Reduction and North Koreardquo A Report of the CSIS

International Security Program Dec (Washington DC CSIS) pp7~8

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 275

1 A Scenario Suggested lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Projection

for the DPRKrsquo

As stressed before the founding hypothesis of this scenario is a

substantial political shift on the Korean peninsula prospecting a clear

ldquoongoing processrdquo ldquoone Korea reunifiedrdquo However in my argumentation

the crucial assumption is not related to dynamics leading to the political

rapprochement among the two Koreas and neighbor countries which are

members of the Six-Party Talks Instead the central point of the first

scenario is to focus on the preparations and nation-building toward the

reconciliation of the two Koreas through multilateral economic negotiations

Namely to what extent can the framework of the Six-Party Talks and Russia

influence on peace and prosperity on the Korean peninsula as the means

of economic approaches

(Figure 2) Economy Reconstruction Project for the DPRK

276 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

Stage I

As shown in Figure 2 this scenario will be developed through four

stages During Stage I in order to resolve the core problem of Pyongyang―

the disposal of all WMD including chemical biological nuclear weapons

and the CTR program will be offered strongly Under the circumstances

North Korea seems to be a proper candidate for the CTR In the case of the

CTR the multilateral approaches owing to the political and financial

burden-sharing among the sponsors are indispensable51) Although the

Northeast Asian region has not been a suitable case for the program the

Six-Party Talks has shown a consensus on the difficult security problems

especially on Pyongyangrsquos military threats Such a partnership among the

participants of the Six-Party Talks which has been cultivated for seven years

of working together produces more positive results in the progress of the

disposal of nuclear weapons during the period of conducting the CTR

program

In addition Moscow will play a key role in the application of the CTR

program for North Korea When it comes to the beginning of the CTR the

program focused intensively on the countries of the former Soviet Union

including Russia Ukraine Georgia Azerbaijan Belarus Uzbekistan and

Kazakhstan As a result 6600 nuclear warheads have been eliminated since

1991 and more that 470 long-range missiles have been destroyed while

over 1800 other missiles strategic bombers have been disassembled52) With

51) Ibid pp1~352) The United States has invested $7 billion in the former Soviet Union since 1991

and is recently investing $1 billion per year There are additional participants―EU

UK Germany and France Ibid pp7~8

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 277

such an impressive precedent Russia is able to provide a workable solution

during the process of Pyongyangrsquos cooperative threat reduction The most

impressive strength of the first stage is provided that North Korea and the

five members of the Six-Party talks collectively pursue the CTR program the

following economic incentives will be offered for the reconstruction of

North Korea 1) a reward of nuclear withdrawal and 2) the reuse of

resources previously used in the Northrsquos nuclear program

In relation to CTR with application to the case of North Korea it possible

to argue that Russia ndash mindful of the CTR program provided by the US in

the aftermath of the collapse of the Soviet Empire ndash could potentially reuse

the rationale behind the above-mentioned mass destruction dismantlement

program in order to materially help North Korea to eliminate these kinds of

armaments as well as to boost a more comprehensive trust-building process

in the direction of Pyongyang increasing Russian influence over the North

and the overall region

Stage II

During the Stage II the expected economic incentives offered from the

implementation of the CTR project will be connected to the establishment of

a factual organization―lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Project for the DPRKrsquo

Continuously the international community should remain concerned about a

steep decline of the North Korean economy which in the past caused the

most destructive famines of the 20th century As many as one million

people who represent about five percent of the North Korean population

perished in the mid-1990s as a result53) Therefore the members of the

Six-Party Talks should pursue Pyongyangrsquos economic reforms and

278 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

reconstruction simultaneously since the countries regard economic inability

of Kim Jung Un to be one of the causes for using the military threats54)

Therefore it would provide a vital opportunity to bring changes in North

Korea if an organization which focuses on the economic benefits is

founded For this purpose this study recommends the establishment of

lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Project for the DPRKrsquo within the framework of the

Six-Party Talks The aspiration for the DPRK project is based on the

September 2005 Joint Statement and the February 2007 Joint Statement of

the Six-Party Talks The September Statement encouraged the economic

cooperation in the areas of energy trade and investment within the

Six-Party Talks framework55) Also in the February 2007 Joint Statement the

six players promised humanitarian assistance to North Korea and

established an Economy and Energy Cooperation Working Group56)

Although such agreements to boost the North Korean economy did not

53) Haggard Stephan and Noland Marcus ldquoA Security and Peace for Northeast Asia

The Economic Dimensionrdquo Peterson Institute for International Economics Policy

Brief No PB08-4 (April 2008) p2 54) In 2000 North Korea tried ldquomarketization from belowrdquo in the areas of local

organs government offices and military units with the recommendation of the

international community Ibid p255) See Join Statement of the Fourth Round of the Six-Party Talks in Beijing (19

September 2005)

lthttpwwwmofatgokrwebmodulehtsboardhbdhbdreadjsptypeID=6ampboardid=

247ampseqno=293918ampc=TITLEampt=amppagenum=2amptableName=TYPE_DATABOARDamppc=

ampdc=ampwc=amplu=ampvu=ampiu=ampdu=gt56) See Initial Actions for the Implementation of the Joint Statement (13 February 2007)

lthttpwwwmofatgokrwebmodulehtsboardhbdhbdreadjsptypeID=6ampboardid=

247ampseqno=293924ampc=TITLEampt=amppagenum=3amptableName=TYPE_DATABOARDamppc=amp

dc=ampwc=amplu=ampvu=ampiu=ampdu=gt

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 279

produce output in reality the international concerns seemed to have

reached a consensus relating to the ideas of lsquoEconomic Reconstruction

Project for DPRKrsquo introduced for the Stage II

Stage III

The following study on the similar subject reflects such international

concerns in a pragmatic way lsquopipeline gas introduction to the Korean

peninsularsquo57) In the Stage III as a long-term scenario to rehabilitate the

DPRKrsquos economy the idea of lsquopipeline gas projectrsquo introduced by Paik

(2005) will be applied Within the Six-Party Talks framework energy

assistance is another integral theme which is seen as important area to

resolve the nuclear problem on the Korean peninsula What is more such

energy supply options for DPRK generated from the gas pipeline project can

be functioned as a versatile negotiation tool combining the geopolitical and

economic reality on the Six-Party Talks table

In fact one well-established energy development organization―KEDO―

already exists The mission of KEDO is to implement the Agreed Framework

between the US and DPRK on the assumption that Pyongyang agreed to

freeze and ultimately dismantle its breathing nuclear program58) Unfortunately

the KEDO led project failed due to the North Korean distrust towards KEDO

due to the ailing relationship between Washington and Pyongyang caused

by the North Korean military threats and the failure to meet the agreed

57) Keun-Wook Paik ldquoPipeline Gas Introduction to the Korean Peninsulardquo Korea

Foundation Project lsquoEnergy and Environmental Cooperation in the Korea Peninsula

(2005)58) Baker et al opcit pp135~138

280 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

provisions59) Unlike the KEDO projects the introduction of the long

distance gas pipeline passing through the DPRK territory will involve the

two Koreas and Russia In particular intended for Pyongyang the pipeline

gas would provide energy to power many major cities in the DPRK

assuming that a 15 bcm60) natural gas would be allocated to the North as

a transit fees Also South Korea can provide additional support to prevent

the collapse of the North Korean economy61) In addition further funding

can be allocated for the CTR programs which will intensify the effort to

support rebuilding of the North Korean economy

Other than the economic merit Moscow is well positioned in this

pipeline project since the major Russian company Gazprom which is the

largest extractor of natural gas in the world has outstanding options to

promote the project from all the shareholders For this reason the role of

Russia should be given more weight in the third stage

In terms of the Economy Reconstruction Project for the DPRK this study

will follow the main idea of the paper Pipeline Gas Introduction to the

Korean Peninsula by Paik In his in-depth study Paik suggested lsquothe

Proposed Greater Circular Pipeline in Northeast Asiarsquo As shown in Figure 3

the Korean peninsula is ideally located to have pivotal benefits from the

59) There are two main conditions 1) KEDO finances and constructs two

proliferation-resistant light-water reactors(LWR) of the Korean Standard Nuclear

Power Plant in the DPRK and 2) KEDO provides DPRK with an alternative source

of energy for heating and electricity until the first of the two reactors is

completed lthttpwwwkedoorgap_mainaspgt 60) 30bcm is an amount which can handle gas over 30 years Baker et al opcit

p10161) Ibid pp81~82

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 281

Source Paik (2005) p41

Russian oil and gas pipeline infrastructure In the case that the gas pipeline

scenario is applied in reality as a useful alternative for the settlement of the

current North Korean nuclear crisis this project will provide significant

contribution to in promoting energy cooperation between Russia and the

Two Koreas

Stage Ⅳ

In the final stage a consensus and convention to justify this project

within the Six-Party Talks framework should be guaranteed This is necessary

to avoid the inevitable problem of incompatibility between the laws and

regulations among the six players and different investment environment

(Figure 3) Map The Proposed Greater Pipeline in Northeast Asia

282 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

The Six Party Talks Russia

Stage

bull Providing a Negotiation Tool (the

CTR Program)

bull Initiating North Korea into Russian

precedents of the CTR program

Stage

bull Invoking international concerns about

NKrsquos economy reconstruction

bull Implementing the project based on

the Agreements

bull Supporting this project actively

Stage

bull Creating conventions to recognize the

gas pipeline project with six players

bull Participating in the gas pipeline project

actively persuading Gazprom

Stage

Ⅳ Building the consensus and trust of the Six-Party Talks members

2 Strength and Limitation of the Scenario

Based on the scenario introduced above the expected roles of Russia and

the members of the Six-Party Talks is as follows

(Table 2) Expected Roles of Russia and the Six-Party Talks in the Scenario

In short the main feature of lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Project for the

DPRKrsquo is a product of a multilateral economic diplomacy In general such

a multilateral economic approach has an unavoidable drawback in that such

a pragmatic diplomacy cannot move ahead regardless of the difficult security

concern of the Korean peninsula In particular I recognize that an increased

Russian role on a unified Korean peninsula would increase the tensions

among the main regional actors

However the strength of this scenario is combining security and

economic issues together to offer a comprehensive resolution concerning the

main threat that would inhibit inter-Korean rapprochement that is an

unchanged provocative posture of North Korea vis-agrave-vis its security needs

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 283

In other words the CTR program for Pyongyangrsquos WMD can be a suitable

alternative to prevent the North Korean military actions In addition the

economic rewards and investment for the DPRK during the negotiation

based on the gas pipeline project would enable advancement the North

Korean economy which in turn will have a positive effect on a long-term

solution such as the reconciliation between the two Koreas Furthermore if

an economic reconciliation can be reached with the help of the new actor

lsquoRussiarsquo this could become a plausible alternative reunification strategy of

the Korean peninsula Such a new consideration will justify the economic

and pragmatic approaches in the framework of the Six-Party talks

Ⅴ Conclusion

Time has changed However the issues surrounding the Korean

peninsula where interests of major powers are contested still display a

unique and multifaceted pattern on the international political order The

dilemma of the peninsula is the coexistence of lsquoinsecurityrsquo and lsquoprosperityrsquo

which is an inevitable by-product caused by the geopolitical situation

Despite such a reality smarter alternatives to achieve lsquopeacersquo and

lsquoprosperityrsquo on the Korean peninsula in the 21st century should be created

The option available currently is lsquothe Six-Party Talksrsquo This study has

suggested that such a multilateral talk offers a plausible framework to

resolve the issues surrounding the Korean peninsula beyond the North

Korean nuclear crisis Obviously the complex diplomatic calculations of the

284 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

six players are the key limitation of this framework but the talks seems

to be worthy as it is acting as a creditable model of the multilateral

negotiations In particular this study dealt with the role of Russia because

when it comes to the process of the Six-Party Talks and inter-relations with

the two Koreas to date Moscowrsquos contribution on the Six-Party Talks

brought positive alternatives which rival the contributions of Washington

and Beijing Based on such a development a scenario under which Russia

can play a positive role in creating a new and a long-term resolution to the

issues of the Korean peninsula can be postulated

However there are limitations which this study cannot escape Firstly as

the worst case scenario if the second Korean War breaks out suddenly the

reality of the multilateral talks and the scenario introduced above may

presumably have no bearing Secondly due to unexpected internal and

external conditions of Russia such as instability of the regime or global

economy crisis the role of Russia can fluctuate Thirdly if the others actors

especially in the US and China wants to maintain strong influences a

lsquopower gamersquo might break out the result of which might have negative

effects Finally the methodology of this research is a problem-solving

approach which was connected to the current policy analysis based on

comprehensive study of the primary sources As a result it is impossible to

deliver obvious and exact facts and information in terms of the Six-Party

Talks which is still in progress

Nonetheless the aim of this study was to offer an alternative to the

current difficult though hypothetical As a result this study was able to lead

a conclusion the Six-Party Talks and the role of Moscow are able to be a

persuasive and plausible alternative for a long-term solution on the Korean

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 285

peninsula The importance of the Six-Party Talks the inter-relations between

Russia and the two Koreas and a scenario suggested supported the

conclusion

All in all the increased and positive Russian involvement toward the two

Koreas can be a stepping-stone for a dialogue and cooperation for peace

and prosperity on the Korean peninsula Furthermore the full use of the

Six-Party Talks will ultimately contribute to security of the Northeast Asian

region beyond the North Korean nuclear crisis

접수 2015년 10월 23일 심사 2015년 10월 23일 게재확정 2015년 11월 24일

286 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

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lthttpblogkeiaorg201502north-korea-looking-abroadgt

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 289

박지선(PARK JISUN )

영국 런던대 킹스 칼리지(Kingrsquos College London) 국제분쟁학 석사 학위를 취득하고 현재 동

대학원 전략학 박사과정에 있다 주요 연구실적으로 ldquoConstructivist Understandings of North

Korearsquos Ballistic Missile Programme National Security Policy Based on North Korearsquos Strategic

Culturerdquo(2014) 985172한반도 신뢰프로세스를 통한 비핵국가 한국의 핵 안보전략 제2차 핵시대를

맞이하여985173(2013 공저) 985172클라우제비츠의 전쟁이론으로 본 냉전 이후 북한의 핵미사일 전략

에 관한 연구985173(2010 공저) 등이 있다

6자회담 틀 내에서 한반도 중장기 평화번영을 위한 러시아의

lsquo숙련된 중재자(New Seasoned Facilitator)rsquo 역할

박지선 (런던대 킹스 칼리지)

국문요약

본 논문은 한반도의 중장기 평화번영 방안을 위해 교착상태에 빠진 6자회담의 틀 안

에서 러시아의 역할에 대한 새로운 학문적 접근을 보여주고자 한다 본 논문에서는 북한

핵무기 개발 프로그램의 중단이라는 공동의 목적을 달성하기 위해 설립된 6자회담의 주

요 행위자들의 정치적middot전략적 이해관계를 경제적 영역으로 확대하면서 보다 실용적인

한반도 문제 해결 방안을 제시하고 있다 특히 lsquo숙련된 중재자(New Seasoned Facilitator)rsquo

로서의 러시아의 역할에 대해 심도 있게 고찰하면서 6자회담 틀에서 가능한 하나의 시나

리오를 실험적으로 제안하고 있다 본 논문의 주요 내용은 1) 6자회담의 연대기적 분석

2)한반도를 둘러싼 6자회담 주요 국가들의 이해관계 분석 3) 숙련된 중재자로서의 러

시아의 역할을 고찰 4) 실용적이고 실행 가능한 경제협력 방안이 될 한반도 평화정착을

위한 북한경제재건 프로젝트의 시나리오 등이다

주제어 6자회담 러시아 외교정책 북한 중재자 한반도 중middot장기 번영

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262 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

Nuclear Capability (DPRK)

Resolution1718

Comeback of the Six-Party Talks

Military Enforcement

to DPRK

Sanctions against DPRK

The US

(Group Ⅰ)

Japan

(Group Ⅰ)

S Korea

(Group Ⅰ)ⅹ ⅹ

China

(Group Ⅱ)

ⅹ ⅹ

Russia

(Group Ⅱ)ⅹ ⅹ ⅹ

N Korea

(Group Ⅲ)

ⅹ ⅹ ⅹ

(Table 1) Critical Analysis on Six Partiesrsquo Responses after the Adoption of

United Nations Security Council Resolution 1718

strong support support partly support ⅹ objection

Group(Ⅰ) US Japan and Korea

In the case of the first Group it rallied behind Washington whose

stubborn reaction against Pyongyang led to the adoption of the UN Security

Council Resolution 171823) John Bolton who was the former US Ambassador

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 263

to the UN stated ldquoa nuclear test in 2006 was the gravest threat to international

peace and securityrdquo During a Security Council meeting he maintained that

the resolution 1718 should impose more strict demands complementing the

Security Resolution 1695 which is regarded as a failure As a result the US

and Japan enthusiastically bolstered the resolution 1718 welcoming the

contents of strengthened sanctions compared with the resolution 169524) On

the surface South Korea - which sustained considerably close relationship

with the US - seemed to unwillingly follow the resolution emphasizing that

the problem should be solved under a peaceful and diplomatic approach

In fact a division was recognizable within this group While the US and

Japan stuck together in unity in purpose and actions 25) against the irrational

behaviors of North Korea for doing missile tests the South Korean

government was committed to a two-pronged policy Indeed the grand

strategy of the South Korean government was to pursue the following two

aims the prevention of Pyongyang provocations and reconciliation of the

two Koreas In other words although all three maintained close

cooperation they all had slightly different interests and conditions

23) UN Security Council meeting on 9 October 2006

lthttpwwwunorgNewsPressdocs2006sc8853dochtmgt24) The main subjects of the Security Council Resolution 1695 are 1) stopping games

of lsquobrinkmanshiprsquo 2) complying with Security Council demands 3) returning to the

Six-Party Talks and 4) implementing terms of the joint statement for the last round

of the talks See United Nations Security Council Resolution 1695 (2006)25) The expectations of Washington and Tokyo from the Six-Party Talks are1) the

withdrawal of Nuclear weapons first then negotiations afterwards and 2) the

establishment of a democratic government similar to the US standards

264 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

Group (Ⅱ) China Russia

In the case of the group two China and Russia who have been close

supporters of North Korea for more than an half century demonstrated

similar reactions as the members of group one did While they agreed on

the general direction of the resolution each had a slightly different view on

the extension of the contents In the case of China not only Beijing was

the main actor in initiating the Six-Party Talks but also a very close friend

to North Korea 26) However China chose to support the sanctions against

Pyongyang under the resolution 1718 Meanwhile Russia had a different

view In an urgent meeting of the UN Security Council unlike China Russia

did not support such stringent sanctions against Pyongyang although

Moscow agreed on condemning the North Korean rocket launch Even if

in the end both Beijing and Moscow supported the resolution 1718 in

general it was an occasion when the two countries showed different

approach toward Pyongyang during the adoption process of the resolution27)

Group(Ⅲ) North Korea

Contrarily the reaction of the third group North Korea was fairly

obvious against the Security Council Resolution Park Gilyon North Korearsquos

Ambassador to UN said that Pyongyang rejects the resolution 1718 since the

resolution is a coercive declaration by a ldquogangster-likerdquo Security Council28)

26) See Security Council Meeting on 9 October 2006

lthttpwwwunorgNewsPressdocs2006sc8853dochtmgt27) See Security Council Meeting on 9 October 2006

lthttpwwwunorgNewsPressdocs2006sc8853dochtmgt28) See Security Council meeting on 9 October 2006

lthttpwwwunorgNewsPressdocs2006sc8853dochtmgt

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 265

Nevertheless the main limitation of the talks still remains without

creative alternatives to disentangle intricate interests of the participants of

the Six-Party Talks no feasible output can be expected from such a

multilateral meeting Thus in order to overcome the above-mentioned

limitations of the Six-Party Talks I suggest an approach which emphasizes

the following points 1) the emergence of a lsquonew experienced facilitatorrsquo

instead of previous main actors to encourage more pragmatic approaches

and 2) the combination of political and economic tools especially in

highlighting the economic approaches Consequently this paper will focus

on Russiarsquos role as a New Seasoned Facilitator since Russia can offer new

possibilities for a long-term resolution of the issues on the Korean

peninsula

2 Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo for Dealing with

Issues on the Korean Peninsula

In this part the role of Russia will be scrutinized as a possible new

strong facilitator who might offer long-term solutions to the problems on the

Korean peninsula in the 21st century Since most of the studies concerning

cooperation on the Korean peninsula tend to focus mainly on the role

played by the US and China I argue that this paper may provide an

innovative contribution to the study of the ldquoSix-Party Talksrdquo stressing

Russiarsquos new role vis-agrave-vis the Korean peninsula In my view indeed

Russiarsquos role on the Korean peninsula progressively emerged in recent years

shaping the image of ldquofacilitatorrdquo interested in persuading North Korea to

seek an alternative to the nuclear weapons program and promote energy

266 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

cooperation in the region which might hasten possibility of peace on the

Korean peninsula

According to Vorontsov (2007) the basic positions of Moscow for the

Six-Party Talks are as follows 1) advocating the strict inspection of NPT and

the denuclearized Korean peninsula 2) persisting peaceful negotiation

among the six players and 3) promoting the inter-Korean dialogues29) In

contrast to the hard-line stance of White House30) to eliminate all factors

related to North Korean nuclear program in terms of the Korean issues the

current Russian government seems to strive for the achievement of the goal

2) and 3) When it comes to the geostrategic situations the Korean issues

have recently become one of the major considerations for Moscow because

the US China and Japan have gradually played important roles on the

issues of Korean peninsula who are all Russiarsquos direct neighbors31)

Namely owing to the invisible lsquoPower Racersquo among the major powers

Russia is increasingly interested in the issues surrounding the Korean

peninsula

In the same way unlike the general expectations on the global stage the

Russian role within the multilateral talks may have substantial influences as

well as the other actors have contributed to the meetings In the beginning

29) Alexander Vorontsov ldquoCurrent Russia ndash North Korea Relations Challenges and

Achievementsrdquo Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies (2007) p1730) Still North Korea seems to believe what White House pursues a hard-line policy

toward Pyongyang An unnamed spokesman of Pyongyang stated on 8 May 2009

ldquothe Obama administration for the past 100 dayshelliphellip the hostile policy toward

Pyongyang remains unchangedrdquo

lthttpwwwnytimescom20090509worldasia09koreahtml_r=1ampref=global-homegt31) Georgy Toloraya ldquoRussian Policy in Korea in a time of changerdquo The Korean

Journal of Defense Analysis Vol211 (2009) p69

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 267

stage of the talks some counties had skepticism about Moscowrsquos

participation in the talks because the Four-Party Talks (the US China and

the two Koreas) - except for Moscow - was a general pattern on the

inter-Korean issues32) However Kremlin played an essential role in inviting

Pyongyang in joining the Six-Party Talks because North Korea insisted

Pyongyang would not participate in the 2003 meeting without Russia33)

When it comes to Russian official stance in 2015 Moscow continuously

supports the Six-Party Talks for denuclearization in the Korean peninsula

while Russia does not recognize North Korea as a nuclear state34)

Historically Russia and North Korea have significantly long and

meaningful relations throughout the period of Korearsquos liberation following

Japanese colonization the Korean War and the opening and ending of the

Cold War In particular the two countries enjoyed a very strong cooperative

relationship during the Korean War35) Following the Korean War the

Soviet Union became the main trade partner and a sponsor for the

nation-building of Kim Il-sungrsquo regime Approximately 93 factories and

industrial facilities in North Korea were established under the Russian

technical assistance 36)constructing Pyongyangrsquos heavy-industrial backbon

32) Moscowrsquos absence from the Four-Party Talks proposed by the former President Bill

Clinton and President Kim Young Sam on April 16 1996 demonstrated Russiarsquos

dwindled regional influence in the Korean peninsula Yang et al (2004) p80133) Vorontsov (2007) p2234) ldquoRussian Envoy Discusses Pyongyang tests Thaadrdquo Korea Joongang Daily September

25 2015

lthttpkoreajoongangdailyjoinscomnewsarticleArticleaspxaid=3009631gt35) During the Korean War the Russian pilots contributed to the air defence of

North Korea resulting in the loss of 135 pilots and more than 300 airplanes Ibid

p5

268 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

e37) Such a close alliance between the two communist societies continued

until the collapse of the Soviet Union Unfortunately during the President

Elrsquotsinrsquos administration the Russian policy toward the Korean peninsula

shifted due to the unilateral rapprochement with the ROK as the new

diplomatic approach in the so-called ldquodemocratic romanticismrdquo which called

for greatly pro-Western at the expense of Russiarsquos interests 38) Such

transformed Russian policy seemed to cause a crack in the friendship

between Moscow and Pyongyang

However since the inauguration of Vladimir Putin the Russian political

elites began envisaging new approaches towards the Korean peninsula

Putinrsquos new approach functioned as a breakthrough to reinforce previously

weakening relations between Russia and North Korea As a result a historic

treaty on ldquoFriendshiprdquo between Kremlin and Pyongyang―Good-Neighbourly

Relations and Cooperation―was created in 200039) Currently Kim Jong-Un

regime has mainly concentrated on strengthening trade relations with Kremlin

and both Moscow and Pyongyang have taken positive consensus towards

36) The North Korean nuclear energy facilities were established with the Soviet

technical assistance in 1962 37) Vorontsov (2007) p538) On 27 October 1991 Elrsquotin addressed two main aims fo the Russian Foreign

policy 1) pursuing favourable external conditions for the domestic political and

economic reforms and 2) overcoming the legacy of the Cold war Richard Sakwa

(2008) Russian Politics and Society (London Routledge 2008) pp368~36939) After the treaty of lsquoGood-Neighbourly Relations and Cooperationrsquo the Moscowrsquos

declaration of the DPRK and the Russian Federation was released on 4 August 2001

The DPRK-Russia joint declaration is the advanced version of lsquogood-neighbourliness

and cooperationrsquo signed on 9 February 2000 Since then the two countries have

tried the friendly relations and mutually beneficial cooperation

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 269

enhancing their economic cooperative relationship In 2014 Putinrsquos cabinet

concluded the withdrawal of $10 billion of Pyongyangrsquos $11 billion debt that

had accrued during the Soviet Era40) It seems that Putinrsquos cabinet assumes

that this gesture of goodwill will contribute to the construction of a gas

pipeline covering the Korean peninsula When it comes to both geopolitical

and geo-economics aspects North Korea could have profitable investments

opportunities

All in all such a historic fortification of the inter-relationship between

North Korea and Russia provides diverse chances for the improved role of

Russia in making contributions with the backing of other partners of the

Six-Party Talks Based on this fact it would be possible to focus more on

the possibility of Russiarsquos increased contribution to the talks In fact there

is a strong possibility that Moscow could function as a lsquomediatorrsquo and

lsquofacilitatorrsquo between Pyongyang and the other members of the Six-Party

Talks

There are a number of important cases41) through which Moscow enabled

diplomatic efforts assume the role of a lsquofacilitatorrsquo or lsquomediatorrsquo When it

comes to the bilateral relations between Republic of Korea and Russia the

two nations started nearly at a zero point at first However Kremlin and

Blue House have created new economic science and cultural systems For

example since 1990 the leaders of South Korea and Russia have officially

met 27 times In 2013 President Vladimir Putinrsquos visited to Seoul when the

two nationsrsquo annual bilateral trade exceeded $26 billion42)

40) ldquoNorth Korea Looking Abroadrdquo Korea Economic Institute February 18 2015

lthttpblogkeiaorg201502north-korea-looking-abroadgt41) Vorontsov opcit p17

270 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

In particular in July 2002 Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov visited the two

Koreas respectively to persuade both to return to the negotiating table

which was halted after a naval clash in the West (Yellow) Sea in June 2002

Although the visit was not connected to the Six-Party Talks directly the case

seems to confirm Russiarsquos efforts to assist the improvement of the

inter-Korean relations What is more in terms of the US-DPRK relations

Moscow provided an opportunity for a meeting between the North Korean

Foreign Minister Paek NamSun and the former US Secretary of State Colin

Powell during the ministerial meetings at the ASEAN Regional Forum talks

in Darussalam Brunei in 200243) In short Moscowrsquos effort to carry out

ldquobalancer diplomacyrdquo after Putinrsquos inauguration shows potentials to be a

smart lsquomediatorrsquo within the multilateral negotiation such as the Six-Party

Talks

3 The Russian lsquoNew Realismrsquo Policy Applied in the Korean

Peninsula

Then the questions are to what degree can Russia be engaged in

resolving the inter-Korean issues and what kind of benefit can Russia

expect from the increased involvement with the issues regarding the Korean

peninsula especially in the Six-Party Talks

In the recent years the interest of the Russian politicians and academics

toward the Korean peninsula seems to be soaring As an lsquoactive partrsquo the

42) ldquoRussian Envoy Discusses Pyongyang tests Thaadrdquo Korea Joongang Daily September

25 2015 lthttpkoreajoongangdailyjoinscomnewsarticleArticleaspxaid=3009631gt43) Ibid

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 271

Korean peninsula can be regarded as a region of interest and strategic

importance as the Asian-Pacific region is seen to have increasing economic

implication for Russia due to the lack of involvement by Moscow in the

region of economic prowess44) In particular when Moscow participated in

the Six-Party Talks its approach seems to have strategic bearing toward the

Asia-Pacific region because the region especially the Korean peninsula is

now regarded by Moscow as an area of considerable importance

In fact Russiarsquos burgeoning interests for the Six-Party Talks contemporize

with the inauguration of the Putinrsquos administration Namely Putinrsquos lsquoNew

Realismrsquo based on the pragmatic approach over all Russia policies can be

applied to the evaluation of the Russian intention and purpose toward the

Six-Party Talks On the whole the national motto of the 21st century Russia

is lsquoPragmatismrsquo which also significantly influenced the current Medvedevrsquos

cabinet45) On a meeting of the Security Council in March 2000 the new

Russian lsquoForeign Policy Conceptrsquo was introduced by Ivanov the Russian

Foreign Minister at the time The main concept of the document was lsquomore

realisticrsquo for rebuilding the domestic economy and promoting the Russian

economic interests abroad as it strives to become worldrsquos tenth biggest

economy in the 21st century46) Hence Moscowrsquos foreign policy influenced

44) Natasha Kuhrt Russian Policy towards China and Japan The Elrsquotsin and Putin

periods (New York Rutledge 2007) pp 54~5645) In January 2002 the former President Putin had an interview with a Polish

Newspaper and Polish TVP Channel In the interview he stated that lsquoPragmatismrsquo

as a key means for the economic cooperation with other nations ldquoWe began this

talk by pointing out that the soundest approachhellip on the basis of pragmatism

and pragmatic interest in each otherrdquo

lthttpwwwkremlinruengtextspeeches200201150001_type82916_147392shtmlgt46) Sakwa(2008) pp371~391

272 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

by such realistic and pragmatic approaches seems to have valid bearing for

both the Six-Party Talks and the inter-Korean dialogues especially when the

economic aspects are addressed

In essence what are the specific interests Moscow might have on the

Korean peninsula The answer to this question is the more the Korean

military threats are slackened the more Russiarsquos security and economic

interests are amplified In terms of this argument Meyer (2005) identified

the reasons for the Russian Federationrsquos participation in the multilateral

meeting He indicated that by supporting reconciliation between DPRK and

ROK Russia can achieve the following objectives 1) the symbolic objective

to be recognized as a permanent major power on the global stage 2) the

military objective to dissuade Pyongyang from pursuing nuclear weapons

program not to weaken the global commitment for NPT and 3) the

economic objective to establish favorable conditions for the development of

a trilateral economic cooperation among Russia and the two Koreas47)

In relation to the third objective when Putin was the president he had

strong interests toward the Korean peninsula as there were potentially

lucrative economic opportunities available Such projects included connecting

the inter-Korean railroad to the Trans-Siberian railroad and exporting natural

gas from the Kovyktinskoe field in Irkutsk to the Korean peninsula through

China48)

In fact it can be concluded that the third reason which Meyer identified

is the main objective of Russiarsquos participation in the Sic-Party talks therefore

47) Peggy Falkenhein Meyer ldquoRussia Interests and Objectives on the Korean Peninsulardquo

International Journal of Korean Studies (FallWinter 2005) Vol 4 No 2 pp 145~14748) Ibid pp148~154

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 273

it could be assumed the promotion of economic issues can be conceived

and used as a tool to make a breakthrough to overcome the sluggish

multifaceted talks dealing with North Korea high-technology fears More

specifically I argue that the natural gas projects can dramatically increase

Russiarsquos penetration on the Korean peninsula and promote ndash in turn -

Moscowrsquos effort to bring positive changes to the talks From this perspective

Russian economic leverage might become a cornerstone for bringing peace

in the Korean peninsula In the following part I will present a possible

scenario in which this assumption might be substantially developed

Ⅳ A New Role of Russia on the Korean Peninsula

Figure 2 as shown below portrays a possible scenario of cooperation on

the Korean peninsula which emphasizes the following aspects 1) the

importance of the Six-Party Talks for the future of cooperation on the

Korean peninsula in the 21st century and 2) the suggestion of new

alternatives which focus on Russia and its economic involvement to boost

multilateral talks In building-up the scenario the key presumption is that

economic cooperation can create a ldquofunctional leveragerdquo in a political

scenario characterized by a substantial political rapprochement due to the

enforcement of a legally binding treaty (ie a Peace Treaty that could officially

end the Korean War) and prepare a definitive process of nation-building

among the two Koreas This ldquofunctional leveragerdquo is based on the role

played by CTR (Cooperative Threat Reduction) program49) to eliminate all

274 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

military threats―nuclear chemical biological and missiles threat from North

Korea In principle the objective of CTR is to reduce the dangers created

by nuclear chemical or biological weapons or their delivery vehicles The

actors of the CTR are consisted of a host who eradicates secures or

converts the WMD (Weapons of Mass Destruction) programs while the

other partners supporting such efforts50)

The most attractive function of the CTR for the following scenario is that

the partners provide money technology equipment and training to the host

nation In case that the six participants select the option during the process

of the WMD removal the main problems such methods and incentives in

terms of the North Korean nuclear withdrawal will be solved naturally

Furthermore the main argument to highlight the economic approaches with

flexible funds produced by rewards of the CTR programs can be persuaded

more convincingly Therefore the following section will justify this

alternative based on the postulation mentioned above―the application of

the CTR in the process of the Six-Party Talks

49) The CTR (or sometimes called for lsquoNunn-Lugarrsquo) programme provides funding

and expertise for the states in the former Soviet Unions including Russia Ukraine

Georgia Azerbaijan Belarus Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan under disarmament

treaties lthttpnunn-lugarcomindexshtmlgt50) Joel S Wit Wolfsthal Jon and Oh Choong-suk (2005) ldquoThe Six Party Talks and

Beyond Cooperative Threat Reduction and North Koreardquo A Report of the CSIS

International Security Program Dec (Washington DC CSIS) pp7~8

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 275

1 A Scenario Suggested lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Projection

for the DPRKrsquo

As stressed before the founding hypothesis of this scenario is a

substantial political shift on the Korean peninsula prospecting a clear

ldquoongoing processrdquo ldquoone Korea reunifiedrdquo However in my argumentation

the crucial assumption is not related to dynamics leading to the political

rapprochement among the two Koreas and neighbor countries which are

members of the Six-Party Talks Instead the central point of the first

scenario is to focus on the preparations and nation-building toward the

reconciliation of the two Koreas through multilateral economic negotiations

Namely to what extent can the framework of the Six-Party Talks and Russia

influence on peace and prosperity on the Korean peninsula as the means

of economic approaches

(Figure 2) Economy Reconstruction Project for the DPRK

276 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

Stage I

As shown in Figure 2 this scenario will be developed through four

stages During Stage I in order to resolve the core problem of Pyongyang―

the disposal of all WMD including chemical biological nuclear weapons

and the CTR program will be offered strongly Under the circumstances

North Korea seems to be a proper candidate for the CTR In the case of the

CTR the multilateral approaches owing to the political and financial

burden-sharing among the sponsors are indispensable51) Although the

Northeast Asian region has not been a suitable case for the program the

Six-Party Talks has shown a consensus on the difficult security problems

especially on Pyongyangrsquos military threats Such a partnership among the

participants of the Six-Party Talks which has been cultivated for seven years

of working together produces more positive results in the progress of the

disposal of nuclear weapons during the period of conducting the CTR

program

In addition Moscow will play a key role in the application of the CTR

program for North Korea When it comes to the beginning of the CTR the

program focused intensively on the countries of the former Soviet Union

including Russia Ukraine Georgia Azerbaijan Belarus Uzbekistan and

Kazakhstan As a result 6600 nuclear warheads have been eliminated since

1991 and more that 470 long-range missiles have been destroyed while

over 1800 other missiles strategic bombers have been disassembled52) With

51) Ibid pp1~352) The United States has invested $7 billion in the former Soviet Union since 1991

and is recently investing $1 billion per year There are additional participants―EU

UK Germany and France Ibid pp7~8

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 277

such an impressive precedent Russia is able to provide a workable solution

during the process of Pyongyangrsquos cooperative threat reduction The most

impressive strength of the first stage is provided that North Korea and the

five members of the Six-Party talks collectively pursue the CTR program the

following economic incentives will be offered for the reconstruction of

North Korea 1) a reward of nuclear withdrawal and 2) the reuse of

resources previously used in the Northrsquos nuclear program

In relation to CTR with application to the case of North Korea it possible

to argue that Russia ndash mindful of the CTR program provided by the US in

the aftermath of the collapse of the Soviet Empire ndash could potentially reuse

the rationale behind the above-mentioned mass destruction dismantlement

program in order to materially help North Korea to eliminate these kinds of

armaments as well as to boost a more comprehensive trust-building process

in the direction of Pyongyang increasing Russian influence over the North

and the overall region

Stage II

During the Stage II the expected economic incentives offered from the

implementation of the CTR project will be connected to the establishment of

a factual organization―lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Project for the DPRKrsquo

Continuously the international community should remain concerned about a

steep decline of the North Korean economy which in the past caused the

most destructive famines of the 20th century As many as one million

people who represent about five percent of the North Korean population

perished in the mid-1990s as a result53) Therefore the members of the

Six-Party Talks should pursue Pyongyangrsquos economic reforms and

278 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

reconstruction simultaneously since the countries regard economic inability

of Kim Jung Un to be one of the causes for using the military threats54)

Therefore it would provide a vital opportunity to bring changes in North

Korea if an organization which focuses on the economic benefits is

founded For this purpose this study recommends the establishment of

lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Project for the DPRKrsquo within the framework of the

Six-Party Talks The aspiration for the DPRK project is based on the

September 2005 Joint Statement and the February 2007 Joint Statement of

the Six-Party Talks The September Statement encouraged the economic

cooperation in the areas of energy trade and investment within the

Six-Party Talks framework55) Also in the February 2007 Joint Statement the

six players promised humanitarian assistance to North Korea and

established an Economy and Energy Cooperation Working Group56)

Although such agreements to boost the North Korean economy did not

53) Haggard Stephan and Noland Marcus ldquoA Security and Peace for Northeast Asia

The Economic Dimensionrdquo Peterson Institute for International Economics Policy

Brief No PB08-4 (April 2008) p2 54) In 2000 North Korea tried ldquomarketization from belowrdquo in the areas of local

organs government offices and military units with the recommendation of the

international community Ibid p255) See Join Statement of the Fourth Round of the Six-Party Talks in Beijing (19

September 2005)

lthttpwwwmofatgokrwebmodulehtsboardhbdhbdreadjsptypeID=6ampboardid=

247ampseqno=293918ampc=TITLEampt=amppagenum=2amptableName=TYPE_DATABOARDamppc=

ampdc=ampwc=amplu=ampvu=ampiu=ampdu=gt56) See Initial Actions for the Implementation of the Joint Statement (13 February 2007)

lthttpwwwmofatgokrwebmodulehtsboardhbdhbdreadjsptypeID=6ampboardid=

247ampseqno=293924ampc=TITLEampt=amppagenum=3amptableName=TYPE_DATABOARDamppc=amp

dc=ampwc=amplu=ampvu=ampiu=ampdu=gt

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 279

produce output in reality the international concerns seemed to have

reached a consensus relating to the ideas of lsquoEconomic Reconstruction

Project for DPRKrsquo introduced for the Stage II

Stage III

The following study on the similar subject reflects such international

concerns in a pragmatic way lsquopipeline gas introduction to the Korean

peninsularsquo57) In the Stage III as a long-term scenario to rehabilitate the

DPRKrsquos economy the idea of lsquopipeline gas projectrsquo introduced by Paik

(2005) will be applied Within the Six-Party Talks framework energy

assistance is another integral theme which is seen as important area to

resolve the nuclear problem on the Korean peninsula What is more such

energy supply options for DPRK generated from the gas pipeline project can

be functioned as a versatile negotiation tool combining the geopolitical and

economic reality on the Six-Party Talks table

In fact one well-established energy development organization―KEDO―

already exists The mission of KEDO is to implement the Agreed Framework

between the US and DPRK on the assumption that Pyongyang agreed to

freeze and ultimately dismantle its breathing nuclear program58) Unfortunately

the KEDO led project failed due to the North Korean distrust towards KEDO

due to the ailing relationship between Washington and Pyongyang caused

by the North Korean military threats and the failure to meet the agreed

57) Keun-Wook Paik ldquoPipeline Gas Introduction to the Korean Peninsulardquo Korea

Foundation Project lsquoEnergy and Environmental Cooperation in the Korea Peninsula

(2005)58) Baker et al opcit pp135~138

280 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

provisions59) Unlike the KEDO projects the introduction of the long

distance gas pipeline passing through the DPRK territory will involve the

two Koreas and Russia In particular intended for Pyongyang the pipeline

gas would provide energy to power many major cities in the DPRK

assuming that a 15 bcm60) natural gas would be allocated to the North as

a transit fees Also South Korea can provide additional support to prevent

the collapse of the North Korean economy61) In addition further funding

can be allocated for the CTR programs which will intensify the effort to

support rebuilding of the North Korean economy

Other than the economic merit Moscow is well positioned in this

pipeline project since the major Russian company Gazprom which is the

largest extractor of natural gas in the world has outstanding options to

promote the project from all the shareholders For this reason the role of

Russia should be given more weight in the third stage

In terms of the Economy Reconstruction Project for the DPRK this study

will follow the main idea of the paper Pipeline Gas Introduction to the

Korean Peninsula by Paik In his in-depth study Paik suggested lsquothe

Proposed Greater Circular Pipeline in Northeast Asiarsquo As shown in Figure 3

the Korean peninsula is ideally located to have pivotal benefits from the

59) There are two main conditions 1) KEDO finances and constructs two

proliferation-resistant light-water reactors(LWR) of the Korean Standard Nuclear

Power Plant in the DPRK and 2) KEDO provides DPRK with an alternative source

of energy for heating and electricity until the first of the two reactors is

completed lthttpwwwkedoorgap_mainaspgt 60) 30bcm is an amount which can handle gas over 30 years Baker et al opcit

p10161) Ibid pp81~82

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 281

Source Paik (2005) p41

Russian oil and gas pipeline infrastructure In the case that the gas pipeline

scenario is applied in reality as a useful alternative for the settlement of the

current North Korean nuclear crisis this project will provide significant

contribution to in promoting energy cooperation between Russia and the

Two Koreas

Stage Ⅳ

In the final stage a consensus and convention to justify this project

within the Six-Party Talks framework should be guaranteed This is necessary

to avoid the inevitable problem of incompatibility between the laws and

regulations among the six players and different investment environment

(Figure 3) Map The Proposed Greater Pipeline in Northeast Asia

282 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

The Six Party Talks Russia

Stage

bull Providing a Negotiation Tool (the

CTR Program)

bull Initiating North Korea into Russian

precedents of the CTR program

Stage

bull Invoking international concerns about

NKrsquos economy reconstruction

bull Implementing the project based on

the Agreements

bull Supporting this project actively

Stage

bull Creating conventions to recognize the

gas pipeline project with six players

bull Participating in the gas pipeline project

actively persuading Gazprom

Stage

Ⅳ Building the consensus and trust of the Six-Party Talks members

2 Strength and Limitation of the Scenario

Based on the scenario introduced above the expected roles of Russia and

the members of the Six-Party Talks is as follows

(Table 2) Expected Roles of Russia and the Six-Party Talks in the Scenario

In short the main feature of lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Project for the

DPRKrsquo is a product of a multilateral economic diplomacy In general such

a multilateral economic approach has an unavoidable drawback in that such

a pragmatic diplomacy cannot move ahead regardless of the difficult security

concern of the Korean peninsula In particular I recognize that an increased

Russian role on a unified Korean peninsula would increase the tensions

among the main regional actors

However the strength of this scenario is combining security and

economic issues together to offer a comprehensive resolution concerning the

main threat that would inhibit inter-Korean rapprochement that is an

unchanged provocative posture of North Korea vis-agrave-vis its security needs

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 283

In other words the CTR program for Pyongyangrsquos WMD can be a suitable

alternative to prevent the North Korean military actions In addition the

economic rewards and investment for the DPRK during the negotiation

based on the gas pipeline project would enable advancement the North

Korean economy which in turn will have a positive effect on a long-term

solution such as the reconciliation between the two Koreas Furthermore if

an economic reconciliation can be reached with the help of the new actor

lsquoRussiarsquo this could become a plausible alternative reunification strategy of

the Korean peninsula Such a new consideration will justify the economic

and pragmatic approaches in the framework of the Six-Party talks

Ⅴ Conclusion

Time has changed However the issues surrounding the Korean

peninsula where interests of major powers are contested still display a

unique and multifaceted pattern on the international political order The

dilemma of the peninsula is the coexistence of lsquoinsecurityrsquo and lsquoprosperityrsquo

which is an inevitable by-product caused by the geopolitical situation

Despite such a reality smarter alternatives to achieve lsquopeacersquo and

lsquoprosperityrsquo on the Korean peninsula in the 21st century should be created

The option available currently is lsquothe Six-Party Talksrsquo This study has

suggested that such a multilateral talk offers a plausible framework to

resolve the issues surrounding the Korean peninsula beyond the North

Korean nuclear crisis Obviously the complex diplomatic calculations of the

284 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

six players are the key limitation of this framework but the talks seems

to be worthy as it is acting as a creditable model of the multilateral

negotiations In particular this study dealt with the role of Russia because

when it comes to the process of the Six-Party Talks and inter-relations with

the two Koreas to date Moscowrsquos contribution on the Six-Party Talks

brought positive alternatives which rival the contributions of Washington

and Beijing Based on such a development a scenario under which Russia

can play a positive role in creating a new and a long-term resolution to the

issues of the Korean peninsula can be postulated

However there are limitations which this study cannot escape Firstly as

the worst case scenario if the second Korean War breaks out suddenly the

reality of the multilateral talks and the scenario introduced above may

presumably have no bearing Secondly due to unexpected internal and

external conditions of Russia such as instability of the regime or global

economy crisis the role of Russia can fluctuate Thirdly if the others actors

especially in the US and China wants to maintain strong influences a

lsquopower gamersquo might break out the result of which might have negative

effects Finally the methodology of this research is a problem-solving

approach which was connected to the current policy analysis based on

comprehensive study of the primary sources As a result it is impossible to

deliver obvious and exact facts and information in terms of the Six-Party

Talks which is still in progress

Nonetheless the aim of this study was to offer an alternative to the

current difficult though hypothetical As a result this study was able to lead

a conclusion the Six-Party Talks and the role of Moscow are able to be a

persuasive and plausible alternative for a long-term solution on the Korean

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 285

peninsula The importance of the Six-Party Talks the inter-relations between

Russia and the two Koreas and a scenario suggested supported the

conclusion

All in all the increased and positive Russian involvement toward the two

Koreas can be a stepping-stone for a dialogue and cooperation for peace

and prosperity on the Korean peninsula Furthermore the full use of the

Six-Party Talks will ultimately contribute to security of the Northeast Asian

region beyond the North Korean nuclear crisis

접수 2015년 10월 23일 심사 2015년 10월 23일 게재확정 2015년 11월 24일

286 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

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Reportsrdquo Los Angeles Times November 12 2014

CCTV ldquoPutin Urges Unconditional Resumption of Six-Party Talksrdquo November 13 2013

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energy needsrdquo November 2007

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m_20_20_10amptabmenu=t_2gt

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박지선(PARK JISUN )

영국 런던대 킹스 칼리지(Kingrsquos College London) 국제분쟁학 석사 학위를 취득하고 현재 동

대학원 전략학 박사과정에 있다 주요 연구실적으로 ldquoConstructivist Understandings of North

Korearsquos Ballistic Missile Programme National Security Policy Based on North Korearsquos Strategic

Culturerdquo(2014) 985172한반도 신뢰프로세스를 통한 비핵국가 한국의 핵 안보전략 제2차 핵시대를

맞이하여985173(2013 공저) 985172클라우제비츠의 전쟁이론으로 본 냉전 이후 북한의 핵미사일 전략

에 관한 연구985173(2010 공저) 등이 있다

6자회담 틀 내에서 한반도 중장기 평화번영을 위한 러시아의

lsquo숙련된 중재자(New Seasoned Facilitator)rsquo 역할

박지선 (런던대 킹스 칼리지)

국문요약

본 논문은 한반도의 중장기 평화번영 방안을 위해 교착상태에 빠진 6자회담의 틀 안

에서 러시아의 역할에 대한 새로운 학문적 접근을 보여주고자 한다 본 논문에서는 북한

핵무기 개발 프로그램의 중단이라는 공동의 목적을 달성하기 위해 설립된 6자회담의 주

요 행위자들의 정치적middot전략적 이해관계를 경제적 영역으로 확대하면서 보다 실용적인

한반도 문제 해결 방안을 제시하고 있다 특히 lsquo숙련된 중재자(New Seasoned Facilitator)rsquo

로서의 러시아의 역할에 대해 심도 있게 고찰하면서 6자회담 틀에서 가능한 하나의 시나

리오를 실험적으로 제안하고 있다 본 논문의 주요 내용은 1) 6자회담의 연대기적 분석

2)한반도를 둘러싼 6자회담 주요 국가들의 이해관계 분석 3) 숙련된 중재자로서의 러

시아의 역할을 고찰 4) 실용적이고 실행 가능한 경제협력 방안이 될 한반도 평화정착을

위한 북한경제재건 프로젝트의 시나리오 등이다

주제어 6자회담 러시아 외교정책 북한 중재자 한반도 중middot장기 번영

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Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 263

to the UN stated ldquoa nuclear test in 2006 was the gravest threat to international

peace and securityrdquo During a Security Council meeting he maintained that

the resolution 1718 should impose more strict demands complementing the

Security Resolution 1695 which is regarded as a failure As a result the US

and Japan enthusiastically bolstered the resolution 1718 welcoming the

contents of strengthened sanctions compared with the resolution 169524) On

the surface South Korea - which sustained considerably close relationship

with the US - seemed to unwillingly follow the resolution emphasizing that

the problem should be solved under a peaceful and diplomatic approach

In fact a division was recognizable within this group While the US and

Japan stuck together in unity in purpose and actions 25) against the irrational

behaviors of North Korea for doing missile tests the South Korean

government was committed to a two-pronged policy Indeed the grand

strategy of the South Korean government was to pursue the following two

aims the prevention of Pyongyang provocations and reconciliation of the

two Koreas In other words although all three maintained close

cooperation they all had slightly different interests and conditions

23) UN Security Council meeting on 9 October 2006

lthttpwwwunorgNewsPressdocs2006sc8853dochtmgt24) The main subjects of the Security Council Resolution 1695 are 1) stopping games

of lsquobrinkmanshiprsquo 2) complying with Security Council demands 3) returning to the

Six-Party Talks and 4) implementing terms of the joint statement for the last round

of the talks See United Nations Security Council Resolution 1695 (2006)25) The expectations of Washington and Tokyo from the Six-Party Talks are1) the

withdrawal of Nuclear weapons first then negotiations afterwards and 2) the

establishment of a democratic government similar to the US standards

264 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

Group (Ⅱ) China Russia

In the case of the group two China and Russia who have been close

supporters of North Korea for more than an half century demonstrated

similar reactions as the members of group one did While they agreed on

the general direction of the resolution each had a slightly different view on

the extension of the contents In the case of China not only Beijing was

the main actor in initiating the Six-Party Talks but also a very close friend

to North Korea 26) However China chose to support the sanctions against

Pyongyang under the resolution 1718 Meanwhile Russia had a different

view In an urgent meeting of the UN Security Council unlike China Russia

did not support such stringent sanctions against Pyongyang although

Moscow agreed on condemning the North Korean rocket launch Even if

in the end both Beijing and Moscow supported the resolution 1718 in

general it was an occasion when the two countries showed different

approach toward Pyongyang during the adoption process of the resolution27)

Group(Ⅲ) North Korea

Contrarily the reaction of the third group North Korea was fairly

obvious against the Security Council Resolution Park Gilyon North Korearsquos

Ambassador to UN said that Pyongyang rejects the resolution 1718 since the

resolution is a coercive declaration by a ldquogangster-likerdquo Security Council28)

26) See Security Council Meeting on 9 October 2006

lthttpwwwunorgNewsPressdocs2006sc8853dochtmgt27) See Security Council Meeting on 9 October 2006

lthttpwwwunorgNewsPressdocs2006sc8853dochtmgt28) See Security Council meeting on 9 October 2006

lthttpwwwunorgNewsPressdocs2006sc8853dochtmgt

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 265

Nevertheless the main limitation of the talks still remains without

creative alternatives to disentangle intricate interests of the participants of

the Six-Party Talks no feasible output can be expected from such a

multilateral meeting Thus in order to overcome the above-mentioned

limitations of the Six-Party Talks I suggest an approach which emphasizes

the following points 1) the emergence of a lsquonew experienced facilitatorrsquo

instead of previous main actors to encourage more pragmatic approaches

and 2) the combination of political and economic tools especially in

highlighting the economic approaches Consequently this paper will focus

on Russiarsquos role as a New Seasoned Facilitator since Russia can offer new

possibilities for a long-term resolution of the issues on the Korean

peninsula

2 Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo for Dealing with

Issues on the Korean Peninsula

In this part the role of Russia will be scrutinized as a possible new

strong facilitator who might offer long-term solutions to the problems on the

Korean peninsula in the 21st century Since most of the studies concerning

cooperation on the Korean peninsula tend to focus mainly on the role

played by the US and China I argue that this paper may provide an

innovative contribution to the study of the ldquoSix-Party Talksrdquo stressing

Russiarsquos new role vis-agrave-vis the Korean peninsula In my view indeed

Russiarsquos role on the Korean peninsula progressively emerged in recent years

shaping the image of ldquofacilitatorrdquo interested in persuading North Korea to

seek an alternative to the nuclear weapons program and promote energy

266 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

cooperation in the region which might hasten possibility of peace on the

Korean peninsula

According to Vorontsov (2007) the basic positions of Moscow for the

Six-Party Talks are as follows 1) advocating the strict inspection of NPT and

the denuclearized Korean peninsula 2) persisting peaceful negotiation

among the six players and 3) promoting the inter-Korean dialogues29) In

contrast to the hard-line stance of White House30) to eliminate all factors

related to North Korean nuclear program in terms of the Korean issues the

current Russian government seems to strive for the achievement of the goal

2) and 3) When it comes to the geostrategic situations the Korean issues

have recently become one of the major considerations for Moscow because

the US China and Japan have gradually played important roles on the

issues of Korean peninsula who are all Russiarsquos direct neighbors31)

Namely owing to the invisible lsquoPower Racersquo among the major powers

Russia is increasingly interested in the issues surrounding the Korean

peninsula

In the same way unlike the general expectations on the global stage the

Russian role within the multilateral talks may have substantial influences as

well as the other actors have contributed to the meetings In the beginning

29) Alexander Vorontsov ldquoCurrent Russia ndash North Korea Relations Challenges and

Achievementsrdquo Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies (2007) p1730) Still North Korea seems to believe what White House pursues a hard-line policy

toward Pyongyang An unnamed spokesman of Pyongyang stated on 8 May 2009

ldquothe Obama administration for the past 100 dayshelliphellip the hostile policy toward

Pyongyang remains unchangedrdquo

lthttpwwwnytimescom20090509worldasia09koreahtml_r=1ampref=global-homegt31) Georgy Toloraya ldquoRussian Policy in Korea in a time of changerdquo The Korean

Journal of Defense Analysis Vol211 (2009) p69

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 267

stage of the talks some counties had skepticism about Moscowrsquos

participation in the talks because the Four-Party Talks (the US China and

the two Koreas) - except for Moscow - was a general pattern on the

inter-Korean issues32) However Kremlin played an essential role in inviting

Pyongyang in joining the Six-Party Talks because North Korea insisted

Pyongyang would not participate in the 2003 meeting without Russia33)

When it comes to Russian official stance in 2015 Moscow continuously

supports the Six-Party Talks for denuclearization in the Korean peninsula

while Russia does not recognize North Korea as a nuclear state34)

Historically Russia and North Korea have significantly long and

meaningful relations throughout the period of Korearsquos liberation following

Japanese colonization the Korean War and the opening and ending of the

Cold War In particular the two countries enjoyed a very strong cooperative

relationship during the Korean War35) Following the Korean War the

Soviet Union became the main trade partner and a sponsor for the

nation-building of Kim Il-sungrsquo regime Approximately 93 factories and

industrial facilities in North Korea were established under the Russian

technical assistance 36)constructing Pyongyangrsquos heavy-industrial backbon

32) Moscowrsquos absence from the Four-Party Talks proposed by the former President Bill

Clinton and President Kim Young Sam on April 16 1996 demonstrated Russiarsquos

dwindled regional influence in the Korean peninsula Yang et al (2004) p80133) Vorontsov (2007) p2234) ldquoRussian Envoy Discusses Pyongyang tests Thaadrdquo Korea Joongang Daily September

25 2015

lthttpkoreajoongangdailyjoinscomnewsarticleArticleaspxaid=3009631gt35) During the Korean War the Russian pilots contributed to the air defence of

North Korea resulting in the loss of 135 pilots and more than 300 airplanes Ibid

p5

268 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

e37) Such a close alliance between the two communist societies continued

until the collapse of the Soviet Union Unfortunately during the President

Elrsquotsinrsquos administration the Russian policy toward the Korean peninsula

shifted due to the unilateral rapprochement with the ROK as the new

diplomatic approach in the so-called ldquodemocratic romanticismrdquo which called

for greatly pro-Western at the expense of Russiarsquos interests 38) Such

transformed Russian policy seemed to cause a crack in the friendship

between Moscow and Pyongyang

However since the inauguration of Vladimir Putin the Russian political

elites began envisaging new approaches towards the Korean peninsula

Putinrsquos new approach functioned as a breakthrough to reinforce previously

weakening relations between Russia and North Korea As a result a historic

treaty on ldquoFriendshiprdquo between Kremlin and Pyongyang―Good-Neighbourly

Relations and Cooperation―was created in 200039) Currently Kim Jong-Un

regime has mainly concentrated on strengthening trade relations with Kremlin

and both Moscow and Pyongyang have taken positive consensus towards

36) The North Korean nuclear energy facilities were established with the Soviet

technical assistance in 1962 37) Vorontsov (2007) p538) On 27 October 1991 Elrsquotin addressed two main aims fo the Russian Foreign

policy 1) pursuing favourable external conditions for the domestic political and

economic reforms and 2) overcoming the legacy of the Cold war Richard Sakwa

(2008) Russian Politics and Society (London Routledge 2008) pp368~36939) After the treaty of lsquoGood-Neighbourly Relations and Cooperationrsquo the Moscowrsquos

declaration of the DPRK and the Russian Federation was released on 4 August 2001

The DPRK-Russia joint declaration is the advanced version of lsquogood-neighbourliness

and cooperationrsquo signed on 9 February 2000 Since then the two countries have

tried the friendly relations and mutually beneficial cooperation

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 269

enhancing their economic cooperative relationship In 2014 Putinrsquos cabinet

concluded the withdrawal of $10 billion of Pyongyangrsquos $11 billion debt that

had accrued during the Soviet Era40) It seems that Putinrsquos cabinet assumes

that this gesture of goodwill will contribute to the construction of a gas

pipeline covering the Korean peninsula When it comes to both geopolitical

and geo-economics aspects North Korea could have profitable investments

opportunities

All in all such a historic fortification of the inter-relationship between

North Korea and Russia provides diverse chances for the improved role of

Russia in making contributions with the backing of other partners of the

Six-Party Talks Based on this fact it would be possible to focus more on

the possibility of Russiarsquos increased contribution to the talks In fact there

is a strong possibility that Moscow could function as a lsquomediatorrsquo and

lsquofacilitatorrsquo between Pyongyang and the other members of the Six-Party

Talks

There are a number of important cases41) through which Moscow enabled

diplomatic efforts assume the role of a lsquofacilitatorrsquo or lsquomediatorrsquo When it

comes to the bilateral relations between Republic of Korea and Russia the

two nations started nearly at a zero point at first However Kremlin and

Blue House have created new economic science and cultural systems For

example since 1990 the leaders of South Korea and Russia have officially

met 27 times In 2013 President Vladimir Putinrsquos visited to Seoul when the

two nationsrsquo annual bilateral trade exceeded $26 billion42)

40) ldquoNorth Korea Looking Abroadrdquo Korea Economic Institute February 18 2015

lthttpblogkeiaorg201502north-korea-looking-abroadgt41) Vorontsov opcit p17

270 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

In particular in July 2002 Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov visited the two

Koreas respectively to persuade both to return to the negotiating table

which was halted after a naval clash in the West (Yellow) Sea in June 2002

Although the visit was not connected to the Six-Party Talks directly the case

seems to confirm Russiarsquos efforts to assist the improvement of the

inter-Korean relations What is more in terms of the US-DPRK relations

Moscow provided an opportunity for a meeting between the North Korean

Foreign Minister Paek NamSun and the former US Secretary of State Colin

Powell during the ministerial meetings at the ASEAN Regional Forum talks

in Darussalam Brunei in 200243) In short Moscowrsquos effort to carry out

ldquobalancer diplomacyrdquo after Putinrsquos inauguration shows potentials to be a

smart lsquomediatorrsquo within the multilateral negotiation such as the Six-Party

Talks

3 The Russian lsquoNew Realismrsquo Policy Applied in the Korean

Peninsula

Then the questions are to what degree can Russia be engaged in

resolving the inter-Korean issues and what kind of benefit can Russia

expect from the increased involvement with the issues regarding the Korean

peninsula especially in the Six-Party Talks

In the recent years the interest of the Russian politicians and academics

toward the Korean peninsula seems to be soaring As an lsquoactive partrsquo the

42) ldquoRussian Envoy Discusses Pyongyang tests Thaadrdquo Korea Joongang Daily September

25 2015 lthttpkoreajoongangdailyjoinscomnewsarticleArticleaspxaid=3009631gt43) Ibid

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 271

Korean peninsula can be regarded as a region of interest and strategic

importance as the Asian-Pacific region is seen to have increasing economic

implication for Russia due to the lack of involvement by Moscow in the

region of economic prowess44) In particular when Moscow participated in

the Six-Party Talks its approach seems to have strategic bearing toward the

Asia-Pacific region because the region especially the Korean peninsula is

now regarded by Moscow as an area of considerable importance

In fact Russiarsquos burgeoning interests for the Six-Party Talks contemporize

with the inauguration of the Putinrsquos administration Namely Putinrsquos lsquoNew

Realismrsquo based on the pragmatic approach over all Russia policies can be

applied to the evaluation of the Russian intention and purpose toward the

Six-Party Talks On the whole the national motto of the 21st century Russia

is lsquoPragmatismrsquo which also significantly influenced the current Medvedevrsquos

cabinet45) On a meeting of the Security Council in March 2000 the new

Russian lsquoForeign Policy Conceptrsquo was introduced by Ivanov the Russian

Foreign Minister at the time The main concept of the document was lsquomore

realisticrsquo for rebuilding the domestic economy and promoting the Russian

economic interests abroad as it strives to become worldrsquos tenth biggest

economy in the 21st century46) Hence Moscowrsquos foreign policy influenced

44) Natasha Kuhrt Russian Policy towards China and Japan The Elrsquotsin and Putin

periods (New York Rutledge 2007) pp 54~5645) In January 2002 the former President Putin had an interview with a Polish

Newspaper and Polish TVP Channel In the interview he stated that lsquoPragmatismrsquo

as a key means for the economic cooperation with other nations ldquoWe began this

talk by pointing out that the soundest approachhellip on the basis of pragmatism

and pragmatic interest in each otherrdquo

lthttpwwwkremlinruengtextspeeches200201150001_type82916_147392shtmlgt46) Sakwa(2008) pp371~391

272 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

by such realistic and pragmatic approaches seems to have valid bearing for

both the Six-Party Talks and the inter-Korean dialogues especially when the

economic aspects are addressed

In essence what are the specific interests Moscow might have on the

Korean peninsula The answer to this question is the more the Korean

military threats are slackened the more Russiarsquos security and economic

interests are amplified In terms of this argument Meyer (2005) identified

the reasons for the Russian Federationrsquos participation in the multilateral

meeting He indicated that by supporting reconciliation between DPRK and

ROK Russia can achieve the following objectives 1) the symbolic objective

to be recognized as a permanent major power on the global stage 2) the

military objective to dissuade Pyongyang from pursuing nuclear weapons

program not to weaken the global commitment for NPT and 3) the

economic objective to establish favorable conditions for the development of

a trilateral economic cooperation among Russia and the two Koreas47)

In relation to the third objective when Putin was the president he had

strong interests toward the Korean peninsula as there were potentially

lucrative economic opportunities available Such projects included connecting

the inter-Korean railroad to the Trans-Siberian railroad and exporting natural

gas from the Kovyktinskoe field in Irkutsk to the Korean peninsula through

China48)

In fact it can be concluded that the third reason which Meyer identified

is the main objective of Russiarsquos participation in the Sic-Party talks therefore

47) Peggy Falkenhein Meyer ldquoRussia Interests and Objectives on the Korean Peninsulardquo

International Journal of Korean Studies (FallWinter 2005) Vol 4 No 2 pp 145~14748) Ibid pp148~154

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 273

it could be assumed the promotion of economic issues can be conceived

and used as a tool to make a breakthrough to overcome the sluggish

multifaceted talks dealing with North Korea high-technology fears More

specifically I argue that the natural gas projects can dramatically increase

Russiarsquos penetration on the Korean peninsula and promote ndash in turn -

Moscowrsquos effort to bring positive changes to the talks From this perspective

Russian economic leverage might become a cornerstone for bringing peace

in the Korean peninsula In the following part I will present a possible

scenario in which this assumption might be substantially developed

Ⅳ A New Role of Russia on the Korean Peninsula

Figure 2 as shown below portrays a possible scenario of cooperation on

the Korean peninsula which emphasizes the following aspects 1) the

importance of the Six-Party Talks for the future of cooperation on the

Korean peninsula in the 21st century and 2) the suggestion of new

alternatives which focus on Russia and its economic involvement to boost

multilateral talks In building-up the scenario the key presumption is that

economic cooperation can create a ldquofunctional leveragerdquo in a political

scenario characterized by a substantial political rapprochement due to the

enforcement of a legally binding treaty (ie a Peace Treaty that could officially

end the Korean War) and prepare a definitive process of nation-building

among the two Koreas This ldquofunctional leveragerdquo is based on the role

played by CTR (Cooperative Threat Reduction) program49) to eliminate all

274 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

military threats―nuclear chemical biological and missiles threat from North

Korea In principle the objective of CTR is to reduce the dangers created

by nuclear chemical or biological weapons or their delivery vehicles The

actors of the CTR are consisted of a host who eradicates secures or

converts the WMD (Weapons of Mass Destruction) programs while the

other partners supporting such efforts50)

The most attractive function of the CTR for the following scenario is that

the partners provide money technology equipment and training to the host

nation In case that the six participants select the option during the process

of the WMD removal the main problems such methods and incentives in

terms of the North Korean nuclear withdrawal will be solved naturally

Furthermore the main argument to highlight the economic approaches with

flexible funds produced by rewards of the CTR programs can be persuaded

more convincingly Therefore the following section will justify this

alternative based on the postulation mentioned above―the application of

the CTR in the process of the Six-Party Talks

49) The CTR (or sometimes called for lsquoNunn-Lugarrsquo) programme provides funding

and expertise for the states in the former Soviet Unions including Russia Ukraine

Georgia Azerbaijan Belarus Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan under disarmament

treaties lthttpnunn-lugarcomindexshtmlgt50) Joel S Wit Wolfsthal Jon and Oh Choong-suk (2005) ldquoThe Six Party Talks and

Beyond Cooperative Threat Reduction and North Koreardquo A Report of the CSIS

International Security Program Dec (Washington DC CSIS) pp7~8

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 275

1 A Scenario Suggested lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Projection

for the DPRKrsquo

As stressed before the founding hypothesis of this scenario is a

substantial political shift on the Korean peninsula prospecting a clear

ldquoongoing processrdquo ldquoone Korea reunifiedrdquo However in my argumentation

the crucial assumption is not related to dynamics leading to the political

rapprochement among the two Koreas and neighbor countries which are

members of the Six-Party Talks Instead the central point of the first

scenario is to focus on the preparations and nation-building toward the

reconciliation of the two Koreas through multilateral economic negotiations

Namely to what extent can the framework of the Six-Party Talks and Russia

influence on peace and prosperity on the Korean peninsula as the means

of economic approaches

(Figure 2) Economy Reconstruction Project for the DPRK

276 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

Stage I

As shown in Figure 2 this scenario will be developed through four

stages During Stage I in order to resolve the core problem of Pyongyang―

the disposal of all WMD including chemical biological nuclear weapons

and the CTR program will be offered strongly Under the circumstances

North Korea seems to be a proper candidate for the CTR In the case of the

CTR the multilateral approaches owing to the political and financial

burden-sharing among the sponsors are indispensable51) Although the

Northeast Asian region has not been a suitable case for the program the

Six-Party Talks has shown a consensus on the difficult security problems

especially on Pyongyangrsquos military threats Such a partnership among the

participants of the Six-Party Talks which has been cultivated for seven years

of working together produces more positive results in the progress of the

disposal of nuclear weapons during the period of conducting the CTR

program

In addition Moscow will play a key role in the application of the CTR

program for North Korea When it comes to the beginning of the CTR the

program focused intensively on the countries of the former Soviet Union

including Russia Ukraine Georgia Azerbaijan Belarus Uzbekistan and

Kazakhstan As a result 6600 nuclear warheads have been eliminated since

1991 and more that 470 long-range missiles have been destroyed while

over 1800 other missiles strategic bombers have been disassembled52) With

51) Ibid pp1~352) The United States has invested $7 billion in the former Soviet Union since 1991

and is recently investing $1 billion per year There are additional participants―EU

UK Germany and France Ibid pp7~8

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 277

such an impressive precedent Russia is able to provide a workable solution

during the process of Pyongyangrsquos cooperative threat reduction The most

impressive strength of the first stage is provided that North Korea and the

five members of the Six-Party talks collectively pursue the CTR program the

following economic incentives will be offered for the reconstruction of

North Korea 1) a reward of nuclear withdrawal and 2) the reuse of

resources previously used in the Northrsquos nuclear program

In relation to CTR with application to the case of North Korea it possible

to argue that Russia ndash mindful of the CTR program provided by the US in

the aftermath of the collapse of the Soviet Empire ndash could potentially reuse

the rationale behind the above-mentioned mass destruction dismantlement

program in order to materially help North Korea to eliminate these kinds of

armaments as well as to boost a more comprehensive trust-building process

in the direction of Pyongyang increasing Russian influence over the North

and the overall region

Stage II

During the Stage II the expected economic incentives offered from the

implementation of the CTR project will be connected to the establishment of

a factual organization―lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Project for the DPRKrsquo

Continuously the international community should remain concerned about a

steep decline of the North Korean economy which in the past caused the

most destructive famines of the 20th century As many as one million

people who represent about five percent of the North Korean population

perished in the mid-1990s as a result53) Therefore the members of the

Six-Party Talks should pursue Pyongyangrsquos economic reforms and

278 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

reconstruction simultaneously since the countries regard economic inability

of Kim Jung Un to be one of the causes for using the military threats54)

Therefore it would provide a vital opportunity to bring changes in North

Korea if an organization which focuses on the economic benefits is

founded For this purpose this study recommends the establishment of

lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Project for the DPRKrsquo within the framework of the

Six-Party Talks The aspiration for the DPRK project is based on the

September 2005 Joint Statement and the February 2007 Joint Statement of

the Six-Party Talks The September Statement encouraged the economic

cooperation in the areas of energy trade and investment within the

Six-Party Talks framework55) Also in the February 2007 Joint Statement the

six players promised humanitarian assistance to North Korea and

established an Economy and Energy Cooperation Working Group56)

Although such agreements to boost the North Korean economy did not

53) Haggard Stephan and Noland Marcus ldquoA Security and Peace for Northeast Asia

The Economic Dimensionrdquo Peterson Institute for International Economics Policy

Brief No PB08-4 (April 2008) p2 54) In 2000 North Korea tried ldquomarketization from belowrdquo in the areas of local

organs government offices and military units with the recommendation of the

international community Ibid p255) See Join Statement of the Fourth Round of the Six-Party Talks in Beijing (19

September 2005)

lthttpwwwmofatgokrwebmodulehtsboardhbdhbdreadjsptypeID=6ampboardid=

247ampseqno=293918ampc=TITLEampt=amppagenum=2amptableName=TYPE_DATABOARDamppc=

ampdc=ampwc=amplu=ampvu=ampiu=ampdu=gt56) See Initial Actions for the Implementation of the Joint Statement (13 February 2007)

lthttpwwwmofatgokrwebmodulehtsboardhbdhbdreadjsptypeID=6ampboardid=

247ampseqno=293924ampc=TITLEampt=amppagenum=3amptableName=TYPE_DATABOARDamppc=amp

dc=ampwc=amplu=ampvu=ampiu=ampdu=gt

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 279

produce output in reality the international concerns seemed to have

reached a consensus relating to the ideas of lsquoEconomic Reconstruction

Project for DPRKrsquo introduced for the Stage II

Stage III

The following study on the similar subject reflects such international

concerns in a pragmatic way lsquopipeline gas introduction to the Korean

peninsularsquo57) In the Stage III as a long-term scenario to rehabilitate the

DPRKrsquos economy the idea of lsquopipeline gas projectrsquo introduced by Paik

(2005) will be applied Within the Six-Party Talks framework energy

assistance is another integral theme which is seen as important area to

resolve the nuclear problem on the Korean peninsula What is more such

energy supply options for DPRK generated from the gas pipeline project can

be functioned as a versatile negotiation tool combining the geopolitical and

economic reality on the Six-Party Talks table

In fact one well-established energy development organization―KEDO―

already exists The mission of KEDO is to implement the Agreed Framework

between the US and DPRK on the assumption that Pyongyang agreed to

freeze and ultimately dismantle its breathing nuclear program58) Unfortunately

the KEDO led project failed due to the North Korean distrust towards KEDO

due to the ailing relationship between Washington and Pyongyang caused

by the North Korean military threats and the failure to meet the agreed

57) Keun-Wook Paik ldquoPipeline Gas Introduction to the Korean Peninsulardquo Korea

Foundation Project lsquoEnergy and Environmental Cooperation in the Korea Peninsula

(2005)58) Baker et al opcit pp135~138

280 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

provisions59) Unlike the KEDO projects the introduction of the long

distance gas pipeline passing through the DPRK territory will involve the

two Koreas and Russia In particular intended for Pyongyang the pipeline

gas would provide energy to power many major cities in the DPRK

assuming that a 15 bcm60) natural gas would be allocated to the North as

a transit fees Also South Korea can provide additional support to prevent

the collapse of the North Korean economy61) In addition further funding

can be allocated for the CTR programs which will intensify the effort to

support rebuilding of the North Korean economy

Other than the economic merit Moscow is well positioned in this

pipeline project since the major Russian company Gazprom which is the

largest extractor of natural gas in the world has outstanding options to

promote the project from all the shareholders For this reason the role of

Russia should be given more weight in the third stage

In terms of the Economy Reconstruction Project for the DPRK this study

will follow the main idea of the paper Pipeline Gas Introduction to the

Korean Peninsula by Paik In his in-depth study Paik suggested lsquothe

Proposed Greater Circular Pipeline in Northeast Asiarsquo As shown in Figure 3

the Korean peninsula is ideally located to have pivotal benefits from the

59) There are two main conditions 1) KEDO finances and constructs two

proliferation-resistant light-water reactors(LWR) of the Korean Standard Nuclear

Power Plant in the DPRK and 2) KEDO provides DPRK with an alternative source

of energy for heating and electricity until the first of the two reactors is

completed lthttpwwwkedoorgap_mainaspgt 60) 30bcm is an amount which can handle gas over 30 years Baker et al opcit

p10161) Ibid pp81~82

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 281

Source Paik (2005) p41

Russian oil and gas pipeline infrastructure In the case that the gas pipeline

scenario is applied in reality as a useful alternative for the settlement of the

current North Korean nuclear crisis this project will provide significant

contribution to in promoting energy cooperation between Russia and the

Two Koreas

Stage Ⅳ

In the final stage a consensus and convention to justify this project

within the Six-Party Talks framework should be guaranteed This is necessary

to avoid the inevitable problem of incompatibility between the laws and

regulations among the six players and different investment environment

(Figure 3) Map The Proposed Greater Pipeline in Northeast Asia

282 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

The Six Party Talks Russia

Stage

bull Providing a Negotiation Tool (the

CTR Program)

bull Initiating North Korea into Russian

precedents of the CTR program

Stage

bull Invoking international concerns about

NKrsquos economy reconstruction

bull Implementing the project based on

the Agreements

bull Supporting this project actively

Stage

bull Creating conventions to recognize the

gas pipeline project with six players

bull Participating in the gas pipeline project

actively persuading Gazprom

Stage

Ⅳ Building the consensus and trust of the Six-Party Talks members

2 Strength and Limitation of the Scenario

Based on the scenario introduced above the expected roles of Russia and

the members of the Six-Party Talks is as follows

(Table 2) Expected Roles of Russia and the Six-Party Talks in the Scenario

In short the main feature of lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Project for the

DPRKrsquo is a product of a multilateral economic diplomacy In general such

a multilateral economic approach has an unavoidable drawback in that such

a pragmatic diplomacy cannot move ahead regardless of the difficult security

concern of the Korean peninsula In particular I recognize that an increased

Russian role on a unified Korean peninsula would increase the tensions

among the main regional actors

However the strength of this scenario is combining security and

economic issues together to offer a comprehensive resolution concerning the

main threat that would inhibit inter-Korean rapprochement that is an

unchanged provocative posture of North Korea vis-agrave-vis its security needs

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 283

In other words the CTR program for Pyongyangrsquos WMD can be a suitable

alternative to prevent the North Korean military actions In addition the

economic rewards and investment for the DPRK during the negotiation

based on the gas pipeline project would enable advancement the North

Korean economy which in turn will have a positive effect on a long-term

solution such as the reconciliation between the two Koreas Furthermore if

an economic reconciliation can be reached with the help of the new actor

lsquoRussiarsquo this could become a plausible alternative reunification strategy of

the Korean peninsula Such a new consideration will justify the economic

and pragmatic approaches in the framework of the Six-Party talks

Ⅴ Conclusion

Time has changed However the issues surrounding the Korean

peninsula where interests of major powers are contested still display a

unique and multifaceted pattern on the international political order The

dilemma of the peninsula is the coexistence of lsquoinsecurityrsquo and lsquoprosperityrsquo

which is an inevitable by-product caused by the geopolitical situation

Despite such a reality smarter alternatives to achieve lsquopeacersquo and

lsquoprosperityrsquo on the Korean peninsula in the 21st century should be created

The option available currently is lsquothe Six-Party Talksrsquo This study has

suggested that such a multilateral talk offers a plausible framework to

resolve the issues surrounding the Korean peninsula beyond the North

Korean nuclear crisis Obviously the complex diplomatic calculations of the

284 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

six players are the key limitation of this framework but the talks seems

to be worthy as it is acting as a creditable model of the multilateral

negotiations In particular this study dealt with the role of Russia because

when it comes to the process of the Six-Party Talks and inter-relations with

the two Koreas to date Moscowrsquos contribution on the Six-Party Talks

brought positive alternatives which rival the contributions of Washington

and Beijing Based on such a development a scenario under which Russia

can play a positive role in creating a new and a long-term resolution to the

issues of the Korean peninsula can be postulated

However there are limitations which this study cannot escape Firstly as

the worst case scenario if the second Korean War breaks out suddenly the

reality of the multilateral talks and the scenario introduced above may

presumably have no bearing Secondly due to unexpected internal and

external conditions of Russia such as instability of the regime or global

economy crisis the role of Russia can fluctuate Thirdly if the others actors

especially in the US and China wants to maintain strong influences a

lsquopower gamersquo might break out the result of which might have negative

effects Finally the methodology of this research is a problem-solving

approach which was connected to the current policy analysis based on

comprehensive study of the primary sources As a result it is impossible to

deliver obvious and exact facts and information in terms of the Six-Party

Talks which is still in progress

Nonetheless the aim of this study was to offer an alternative to the

current difficult though hypothetical As a result this study was able to lead

a conclusion the Six-Party Talks and the role of Moscow are able to be a

persuasive and plausible alternative for a long-term solution on the Korean

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 285

peninsula The importance of the Six-Party Talks the inter-relations between

Russia and the two Koreas and a scenario suggested supported the

conclusion

All in all the increased and positive Russian involvement toward the two

Koreas can be a stepping-stone for a dialogue and cooperation for peace

and prosperity on the Korean peninsula Furthermore the full use of the

Six-Party Talks will ultimately contribute to security of the Northeast Asian

region beyond the North Korean nuclear crisis

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286 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

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영국 런던대 킹스 칼리지(Kingrsquos College London) 국제분쟁학 석사 학위를 취득하고 현재 동

대학원 전략학 박사과정에 있다 주요 연구실적으로 ldquoConstructivist Understandings of North

Korearsquos Ballistic Missile Programme National Security Policy Based on North Korearsquos Strategic

Culturerdquo(2014) 985172한반도 신뢰프로세스를 통한 비핵국가 한국의 핵 안보전략 제2차 핵시대를

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에 관한 연구985173(2010 공저) 등이 있다

6자회담 틀 내에서 한반도 중장기 평화번영을 위한 러시아의

lsquo숙련된 중재자(New Seasoned Facilitator)rsquo 역할

박지선 (런던대 킹스 칼리지)

국문요약

본 논문은 한반도의 중장기 평화번영 방안을 위해 교착상태에 빠진 6자회담의 틀 안

에서 러시아의 역할에 대한 새로운 학문적 접근을 보여주고자 한다 본 논문에서는 북한

핵무기 개발 프로그램의 중단이라는 공동의 목적을 달성하기 위해 설립된 6자회담의 주

요 행위자들의 정치적middot전략적 이해관계를 경제적 영역으로 확대하면서 보다 실용적인

한반도 문제 해결 방안을 제시하고 있다 특히 lsquo숙련된 중재자(New Seasoned Facilitator)rsquo

로서의 러시아의 역할에 대해 심도 있게 고찰하면서 6자회담 틀에서 가능한 하나의 시나

리오를 실험적으로 제안하고 있다 본 논문의 주요 내용은 1) 6자회담의 연대기적 분석

2)한반도를 둘러싼 6자회담 주요 국가들의 이해관계 분석 3) 숙련된 중재자로서의 러

시아의 역할을 고찰 4) 실용적이고 실행 가능한 경제협력 방안이 될 한반도 평화정착을

위한 북한경제재건 프로젝트의 시나리오 등이다

주제어 6자회담 러시아 외교정책 북한 중재자 한반도 중middot장기 번영

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264 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

Group (Ⅱ) China Russia

In the case of the group two China and Russia who have been close

supporters of North Korea for more than an half century demonstrated

similar reactions as the members of group one did While they agreed on

the general direction of the resolution each had a slightly different view on

the extension of the contents In the case of China not only Beijing was

the main actor in initiating the Six-Party Talks but also a very close friend

to North Korea 26) However China chose to support the sanctions against

Pyongyang under the resolution 1718 Meanwhile Russia had a different

view In an urgent meeting of the UN Security Council unlike China Russia

did not support such stringent sanctions against Pyongyang although

Moscow agreed on condemning the North Korean rocket launch Even if

in the end both Beijing and Moscow supported the resolution 1718 in

general it was an occasion when the two countries showed different

approach toward Pyongyang during the adoption process of the resolution27)

Group(Ⅲ) North Korea

Contrarily the reaction of the third group North Korea was fairly

obvious against the Security Council Resolution Park Gilyon North Korearsquos

Ambassador to UN said that Pyongyang rejects the resolution 1718 since the

resolution is a coercive declaration by a ldquogangster-likerdquo Security Council28)

26) See Security Council Meeting on 9 October 2006

lthttpwwwunorgNewsPressdocs2006sc8853dochtmgt27) See Security Council Meeting on 9 October 2006

lthttpwwwunorgNewsPressdocs2006sc8853dochtmgt28) See Security Council meeting on 9 October 2006

lthttpwwwunorgNewsPressdocs2006sc8853dochtmgt

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 265

Nevertheless the main limitation of the talks still remains without

creative alternatives to disentangle intricate interests of the participants of

the Six-Party Talks no feasible output can be expected from such a

multilateral meeting Thus in order to overcome the above-mentioned

limitations of the Six-Party Talks I suggest an approach which emphasizes

the following points 1) the emergence of a lsquonew experienced facilitatorrsquo

instead of previous main actors to encourage more pragmatic approaches

and 2) the combination of political and economic tools especially in

highlighting the economic approaches Consequently this paper will focus

on Russiarsquos role as a New Seasoned Facilitator since Russia can offer new

possibilities for a long-term resolution of the issues on the Korean

peninsula

2 Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo for Dealing with

Issues on the Korean Peninsula

In this part the role of Russia will be scrutinized as a possible new

strong facilitator who might offer long-term solutions to the problems on the

Korean peninsula in the 21st century Since most of the studies concerning

cooperation on the Korean peninsula tend to focus mainly on the role

played by the US and China I argue that this paper may provide an

innovative contribution to the study of the ldquoSix-Party Talksrdquo stressing

Russiarsquos new role vis-agrave-vis the Korean peninsula In my view indeed

Russiarsquos role on the Korean peninsula progressively emerged in recent years

shaping the image of ldquofacilitatorrdquo interested in persuading North Korea to

seek an alternative to the nuclear weapons program and promote energy

266 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

cooperation in the region which might hasten possibility of peace on the

Korean peninsula

According to Vorontsov (2007) the basic positions of Moscow for the

Six-Party Talks are as follows 1) advocating the strict inspection of NPT and

the denuclearized Korean peninsula 2) persisting peaceful negotiation

among the six players and 3) promoting the inter-Korean dialogues29) In

contrast to the hard-line stance of White House30) to eliminate all factors

related to North Korean nuclear program in terms of the Korean issues the

current Russian government seems to strive for the achievement of the goal

2) and 3) When it comes to the geostrategic situations the Korean issues

have recently become one of the major considerations for Moscow because

the US China and Japan have gradually played important roles on the

issues of Korean peninsula who are all Russiarsquos direct neighbors31)

Namely owing to the invisible lsquoPower Racersquo among the major powers

Russia is increasingly interested in the issues surrounding the Korean

peninsula

In the same way unlike the general expectations on the global stage the

Russian role within the multilateral talks may have substantial influences as

well as the other actors have contributed to the meetings In the beginning

29) Alexander Vorontsov ldquoCurrent Russia ndash North Korea Relations Challenges and

Achievementsrdquo Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies (2007) p1730) Still North Korea seems to believe what White House pursues a hard-line policy

toward Pyongyang An unnamed spokesman of Pyongyang stated on 8 May 2009

ldquothe Obama administration for the past 100 dayshelliphellip the hostile policy toward

Pyongyang remains unchangedrdquo

lthttpwwwnytimescom20090509worldasia09koreahtml_r=1ampref=global-homegt31) Georgy Toloraya ldquoRussian Policy in Korea in a time of changerdquo The Korean

Journal of Defense Analysis Vol211 (2009) p69

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 267

stage of the talks some counties had skepticism about Moscowrsquos

participation in the talks because the Four-Party Talks (the US China and

the two Koreas) - except for Moscow - was a general pattern on the

inter-Korean issues32) However Kremlin played an essential role in inviting

Pyongyang in joining the Six-Party Talks because North Korea insisted

Pyongyang would not participate in the 2003 meeting without Russia33)

When it comes to Russian official stance in 2015 Moscow continuously

supports the Six-Party Talks for denuclearization in the Korean peninsula

while Russia does not recognize North Korea as a nuclear state34)

Historically Russia and North Korea have significantly long and

meaningful relations throughout the period of Korearsquos liberation following

Japanese colonization the Korean War and the opening and ending of the

Cold War In particular the two countries enjoyed a very strong cooperative

relationship during the Korean War35) Following the Korean War the

Soviet Union became the main trade partner and a sponsor for the

nation-building of Kim Il-sungrsquo regime Approximately 93 factories and

industrial facilities in North Korea were established under the Russian

technical assistance 36)constructing Pyongyangrsquos heavy-industrial backbon

32) Moscowrsquos absence from the Four-Party Talks proposed by the former President Bill

Clinton and President Kim Young Sam on April 16 1996 demonstrated Russiarsquos

dwindled regional influence in the Korean peninsula Yang et al (2004) p80133) Vorontsov (2007) p2234) ldquoRussian Envoy Discusses Pyongyang tests Thaadrdquo Korea Joongang Daily September

25 2015

lthttpkoreajoongangdailyjoinscomnewsarticleArticleaspxaid=3009631gt35) During the Korean War the Russian pilots contributed to the air defence of

North Korea resulting in the loss of 135 pilots and more than 300 airplanes Ibid

p5

268 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

e37) Such a close alliance between the two communist societies continued

until the collapse of the Soviet Union Unfortunately during the President

Elrsquotsinrsquos administration the Russian policy toward the Korean peninsula

shifted due to the unilateral rapprochement with the ROK as the new

diplomatic approach in the so-called ldquodemocratic romanticismrdquo which called

for greatly pro-Western at the expense of Russiarsquos interests 38) Such

transformed Russian policy seemed to cause a crack in the friendship

between Moscow and Pyongyang

However since the inauguration of Vladimir Putin the Russian political

elites began envisaging new approaches towards the Korean peninsula

Putinrsquos new approach functioned as a breakthrough to reinforce previously

weakening relations between Russia and North Korea As a result a historic

treaty on ldquoFriendshiprdquo between Kremlin and Pyongyang―Good-Neighbourly

Relations and Cooperation―was created in 200039) Currently Kim Jong-Un

regime has mainly concentrated on strengthening trade relations with Kremlin

and both Moscow and Pyongyang have taken positive consensus towards

36) The North Korean nuclear energy facilities were established with the Soviet

technical assistance in 1962 37) Vorontsov (2007) p538) On 27 October 1991 Elrsquotin addressed two main aims fo the Russian Foreign

policy 1) pursuing favourable external conditions for the domestic political and

economic reforms and 2) overcoming the legacy of the Cold war Richard Sakwa

(2008) Russian Politics and Society (London Routledge 2008) pp368~36939) After the treaty of lsquoGood-Neighbourly Relations and Cooperationrsquo the Moscowrsquos

declaration of the DPRK and the Russian Federation was released on 4 August 2001

The DPRK-Russia joint declaration is the advanced version of lsquogood-neighbourliness

and cooperationrsquo signed on 9 February 2000 Since then the two countries have

tried the friendly relations and mutually beneficial cooperation

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 269

enhancing their economic cooperative relationship In 2014 Putinrsquos cabinet

concluded the withdrawal of $10 billion of Pyongyangrsquos $11 billion debt that

had accrued during the Soviet Era40) It seems that Putinrsquos cabinet assumes

that this gesture of goodwill will contribute to the construction of a gas

pipeline covering the Korean peninsula When it comes to both geopolitical

and geo-economics aspects North Korea could have profitable investments

opportunities

All in all such a historic fortification of the inter-relationship between

North Korea and Russia provides diverse chances for the improved role of

Russia in making contributions with the backing of other partners of the

Six-Party Talks Based on this fact it would be possible to focus more on

the possibility of Russiarsquos increased contribution to the talks In fact there

is a strong possibility that Moscow could function as a lsquomediatorrsquo and

lsquofacilitatorrsquo between Pyongyang and the other members of the Six-Party

Talks

There are a number of important cases41) through which Moscow enabled

diplomatic efforts assume the role of a lsquofacilitatorrsquo or lsquomediatorrsquo When it

comes to the bilateral relations between Republic of Korea and Russia the

two nations started nearly at a zero point at first However Kremlin and

Blue House have created new economic science and cultural systems For

example since 1990 the leaders of South Korea and Russia have officially

met 27 times In 2013 President Vladimir Putinrsquos visited to Seoul when the

two nationsrsquo annual bilateral trade exceeded $26 billion42)

40) ldquoNorth Korea Looking Abroadrdquo Korea Economic Institute February 18 2015

lthttpblogkeiaorg201502north-korea-looking-abroadgt41) Vorontsov opcit p17

270 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

In particular in July 2002 Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov visited the two

Koreas respectively to persuade both to return to the negotiating table

which was halted after a naval clash in the West (Yellow) Sea in June 2002

Although the visit was not connected to the Six-Party Talks directly the case

seems to confirm Russiarsquos efforts to assist the improvement of the

inter-Korean relations What is more in terms of the US-DPRK relations

Moscow provided an opportunity for a meeting between the North Korean

Foreign Minister Paek NamSun and the former US Secretary of State Colin

Powell during the ministerial meetings at the ASEAN Regional Forum talks

in Darussalam Brunei in 200243) In short Moscowrsquos effort to carry out

ldquobalancer diplomacyrdquo after Putinrsquos inauguration shows potentials to be a

smart lsquomediatorrsquo within the multilateral negotiation such as the Six-Party

Talks

3 The Russian lsquoNew Realismrsquo Policy Applied in the Korean

Peninsula

Then the questions are to what degree can Russia be engaged in

resolving the inter-Korean issues and what kind of benefit can Russia

expect from the increased involvement with the issues regarding the Korean

peninsula especially in the Six-Party Talks

In the recent years the interest of the Russian politicians and academics

toward the Korean peninsula seems to be soaring As an lsquoactive partrsquo the

42) ldquoRussian Envoy Discusses Pyongyang tests Thaadrdquo Korea Joongang Daily September

25 2015 lthttpkoreajoongangdailyjoinscomnewsarticleArticleaspxaid=3009631gt43) Ibid

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 271

Korean peninsula can be regarded as a region of interest and strategic

importance as the Asian-Pacific region is seen to have increasing economic

implication for Russia due to the lack of involvement by Moscow in the

region of economic prowess44) In particular when Moscow participated in

the Six-Party Talks its approach seems to have strategic bearing toward the

Asia-Pacific region because the region especially the Korean peninsula is

now regarded by Moscow as an area of considerable importance

In fact Russiarsquos burgeoning interests for the Six-Party Talks contemporize

with the inauguration of the Putinrsquos administration Namely Putinrsquos lsquoNew

Realismrsquo based on the pragmatic approach over all Russia policies can be

applied to the evaluation of the Russian intention and purpose toward the

Six-Party Talks On the whole the national motto of the 21st century Russia

is lsquoPragmatismrsquo which also significantly influenced the current Medvedevrsquos

cabinet45) On a meeting of the Security Council in March 2000 the new

Russian lsquoForeign Policy Conceptrsquo was introduced by Ivanov the Russian

Foreign Minister at the time The main concept of the document was lsquomore

realisticrsquo for rebuilding the domestic economy and promoting the Russian

economic interests abroad as it strives to become worldrsquos tenth biggest

economy in the 21st century46) Hence Moscowrsquos foreign policy influenced

44) Natasha Kuhrt Russian Policy towards China and Japan The Elrsquotsin and Putin

periods (New York Rutledge 2007) pp 54~5645) In January 2002 the former President Putin had an interview with a Polish

Newspaper and Polish TVP Channel In the interview he stated that lsquoPragmatismrsquo

as a key means for the economic cooperation with other nations ldquoWe began this

talk by pointing out that the soundest approachhellip on the basis of pragmatism

and pragmatic interest in each otherrdquo

lthttpwwwkremlinruengtextspeeches200201150001_type82916_147392shtmlgt46) Sakwa(2008) pp371~391

272 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

by such realistic and pragmatic approaches seems to have valid bearing for

both the Six-Party Talks and the inter-Korean dialogues especially when the

economic aspects are addressed

In essence what are the specific interests Moscow might have on the

Korean peninsula The answer to this question is the more the Korean

military threats are slackened the more Russiarsquos security and economic

interests are amplified In terms of this argument Meyer (2005) identified

the reasons for the Russian Federationrsquos participation in the multilateral

meeting He indicated that by supporting reconciliation between DPRK and

ROK Russia can achieve the following objectives 1) the symbolic objective

to be recognized as a permanent major power on the global stage 2) the

military objective to dissuade Pyongyang from pursuing nuclear weapons

program not to weaken the global commitment for NPT and 3) the

economic objective to establish favorable conditions for the development of

a trilateral economic cooperation among Russia and the two Koreas47)

In relation to the third objective when Putin was the president he had

strong interests toward the Korean peninsula as there were potentially

lucrative economic opportunities available Such projects included connecting

the inter-Korean railroad to the Trans-Siberian railroad and exporting natural

gas from the Kovyktinskoe field in Irkutsk to the Korean peninsula through

China48)

In fact it can be concluded that the third reason which Meyer identified

is the main objective of Russiarsquos participation in the Sic-Party talks therefore

47) Peggy Falkenhein Meyer ldquoRussia Interests and Objectives on the Korean Peninsulardquo

International Journal of Korean Studies (FallWinter 2005) Vol 4 No 2 pp 145~14748) Ibid pp148~154

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 273

it could be assumed the promotion of economic issues can be conceived

and used as a tool to make a breakthrough to overcome the sluggish

multifaceted talks dealing with North Korea high-technology fears More

specifically I argue that the natural gas projects can dramatically increase

Russiarsquos penetration on the Korean peninsula and promote ndash in turn -

Moscowrsquos effort to bring positive changes to the talks From this perspective

Russian economic leverage might become a cornerstone for bringing peace

in the Korean peninsula In the following part I will present a possible

scenario in which this assumption might be substantially developed

Ⅳ A New Role of Russia on the Korean Peninsula

Figure 2 as shown below portrays a possible scenario of cooperation on

the Korean peninsula which emphasizes the following aspects 1) the

importance of the Six-Party Talks for the future of cooperation on the

Korean peninsula in the 21st century and 2) the suggestion of new

alternatives which focus on Russia and its economic involvement to boost

multilateral talks In building-up the scenario the key presumption is that

economic cooperation can create a ldquofunctional leveragerdquo in a political

scenario characterized by a substantial political rapprochement due to the

enforcement of a legally binding treaty (ie a Peace Treaty that could officially

end the Korean War) and prepare a definitive process of nation-building

among the two Koreas This ldquofunctional leveragerdquo is based on the role

played by CTR (Cooperative Threat Reduction) program49) to eliminate all

274 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

military threats―nuclear chemical biological and missiles threat from North

Korea In principle the objective of CTR is to reduce the dangers created

by nuclear chemical or biological weapons or their delivery vehicles The

actors of the CTR are consisted of a host who eradicates secures or

converts the WMD (Weapons of Mass Destruction) programs while the

other partners supporting such efforts50)

The most attractive function of the CTR for the following scenario is that

the partners provide money technology equipment and training to the host

nation In case that the six participants select the option during the process

of the WMD removal the main problems such methods and incentives in

terms of the North Korean nuclear withdrawal will be solved naturally

Furthermore the main argument to highlight the economic approaches with

flexible funds produced by rewards of the CTR programs can be persuaded

more convincingly Therefore the following section will justify this

alternative based on the postulation mentioned above―the application of

the CTR in the process of the Six-Party Talks

49) The CTR (or sometimes called for lsquoNunn-Lugarrsquo) programme provides funding

and expertise for the states in the former Soviet Unions including Russia Ukraine

Georgia Azerbaijan Belarus Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan under disarmament

treaties lthttpnunn-lugarcomindexshtmlgt50) Joel S Wit Wolfsthal Jon and Oh Choong-suk (2005) ldquoThe Six Party Talks and

Beyond Cooperative Threat Reduction and North Koreardquo A Report of the CSIS

International Security Program Dec (Washington DC CSIS) pp7~8

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 275

1 A Scenario Suggested lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Projection

for the DPRKrsquo

As stressed before the founding hypothesis of this scenario is a

substantial political shift on the Korean peninsula prospecting a clear

ldquoongoing processrdquo ldquoone Korea reunifiedrdquo However in my argumentation

the crucial assumption is not related to dynamics leading to the political

rapprochement among the two Koreas and neighbor countries which are

members of the Six-Party Talks Instead the central point of the first

scenario is to focus on the preparations and nation-building toward the

reconciliation of the two Koreas through multilateral economic negotiations

Namely to what extent can the framework of the Six-Party Talks and Russia

influence on peace and prosperity on the Korean peninsula as the means

of economic approaches

(Figure 2) Economy Reconstruction Project for the DPRK

276 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

Stage I

As shown in Figure 2 this scenario will be developed through four

stages During Stage I in order to resolve the core problem of Pyongyang―

the disposal of all WMD including chemical biological nuclear weapons

and the CTR program will be offered strongly Under the circumstances

North Korea seems to be a proper candidate for the CTR In the case of the

CTR the multilateral approaches owing to the political and financial

burden-sharing among the sponsors are indispensable51) Although the

Northeast Asian region has not been a suitable case for the program the

Six-Party Talks has shown a consensus on the difficult security problems

especially on Pyongyangrsquos military threats Such a partnership among the

participants of the Six-Party Talks which has been cultivated for seven years

of working together produces more positive results in the progress of the

disposal of nuclear weapons during the period of conducting the CTR

program

In addition Moscow will play a key role in the application of the CTR

program for North Korea When it comes to the beginning of the CTR the

program focused intensively on the countries of the former Soviet Union

including Russia Ukraine Georgia Azerbaijan Belarus Uzbekistan and

Kazakhstan As a result 6600 nuclear warheads have been eliminated since

1991 and more that 470 long-range missiles have been destroyed while

over 1800 other missiles strategic bombers have been disassembled52) With

51) Ibid pp1~352) The United States has invested $7 billion in the former Soviet Union since 1991

and is recently investing $1 billion per year There are additional participants―EU

UK Germany and France Ibid pp7~8

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 277

such an impressive precedent Russia is able to provide a workable solution

during the process of Pyongyangrsquos cooperative threat reduction The most

impressive strength of the first stage is provided that North Korea and the

five members of the Six-Party talks collectively pursue the CTR program the

following economic incentives will be offered for the reconstruction of

North Korea 1) a reward of nuclear withdrawal and 2) the reuse of

resources previously used in the Northrsquos nuclear program

In relation to CTR with application to the case of North Korea it possible

to argue that Russia ndash mindful of the CTR program provided by the US in

the aftermath of the collapse of the Soviet Empire ndash could potentially reuse

the rationale behind the above-mentioned mass destruction dismantlement

program in order to materially help North Korea to eliminate these kinds of

armaments as well as to boost a more comprehensive trust-building process

in the direction of Pyongyang increasing Russian influence over the North

and the overall region

Stage II

During the Stage II the expected economic incentives offered from the

implementation of the CTR project will be connected to the establishment of

a factual organization―lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Project for the DPRKrsquo

Continuously the international community should remain concerned about a

steep decline of the North Korean economy which in the past caused the

most destructive famines of the 20th century As many as one million

people who represent about five percent of the North Korean population

perished in the mid-1990s as a result53) Therefore the members of the

Six-Party Talks should pursue Pyongyangrsquos economic reforms and

278 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

reconstruction simultaneously since the countries regard economic inability

of Kim Jung Un to be one of the causes for using the military threats54)

Therefore it would provide a vital opportunity to bring changes in North

Korea if an organization which focuses on the economic benefits is

founded For this purpose this study recommends the establishment of

lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Project for the DPRKrsquo within the framework of the

Six-Party Talks The aspiration for the DPRK project is based on the

September 2005 Joint Statement and the February 2007 Joint Statement of

the Six-Party Talks The September Statement encouraged the economic

cooperation in the areas of energy trade and investment within the

Six-Party Talks framework55) Also in the February 2007 Joint Statement the

six players promised humanitarian assistance to North Korea and

established an Economy and Energy Cooperation Working Group56)

Although such agreements to boost the North Korean economy did not

53) Haggard Stephan and Noland Marcus ldquoA Security and Peace for Northeast Asia

The Economic Dimensionrdquo Peterson Institute for International Economics Policy

Brief No PB08-4 (April 2008) p2 54) In 2000 North Korea tried ldquomarketization from belowrdquo in the areas of local

organs government offices and military units with the recommendation of the

international community Ibid p255) See Join Statement of the Fourth Round of the Six-Party Talks in Beijing (19

September 2005)

lthttpwwwmofatgokrwebmodulehtsboardhbdhbdreadjsptypeID=6ampboardid=

247ampseqno=293918ampc=TITLEampt=amppagenum=2amptableName=TYPE_DATABOARDamppc=

ampdc=ampwc=amplu=ampvu=ampiu=ampdu=gt56) See Initial Actions for the Implementation of the Joint Statement (13 February 2007)

lthttpwwwmofatgokrwebmodulehtsboardhbdhbdreadjsptypeID=6ampboardid=

247ampseqno=293924ampc=TITLEampt=amppagenum=3amptableName=TYPE_DATABOARDamppc=amp

dc=ampwc=amplu=ampvu=ampiu=ampdu=gt

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 279

produce output in reality the international concerns seemed to have

reached a consensus relating to the ideas of lsquoEconomic Reconstruction

Project for DPRKrsquo introduced for the Stage II

Stage III

The following study on the similar subject reflects such international

concerns in a pragmatic way lsquopipeline gas introduction to the Korean

peninsularsquo57) In the Stage III as a long-term scenario to rehabilitate the

DPRKrsquos economy the idea of lsquopipeline gas projectrsquo introduced by Paik

(2005) will be applied Within the Six-Party Talks framework energy

assistance is another integral theme which is seen as important area to

resolve the nuclear problem on the Korean peninsula What is more such

energy supply options for DPRK generated from the gas pipeline project can

be functioned as a versatile negotiation tool combining the geopolitical and

economic reality on the Six-Party Talks table

In fact one well-established energy development organization―KEDO―

already exists The mission of KEDO is to implement the Agreed Framework

between the US and DPRK on the assumption that Pyongyang agreed to

freeze and ultimately dismantle its breathing nuclear program58) Unfortunately

the KEDO led project failed due to the North Korean distrust towards KEDO

due to the ailing relationship between Washington and Pyongyang caused

by the North Korean military threats and the failure to meet the agreed

57) Keun-Wook Paik ldquoPipeline Gas Introduction to the Korean Peninsulardquo Korea

Foundation Project lsquoEnergy and Environmental Cooperation in the Korea Peninsula

(2005)58) Baker et al opcit pp135~138

280 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

provisions59) Unlike the KEDO projects the introduction of the long

distance gas pipeline passing through the DPRK territory will involve the

two Koreas and Russia In particular intended for Pyongyang the pipeline

gas would provide energy to power many major cities in the DPRK

assuming that a 15 bcm60) natural gas would be allocated to the North as

a transit fees Also South Korea can provide additional support to prevent

the collapse of the North Korean economy61) In addition further funding

can be allocated for the CTR programs which will intensify the effort to

support rebuilding of the North Korean economy

Other than the economic merit Moscow is well positioned in this

pipeline project since the major Russian company Gazprom which is the

largest extractor of natural gas in the world has outstanding options to

promote the project from all the shareholders For this reason the role of

Russia should be given more weight in the third stage

In terms of the Economy Reconstruction Project for the DPRK this study

will follow the main idea of the paper Pipeline Gas Introduction to the

Korean Peninsula by Paik In his in-depth study Paik suggested lsquothe

Proposed Greater Circular Pipeline in Northeast Asiarsquo As shown in Figure 3

the Korean peninsula is ideally located to have pivotal benefits from the

59) There are two main conditions 1) KEDO finances and constructs two

proliferation-resistant light-water reactors(LWR) of the Korean Standard Nuclear

Power Plant in the DPRK and 2) KEDO provides DPRK with an alternative source

of energy for heating and electricity until the first of the two reactors is

completed lthttpwwwkedoorgap_mainaspgt 60) 30bcm is an amount which can handle gas over 30 years Baker et al opcit

p10161) Ibid pp81~82

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 281

Source Paik (2005) p41

Russian oil and gas pipeline infrastructure In the case that the gas pipeline

scenario is applied in reality as a useful alternative for the settlement of the

current North Korean nuclear crisis this project will provide significant

contribution to in promoting energy cooperation between Russia and the

Two Koreas

Stage Ⅳ

In the final stage a consensus and convention to justify this project

within the Six-Party Talks framework should be guaranteed This is necessary

to avoid the inevitable problem of incompatibility between the laws and

regulations among the six players and different investment environment

(Figure 3) Map The Proposed Greater Pipeline in Northeast Asia

282 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

The Six Party Talks Russia

Stage

bull Providing a Negotiation Tool (the

CTR Program)

bull Initiating North Korea into Russian

precedents of the CTR program

Stage

bull Invoking international concerns about

NKrsquos economy reconstruction

bull Implementing the project based on

the Agreements

bull Supporting this project actively

Stage

bull Creating conventions to recognize the

gas pipeline project with six players

bull Participating in the gas pipeline project

actively persuading Gazprom

Stage

Ⅳ Building the consensus and trust of the Six-Party Talks members

2 Strength and Limitation of the Scenario

Based on the scenario introduced above the expected roles of Russia and

the members of the Six-Party Talks is as follows

(Table 2) Expected Roles of Russia and the Six-Party Talks in the Scenario

In short the main feature of lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Project for the

DPRKrsquo is a product of a multilateral economic diplomacy In general such

a multilateral economic approach has an unavoidable drawback in that such

a pragmatic diplomacy cannot move ahead regardless of the difficult security

concern of the Korean peninsula In particular I recognize that an increased

Russian role on a unified Korean peninsula would increase the tensions

among the main regional actors

However the strength of this scenario is combining security and

economic issues together to offer a comprehensive resolution concerning the

main threat that would inhibit inter-Korean rapprochement that is an

unchanged provocative posture of North Korea vis-agrave-vis its security needs

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 283

In other words the CTR program for Pyongyangrsquos WMD can be a suitable

alternative to prevent the North Korean military actions In addition the

economic rewards and investment for the DPRK during the negotiation

based on the gas pipeline project would enable advancement the North

Korean economy which in turn will have a positive effect on a long-term

solution such as the reconciliation between the two Koreas Furthermore if

an economic reconciliation can be reached with the help of the new actor

lsquoRussiarsquo this could become a plausible alternative reunification strategy of

the Korean peninsula Such a new consideration will justify the economic

and pragmatic approaches in the framework of the Six-Party talks

Ⅴ Conclusion

Time has changed However the issues surrounding the Korean

peninsula where interests of major powers are contested still display a

unique and multifaceted pattern on the international political order The

dilemma of the peninsula is the coexistence of lsquoinsecurityrsquo and lsquoprosperityrsquo

which is an inevitable by-product caused by the geopolitical situation

Despite such a reality smarter alternatives to achieve lsquopeacersquo and

lsquoprosperityrsquo on the Korean peninsula in the 21st century should be created

The option available currently is lsquothe Six-Party Talksrsquo This study has

suggested that such a multilateral talk offers a plausible framework to

resolve the issues surrounding the Korean peninsula beyond the North

Korean nuclear crisis Obviously the complex diplomatic calculations of the

284 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

six players are the key limitation of this framework but the talks seems

to be worthy as it is acting as a creditable model of the multilateral

negotiations In particular this study dealt with the role of Russia because

when it comes to the process of the Six-Party Talks and inter-relations with

the two Koreas to date Moscowrsquos contribution on the Six-Party Talks

brought positive alternatives which rival the contributions of Washington

and Beijing Based on such a development a scenario under which Russia

can play a positive role in creating a new and a long-term resolution to the

issues of the Korean peninsula can be postulated

However there are limitations which this study cannot escape Firstly as

the worst case scenario if the second Korean War breaks out suddenly the

reality of the multilateral talks and the scenario introduced above may

presumably have no bearing Secondly due to unexpected internal and

external conditions of Russia such as instability of the regime or global

economy crisis the role of Russia can fluctuate Thirdly if the others actors

especially in the US and China wants to maintain strong influences a

lsquopower gamersquo might break out the result of which might have negative

effects Finally the methodology of this research is a problem-solving

approach which was connected to the current policy analysis based on

comprehensive study of the primary sources As a result it is impossible to

deliver obvious and exact facts and information in terms of the Six-Party

Talks which is still in progress

Nonetheless the aim of this study was to offer an alternative to the

current difficult though hypothetical As a result this study was able to lead

a conclusion the Six-Party Talks and the role of Moscow are able to be a

persuasive and plausible alternative for a long-term solution on the Korean

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 285

peninsula The importance of the Six-Party Talks the inter-relations between

Russia and the two Koreas and a scenario suggested supported the

conclusion

All in all the increased and positive Russian involvement toward the two

Koreas can be a stepping-stone for a dialogue and cooperation for peace

and prosperity on the Korean peninsula Furthermore the full use of the

Six-Party Talks will ultimately contribute to security of the Northeast Asian

region beyond the North Korean nuclear crisis

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286 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

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lthttpblogkeiaorg201502north-korea-looking-abroadgt

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 289

박지선(PARK JISUN )

영국 런던대 킹스 칼리지(Kingrsquos College London) 국제분쟁학 석사 학위를 취득하고 현재 동

대학원 전략학 박사과정에 있다 주요 연구실적으로 ldquoConstructivist Understandings of North

Korearsquos Ballistic Missile Programme National Security Policy Based on North Korearsquos Strategic

Culturerdquo(2014) 985172한반도 신뢰프로세스를 통한 비핵국가 한국의 핵 안보전략 제2차 핵시대를

맞이하여985173(2013 공저) 985172클라우제비츠의 전쟁이론으로 본 냉전 이후 북한의 핵미사일 전략

에 관한 연구985173(2010 공저) 등이 있다

6자회담 틀 내에서 한반도 중장기 평화번영을 위한 러시아의

lsquo숙련된 중재자(New Seasoned Facilitator)rsquo 역할

박지선 (런던대 킹스 칼리지)

국문요약

본 논문은 한반도의 중장기 평화번영 방안을 위해 교착상태에 빠진 6자회담의 틀 안

에서 러시아의 역할에 대한 새로운 학문적 접근을 보여주고자 한다 본 논문에서는 북한

핵무기 개발 프로그램의 중단이라는 공동의 목적을 달성하기 위해 설립된 6자회담의 주

요 행위자들의 정치적middot전략적 이해관계를 경제적 영역으로 확대하면서 보다 실용적인

한반도 문제 해결 방안을 제시하고 있다 특히 lsquo숙련된 중재자(New Seasoned Facilitator)rsquo

로서의 러시아의 역할에 대해 심도 있게 고찰하면서 6자회담 틀에서 가능한 하나의 시나

리오를 실험적으로 제안하고 있다 본 논문의 주요 내용은 1) 6자회담의 연대기적 분석

2)한반도를 둘러싼 6자회담 주요 국가들의 이해관계 분석 3) 숙련된 중재자로서의 러

시아의 역할을 고찰 4) 실용적이고 실행 가능한 경제협력 방안이 될 한반도 평화정착을

위한 북한경제재건 프로젝트의 시나리오 등이다

주제어 6자회담 러시아 외교정책 북한 중재자 한반도 중middot장기 번영

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Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 265

Nevertheless the main limitation of the talks still remains without

creative alternatives to disentangle intricate interests of the participants of

the Six-Party Talks no feasible output can be expected from such a

multilateral meeting Thus in order to overcome the above-mentioned

limitations of the Six-Party Talks I suggest an approach which emphasizes

the following points 1) the emergence of a lsquonew experienced facilitatorrsquo

instead of previous main actors to encourage more pragmatic approaches

and 2) the combination of political and economic tools especially in

highlighting the economic approaches Consequently this paper will focus

on Russiarsquos role as a New Seasoned Facilitator since Russia can offer new

possibilities for a long-term resolution of the issues on the Korean

peninsula

2 Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo for Dealing with

Issues on the Korean Peninsula

In this part the role of Russia will be scrutinized as a possible new

strong facilitator who might offer long-term solutions to the problems on the

Korean peninsula in the 21st century Since most of the studies concerning

cooperation on the Korean peninsula tend to focus mainly on the role

played by the US and China I argue that this paper may provide an

innovative contribution to the study of the ldquoSix-Party Talksrdquo stressing

Russiarsquos new role vis-agrave-vis the Korean peninsula In my view indeed

Russiarsquos role on the Korean peninsula progressively emerged in recent years

shaping the image of ldquofacilitatorrdquo interested in persuading North Korea to

seek an alternative to the nuclear weapons program and promote energy

266 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

cooperation in the region which might hasten possibility of peace on the

Korean peninsula

According to Vorontsov (2007) the basic positions of Moscow for the

Six-Party Talks are as follows 1) advocating the strict inspection of NPT and

the denuclearized Korean peninsula 2) persisting peaceful negotiation

among the six players and 3) promoting the inter-Korean dialogues29) In

contrast to the hard-line stance of White House30) to eliminate all factors

related to North Korean nuclear program in terms of the Korean issues the

current Russian government seems to strive for the achievement of the goal

2) and 3) When it comes to the geostrategic situations the Korean issues

have recently become one of the major considerations for Moscow because

the US China and Japan have gradually played important roles on the

issues of Korean peninsula who are all Russiarsquos direct neighbors31)

Namely owing to the invisible lsquoPower Racersquo among the major powers

Russia is increasingly interested in the issues surrounding the Korean

peninsula

In the same way unlike the general expectations on the global stage the

Russian role within the multilateral talks may have substantial influences as

well as the other actors have contributed to the meetings In the beginning

29) Alexander Vorontsov ldquoCurrent Russia ndash North Korea Relations Challenges and

Achievementsrdquo Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies (2007) p1730) Still North Korea seems to believe what White House pursues a hard-line policy

toward Pyongyang An unnamed spokesman of Pyongyang stated on 8 May 2009

ldquothe Obama administration for the past 100 dayshelliphellip the hostile policy toward

Pyongyang remains unchangedrdquo

lthttpwwwnytimescom20090509worldasia09koreahtml_r=1ampref=global-homegt31) Georgy Toloraya ldquoRussian Policy in Korea in a time of changerdquo The Korean

Journal of Defense Analysis Vol211 (2009) p69

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 267

stage of the talks some counties had skepticism about Moscowrsquos

participation in the talks because the Four-Party Talks (the US China and

the two Koreas) - except for Moscow - was a general pattern on the

inter-Korean issues32) However Kremlin played an essential role in inviting

Pyongyang in joining the Six-Party Talks because North Korea insisted

Pyongyang would not participate in the 2003 meeting without Russia33)

When it comes to Russian official stance in 2015 Moscow continuously

supports the Six-Party Talks for denuclearization in the Korean peninsula

while Russia does not recognize North Korea as a nuclear state34)

Historically Russia and North Korea have significantly long and

meaningful relations throughout the period of Korearsquos liberation following

Japanese colonization the Korean War and the opening and ending of the

Cold War In particular the two countries enjoyed a very strong cooperative

relationship during the Korean War35) Following the Korean War the

Soviet Union became the main trade partner and a sponsor for the

nation-building of Kim Il-sungrsquo regime Approximately 93 factories and

industrial facilities in North Korea were established under the Russian

technical assistance 36)constructing Pyongyangrsquos heavy-industrial backbon

32) Moscowrsquos absence from the Four-Party Talks proposed by the former President Bill

Clinton and President Kim Young Sam on April 16 1996 demonstrated Russiarsquos

dwindled regional influence in the Korean peninsula Yang et al (2004) p80133) Vorontsov (2007) p2234) ldquoRussian Envoy Discusses Pyongyang tests Thaadrdquo Korea Joongang Daily September

25 2015

lthttpkoreajoongangdailyjoinscomnewsarticleArticleaspxaid=3009631gt35) During the Korean War the Russian pilots contributed to the air defence of

North Korea resulting in the loss of 135 pilots and more than 300 airplanes Ibid

p5

268 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

e37) Such a close alliance between the two communist societies continued

until the collapse of the Soviet Union Unfortunately during the President

Elrsquotsinrsquos administration the Russian policy toward the Korean peninsula

shifted due to the unilateral rapprochement with the ROK as the new

diplomatic approach in the so-called ldquodemocratic romanticismrdquo which called

for greatly pro-Western at the expense of Russiarsquos interests 38) Such

transformed Russian policy seemed to cause a crack in the friendship

between Moscow and Pyongyang

However since the inauguration of Vladimir Putin the Russian political

elites began envisaging new approaches towards the Korean peninsula

Putinrsquos new approach functioned as a breakthrough to reinforce previously

weakening relations between Russia and North Korea As a result a historic

treaty on ldquoFriendshiprdquo between Kremlin and Pyongyang―Good-Neighbourly

Relations and Cooperation―was created in 200039) Currently Kim Jong-Un

regime has mainly concentrated on strengthening trade relations with Kremlin

and both Moscow and Pyongyang have taken positive consensus towards

36) The North Korean nuclear energy facilities were established with the Soviet

technical assistance in 1962 37) Vorontsov (2007) p538) On 27 October 1991 Elrsquotin addressed two main aims fo the Russian Foreign

policy 1) pursuing favourable external conditions for the domestic political and

economic reforms and 2) overcoming the legacy of the Cold war Richard Sakwa

(2008) Russian Politics and Society (London Routledge 2008) pp368~36939) After the treaty of lsquoGood-Neighbourly Relations and Cooperationrsquo the Moscowrsquos

declaration of the DPRK and the Russian Federation was released on 4 August 2001

The DPRK-Russia joint declaration is the advanced version of lsquogood-neighbourliness

and cooperationrsquo signed on 9 February 2000 Since then the two countries have

tried the friendly relations and mutually beneficial cooperation

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 269

enhancing their economic cooperative relationship In 2014 Putinrsquos cabinet

concluded the withdrawal of $10 billion of Pyongyangrsquos $11 billion debt that

had accrued during the Soviet Era40) It seems that Putinrsquos cabinet assumes

that this gesture of goodwill will contribute to the construction of a gas

pipeline covering the Korean peninsula When it comes to both geopolitical

and geo-economics aspects North Korea could have profitable investments

opportunities

All in all such a historic fortification of the inter-relationship between

North Korea and Russia provides diverse chances for the improved role of

Russia in making contributions with the backing of other partners of the

Six-Party Talks Based on this fact it would be possible to focus more on

the possibility of Russiarsquos increased contribution to the talks In fact there

is a strong possibility that Moscow could function as a lsquomediatorrsquo and

lsquofacilitatorrsquo between Pyongyang and the other members of the Six-Party

Talks

There are a number of important cases41) through which Moscow enabled

diplomatic efforts assume the role of a lsquofacilitatorrsquo or lsquomediatorrsquo When it

comes to the bilateral relations between Republic of Korea and Russia the

two nations started nearly at a zero point at first However Kremlin and

Blue House have created new economic science and cultural systems For

example since 1990 the leaders of South Korea and Russia have officially

met 27 times In 2013 President Vladimir Putinrsquos visited to Seoul when the

two nationsrsquo annual bilateral trade exceeded $26 billion42)

40) ldquoNorth Korea Looking Abroadrdquo Korea Economic Institute February 18 2015

lthttpblogkeiaorg201502north-korea-looking-abroadgt41) Vorontsov opcit p17

270 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

In particular in July 2002 Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov visited the two

Koreas respectively to persuade both to return to the negotiating table

which was halted after a naval clash in the West (Yellow) Sea in June 2002

Although the visit was not connected to the Six-Party Talks directly the case

seems to confirm Russiarsquos efforts to assist the improvement of the

inter-Korean relations What is more in terms of the US-DPRK relations

Moscow provided an opportunity for a meeting between the North Korean

Foreign Minister Paek NamSun and the former US Secretary of State Colin

Powell during the ministerial meetings at the ASEAN Regional Forum talks

in Darussalam Brunei in 200243) In short Moscowrsquos effort to carry out

ldquobalancer diplomacyrdquo after Putinrsquos inauguration shows potentials to be a

smart lsquomediatorrsquo within the multilateral negotiation such as the Six-Party

Talks

3 The Russian lsquoNew Realismrsquo Policy Applied in the Korean

Peninsula

Then the questions are to what degree can Russia be engaged in

resolving the inter-Korean issues and what kind of benefit can Russia

expect from the increased involvement with the issues regarding the Korean

peninsula especially in the Six-Party Talks

In the recent years the interest of the Russian politicians and academics

toward the Korean peninsula seems to be soaring As an lsquoactive partrsquo the

42) ldquoRussian Envoy Discusses Pyongyang tests Thaadrdquo Korea Joongang Daily September

25 2015 lthttpkoreajoongangdailyjoinscomnewsarticleArticleaspxaid=3009631gt43) Ibid

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 271

Korean peninsula can be regarded as a region of interest and strategic

importance as the Asian-Pacific region is seen to have increasing economic

implication for Russia due to the lack of involvement by Moscow in the

region of economic prowess44) In particular when Moscow participated in

the Six-Party Talks its approach seems to have strategic bearing toward the

Asia-Pacific region because the region especially the Korean peninsula is

now regarded by Moscow as an area of considerable importance

In fact Russiarsquos burgeoning interests for the Six-Party Talks contemporize

with the inauguration of the Putinrsquos administration Namely Putinrsquos lsquoNew

Realismrsquo based on the pragmatic approach over all Russia policies can be

applied to the evaluation of the Russian intention and purpose toward the

Six-Party Talks On the whole the national motto of the 21st century Russia

is lsquoPragmatismrsquo which also significantly influenced the current Medvedevrsquos

cabinet45) On a meeting of the Security Council in March 2000 the new

Russian lsquoForeign Policy Conceptrsquo was introduced by Ivanov the Russian

Foreign Minister at the time The main concept of the document was lsquomore

realisticrsquo for rebuilding the domestic economy and promoting the Russian

economic interests abroad as it strives to become worldrsquos tenth biggest

economy in the 21st century46) Hence Moscowrsquos foreign policy influenced

44) Natasha Kuhrt Russian Policy towards China and Japan The Elrsquotsin and Putin

periods (New York Rutledge 2007) pp 54~5645) In January 2002 the former President Putin had an interview with a Polish

Newspaper and Polish TVP Channel In the interview he stated that lsquoPragmatismrsquo

as a key means for the economic cooperation with other nations ldquoWe began this

talk by pointing out that the soundest approachhellip on the basis of pragmatism

and pragmatic interest in each otherrdquo

lthttpwwwkremlinruengtextspeeches200201150001_type82916_147392shtmlgt46) Sakwa(2008) pp371~391

272 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

by such realistic and pragmatic approaches seems to have valid bearing for

both the Six-Party Talks and the inter-Korean dialogues especially when the

economic aspects are addressed

In essence what are the specific interests Moscow might have on the

Korean peninsula The answer to this question is the more the Korean

military threats are slackened the more Russiarsquos security and economic

interests are amplified In terms of this argument Meyer (2005) identified

the reasons for the Russian Federationrsquos participation in the multilateral

meeting He indicated that by supporting reconciliation between DPRK and

ROK Russia can achieve the following objectives 1) the symbolic objective

to be recognized as a permanent major power on the global stage 2) the

military objective to dissuade Pyongyang from pursuing nuclear weapons

program not to weaken the global commitment for NPT and 3) the

economic objective to establish favorable conditions for the development of

a trilateral economic cooperation among Russia and the two Koreas47)

In relation to the third objective when Putin was the president he had

strong interests toward the Korean peninsula as there were potentially

lucrative economic opportunities available Such projects included connecting

the inter-Korean railroad to the Trans-Siberian railroad and exporting natural

gas from the Kovyktinskoe field in Irkutsk to the Korean peninsula through

China48)

In fact it can be concluded that the third reason which Meyer identified

is the main objective of Russiarsquos participation in the Sic-Party talks therefore

47) Peggy Falkenhein Meyer ldquoRussia Interests and Objectives on the Korean Peninsulardquo

International Journal of Korean Studies (FallWinter 2005) Vol 4 No 2 pp 145~14748) Ibid pp148~154

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 273

it could be assumed the promotion of economic issues can be conceived

and used as a tool to make a breakthrough to overcome the sluggish

multifaceted talks dealing with North Korea high-technology fears More

specifically I argue that the natural gas projects can dramatically increase

Russiarsquos penetration on the Korean peninsula and promote ndash in turn -

Moscowrsquos effort to bring positive changes to the talks From this perspective

Russian economic leverage might become a cornerstone for bringing peace

in the Korean peninsula In the following part I will present a possible

scenario in which this assumption might be substantially developed

Ⅳ A New Role of Russia on the Korean Peninsula

Figure 2 as shown below portrays a possible scenario of cooperation on

the Korean peninsula which emphasizes the following aspects 1) the

importance of the Six-Party Talks for the future of cooperation on the

Korean peninsula in the 21st century and 2) the suggestion of new

alternatives which focus on Russia and its economic involvement to boost

multilateral talks In building-up the scenario the key presumption is that

economic cooperation can create a ldquofunctional leveragerdquo in a political

scenario characterized by a substantial political rapprochement due to the

enforcement of a legally binding treaty (ie a Peace Treaty that could officially

end the Korean War) and prepare a definitive process of nation-building

among the two Koreas This ldquofunctional leveragerdquo is based on the role

played by CTR (Cooperative Threat Reduction) program49) to eliminate all

274 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

military threats―nuclear chemical biological and missiles threat from North

Korea In principle the objective of CTR is to reduce the dangers created

by nuclear chemical or biological weapons or their delivery vehicles The

actors of the CTR are consisted of a host who eradicates secures or

converts the WMD (Weapons of Mass Destruction) programs while the

other partners supporting such efforts50)

The most attractive function of the CTR for the following scenario is that

the partners provide money technology equipment and training to the host

nation In case that the six participants select the option during the process

of the WMD removal the main problems such methods and incentives in

terms of the North Korean nuclear withdrawal will be solved naturally

Furthermore the main argument to highlight the economic approaches with

flexible funds produced by rewards of the CTR programs can be persuaded

more convincingly Therefore the following section will justify this

alternative based on the postulation mentioned above―the application of

the CTR in the process of the Six-Party Talks

49) The CTR (or sometimes called for lsquoNunn-Lugarrsquo) programme provides funding

and expertise for the states in the former Soviet Unions including Russia Ukraine

Georgia Azerbaijan Belarus Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan under disarmament

treaties lthttpnunn-lugarcomindexshtmlgt50) Joel S Wit Wolfsthal Jon and Oh Choong-suk (2005) ldquoThe Six Party Talks and

Beyond Cooperative Threat Reduction and North Koreardquo A Report of the CSIS

International Security Program Dec (Washington DC CSIS) pp7~8

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 275

1 A Scenario Suggested lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Projection

for the DPRKrsquo

As stressed before the founding hypothesis of this scenario is a

substantial political shift on the Korean peninsula prospecting a clear

ldquoongoing processrdquo ldquoone Korea reunifiedrdquo However in my argumentation

the crucial assumption is not related to dynamics leading to the political

rapprochement among the two Koreas and neighbor countries which are

members of the Six-Party Talks Instead the central point of the first

scenario is to focus on the preparations and nation-building toward the

reconciliation of the two Koreas through multilateral economic negotiations

Namely to what extent can the framework of the Six-Party Talks and Russia

influence on peace and prosperity on the Korean peninsula as the means

of economic approaches

(Figure 2) Economy Reconstruction Project for the DPRK

276 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

Stage I

As shown in Figure 2 this scenario will be developed through four

stages During Stage I in order to resolve the core problem of Pyongyang―

the disposal of all WMD including chemical biological nuclear weapons

and the CTR program will be offered strongly Under the circumstances

North Korea seems to be a proper candidate for the CTR In the case of the

CTR the multilateral approaches owing to the political and financial

burden-sharing among the sponsors are indispensable51) Although the

Northeast Asian region has not been a suitable case for the program the

Six-Party Talks has shown a consensus on the difficult security problems

especially on Pyongyangrsquos military threats Such a partnership among the

participants of the Six-Party Talks which has been cultivated for seven years

of working together produces more positive results in the progress of the

disposal of nuclear weapons during the period of conducting the CTR

program

In addition Moscow will play a key role in the application of the CTR

program for North Korea When it comes to the beginning of the CTR the

program focused intensively on the countries of the former Soviet Union

including Russia Ukraine Georgia Azerbaijan Belarus Uzbekistan and

Kazakhstan As a result 6600 nuclear warheads have been eliminated since

1991 and more that 470 long-range missiles have been destroyed while

over 1800 other missiles strategic bombers have been disassembled52) With

51) Ibid pp1~352) The United States has invested $7 billion in the former Soviet Union since 1991

and is recently investing $1 billion per year There are additional participants―EU

UK Germany and France Ibid pp7~8

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 277

such an impressive precedent Russia is able to provide a workable solution

during the process of Pyongyangrsquos cooperative threat reduction The most

impressive strength of the first stage is provided that North Korea and the

five members of the Six-Party talks collectively pursue the CTR program the

following economic incentives will be offered for the reconstruction of

North Korea 1) a reward of nuclear withdrawal and 2) the reuse of

resources previously used in the Northrsquos nuclear program

In relation to CTR with application to the case of North Korea it possible

to argue that Russia ndash mindful of the CTR program provided by the US in

the aftermath of the collapse of the Soviet Empire ndash could potentially reuse

the rationale behind the above-mentioned mass destruction dismantlement

program in order to materially help North Korea to eliminate these kinds of

armaments as well as to boost a more comprehensive trust-building process

in the direction of Pyongyang increasing Russian influence over the North

and the overall region

Stage II

During the Stage II the expected economic incentives offered from the

implementation of the CTR project will be connected to the establishment of

a factual organization―lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Project for the DPRKrsquo

Continuously the international community should remain concerned about a

steep decline of the North Korean economy which in the past caused the

most destructive famines of the 20th century As many as one million

people who represent about five percent of the North Korean population

perished in the mid-1990s as a result53) Therefore the members of the

Six-Party Talks should pursue Pyongyangrsquos economic reforms and

278 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

reconstruction simultaneously since the countries regard economic inability

of Kim Jung Un to be one of the causes for using the military threats54)

Therefore it would provide a vital opportunity to bring changes in North

Korea if an organization which focuses on the economic benefits is

founded For this purpose this study recommends the establishment of

lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Project for the DPRKrsquo within the framework of the

Six-Party Talks The aspiration for the DPRK project is based on the

September 2005 Joint Statement and the February 2007 Joint Statement of

the Six-Party Talks The September Statement encouraged the economic

cooperation in the areas of energy trade and investment within the

Six-Party Talks framework55) Also in the February 2007 Joint Statement the

six players promised humanitarian assistance to North Korea and

established an Economy and Energy Cooperation Working Group56)

Although such agreements to boost the North Korean economy did not

53) Haggard Stephan and Noland Marcus ldquoA Security and Peace for Northeast Asia

The Economic Dimensionrdquo Peterson Institute for International Economics Policy

Brief No PB08-4 (April 2008) p2 54) In 2000 North Korea tried ldquomarketization from belowrdquo in the areas of local

organs government offices and military units with the recommendation of the

international community Ibid p255) See Join Statement of the Fourth Round of the Six-Party Talks in Beijing (19

September 2005)

lthttpwwwmofatgokrwebmodulehtsboardhbdhbdreadjsptypeID=6ampboardid=

247ampseqno=293918ampc=TITLEampt=amppagenum=2amptableName=TYPE_DATABOARDamppc=

ampdc=ampwc=amplu=ampvu=ampiu=ampdu=gt56) See Initial Actions for the Implementation of the Joint Statement (13 February 2007)

lthttpwwwmofatgokrwebmodulehtsboardhbdhbdreadjsptypeID=6ampboardid=

247ampseqno=293924ampc=TITLEampt=amppagenum=3amptableName=TYPE_DATABOARDamppc=amp

dc=ampwc=amplu=ampvu=ampiu=ampdu=gt

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 279

produce output in reality the international concerns seemed to have

reached a consensus relating to the ideas of lsquoEconomic Reconstruction

Project for DPRKrsquo introduced for the Stage II

Stage III

The following study on the similar subject reflects such international

concerns in a pragmatic way lsquopipeline gas introduction to the Korean

peninsularsquo57) In the Stage III as a long-term scenario to rehabilitate the

DPRKrsquos economy the idea of lsquopipeline gas projectrsquo introduced by Paik

(2005) will be applied Within the Six-Party Talks framework energy

assistance is another integral theme which is seen as important area to

resolve the nuclear problem on the Korean peninsula What is more such

energy supply options for DPRK generated from the gas pipeline project can

be functioned as a versatile negotiation tool combining the geopolitical and

economic reality on the Six-Party Talks table

In fact one well-established energy development organization―KEDO―

already exists The mission of KEDO is to implement the Agreed Framework

between the US and DPRK on the assumption that Pyongyang agreed to

freeze and ultimately dismantle its breathing nuclear program58) Unfortunately

the KEDO led project failed due to the North Korean distrust towards KEDO

due to the ailing relationship between Washington and Pyongyang caused

by the North Korean military threats and the failure to meet the agreed

57) Keun-Wook Paik ldquoPipeline Gas Introduction to the Korean Peninsulardquo Korea

Foundation Project lsquoEnergy and Environmental Cooperation in the Korea Peninsula

(2005)58) Baker et al opcit pp135~138

280 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

provisions59) Unlike the KEDO projects the introduction of the long

distance gas pipeline passing through the DPRK territory will involve the

two Koreas and Russia In particular intended for Pyongyang the pipeline

gas would provide energy to power many major cities in the DPRK

assuming that a 15 bcm60) natural gas would be allocated to the North as

a transit fees Also South Korea can provide additional support to prevent

the collapse of the North Korean economy61) In addition further funding

can be allocated for the CTR programs which will intensify the effort to

support rebuilding of the North Korean economy

Other than the economic merit Moscow is well positioned in this

pipeline project since the major Russian company Gazprom which is the

largest extractor of natural gas in the world has outstanding options to

promote the project from all the shareholders For this reason the role of

Russia should be given more weight in the third stage

In terms of the Economy Reconstruction Project for the DPRK this study

will follow the main idea of the paper Pipeline Gas Introduction to the

Korean Peninsula by Paik In his in-depth study Paik suggested lsquothe

Proposed Greater Circular Pipeline in Northeast Asiarsquo As shown in Figure 3

the Korean peninsula is ideally located to have pivotal benefits from the

59) There are two main conditions 1) KEDO finances and constructs two

proliferation-resistant light-water reactors(LWR) of the Korean Standard Nuclear

Power Plant in the DPRK and 2) KEDO provides DPRK with an alternative source

of energy for heating and electricity until the first of the two reactors is

completed lthttpwwwkedoorgap_mainaspgt 60) 30bcm is an amount which can handle gas over 30 years Baker et al opcit

p10161) Ibid pp81~82

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 281

Source Paik (2005) p41

Russian oil and gas pipeline infrastructure In the case that the gas pipeline

scenario is applied in reality as a useful alternative for the settlement of the

current North Korean nuclear crisis this project will provide significant

contribution to in promoting energy cooperation between Russia and the

Two Koreas

Stage Ⅳ

In the final stage a consensus and convention to justify this project

within the Six-Party Talks framework should be guaranteed This is necessary

to avoid the inevitable problem of incompatibility between the laws and

regulations among the six players and different investment environment

(Figure 3) Map The Proposed Greater Pipeline in Northeast Asia

282 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

The Six Party Talks Russia

Stage

bull Providing a Negotiation Tool (the

CTR Program)

bull Initiating North Korea into Russian

precedents of the CTR program

Stage

bull Invoking international concerns about

NKrsquos economy reconstruction

bull Implementing the project based on

the Agreements

bull Supporting this project actively

Stage

bull Creating conventions to recognize the

gas pipeline project with six players

bull Participating in the gas pipeline project

actively persuading Gazprom

Stage

Ⅳ Building the consensus and trust of the Six-Party Talks members

2 Strength and Limitation of the Scenario

Based on the scenario introduced above the expected roles of Russia and

the members of the Six-Party Talks is as follows

(Table 2) Expected Roles of Russia and the Six-Party Talks in the Scenario

In short the main feature of lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Project for the

DPRKrsquo is a product of a multilateral economic diplomacy In general such

a multilateral economic approach has an unavoidable drawback in that such

a pragmatic diplomacy cannot move ahead regardless of the difficult security

concern of the Korean peninsula In particular I recognize that an increased

Russian role on a unified Korean peninsula would increase the tensions

among the main regional actors

However the strength of this scenario is combining security and

economic issues together to offer a comprehensive resolution concerning the

main threat that would inhibit inter-Korean rapprochement that is an

unchanged provocative posture of North Korea vis-agrave-vis its security needs

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 283

In other words the CTR program for Pyongyangrsquos WMD can be a suitable

alternative to prevent the North Korean military actions In addition the

economic rewards and investment for the DPRK during the negotiation

based on the gas pipeline project would enable advancement the North

Korean economy which in turn will have a positive effect on a long-term

solution such as the reconciliation between the two Koreas Furthermore if

an economic reconciliation can be reached with the help of the new actor

lsquoRussiarsquo this could become a plausible alternative reunification strategy of

the Korean peninsula Such a new consideration will justify the economic

and pragmatic approaches in the framework of the Six-Party talks

Ⅴ Conclusion

Time has changed However the issues surrounding the Korean

peninsula where interests of major powers are contested still display a

unique and multifaceted pattern on the international political order The

dilemma of the peninsula is the coexistence of lsquoinsecurityrsquo and lsquoprosperityrsquo

which is an inevitable by-product caused by the geopolitical situation

Despite such a reality smarter alternatives to achieve lsquopeacersquo and

lsquoprosperityrsquo on the Korean peninsula in the 21st century should be created

The option available currently is lsquothe Six-Party Talksrsquo This study has

suggested that such a multilateral talk offers a plausible framework to

resolve the issues surrounding the Korean peninsula beyond the North

Korean nuclear crisis Obviously the complex diplomatic calculations of the

284 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

six players are the key limitation of this framework but the talks seems

to be worthy as it is acting as a creditable model of the multilateral

negotiations In particular this study dealt with the role of Russia because

when it comes to the process of the Six-Party Talks and inter-relations with

the two Koreas to date Moscowrsquos contribution on the Six-Party Talks

brought positive alternatives which rival the contributions of Washington

and Beijing Based on such a development a scenario under which Russia

can play a positive role in creating a new and a long-term resolution to the

issues of the Korean peninsula can be postulated

However there are limitations which this study cannot escape Firstly as

the worst case scenario if the second Korean War breaks out suddenly the

reality of the multilateral talks and the scenario introduced above may

presumably have no bearing Secondly due to unexpected internal and

external conditions of Russia such as instability of the regime or global

economy crisis the role of Russia can fluctuate Thirdly if the others actors

especially in the US and China wants to maintain strong influences a

lsquopower gamersquo might break out the result of which might have negative

effects Finally the methodology of this research is a problem-solving

approach which was connected to the current policy analysis based on

comprehensive study of the primary sources As a result it is impossible to

deliver obvious and exact facts and information in terms of the Six-Party

Talks which is still in progress

Nonetheless the aim of this study was to offer an alternative to the

current difficult though hypothetical As a result this study was able to lead

a conclusion the Six-Party Talks and the role of Moscow are able to be a

persuasive and plausible alternative for a long-term solution on the Korean

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 285

peninsula The importance of the Six-Party Talks the inter-relations between

Russia and the two Koreas and a scenario suggested supported the

conclusion

All in all the increased and positive Russian involvement toward the two

Koreas can be a stepping-stone for a dialogue and cooperation for peace

and prosperity on the Korean peninsula Furthermore the full use of the

Six-Party Talks will ultimately contribute to security of the Northeast Asian

region beyond the North Korean nuclear crisis

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286 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

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Institution (March 2009)

Others

Korea Joongang Daily ldquoRussian Envoy Discusses Pyongyang Tests Thaadrdquo September

25 2015

httpkoreajoongangdailyjoinscomnewsarticleArticleaspxaid=3009631

Williams Carol J ldquoNorth Korea Read to Resume Six-Party Nuclear Talks Russia

Reportsrdquo Los Angeles Times November 12 2014

CCTV ldquoPutin Urges Unconditional Resumption of Six-Party Talksrdquo November 13 2013

Barjoria Jayshree and Xu Beina ldquoThe Six Party Talks on North Korearsquos Nuclear

Programrdquo Council on foreign Relations September 2013

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists ldquoThe Six-Party Talks Meeting North Korearsquos

energy needsrdquo November 2007

President of Russia ldquoPress Statement Following Russian-Korean Talksrdquo November

2013

Ministry of Foreign Affairs Republic of Korea

lthttpwwwmofagokrENGpolicykpennknuclearpressreleasesindexjspmenu=

m_20_20_10amptabmenu=t_2gt

Korea Economic Institute ldquoNorth Korea Looking Abroadrdquo February 18 2015

lthttpblogkeiaorg201502north-korea-looking-abroadgt

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 289

박지선(PARK JISUN )

영국 런던대 킹스 칼리지(Kingrsquos College London) 국제분쟁학 석사 학위를 취득하고 현재 동

대학원 전략학 박사과정에 있다 주요 연구실적으로 ldquoConstructivist Understandings of North

Korearsquos Ballistic Missile Programme National Security Policy Based on North Korearsquos Strategic

Culturerdquo(2014) 985172한반도 신뢰프로세스를 통한 비핵국가 한국의 핵 안보전략 제2차 핵시대를

맞이하여985173(2013 공저) 985172클라우제비츠의 전쟁이론으로 본 냉전 이후 북한의 핵미사일 전략

에 관한 연구985173(2010 공저) 등이 있다

6자회담 틀 내에서 한반도 중장기 평화번영을 위한 러시아의

lsquo숙련된 중재자(New Seasoned Facilitator)rsquo 역할

박지선 (런던대 킹스 칼리지)

국문요약

본 논문은 한반도의 중장기 평화번영 방안을 위해 교착상태에 빠진 6자회담의 틀 안

에서 러시아의 역할에 대한 새로운 학문적 접근을 보여주고자 한다 본 논문에서는 북한

핵무기 개발 프로그램의 중단이라는 공동의 목적을 달성하기 위해 설립된 6자회담의 주

요 행위자들의 정치적middot전략적 이해관계를 경제적 영역으로 확대하면서 보다 실용적인

한반도 문제 해결 방안을 제시하고 있다 특히 lsquo숙련된 중재자(New Seasoned Facilitator)rsquo

로서의 러시아의 역할에 대해 심도 있게 고찰하면서 6자회담 틀에서 가능한 하나의 시나

리오를 실험적으로 제안하고 있다 본 논문의 주요 내용은 1) 6자회담의 연대기적 분석

2)한반도를 둘러싼 6자회담 주요 국가들의 이해관계 분석 3) 숙련된 중재자로서의 러

시아의 역할을 고찰 4) 실용적이고 실행 가능한 경제협력 방안이 될 한반도 평화정착을

위한 북한경제재건 프로젝트의 시나리오 등이다

주제어 6자회담 러시아 외교정책 북한 중재자 한반도 중middot장기 번영

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266 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

cooperation in the region which might hasten possibility of peace on the

Korean peninsula

According to Vorontsov (2007) the basic positions of Moscow for the

Six-Party Talks are as follows 1) advocating the strict inspection of NPT and

the denuclearized Korean peninsula 2) persisting peaceful negotiation

among the six players and 3) promoting the inter-Korean dialogues29) In

contrast to the hard-line stance of White House30) to eliminate all factors

related to North Korean nuclear program in terms of the Korean issues the

current Russian government seems to strive for the achievement of the goal

2) and 3) When it comes to the geostrategic situations the Korean issues

have recently become one of the major considerations for Moscow because

the US China and Japan have gradually played important roles on the

issues of Korean peninsula who are all Russiarsquos direct neighbors31)

Namely owing to the invisible lsquoPower Racersquo among the major powers

Russia is increasingly interested in the issues surrounding the Korean

peninsula

In the same way unlike the general expectations on the global stage the

Russian role within the multilateral talks may have substantial influences as

well as the other actors have contributed to the meetings In the beginning

29) Alexander Vorontsov ldquoCurrent Russia ndash North Korea Relations Challenges and

Achievementsrdquo Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies (2007) p1730) Still North Korea seems to believe what White House pursues a hard-line policy

toward Pyongyang An unnamed spokesman of Pyongyang stated on 8 May 2009

ldquothe Obama administration for the past 100 dayshelliphellip the hostile policy toward

Pyongyang remains unchangedrdquo

lthttpwwwnytimescom20090509worldasia09koreahtml_r=1ampref=global-homegt31) Georgy Toloraya ldquoRussian Policy in Korea in a time of changerdquo The Korean

Journal of Defense Analysis Vol211 (2009) p69

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 267

stage of the talks some counties had skepticism about Moscowrsquos

participation in the talks because the Four-Party Talks (the US China and

the two Koreas) - except for Moscow - was a general pattern on the

inter-Korean issues32) However Kremlin played an essential role in inviting

Pyongyang in joining the Six-Party Talks because North Korea insisted

Pyongyang would not participate in the 2003 meeting without Russia33)

When it comes to Russian official stance in 2015 Moscow continuously

supports the Six-Party Talks for denuclearization in the Korean peninsula

while Russia does not recognize North Korea as a nuclear state34)

Historically Russia and North Korea have significantly long and

meaningful relations throughout the period of Korearsquos liberation following

Japanese colonization the Korean War and the opening and ending of the

Cold War In particular the two countries enjoyed a very strong cooperative

relationship during the Korean War35) Following the Korean War the

Soviet Union became the main trade partner and a sponsor for the

nation-building of Kim Il-sungrsquo regime Approximately 93 factories and

industrial facilities in North Korea were established under the Russian

technical assistance 36)constructing Pyongyangrsquos heavy-industrial backbon

32) Moscowrsquos absence from the Four-Party Talks proposed by the former President Bill

Clinton and President Kim Young Sam on April 16 1996 demonstrated Russiarsquos

dwindled regional influence in the Korean peninsula Yang et al (2004) p80133) Vorontsov (2007) p2234) ldquoRussian Envoy Discusses Pyongyang tests Thaadrdquo Korea Joongang Daily September

25 2015

lthttpkoreajoongangdailyjoinscomnewsarticleArticleaspxaid=3009631gt35) During the Korean War the Russian pilots contributed to the air defence of

North Korea resulting in the loss of 135 pilots and more than 300 airplanes Ibid

p5

268 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

e37) Such a close alliance between the two communist societies continued

until the collapse of the Soviet Union Unfortunately during the President

Elrsquotsinrsquos administration the Russian policy toward the Korean peninsula

shifted due to the unilateral rapprochement with the ROK as the new

diplomatic approach in the so-called ldquodemocratic romanticismrdquo which called

for greatly pro-Western at the expense of Russiarsquos interests 38) Such

transformed Russian policy seemed to cause a crack in the friendship

between Moscow and Pyongyang

However since the inauguration of Vladimir Putin the Russian political

elites began envisaging new approaches towards the Korean peninsula

Putinrsquos new approach functioned as a breakthrough to reinforce previously

weakening relations between Russia and North Korea As a result a historic

treaty on ldquoFriendshiprdquo between Kremlin and Pyongyang―Good-Neighbourly

Relations and Cooperation―was created in 200039) Currently Kim Jong-Un

regime has mainly concentrated on strengthening trade relations with Kremlin

and both Moscow and Pyongyang have taken positive consensus towards

36) The North Korean nuclear energy facilities were established with the Soviet

technical assistance in 1962 37) Vorontsov (2007) p538) On 27 October 1991 Elrsquotin addressed two main aims fo the Russian Foreign

policy 1) pursuing favourable external conditions for the domestic political and

economic reforms and 2) overcoming the legacy of the Cold war Richard Sakwa

(2008) Russian Politics and Society (London Routledge 2008) pp368~36939) After the treaty of lsquoGood-Neighbourly Relations and Cooperationrsquo the Moscowrsquos

declaration of the DPRK and the Russian Federation was released on 4 August 2001

The DPRK-Russia joint declaration is the advanced version of lsquogood-neighbourliness

and cooperationrsquo signed on 9 February 2000 Since then the two countries have

tried the friendly relations and mutually beneficial cooperation

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 269

enhancing their economic cooperative relationship In 2014 Putinrsquos cabinet

concluded the withdrawal of $10 billion of Pyongyangrsquos $11 billion debt that

had accrued during the Soviet Era40) It seems that Putinrsquos cabinet assumes

that this gesture of goodwill will contribute to the construction of a gas

pipeline covering the Korean peninsula When it comes to both geopolitical

and geo-economics aspects North Korea could have profitable investments

opportunities

All in all such a historic fortification of the inter-relationship between

North Korea and Russia provides diverse chances for the improved role of

Russia in making contributions with the backing of other partners of the

Six-Party Talks Based on this fact it would be possible to focus more on

the possibility of Russiarsquos increased contribution to the talks In fact there

is a strong possibility that Moscow could function as a lsquomediatorrsquo and

lsquofacilitatorrsquo between Pyongyang and the other members of the Six-Party

Talks

There are a number of important cases41) through which Moscow enabled

diplomatic efforts assume the role of a lsquofacilitatorrsquo or lsquomediatorrsquo When it

comes to the bilateral relations between Republic of Korea and Russia the

two nations started nearly at a zero point at first However Kremlin and

Blue House have created new economic science and cultural systems For

example since 1990 the leaders of South Korea and Russia have officially

met 27 times In 2013 President Vladimir Putinrsquos visited to Seoul when the

two nationsrsquo annual bilateral trade exceeded $26 billion42)

40) ldquoNorth Korea Looking Abroadrdquo Korea Economic Institute February 18 2015

lthttpblogkeiaorg201502north-korea-looking-abroadgt41) Vorontsov opcit p17

270 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

In particular in July 2002 Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov visited the two

Koreas respectively to persuade both to return to the negotiating table

which was halted after a naval clash in the West (Yellow) Sea in June 2002

Although the visit was not connected to the Six-Party Talks directly the case

seems to confirm Russiarsquos efforts to assist the improvement of the

inter-Korean relations What is more in terms of the US-DPRK relations

Moscow provided an opportunity for a meeting between the North Korean

Foreign Minister Paek NamSun and the former US Secretary of State Colin

Powell during the ministerial meetings at the ASEAN Regional Forum talks

in Darussalam Brunei in 200243) In short Moscowrsquos effort to carry out

ldquobalancer diplomacyrdquo after Putinrsquos inauguration shows potentials to be a

smart lsquomediatorrsquo within the multilateral negotiation such as the Six-Party

Talks

3 The Russian lsquoNew Realismrsquo Policy Applied in the Korean

Peninsula

Then the questions are to what degree can Russia be engaged in

resolving the inter-Korean issues and what kind of benefit can Russia

expect from the increased involvement with the issues regarding the Korean

peninsula especially in the Six-Party Talks

In the recent years the interest of the Russian politicians and academics

toward the Korean peninsula seems to be soaring As an lsquoactive partrsquo the

42) ldquoRussian Envoy Discusses Pyongyang tests Thaadrdquo Korea Joongang Daily September

25 2015 lthttpkoreajoongangdailyjoinscomnewsarticleArticleaspxaid=3009631gt43) Ibid

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 271

Korean peninsula can be regarded as a region of interest and strategic

importance as the Asian-Pacific region is seen to have increasing economic

implication for Russia due to the lack of involvement by Moscow in the

region of economic prowess44) In particular when Moscow participated in

the Six-Party Talks its approach seems to have strategic bearing toward the

Asia-Pacific region because the region especially the Korean peninsula is

now regarded by Moscow as an area of considerable importance

In fact Russiarsquos burgeoning interests for the Six-Party Talks contemporize

with the inauguration of the Putinrsquos administration Namely Putinrsquos lsquoNew

Realismrsquo based on the pragmatic approach over all Russia policies can be

applied to the evaluation of the Russian intention and purpose toward the

Six-Party Talks On the whole the national motto of the 21st century Russia

is lsquoPragmatismrsquo which also significantly influenced the current Medvedevrsquos

cabinet45) On a meeting of the Security Council in March 2000 the new

Russian lsquoForeign Policy Conceptrsquo was introduced by Ivanov the Russian

Foreign Minister at the time The main concept of the document was lsquomore

realisticrsquo for rebuilding the domestic economy and promoting the Russian

economic interests abroad as it strives to become worldrsquos tenth biggest

economy in the 21st century46) Hence Moscowrsquos foreign policy influenced

44) Natasha Kuhrt Russian Policy towards China and Japan The Elrsquotsin and Putin

periods (New York Rutledge 2007) pp 54~5645) In January 2002 the former President Putin had an interview with a Polish

Newspaper and Polish TVP Channel In the interview he stated that lsquoPragmatismrsquo

as a key means for the economic cooperation with other nations ldquoWe began this

talk by pointing out that the soundest approachhellip on the basis of pragmatism

and pragmatic interest in each otherrdquo

lthttpwwwkremlinruengtextspeeches200201150001_type82916_147392shtmlgt46) Sakwa(2008) pp371~391

272 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

by such realistic and pragmatic approaches seems to have valid bearing for

both the Six-Party Talks and the inter-Korean dialogues especially when the

economic aspects are addressed

In essence what are the specific interests Moscow might have on the

Korean peninsula The answer to this question is the more the Korean

military threats are slackened the more Russiarsquos security and economic

interests are amplified In terms of this argument Meyer (2005) identified

the reasons for the Russian Federationrsquos participation in the multilateral

meeting He indicated that by supporting reconciliation between DPRK and

ROK Russia can achieve the following objectives 1) the symbolic objective

to be recognized as a permanent major power on the global stage 2) the

military objective to dissuade Pyongyang from pursuing nuclear weapons

program not to weaken the global commitment for NPT and 3) the

economic objective to establish favorable conditions for the development of

a trilateral economic cooperation among Russia and the two Koreas47)

In relation to the third objective when Putin was the president he had

strong interests toward the Korean peninsula as there were potentially

lucrative economic opportunities available Such projects included connecting

the inter-Korean railroad to the Trans-Siberian railroad and exporting natural

gas from the Kovyktinskoe field in Irkutsk to the Korean peninsula through

China48)

In fact it can be concluded that the third reason which Meyer identified

is the main objective of Russiarsquos participation in the Sic-Party talks therefore

47) Peggy Falkenhein Meyer ldquoRussia Interests and Objectives on the Korean Peninsulardquo

International Journal of Korean Studies (FallWinter 2005) Vol 4 No 2 pp 145~14748) Ibid pp148~154

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 273

it could be assumed the promotion of economic issues can be conceived

and used as a tool to make a breakthrough to overcome the sluggish

multifaceted talks dealing with North Korea high-technology fears More

specifically I argue that the natural gas projects can dramatically increase

Russiarsquos penetration on the Korean peninsula and promote ndash in turn -

Moscowrsquos effort to bring positive changes to the talks From this perspective

Russian economic leverage might become a cornerstone for bringing peace

in the Korean peninsula In the following part I will present a possible

scenario in which this assumption might be substantially developed

Ⅳ A New Role of Russia on the Korean Peninsula

Figure 2 as shown below portrays a possible scenario of cooperation on

the Korean peninsula which emphasizes the following aspects 1) the

importance of the Six-Party Talks for the future of cooperation on the

Korean peninsula in the 21st century and 2) the suggestion of new

alternatives which focus on Russia and its economic involvement to boost

multilateral talks In building-up the scenario the key presumption is that

economic cooperation can create a ldquofunctional leveragerdquo in a political

scenario characterized by a substantial political rapprochement due to the

enforcement of a legally binding treaty (ie a Peace Treaty that could officially

end the Korean War) and prepare a definitive process of nation-building

among the two Koreas This ldquofunctional leveragerdquo is based on the role

played by CTR (Cooperative Threat Reduction) program49) to eliminate all

274 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

military threats―nuclear chemical biological and missiles threat from North

Korea In principle the objective of CTR is to reduce the dangers created

by nuclear chemical or biological weapons or their delivery vehicles The

actors of the CTR are consisted of a host who eradicates secures or

converts the WMD (Weapons of Mass Destruction) programs while the

other partners supporting such efforts50)

The most attractive function of the CTR for the following scenario is that

the partners provide money technology equipment and training to the host

nation In case that the six participants select the option during the process

of the WMD removal the main problems such methods and incentives in

terms of the North Korean nuclear withdrawal will be solved naturally

Furthermore the main argument to highlight the economic approaches with

flexible funds produced by rewards of the CTR programs can be persuaded

more convincingly Therefore the following section will justify this

alternative based on the postulation mentioned above―the application of

the CTR in the process of the Six-Party Talks

49) The CTR (or sometimes called for lsquoNunn-Lugarrsquo) programme provides funding

and expertise for the states in the former Soviet Unions including Russia Ukraine

Georgia Azerbaijan Belarus Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan under disarmament

treaties lthttpnunn-lugarcomindexshtmlgt50) Joel S Wit Wolfsthal Jon and Oh Choong-suk (2005) ldquoThe Six Party Talks and

Beyond Cooperative Threat Reduction and North Koreardquo A Report of the CSIS

International Security Program Dec (Washington DC CSIS) pp7~8

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 275

1 A Scenario Suggested lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Projection

for the DPRKrsquo

As stressed before the founding hypothesis of this scenario is a

substantial political shift on the Korean peninsula prospecting a clear

ldquoongoing processrdquo ldquoone Korea reunifiedrdquo However in my argumentation

the crucial assumption is not related to dynamics leading to the political

rapprochement among the two Koreas and neighbor countries which are

members of the Six-Party Talks Instead the central point of the first

scenario is to focus on the preparations and nation-building toward the

reconciliation of the two Koreas through multilateral economic negotiations

Namely to what extent can the framework of the Six-Party Talks and Russia

influence on peace and prosperity on the Korean peninsula as the means

of economic approaches

(Figure 2) Economy Reconstruction Project for the DPRK

276 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

Stage I

As shown in Figure 2 this scenario will be developed through four

stages During Stage I in order to resolve the core problem of Pyongyang―

the disposal of all WMD including chemical biological nuclear weapons

and the CTR program will be offered strongly Under the circumstances

North Korea seems to be a proper candidate for the CTR In the case of the

CTR the multilateral approaches owing to the political and financial

burden-sharing among the sponsors are indispensable51) Although the

Northeast Asian region has not been a suitable case for the program the

Six-Party Talks has shown a consensus on the difficult security problems

especially on Pyongyangrsquos military threats Such a partnership among the

participants of the Six-Party Talks which has been cultivated for seven years

of working together produces more positive results in the progress of the

disposal of nuclear weapons during the period of conducting the CTR

program

In addition Moscow will play a key role in the application of the CTR

program for North Korea When it comes to the beginning of the CTR the

program focused intensively on the countries of the former Soviet Union

including Russia Ukraine Georgia Azerbaijan Belarus Uzbekistan and

Kazakhstan As a result 6600 nuclear warheads have been eliminated since

1991 and more that 470 long-range missiles have been destroyed while

over 1800 other missiles strategic bombers have been disassembled52) With

51) Ibid pp1~352) The United States has invested $7 billion in the former Soviet Union since 1991

and is recently investing $1 billion per year There are additional participants―EU

UK Germany and France Ibid pp7~8

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 277

such an impressive precedent Russia is able to provide a workable solution

during the process of Pyongyangrsquos cooperative threat reduction The most

impressive strength of the first stage is provided that North Korea and the

five members of the Six-Party talks collectively pursue the CTR program the

following economic incentives will be offered for the reconstruction of

North Korea 1) a reward of nuclear withdrawal and 2) the reuse of

resources previously used in the Northrsquos nuclear program

In relation to CTR with application to the case of North Korea it possible

to argue that Russia ndash mindful of the CTR program provided by the US in

the aftermath of the collapse of the Soviet Empire ndash could potentially reuse

the rationale behind the above-mentioned mass destruction dismantlement

program in order to materially help North Korea to eliminate these kinds of

armaments as well as to boost a more comprehensive trust-building process

in the direction of Pyongyang increasing Russian influence over the North

and the overall region

Stage II

During the Stage II the expected economic incentives offered from the

implementation of the CTR project will be connected to the establishment of

a factual organization―lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Project for the DPRKrsquo

Continuously the international community should remain concerned about a

steep decline of the North Korean economy which in the past caused the

most destructive famines of the 20th century As many as one million

people who represent about five percent of the North Korean population

perished in the mid-1990s as a result53) Therefore the members of the

Six-Party Talks should pursue Pyongyangrsquos economic reforms and

278 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

reconstruction simultaneously since the countries regard economic inability

of Kim Jung Un to be one of the causes for using the military threats54)

Therefore it would provide a vital opportunity to bring changes in North

Korea if an organization which focuses on the economic benefits is

founded For this purpose this study recommends the establishment of

lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Project for the DPRKrsquo within the framework of the

Six-Party Talks The aspiration for the DPRK project is based on the

September 2005 Joint Statement and the February 2007 Joint Statement of

the Six-Party Talks The September Statement encouraged the economic

cooperation in the areas of energy trade and investment within the

Six-Party Talks framework55) Also in the February 2007 Joint Statement the

six players promised humanitarian assistance to North Korea and

established an Economy and Energy Cooperation Working Group56)

Although such agreements to boost the North Korean economy did not

53) Haggard Stephan and Noland Marcus ldquoA Security and Peace for Northeast Asia

The Economic Dimensionrdquo Peterson Institute for International Economics Policy

Brief No PB08-4 (April 2008) p2 54) In 2000 North Korea tried ldquomarketization from belowrdquo in the areas of local

organs government offices and military units with the recommendation of the

international community Ibid p255) See Join Statement of the Fourth Round of the Six-Party Talks in Beijing (19

September 2005)

lthttpwwwmofatgokrwebmodulehtsboardhbdhbdreadjsptypeID=6ampboardid=

247ampseqno=293918ampc=TITLEampt=amppagenum=2amptableName=TYPE_DATABOARDamppc=

ampdc=ampwc=amplu=ampvu=ampiu=ampdu=gt56) See Initial Actions for the Implementation of the Joint Statement (13 February 2007)

lthttpwwwmofatgokrwebmodulehtsboardhbdhbdreadjsptypeID=6ampboardid=

247ampseqno=293924ampc=TITLEampt=amppagenum=3amptableName=TYPE_DATABOARDamppc=amp

dc=ampwc=amplu=ampvu=ampiu=ampdu=gt

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 279

produce output in reality the international concerns seemed to have

reached a consensus relating to the ideas of lsquoEconomic Reconstruction

Project for DPRKrsquo introduced for the Stage II

Stage III

The following study on the similar subject reflects such international

concerns in a pragmatic way lsquopipeline gas introduction to the Korean

peninsularsquo57) In the Stage III as a long-term scenario to rehabilitate the

DPRKrsquos economy the idea of lsquopipeline gas projectrsquo introduced by Paik

(2005) will be applied Within the Six-Party Talks framework energy

assistance is another integral theme which is seen as important area to

resolve the nuclear problem on the Korean peninsula What is more such

energy supply options for DPRK generated from the gas pipeline project can

be functioned as a versatile negotiation tool combining the geopolitical and

economic reality on the Six-Party Talks table

In fact one well-established energy development organization―KEDO―

already exists The mission of KEDO is to implement the Agreed Framework

between the US and DPRK on the assumption that Pyongyang agreed to

freeze and ultimately dismantle its breathing nuclear program58) Unfortunately

the KEDO led project failed due to the North Korean distrust towards KEDO

due to the ailing relationship between Washington and Pyongyang caused

by the North Korean military threats and the failure to meet the agreed

57) Keun-Wook Paik ldquoPipeline Gas Introduction to the Korean Peninsulardquo Korea

Foundation Project lsquoEnergy and Environmental Cooperation in the Korea Peninsula

(2005)58) Baker et al opcit pp135~138

280 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

provisions59) Unlike the KEDO projects the introduction of the long

distance gas pipeline passing through the DPRK territory will involve the

two Koreas and Russia In particular intended for Pyongyang the pipeline

gas would provide energy to power many major cities in the DPRK

assuming that a 15 bcm60) natural gas would be allocated to the North as

a transit fees Also South Korea can provide additional support to prevent

the collapse of the North Korean economy61) In addition further funding

can be allocated for the CTR programs which will intensify the effort to

support rebuilding of the North Korean economy

Other than the economic merit Moscow is well positioned in this

pipeline project since the major Russian company Gazprom which is the

largest extractor of natural gas in the world has outstanding options to

promote the project from all the shareholders For this reason the role of

Russia should be given more weight in the third stage

In terms of the Economy Reconstruction Project for the DPRK this study

will follow the main idea of the paper Pipeline Gas Introduction to the

Korean Peninsula by Paik In his in-depth study Paik suggested lsquothe

Proposed Greater Circular Pipeline in Northeast Asiarsquo As shown in Figure 3

the Korean peninsula is ideally located to have pivotal benefits from the

59) There are two main conditions 1) KEDO finances and constructs two

proliferation-resistant light-water reactors(LWR) of the Korean Standard Nuclear

Power Plant in the DPRK and 2) KEDO provides DPRK with an alternative source

of energy for heating and electricity until the first of the two reactors is

completed lthttpwwwkedoorgap_mainaspgt 60) 30bcm is an amount which can handle gas over 30 years Baker et al opcit

p10161) Ibid pp81~82

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 281

Source Paik (2005) p41

Russian oil and gas pipeline infrastructure In the case that the gas pipeline

scenario is applied in reality as a useful alternative for the settlement of the

current North Korean nuclear crisis this project will provide significant

contribution to in promoting energy cooperation between Russia and the

Two Koreas

Stage Ⅳ

In the final stage a consensus and convention to justify this project

within the Six-Party Talks framework should be guaranteed This is necessary

to avoid the inevitable problem of incompatibility between the laws and

regulations among the six players and different investment environment

(Figure 3) Map The Proposed Greater Pipeline in Northeast Asia

282 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

The Six Party Talks Russia

Stage

bull Providing a Negotiation Tool (the

CTR Program)

bull Initiating North Korea into Russian

precedents of the CTR program

Stage

bull Invoking international concerns about

NKrsquos economy reconstruction

bull Implementing the project based on

the Agreements

bull Supporting this project actively

Stage

bull Creating conventions to recognize the

gas pipeline project with six players

bull Participating in the gas pipeline project

actively persuading Gazprom

Stage

Ⅳ Building the consensus and trust of the Six-Party Talks members

2 Strength and Limitation of the Scenario

Based on the scenario introduced above the expected roles of Russia and

the members of the Six-Party Talks is as follows

(Table 2) Expected Roles of Russia and the Six-Party Talks in the Scenario

In short the main feature of lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Project for the

DPRKrsquo is a product of a multilateral economic diplomacy In general such

a multilateral economic approach has an unavoidable drawback in that such

a pragmatic diplomacy cannot move ahead regardless of the difficult security

concern of the Korean peninsula In particular I recognize that an increased

Russian role on a unified Korean peninsula would increase the tensions

among the main regional actors

However the strength of this scenario is combining security and

economic issues together to offer a comprehensive resolution concerning the

main threat that would inhibit inter-Korean rapprochement that is an

unchanged provocative posture of North Korea vis-agrave-vis its security needs

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 283

In other words the CTR program for Pyongyangrsquos WMD can be a suitable

alternative to prevent the North Korean military actions In addition the

economic rewards and investment for the DPRK during the negotiation

based on the gas pipeline project would enable advancement the North

Korean economy which in turn will have a positive effect on a long-term

solution such as the reconciliation between the two Koreas Furthermore if

an economic reconciliation can be reached with the help of the new actor

lsquoRussiarsquo this could become a plausible alternative reunification strategy of

the Korean peninsula Such a new consideration will justify the economic

and pragmatic approaches in the framework of the Six-Party talks

Ⅴ Conclusion

Time has changed However the issues surrounding the Korean

peninsula where interests of major powers are contested still display a

unique and multifaceted pattern on the international political order The

dilemma of the peninsula is the coexistence of lsquoinsecurityrsquo and lsquoprosperityrsquo

which is an inevitable by-product caused by the geopolitical situation

Despite such a reality smarter alternatives to achieve lsquopeacersquo and

lsquoprosperityrsquo on the Korean peninsula in the 21st century should be created

The option available currently is lsquothe Six-Party Talksrsquo This study has

suggested that such a multilateral talk offers a plausible framework to

resolve the issues surrounding the Korean peninsula beyond the North

Korean nuclear crisis Obviously the complex diplomatic calculations of the

284 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

six players are the key limitation of this framework but the talks seems

to be worthy as it is acting as a creditable model of the multilateral

negotiations In particular this study dealt with the role of Russia because

when it comes to the process of the Six-Party Talks and inter-relations with

the two Koreas to date Moscowrsquos contribution on the Six-Party Talks

brought positive alternatives which rival the contributions of Washington

and Beijing Based on such a development a scenario under which Russia

can play a positive role in creating a new and a long-term resolution to the

issues of the Korean peninsula can be postulated

However there are limitations which this study cannot escape Firstly as

the worst case scenario if the second Korean War breaks out suddenly the

reality of the multilateral talks and the scenario introduced above may

presumably have no bearing Secondly due to unexpected internal and

external conditions of Russia such as instability of the regime or global

economy crisis the role of Russia can fluctuate Thirdly if the others actors

especially in the US and China wants to maintain strong influences a

lsquopower gamersquo might break out the result of which might have negative

effects Finally the methodology of this research is a problem-solving

approach which was connected to the current policy analysis based on

comprehensive study of the primary sources As a result it is impossible to

deliver obvious and exact facts and information in terms of the Six-Party

Talks which is still in progress

Nonetheless the aim of this study was to offer an alternative to the

current difficult though hypothetical As a result this study was able to lead

a conclusion the Six-Party Talks and the role of Moscow are able to be a

persuasive and plausible alternative for a long-term solution on the Korean

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 285

peninsula The importance of the Six-Party Talks the inter-relations between

Russia and the two Koreas and a scenario suggested supported the

conclusion

All in all the increased and positive Russian involvement toward the two

Koreas can be a stepping-stone for a dialogue and cooperation for peace

and prosperity on the Korean peninsula Furthermore the full use of the

Six-Party Talks will ultimately contribute to security of the Northeast Asian

region beyond the North Korean nuclear crisis

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286 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

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CCTV ldquoPutin Urges Unconditional Resumption of Six-Party Talksrdquo November 13 2013

Barjoria Jayshree and Xu Beina ldquoThe Six Party Talks on North Korearsquos Nuclear

Programrdquo Council on foreign Relations September 2013

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists ldquoThe Six-Party Talks Meeting North Korearsquos

energy needsrdquo November 2007

President of Russia ldquoPress Statement Following Russian-Korean Talksrdquo November

2013

Ministry of Foreign Affairs Republic of Korea

lthttpwwwmofagokrENGpolicykpennknuclearpressreleasesindexjspmenu=

m_20_20_10amptabmenu=t_2gt

Korea Economic Institute ldquoNorth Korea Looking Abroadrdquo February 18 2015

lthttpblogkeiaorg201502north-korea-looking-abroadgt

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 289

박지선(PARK JISUN )

영국 런던대 킹스 칼리지(Kingrsquos College London) 국제분쟁학 석사 학위를 취득하고 현재 동

대학원 전략학 박사과정에 있다 주요 연구실적으로 ldquoConstructivist Understandings of North

Korearsquos Ballistic Missile Programme National Security Policy Based on North Korearsquos Strategic

Culturerdquo(2014) 985172한반도 신뢰프로세스를 통한 비핵국가 한국의 핵 안보전략 제2차 핵시대를

맞이하여985173(2013 공저) 985172클라우제비츠의 전쟁이론으로 본 냉전 이후 북한의 핵미사일 전략

에 관한 연구985173(2010 공저) 등이 있다

6자회담 틀 내에서 한반도 중장기 평화번영을 위한 러시아의

lsquo숙련된 중재자(New Seasoned Facilitator)rsquo 역할

박지선 (런던대 킹스 칼리지)

국문요약

본 논문은 한반도의 중장기 평화번영 방안을 위해 교착상태에 빠진 6자회담의 틀 안

에서 러시아의 역할에 대한 새로운 학문적 접근을 보여주고자 한다 본 논문에서는 북한

핵무기 개발 프로그램의 중단이라는 공동의 목적을 달성하기 위해 설립된 6자회담의 주

요 행위자들의 정치적middot전략적 이해관계를 경제적 영역으로 확대하면서 보다 실용적인

한반도 문제 해결 방안을 제시하고 있다 특히 lsquo숙련된 중재자(New Seasoned Facilitator)rsquo

로서의 러시아의 역할에 대해 심도 있게 고찰하면서 6자회담 틀에서 가능한 하나의 시나

리오를 실험적으로 제안하고 있다 본 논문의 주요 내용은 1) 6자회담의 연대기적 분석

2)한반도를 둘러싼 6자회담 주요 국가들의 이해관계 분석 3) 숙련된 중재자로서의 러

시아의 역할을 고찰 4) 실용적이고 실행 가능한 경제협력 방안이 될 한반도 평화정착을

위한 북한경제재건 프로젝트의 시나리오 등이다

주제어 6자회담 러시아 외교정책 북한 중재자 한반도 중middot장기 번영

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Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 267

stage of the talks some counties had skepticism about Moscowrsquos

participation in the talks because the Four-Party Talks (the US China and

the two Koreas) - except for Moscow - was a general pattern on the

inter-Korean issues32) However Kremlin played an essential role in inviting

Pyongyang in joining the Six-Party Talks because North Korea insisted

Pyongyang would not participate in the 2003 meeting without Russia33)

When it comes to Russian official stance in 2015 Moscow continuously

supports the Six-Party Talks for denuclearization in the Korean peninsula

while Russia does not recognize North Korea as a nuclear state34)

Historically Russia and North Korea have significantly long and

meaningful relations throughout the period of Korearsquos liberation following

Japanese colonization the Korean War and the opening and ending of the

Cold War In particular the two countries enjoyed a very strong cooperative

relationship during the Korean War35) Following the Korean War the

Soviet Union became the main trade partner and a sponsor for the

nation-building of Kim Il-sungrsquo regime Approximately 93 factories and

industrial facilities in North Korea were established under the Russian

technical assistance 36)constructing Pyongyangrsquos heavy-industrial backbon

32) Moscowrsquos absence from the Four-Party Talks proposed by the former President Bill

Clinton and President Kim Young Sam on April 16 1996 demonstrated Russiarsquos

dwindled regional influence in the Korean peninsula Yang et al (2004) p80133) Vorontsov (2007) p2234) ldquoRussian Envoy Discusses Pyongyang tests Thaadrdquo Korea Joongang Daily September

25 2015

lthttpkoreajoongangdailyjoinscomnewsarticleArticleaspxaid=3009631gt35) During the Korean War the Russian pilots contributed to the air defence of

North Korea resulting in the loss of 135 pilots and more than 300 airplanes Ibid

p5

268 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

e37) Such a close alliance between the two communist societies continued

until the collapse of the Soviet Union Unfortunately during the President

Elrsquotsinrsquos administration the Russian policy toward the Korean peninsula

shifted due to the unilateral rapprochement with the ROK as the new

diplomatic approach in the so-called ldquodemocratic romanticismrdquo which called

for greatly pro-Western at the expense of Russiarsquos interests 38) Such

transformed Russian policy seemed to cause a crack in the friendship

between Moscow and Pyongyang

However since the inauguration of Vladimir Putin the Russian political

elites began envisaging new approaches towards the Korean peninsula

Putinrsquos new approach functioned as a breakthrough to reinforce previously

weakening relations between Russia and North Korea As a result a historic

treaty on ldquoFriendshiprdquo between Kremlin and Pyongyang―Good-Neighbourly

Relations and Cooperation―was created in 200039) Currently Kim Jong-Un

regime has mainly concentrated on strengthening trade relations with Kremlin

and both Moscow and Pyongyang have taken positive consensus towards

36) The North Korean nuclear energy facilities were established with the Soviet

technical assistance in 1962 37) Vorontsov (2007) p538) On 27 October 1991 Elrsquotin addressed two main aims fo the Russian Foreign

policy 1) pursuing favourable external conditions for the domestic political and

economic reforms and 2) overcoming the legacy of the Cold war Richard Sakwa

(2008) Russian Politics and Society (London Routledge 2008) pp368~36939) After the treaty of lsquoGood-Neighbourly Relations and Cooperationrsquo the Moscowrsquos

declaration of the DPRK and the Russian Federation was released on 4 August 2001

The DPRK-Russia joint declaration is the advanced version of lsquogood-neighbourliness

and cooperationrsquo signed on 9 February 2000 Since then the two countries have

tried the friendly relations and mutually beneficial cooperation

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 269

enhancing their economic cooperative relationship In 2014 Putinrsquos cabinet

concluded the withdrawal of $10 billion of Pyongyangrsquos $11 billion debt that

had accrued during the Soviet Era40) It seems that Putinrsquos cabinet assumes

that this gesture of goodwill will contribute to the construction of a gas

pipeline covering the Korean peninsula When it comes to both geopolitical

and geo-economics aspects North Korea could have profitable investments

opportunities

All in all such a historic fortification of the inter-relationship between

North Korea and Russia provides diverse chances for the improved role of

Russia in making contributions with the backing of other partners of the

Six-Party Talks Based on this fact it would be possible to focus more on

the possibility of Russiarsquos increased contribution to the talks In fact there

is a strong possibility that Moscow could function as a lsquomediatorrsquo and

lsquofacilitatorrsquo between Pyongyang and the other members of the Six-Party

Talks

There are a number of important cases41) through which Moscow enabled

diplomatic efforts assume the role of a lsquofacilitatorrsquo or lsquomediatorrsquo When it

comes to the bilateral relations between Republic of Korea and Russia the

two nations started nearly at a zero point at first However Kremlin and

Blue House have created new economic science and cultural systems For

example since 1990 the leaders of South Korea and Russia have officially

met 27 times In 2013 President Vladimir Putinrsquos visited to Seoul when the

two nationsrsquo annual bilateral trade exceeded $26 billion42)

40) ldquoNorth Korea Looking Abroadrdquo Korea Economic Institute February 18 2015

lthttpblogkeiaorg201502north-korea-looking-abroadgt41) Vorontsov opcit p17

270 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

In particular in July 2002 Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov visited the two

Koreas respectively to persuade both to return to the negotiating table

which was halted after a naval clash in the West (Yellow) Sea in June 2002

Although the visit was not connected to the Six-Party Talks directly the case

seems to confirm Russiarsquos efforts to assist the improvement of the

inter-Korean relations What is more in terms of the US-DPRK relations

Moscow provided an opportunity for a meeting between the North Korean

Foreign Minister Paek NamSun and the former US Secretary of State Colin

Powell during the ministerial meetings at the ASEAN Regional Forum talks

in Darussalam Brunei in 200243) In short Moscowrsquos effort to carry out

ldquobalancer diplomacyrdquo after Putinrsquos inauguration shows potentials to be a

smart lsquomediatorrsquo within the multilateral negotiation such as the Six-Party

Talks

3 The Russian lsquoNew Realismrsquo Policy Applied in the Korean

Peninsula

Then the questions are to what degree can Russia be engaged in

resolving the inter-Korean issues and what kind of benefit can Russia

expect from the increased involvement with the issues regarding the Korean

peninsula especially in the Six-Party Talks

In the recent years the interest of the Russian politicians and academics

toward the Korean peninsula seems to be soaring As an lsquoactive partrsquo the

42) ldquoRussian Envoy Discusses Pyongyang tests Thaadrdquo Korea Joongang Daily September

25 2015 lthttpkoreajoongangdailyjoinscomnewsarticleArticleaspxaid=3009631gt43) Ibid

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 271

Korean peninsula can be regarded as a region of interest and strategic

importance as the Asian-Pacific region is seen to have increasing economic

implication for Russia due to the lack of involvement by Moscow in the

region of economic prowess44) In particular when Moscow participated in

the Six-Party Talks its approach seems to have strategic bearing toward the

Asia-Pacific region because the region especially the Korean peninsula is

now regarded by Moscow as an area of considerable importance

In fact Russiarsquos burgeoning interests for the Six-Party Talks contemporize

with the inauguration of the Putinrsquos administration Namely Putinrsquos lsquoNew

Realismrsquo based on the pragmatic approach over all Russia policies can be

applied to the evaluation of the Russian intention and purpose toward the

Six-Party Talks On the whole the national motto of the 21st century Russia

is lsquoPragmatismrsquo which also significantly influenced the current Medvedevrsquos

cabinet45) On a meeting of the Security Council in March 2000 the new

Russian lsquoForeign Policy Conceptrsquo was introduced by Ivanov the Russian

Foreign Minister at the time The main concept of the document was lsquomore

realisticrsquo for rebuilding the domestic economy and promoting the Russian

economic interests abroad as it strives to become worldrsquos tenth biggest

economy in the 21st century46) Hence Moscowrsquos foreign policy influenced

44) Natasha Kuhrt Russian Policy towards China and Japan The Elrsquotsin and Putin

periods (New York Rutledge 2007) pp 54~5645) In January 2002 the former President Putin had an interview with a Polish

Newspaper and Polish TVP Channel In the interview he stated that lsquoPragmatismrsquo

as a key means for the economic cooperation with other nations ldquoWe began this

talk by pointing out that the soundest approachhellip on the basis of pragmatism

and pragmatic interest in each otherrdquo

lthttpwwwkremlinruengtextspeeches200201150001_type82916_147392shtmlgt46) Sakwa(2008) pp371~391

272 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

by such realistic and pragmatic approaches seems to have valid bearing for

both the Six-Party Talks and the inter-Korean dialogues especially when the

economic aspects are addressed

In essence what are the specific interests Moscow might have on the

Korean peninsula The answer to this question is the more the Korean

military threats are slackened the more Russiarsquos security and economic

interests are amplified In terms of this argument Meyer (2005) identified

the reasons for the Russian Federationrsquos participation in the multilateral

meeting He indicated that by supporting reconciliation between DPRK and

ROK Russia can achieve the following objectives 1) the symbolic objective

to be recognized as a permanent major power on the global stage 2) the

military objective to dissuade Pyongyang from pursuing nuclear weapons

program not to weaken the global commitment for NPT and 3) the

economic objective to establish favorable conditions for the development of

a trilateral economic cooperation among Russia and the two Koreas47)

In relation to the third objective when Putin was the president he had

strong interests toward the Korean peninsula as there were potentially

lucrative economic opportunities available Such projects included connecting

the inter-Korean railroad to the Trans-Siberian railroad and exporting natural

gas from the Kovyktinskoe field in Irkutsk to the Korean peninsula through

China48)

In fact it can be concluded that the third reason which Meyer identified

is the main objective of Russiarsquos participation in the Sic-Party talks therefore

47) Peggy Falkenhein Meyer ldquoRussia Interests and Objectives on the Korean Peninsulardquo

International Journal of Korean Studies (FallWinter 2005) Vol 4 No 2 pp 145~14748) Ibid pp148~154

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 273

it could be assumed the promotion of economic issues can be conceived

and used as a tool to make a breakthrough to overcome the sluggish

multifaceted talks dealing with North Korea high-technology fears More

specifically I argue that the natural gas projects can dramatically increase

Russiarsquos penetration on the Korean peninsula and promote ndash in turn -

Moscowrsquos effort to bring positive changes to the talks From this perspective

Russian economic leverage might become a cornerstone for bringing peace

in the Korean peninsula In the following part I will present a possible

scenario in which this assumption might be substantially developed

Ⅳ A New Role of Russia on the Korean Peninsula

Figure 2 as shown below portrays a possible scenario of cooperation on

the Korean peninsula which emphasizes the following aspects 1) the

importance of the Six-Party Talks for the future of cooperation on the

Korean peninsula in the 21st century and 2) the suggestion of new

alternatives which focus on Russia and its economic involvement to boost

multilateral talks In building-up the scenario the key presumption is that

economic cooperation can create a ldquofunctional leveragerdquo in a political

scenario characterized by a substantial political rapprochement due to the

enforcement of a legally binding treaty (ie a Peace Treaty that could officially

end the Korean War) and prepare a definitive process of nation-building

among the two Koreas This ldquofunctional leveragerdquo is based on the role

played by CTR (Cooperative Threat Reduction) program49) to eliminate all

274 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

military threats―nuclear chemical biological and missiles threat from North

Korea In principle the objective of CTR is to reduce the dangers created

by nuclear chemical or biological weapons or their delivery vehicles The

actors of the CTR are consisted of a host who eradicates secures or

converts the WMD (Weapons of Mass Destruction) programs while the

other partners supporting such efforts50)

The most attractive function of the CTR for the following scenario is that

the partners provide money technology equipment and training to the host

nation In case that the six participants select the option during the process

of the WMD removal the main problems such methods and incentives in

terms of the North Korean nuclear withdrawal will be solved naturally

Furthermore the main argument to highlight the economic approaches with

flexible funds produced by rewards of the CTR programs can be persuaded

more convincingly Therefore the following section will justify this

alternative based on the postulation mentioned above―the application of

the CTR in the process of the Six-Party Talks

49) The CTR (or sometimes called for lsquoNunn-Lugarrsquo) programme provides funding

and expertise for the states in the former Soviet Unions including Russia Ukraine

Georgia Azerbaijan Belarus Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan under disarmament

treaties lthttpnunn-lugarcomindexshtmlgt50) Joel S Wit Wolfsthal Jon and Oh Choong-suk (2005) ldquoThe Six Party Talks and

Beyond Cooperative Threat Reduction and North Koreardquo A Report of the CSIS

International Security Program Dec (Washington DC CSIS) pp7~8

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 275

1 A Scenario Suggested lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Projection

for the DPRKrsquo

As stressed before the founding hypothesis of this scenario is a

substantial political shift on the Korean peninsula prospecting a clear

ldquoongoing processrdquo ldquoone Korea reunifiedrdquo However in my argumentation

the crucial assumption is not related to dynamics leading to the political

rapprochement among the two Koreas and neighbor countries which are

members of the Six-Party Talks Instead the central point of the first

scenario is to focus on the preparations and nation-building toward the

reconciliation of the two Koreas through multilateral economic negotiations

Namely to what extent can the framework of the Six-Party Talks and Russia

influence on peace and prosperity on the Korean peninsula as the means

of economic approaches

(Figure 2) Economy Reconstruction Project for the DPRK

276 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

Stage I

As shown in Figure 2 this scenario will be developed through four

stages During Stage I in order to resolve the core problem of Pyongyang―

the disposal of all WMD including chemical biological nuclear weapons

and the CTR program will be offered strongly Under the circumstances

North Korea seems to be a proper candidate for the CTR In the case of the

CTR the multilateral approaches owing to the political and financial

burden-sharing among the sponsors are indispensable51) Although the

Northeast Asian region has not been a suitable case for the program the

Six-Party Talks has shown a consensus on the difficult security problems

especially on Pyongyangrsquos military threats Such a partnership among the

participants of the Six-Party Talks which has been cultivated for seven years

of working together produces more positive results in the progress of the

disposal of nuclear weapons during the period of conducting the CTR

program

In addition Moscow will play a key role in the application of the CTR

program for North Korea When it comes to the beginning of the CTR the

program focused intensively on the countries of the former Soviet Union

including Russia Ukraine Georgia Azerbaijan Belarus Uzbekistan and

Kazakhstan As a result 6600 nuclear warheads have been eliminated since

1991 and more that 470 long-range missiles have been destroyed while

over 1800 other missiles strategic bombers have been disassembled52) With

51) Ibid pp1~352) The United States has invested $7 billion in the former Soviet Union since 1991

and is recently investing $1 billion per year There are additional participants―EU

UK Germany and France Ibid pp7~8

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 277

such an impressive precedent Russia is able to provide a workable solution

during the process of Pyongyangrsquos cooperative threat reduction The most

impressive strength of the first stage is provided that North Korea and the

five members of the Six-Party talks collectively pursue the CTR program the

following economic incentives will be offered for the reconstruction of

North Korea 1) a reward of nuclear withdrawal and 2) the reuse of

resources previously used in the Northrsquos nuclear program

In relation to CTR with application to the case of North Korea it possible

to argue that Russia ndash mindful of the CTR program provided by the US in

the aftermath of the collapse of the Soviet Empire ndash could potentially reuse

the rationale behind the above-mentioned mass destruction dismantlement

program in order to materially help North Korea to eliminate these kinds of

armaments as well as to boost a more comprehensive trust-building process

in the direction of Pyongyang increasing Russian influence over the North

and the overall region

Stage II

During the Stage II the expected economic incentives offered from the

implementation of the CTR project will be connected to the establishment of

a factual organization―lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Project for the DPRKrsquo

Continuously the international community should remain concerned about a

steep decline of the North Korean economy which in the past caused the

most destructive famines of the 20th century As many as one million

people who represent about five percent of the North Korean population

perished in the mid-1990s as a result53) Therefore the members of the

Six-Party Talks should pursue Pyongyangrsquos economic reforms and

278 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

reconstruction simultaneously since the countries regard economic inability

of Kim Jung Un to be one of the causes for using the military threats54)

Therefore it would provide a vital opportunity to bring changes in North

Korea if an organization which focuses on the economic benefits is

founded For this purpose this study recommends the establishment of

lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Project for the DPRKrsquo within the framework of the

Six-Party Talks The aspiration for the DPRK project is based on the

September 2005 Joint Statement and the February 2007 Joint Statement of

the Six-Party Talks The September Statement encouraged the economic

cooperation in the areas of energy trade and investment within the

Six-Party Talks framework55) Also in the February 2007 Joint Statement the

six players promised humanitarian assistance to North Korea and

established an Economy and Energy Cooperation Working Group56)

Although such agreements to boost the North Korean economy did not

53) Haggard Stephan and Noland Marcus ldquoA Security and Peace for Northeast Asia

The Economic Dimensionrdquo Peterson Institute for International Economics Policy

Brief No PB08-4 (April 2008) p2 54) In 2000 North Korea tried ldquomarketization from belowrdquo in the areas of local

organs government offices and military units with the recommendation of the

international community Ibid p255) See Join Statement of the Fourth Round of the Six-Party Talks in Beijing (19

September 2005)

lthttpwwwmofatgokrwebmodulehtsboardhbdhbdreadjsptypeID=6ampboardid=

247ampseqno=293918ampc=TITLEampt=amppagenum=2amptableName=TYPE_DATABOARDamppc=

ampdc=ampwc=amplu=ampvu=ampiu=ampdu=gt56) See Initial Actions for the Implementation of the Joint Statement (13 February 2007)

lthttpwwwmofatgokrwebmodulehtsboardhbdhbdreadjsptypeID=6ampboardid=

247ampseqno=293924ampc=TITLEampt=amppagenum=3amptableName=TYPE_DATABOARDamppc=amp

dc=ampwc=amplu=ampvu=ampiu=ampdu=gt

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 279

produce output in reality the international concerns seemed to have

reached a consensus relating to the ideas of lsquoEconomic Reconstruction

Project for DPRKrsquo introduced for the Stage II

Stage III

The following study on the similar subject reflects such international

concerns in a pragmatic way lsquopipeline gas introduction to the Korean

peninsularsquo57) In the Stage III as a long-term scenario to rehabilitate the

DPRKrsquos economy the idea of lsquopipeline gas projectrsquo introduced by Paik

(2005) will be applied Within the Six-Party Talks framework energy

assistance is another integral theme which is seen as important area to

resolve the nuclear problem on the Korean peninsula What is more such

energy supply options for DPRK generated from the gas pipeline project can

be functioned as a versatile negotiation tool combining the geopolitical and

economic reality on the Six-Party Talks table

In fact one well-established energy development organization―KEDO―

already exists The mission of KEDO is to implement the Agreed Framework

between the US and DPRK on the assumption that Pyongyang agreed to

freeze and ultimately dismantle its breathing nuclear program58) Unfortunately

the KEDO led project failed due to the North Korean distrust towards KEDO

due to the ailing relationship between Washington and Pyongyang caused

by the North Korean military threats and the failure to meet the agreed

57) Keun-Wook Paik ldquoPipeline Gas Introduction to the Korean Peninsulardquo Korea

Foundation Project lsquoEnergy and Environmental Cooperation in the Korea Peninsula

(2005)58) Baker et al opcit pp135~138

280 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

provisions59) Unlike the KEDO projects the introduction of the long

distance gas pipeline passing through the DPRK territory will involve the

two Koreas and Russia In particular intended for Pyongyang the pipeline

gas would provide energy to power many major cities in the DPRK

assuming that a 15 bcm60) natural gas would be allocated to the North as

a transit fees Also South Korea can provide additional support to prevent

the collapse of the North Korean economy61) In addition further funding

can be allocated for the CTR programs which will intensify the effort to

support rebuilding of the North Korean economy

Other than the economic merit Moscow is well positioned in this

pipeline project since the major Russian company Gazprom which is the

largest extractor of natural gas in the world has outstanding options to

promote the project from all the shareholders For this reason the role of

Russia should be given more weight in the third stage

In terms of the Economy Reconstruction Project for the DPRK this study

will follow the main idea of the paper Pipeline Gas Introduction to the

Korean Peninsula by Paik In his in-depth study Paik suggested lsquothe

Proposed Greater Circular Pipeline in Northeast Asiarsquo As shown in Figure 3

the Korean peninsula is ideally located to have pivotal benefits from the

59) There are two main conditions 1) KEDO finances and constructs two

proliferation-resistant light-water reactors(LWR) of the Korean Standard Nuclear

Power Plant in the DPRK and 2) KEDO provides DPRK with an alternative source

of energy for heating and electricity until the first of the two reactors is

completed lthttpwwwkedoorgap_mainaspgt 60) 30bcm is an amount which can handle gas over 30 years Baker et al opcit

p10161) Ibid pp81~82

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 281

Source Paik (2005) p41

Russian oil and gas pipeline infrastructure In the case that the gas pipeline

scenario is applied in reality as a useful alternative for the settlement of the

current North Korean nuclear crisis this project will provide significant

contribution to in promoting energy cooperation between Russia and the

Two Koreas

Stage Ⅳ

In the final stage a consensus and convention to justify this project

within the Six-Party Talks framework should be guaranteed This is necessary

to avoid the inevitable problem of incompatibility between the laws and

regulations among the six players and different investment environment

(Figure 3) Map The Proposed Greater Pipeline in Northeast Asia

282 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

The Six Party Talks Russia

Stage

bull Providing a Negotiation Tool (the

CTR Program)

bull Initiating North Korea into Russian

precedents of the CTR program

Stage

bull Invoking international concerns about

NKrsquos economy reconstruction

bull Implementing the project based on

the Agreements

bull Supporting this project actively

Stage

bull Creating conventions to recognize the

gas pipeline project with six players

bull Participating in the gas pipeline project

actively persuading Gazprom

Stage

Ⅳ Building the consensus and trust of the Six-Party Talks members

2 Strength and Limitation of the Scenario

Based on the scenario introduced above the expected roles of Russia and

the members of the Six-Party Talks is as follows

(Table 2) Expected Roles of Russia and the Six-Party Talks in the Scenario

In short the main feature of lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Project for the

DPRKrsquo is a product of a multilateral economic diplomacy In general such

a multilateral economic approach has an unavoidable drawback in that such

a pragmatic diplomacy cannot move ahead regardless of the difficult security

concern of the Korean peninsula In particular I recognize that an increased

Russian role on a unified Korean peninsula would increase the tensions

among the main regional actors

However the strength of this scenario is combining security and

economic issues together to offer a comprehensive resolution concerning the

main threat that would inhibit inter-Korean rapprochement that is an

unchanged provocative posture of North Korea vis-agrave-vis its security needs

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 283

In other words the CTR program for Pyongyangrsquos WMD can be a suitable

alternative to prevent the North Korean military actions In addition the

economic rewards and investment for the DPRK during the negotiation

based on the gas pipeline project would enable advancement the North

Korean economy which in turn will have a positive effect on a long-term

solution such as the reconciliation between the two Koreas Furthermore if

an economic reconciliation can be reached with the help of the new actor

lsquoRussiarsquo this could become a plausible alternative reunification strategy of

the Korean peninsula Such a new consideration will justify the economic

and pragmatic approaches in the framework of the Six-Party talks

Ⅴ Conclusion

Time has changed However the issues surrounding the Korean

peninsula where interests of major powers are contested still display a

unique and multifaceted pattern on the international political order The

dilemma of the peninsula is the coexistence of lsquoinsecurityrsquo and lsquoprosperityrsquo

which is an inevitable by-product caused by the geopolitical situation

Despite such a reality smarter alternatives to achieve lsquopeacersquo and

lsquoprosperityrsquo on the Korean peninsula in the 21st century should be created

The option available currently is lsquothe Six-Party Talksrsquo This study has

suggested that such a multilateral talk offers a plausible framework to

resolve the issues surrounding the Korean peninsula beyond the North

Korean nuclear crisis Obviously the complex diplomatic calculations of the

284 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

six players are the key limitation of this framework but the talks seems

to be worthy as it is acting as a creditable model of the multilateral

negotiations In particular this study dealt with the role of Russia because

when it comes to the process of the Six-Party Talks and inter-relations with

the two Koreas to date Moscowrsquos contribution on the Six-Party Talks

brought positive alternatives which rival the contributions of Washington

and Beijing Based on such a development a scenario under which Russia

can play a positive role in creating a new and a long-term resolution to the

issues of the Korean peninsula can be postulated

However there are limitations which this study cannot escape Firstly as

the worst case scenario if the second Korean War breaks out suddenly the

reality of the multilateral talks and the scenario introduced above may

presumably have no bearing Secondly due to unexpected internal and

external conditions of Russia such as instability of the regime or global

economy crisis the role of Russia can fluctuate Thirdly if the others actors

especially in the US and China wants to maintain strong influences a

lsquopower gamersquo might break out the result of which might have negative

effects Finally the methodology of this research is a problem-solving

approach which was connected to the current policy analysis based on

comprehensive study of the primary sources As a result it is impossible to

deliver obvious and exact facts and information in terms of the Six-Party

Talks which is still in progress

Nonetheless the aim of this study was to offer an alternative to the

current difficult though hypothetical As a result this study was able to lead

a conclusion the Six-Party Talks and the role of Moscow are able to be a

persuasive and plausible alternative for a long-term solution on the Korean

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 285

peninsula The importance of the Six-Party Talks the inter-relations between

Russia and the two Koreas and a scenario suggested supported the

conclusion

All in all the increased and positive Russian involvement toward the two

Koreas can be a stepping-stone for a dialogue and cooperation for peace

and prosperity on the Korean peninsula Furthermore the full use of the

Six-Party Talks will ultimately contribute to security of the Northeast Asian

region beyond the North Korean nuclear crisis

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286 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

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영국 런던대 킹스 칼리지(Kingrsquos College London) 국제분쟁학 석사 학위를 취득하고 현재 동

대학원 전략학 박사과정에 있다 주요 연구실적으로 ldquoConstructivist Understandings of North

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맞이하여985173(2013 공저) 985172클라우제비츠의 전쟁이론으로 본 냉전 이후 북한의 핵미사일 전략

에 관한 연구985173(2010 공저) 등이 있다

6자회담 틀 내에서 한반도 중장기 평화번영을 위한 러시아의

lsquo숙련된 중재자(New Seasoned Facilitator)rsquo 역할

박지선 (런던대 킹스 칼리지)

국문요약

본 논문은 한반도의 중장기 평화번영 방안을 위해 교착상태에 빠진 6자회담의 틀 안

에서 러시아의 역할에 대한 새로운 학문적 접근을 보여주고자 한다 본 논문에서는 북한

핵무기 개발 프로그램의 중단이라는 공동의 목적을 달성하기 위해 설립된 6자회담의 주

요 행위자들의 정치적middot전략적 이해관계를 경제적 영역으로 확대하면서 보다 실용적인

한반도 문제 해결 방안을 제시하고 있다 특히 lsquo숙련된 중재자(New Seasoned Facilitator)rsquo

로서의 러시아의 역할에 대해 심도 있게 고찰하면서 6자회담 틀에서 가능한 하나의 시나

리오를 실험적으로 제안하고 있다 본 논문의 주요 내용은 1) 6자회담의 연대기적 분석

2)한반도를 둘러싼 6자회담 주요 국가들의 이해관계 분석 3) 숙련된 중재자로서의 러

시아의 역할을 고찰 4) 실용적이고 실행 가능한 경제협력 방안이 될 한반도 평화정착을

위한 북한경제재건 프로젝트의 시나리오 등이다

주제어 6자회담 러시아 외교정책 북한 중재자 한반도 중middot장기 번영

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268 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

e37) Such a close alliance between the two communist societies continued

until the collapse of the Soviet Union Unfortunately during the President

Elrsquotsinrsquos administration the Russian policy toward the Korean peninsula

shifted due to the unilateral rapprochement with the ROK as the new

diplomatic approach in the so-called ldquodemocratic romanticismrdquo which called

for greatly pro-Western at the expense of Russiarsquos interests 38) Such

transformed Russian policy seemed to cause a crack in the friendship

between Moscow and Pyongyang

However since the inauguration of Vladimir Putin the Russian political

elites began envisaging new approaches towards the Korean peninsula

Putinrsquos new approach functioned as a breakthrough to reinforce previously

weakening relations between Russia and North Korea As a result a historic

treaty on ldquoFriendshiprdquo between Kremlin and Pyongyang―Good-Neighbourly

Relations and Cooperation―was created in 200039) Currently Kim Jong-Un

regime has mainly concentrated on strengthening trade relations with Kremlin

and both Moscow and Pyongyang have taken positive consensus towards

36) The North Korean nuclear energy facilities were established with the Soviet

technical assistance in 1962 37) Vorontsov (2007) p538) On 27 October 1991 Elrsquotin addressed two main aims fo the Russian Foreign

policy 1) pursuing favourable external conditions for the domestic political and

economic reforms and 2) overcoming the legacy of the Cold war Richard Sakwa

(2008) Russian Politics and Society (London Routledge 2008) pp368~36939) After the treaty of lsquoGood-Neighbourly Relations and Cooperationrsquo the Moscowrsquos

declaration of the DPRK and the Russian Federation was released on 4 August 2001

The DPRK-Russia joint declaration is the advanced version of lsquogood-neighbourliness

and cooperationrsquo signed on 9 February 2000 Since then the two countries have

tried the friendly relations and mutually beneficial cooperation

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 269

enhancing their economic cooperative relationship In 2014 Putinrsquos cabinet

concluded the withdrawal of $10 billion of Pyongyangrsquos $11 billion debt that

had accrued during the Soviet Era40) It seems that Putinrsquos cabinet assumes

that this gesture of goodwill will contribute to the construction of a gas

pipeline covering the Korean peninsula When it comes to both geopolitical

and geo-economics aspects North Korea could have profitable investments

opportunities

All in all such a historic fortification of the inter-relationship between

North Korea and Russia provides diverse chances for the improved role of

Russia in making contributions with the backing of other partners of the

Six-Party Talks Based on this fact it would be possible to focus more on

the possibility of Russiarsquos increased contribution to the talks In fact there

is a strong possibility that Moscow could function as a lsquomediatorrsquo and

lsquofacilitatorrsquo between Pyongyang and the other members of the Six-Party

Talks

There are a number of important cases41) through which Moscow enabled

diplomatic efforts assume the role of a lsquofacilitatorrsquo or lsquomediatorrsquo When it

comes to the bilateral relations between Republic of Korea and Russia the

two nations started nearly at a zero point at first However Kremlin and

Blue House have created new economic science and cultural systems For

example since 1990 the leaders of South Korea and Russia have officially

met 27 times In 2013 President Vladimir Putinrsquos visited to Seoul when the

two nationsrsquo annual bilateral trade exceeded $26 billion42)

40) ldquoNorth Korea Looking Abroadrdquo Korea Economic Institute February 18 2015

lthttpblogkeiaorg201502north-korea-looking-abroadgt41) Vorontsov opcit p17

270 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

In particular in July 2002 Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov visited the two

Koreas respectively to persuade both to return to the negotiating table

which was halted after a naval clash in the West (Yellow) Sea in June 2002

Although the visit was not connected to the Six-Party Talks directly the case

seems to confirm Russiarsquos efforts to assist the improvement of the

inter-Korean relations What is more in terms of the US-DPRK relations

Moscow provided an opportunity for a meeting between the North Korean

Foreign Minister Paek NamSun and the former US Secretary of State Colin

Powell during the ministerial meetings at the ASEAN Regional Forum talks

in Darussalam Brunei in 200243) In short Moscowrsquos effort to carry out

ldquobalancer diplomacyrdquo after Putinrsquos inauguration shows potentials to be a

smart lsquomediatorrsquo within the multilateral negotiation such as the Six-Party

Talks

3 The Russian lsquoNew Realismrsquo Policy Applied in the Korean

Peninsula

Then the questions are to what degree can Russia be engaged in

resolving the inter-Korean issues and what kind of benefit can Russia

expect from the increased involvement with the issues regarding the Korean

peninsula especially in the Six-Party Talks

In the recent years the interest of the Russian politicians and academics

toward the Korean peninsula seems to be soaring As an lsquoactive partrsquo the

42) ldquoRussian Envoy Discusses Pyongyang tests Thaadrdquo Korea Joongang Daily September

25 2015 lthttpkoreajoongangdailyjoinscomnewsarticleArticleaspxaid=3009631gt43) Ibid

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 271

Korean peninsula can be regarded as a region of interest and strategic

importance as the Asian-Pacific region is seen to have increasing economic

implication for Russia due to the lack of involvement by Moscow in the

region of economic prowess44) In particular when Moscow participated in

the Six-Party Talks its approach seems to have strategic bearing toward the

Asia-Pacific region because the region especially the Korean peninsula is

now regarded by Moscow as an area of considerable importance

In fact Russiarsquos burgeoning interests for the Six-Party Talks contemporize

with the inauguration of the Putinrsquos administration Namely Putinrsquos lsquoNew

Realismrsquo based on the pragmatic approach over all Russia policies can be

applied to the evaluation of the Russian intention and purpose toward the

Six-Party Talks On the whole the national motto of the 21st century Russia

is lsquoPragmatismrsquo which also significantly influenced the current Medvedevrsquos

cabinet45) On a meeting of the Security Council in March 2000 the new

Russian lsquoForeign Policy Conceptrsquo was introduced by Ivanov the Russian

Foreign Minister at the time The main concept of the document was lsquomore

realisticrsquo for rebuilding the domestic economy and promoting the Russian

economic interests abroad as it strives to become worldrsquos tenth biggest

economy in the 21st century46) Hence Moscowrsquos foreign policy influenced

44) Natasha Kuhrt Russian Policy towards China and Japan The Elrsquotsin and Putin

periods (New York Rutledge 2007) pp 54~5645) In January 2002 the former President Putin had an interview with a Polish

Newspaper and Polish TVP Channel In the interview he stated that lsquoPragmatismrsquo

as a key means for the economic cooperation with other nations ldquoWe began this

talk by pointing out that the soundest approachhellip on the basis of pragmatism

and pragmatic interest in each otherrdquo

lthttpwwwkremlinruengtextspeeches200201150001_type82916_147392shtmlgt46) Sakwa(2008) pp371~391

272 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

by such realistic and pragmatic approaches seems to have valid bearing for

both the Six-Party Talks and the inter-Korean dialogues especially when the

economic aspects are addressed

In essence what are the specific interests Moscow might have on the

Korean peninsula The answer to this question is the more the Korean

military threats are slackened the more Russiarsquos security and economic

interests are amplified In terms of this argument Meyer (2005) identified

the reasons for the Russian Federationrsquos participation in the multilateral

meeting He indicated that by supporting reconciliation between DPRK and

ROK Russia can achieve the following objectives 1) the symbolic objective

to be recognized as a permanent major power on the global stage 2) the

military objective to dissuade Pyongyang from pursuing nuclear weapons

program not to weaken the global commitment for NPT and 3) the

economic objective to establish favorable conditions for the development of

a trilateral economic cooperation among Russia and the two Koreas47)

In relation to the third objective when Putin was the president he had

strong interests toward the Korean peninsula as there were potentially

lucrative economic opportunities available Such projects included connecting

the inter-Korean railroad to the Trans-Siberian railroad and exporting natural

gas from the Kovyktinskoe field in Irkutsk to the Korean peninsula through

China48)

In fact it can be concluded that the third reason which Meyer identified

is the main objective of Russiarsquos participation in the Sic-Party talks therefore

47) Peggy Falkenhein Meyer ldquoRussia Interests and Objectives on the Korean Peninsulardquo

International Journal of Korean Studies (FallWinter 2005) Vol 4 No 2 pp 145~14748) Ibid pp148~154

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 273

it could be assumed the promotion of economic issues can be conceived

and used as a tool to make a breakthrough to overcome the sluggish

multifaceted talks dealing with North Korea high-technology fears More

specifically I argue that the natural gas projects can dramatically increase

Russiarsquos penetration on the Korean peninsula and promote ndash in turn -

Moscowrsquos effort to bring positive changes to the talks From this perspective

Russian economic leverage might become a cornerstone for bringing peace

in the Korean peninsula In the following part I will present a possible

scenario in which this assumption might be substantially developed

Ⅳ A New Role of Russia on the Korean Peninsula

Figure 2 as shown below portrays a possible scenario of cooperation on

the Korean peninsula which emphasizes the following aspects 1) the

importance of the Six-Party Talks for the future of cooperation on the

Korean peninsula in the 21st century and 2) the suggestion of new

alternatives which focus on Russia and its economic involvement to boost

multilateral talks In building-up the scenario the key presumption is that

economic cooperation can create a ldquofunctional leveragerdquo in a political

scenario characterized by a substantial political rapprochement due to the

enforcement of a legally binding treaty (ie a Peace Treaty that could officially

end the Korean War) and prepare a definitive process of nation-building

among the two Koreas This ldquofunctional leveragerdquo is based on the role

played by CTR (Cooperative Threat Reduction) program49) to eliminate all

274 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

military threats―nuclear chemical biological and missiles threat from North

Korea In principle the objective of CTR is to reduce the dangers created

by nuclear chemical or biological weapons or their delivery vehicles The

actors of the CTR are consisted of a host who eradicates secures or

converts the WMD (Weapons of Mass Destruction) programs while the

other partners supporting such efforts50)

The most attractive function of the CTR for the following scenario is that

the partners provide money technology equipment and training to the host

nation In case that the six participants select the option during the process

of the WMD removal the main problems such methods and incentives in

terms of the North Korean nuclear withdrawal will be solved naturally

Furthermore the main argument to highlight the economic approaches with

flexible funds produced by rewards of the CTR programs can be persuaded

more convincingly Therefore the following section will justify this

alternative based on the postulation mentioned above―the application of

the CTR in the process of the Six-Party Talks

49) The CTR (or sometimes called for lsquoNunn-Lugarrsquo) programme provides funding

and expertise for the states in the former Soviet Unions including Russia Ukraine

Georgia Azerbaijan Belarus Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan under disarmament

treaties lthttpnunn-lugarcomindexshtmlgt50) Joel S Wit Wolfsthal Jon and Oh Choong-suk (2005) ldquoThe Six Party Talks and

Beyond Cooperative Threat Reduction and North Koreardquo A Report of the CSIS

International Security Program Dec (Washington DC CSIS) pp7~8

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 275

1 A Scenario Suggested lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Projection

for the DPRKrsquo

As stressed before the founding hypothesis of this scenario is a

substantial political shift on the Korean peninsula prospecting a clear

ldquoongoing processrdquo ldquoone Korea reunifiedrdquo However in my argumentation

the crucial assumption is not related to dynamics leading to the political

rapprochement among the two Koreas and neighbor countries which are

members of the Six-Party Talks Instead the central point of the first

scenario is to focus on the preparations and nation-building toward the

reconciliation of the two Koreas through multilateral economic negotiations

Namely to what extent can the framework of the Six-Party Talks and Russia

influence on peace and prosperity on the Korean peninsula as the means

of economic approaches

(Figure 2) Economy Reconstruction Project for the DPRK

276 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

Stage I

As shown in Figure 2 this scenario will be developed through four

stages During Stage I in order to resolve the core problem of Pyongyang―

the disposal of all WMD including chemical biological nuclear weapons

and the CTR program will be offered strongly Under the circumstances

North Korea seems to be a proper candidate for the CTR In the case of the

CTR the multilateral approaches owing to the political and financial

burden-sharing among the sponsors are indispensable51) Although the

Northeast Asian region has not been a suitable case for the program the

Six-Party Talks has shown a consensus on the difficult security problems

especially on Pyongyangrsquos military threats Such a partnership among the

participants of the Six-Party Talks which has been cultivated for seven years

of working together produces more positive results in the progress of the

disposal of nuclear weapons during the period of conducting the CTR

program

In addition Moscow will play a key role in the application of the CTR

program for North Korea When it comes to the beginning of the CTR the

program focused intensively on the countries of the former Soviet Union

including Russia Ukraine Georgia Azerbaijan Belarus Uzbekistan and

Kazakhstan As a result 6600 nuclear warheads have been eliminated since

1991 and more that 470 long-range missiles have been destroyed while

over 1800 other missiles strategic bombers have been disassembled52) With

51) Ibid pp1~352) The United States has invested $7 billion in the former Soviet Union since 1991

and is recently investing $1 billion per year There are additional participants―EU

UK Germany and France Ibid pp7~8

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 277

such an impressive precedent Russia is able to provide a workable solution

during the process of Pyongyangrsquos cooperative threat reduction The most

impressive strength of the first stage is provided that North Korea and the

five members of the Six-Party talks collectively pursue the CTR program the

following economic incentives will be offered for the reconstruction of

North Korea 1) a reward of nuclear withdrawal and 2) the reuse of

resources previously used in the Northrsquos nuclear program

In relation to CTR with application to the case of North Korea it possible

to argue that Russia ndash mindful of the CTR program provided by the US in

the aftermath of the collapse of the Soviet Empire ndash could potentially reuse

the rationale behind the above-mentioned mass destruction dismantlement

program in order to materially help North Korea to eliminate these kinds of

armaments as well as to boost a more comprehensive trust-building process

in the direction of Pyongyang increasing Russian influence over the North

and the overall region

Stage II

During the Stage II the expected economic incentives offered from the

implementation of the CTR project will be connected to the establishment of

a factual organization―lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Project for the DPRKrsquo

Continuously the international community should remain concerned about a

steep decline of the North Korean economy which in the past caused the

most destructive famines of the 20th century As many as one million

people who represent about five percent of the North Korean population

perished in the mid-1990s as a result53) Therefore the members of the

Six-Party Talks should pursue Pyongyangrsquos economic reforms and

278 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

reconstruction simultaneously since the countries regard economic inability

of Kim Jung Un to be one of the causes for using the military threats54)

Therefore it would provide a vital opportunity to bring changes in North

Korea if an organization which focuses on the economic benefits is

founded For this purpose this study recommends the establishment of

lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Project for the DPRKrsquo within the framework of the

Six-Party Talks The aspiration for the DPRK project is based on the

September 2005 Joint Statement and the February 2007 Joint Statement of

the Six-Party Talks The September Statement encouraged the economic

cooperation in the areas of energy trade and investment within the

Six-Party Talks framework55) Also in the February 2007 Joint Statement the

six players promised humanitarian assistance to North Korea and

established an Economy and Energy Cooperation Working Group56)

Although such agreements to boost the North Korean economy did not

53) Haggard Stephan and Noland Marcus ldquoA Security and Peace for Northeast Asia

The Economic Dimensionrdquo Peterson Institute for International Economics Policy

Brief No PB08-4 (April 2008) p2 54) In 2000 North Korea tried ldquomarketization from belowrdquo in the areas of local

organs government offices and military units with the recommendation of the

international community Ibid p255) See Join Statement of the Fourth Round of the Six-Party Talks in Beijing (19

September 2005)

lthttpwwwmofatgokrwebmodulehtsboardhbdhbdreadjsptypeID=6ampboardid=

247ampseqno=293918ampc=TITLEampt=amppagenum=2amptableName=TYPE_DATABOARDamppc=

ampdc=ampwc=amplu=ampvu=ampiu=ampdu=gt56) See Initial Actions for the Implementation of the Joint Statement (13 February 2007)

lthttpwwwmofatgokrwebmodulehtsboardhbdhbdreadjsptypeID=6ampboardid=

247ampseqno=293924ampc=TITLEampt=amppagenum=3amptableName=TYPE_DATABOARDamppc=amp

dc=ampwc=amplu=ampvu=ampiu=ampdu=gt

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 279

produce output in reality the international concerns seemed to have

reached a consensus relating to the ideas of lsquoEconomic Reconstruction

Project for DPRKrsquo introduced for the Stage II

Stage III

The following study on the similar subject reflects such international

concerns in a pragmatic way lsquopipeline gas introduction to the Korean

peninsularsquo57) In the Stage III as a long-term scenario to rehabilitate the

DPRKrsquos economy the idea of lsquopipeline gas projectrsquo introduced by Paik

(2005) will be applied Within the Six-Party Talks framework energy

assistance is another integral theme which is seen as important area to

resolve the nuclear problem on the Korean peninsula What is more such

energy supply options for DPRK generated from the gas pipeline project can

be functioned as a versatile negotiation tool combining the geopolitical and

economic reality on the Six-Party Talks table

In fact one well-established energy development organization―KEDO―

already exists The mission of KEDO is to implement the Agreed Framework

between the US and DPRK on the assumption that Pyongyang agreed to

freeze and ultimately dismantle its breathing nuclear program58) Unfortunately

the KEDO led project failed due to the North Korean distrust towards KEDO

due to the ailing relationship between Washington and Pyongyang caused

by the North Korean military threats and the failure to meet the agreed

57) Keun-Wook Paik ldquoPipeline Gas Introduction to the Korean Peninsulardquo Korea

Foundation Project lsquoEnergy and Environmental Cooperation in the Korea Peninsula

(2005)58) Baker et al opcit pp135~138

280 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

provisions59) Unlike the KEDO projects the introduction of the long

distance gas pipeline passing through the DPRK territory will involve the

two Koreas and Russia In particular intended for Pyongyang the pipeline

gas would provide energy to power many major cities in the DPRK

assuming that a 15 bcm60) natural gas would be allocated to the North as

a transit fees Also South Korea can provide additional support to prevent

the collapse of the North Korean economy61) In addition further funding

can be allocated for the CTR programs which will intensify the effort to

support rebuilding of the North Korean economy

Other than the economic merit Moscow is well positioned in this

pipeline project since the major Russian company Gazprom which is the

largest extractor of natural gas in the world has outstanding options to

promote the project from all the shareholders For this reason the role of

Russia should be given more weight in the third stage

In terms of the Economy Reconstruction Project for the DPRK this study

will follow the main idea of the paper Pipeline Gas Introduction to the

Korean Peninsula by Paik In his in-depth study Paik suggested lsquothe

Proposed Greater Circular Pipeline in Northeast Asiarsquo As shown in Figure 3

the Korean peninsula is ideally located to have pivotal benefits from the

59) There are two main conditions 1) KEDO finances and constructs two

proliferation-resistant light-water reactors(LWR) of the Korean Standard Nuclear

Power Plant in the DPRK and 2) KEDO provides DPRK with an alternative source

of energy for heating and electricity until the first of the two reactors is

completed lthttpwwwkedoorgap_mainaspgt 60) 30bcm is an amount which can handle gas over 30 years Baker et al opcit

p10161) Ibid pp81~82

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 281

Source Paik (2005) p41

Russian oil and gas pipeline infrastructure In the case that the gas pipeline

scenario is applied in reality as a useful alternative for the settlement of the

current North Korean nuclear crisis this project will provide significant

contribution to in promoting energy cooperation between Russia and the

Two Koreas

Stage Ⅳ

In the final stage a consensus and convention to justify this project

within the Six-Party Talks framework should be guaranteed This is necessary

to avoid the inevitable problem of incompatibility between the laws and

regulations among the six players and different investment environment

(Figure 3) Map The Proposed Greater Pipeline in Northeast Asia

282 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

The Six Party Talks Russia

Stage

bull Providing a Negotiation Tool (the

CTR Program)

bull Initiating North Korea into Russian

precedents of the CTR program

Stage

bull Invoking international concerns about

NKrsquos economy reconstruction

bull Implementing the project based on

the Agreements

bull Supporting this project actively

Stage

bull Creating conventions to recognize the

gas pipeline project with six players

bull Participating in the gas pipeline project

actively persuading Gazprom

Stage

Ⅳ Building the consensus and trust of the Six-Party Talks members

2 Strength and Limitation of the Scenario

Based on the scenario introduced above the expected roles of Russia and

the members of the Six-Party Talks is as follows

(Table 2) Expected Roles of Russia and the Six-Party Talks in the Scenario

In short the main feature of lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Project for the

DPRKrsquo is a product of a multilateral economic diplomacy In general such

a multilateral economic approach has an unavoidable drawback in that such

a pragmatic diplomacy cannot move ahead regardless of the difficult security

concern of the Korean peninsula In particular I recognize that an increased

Russian role on a unified Korean peninsula would increase the tensions

among the main regional actors

However the strength of this scenario is combining security and

economic issues together to offer a comprehensive resolution concerning the

main threat that would inhibit inter-Korean rapprochement that is an

unchanged provocative posture of North Korea vis-agrave-vis its security needs

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 283

In other words the CTR program for Pyongyangrsquos WMD can be a suitable

alternative to prevent the North Korean military actions In addition the

economic rewards and investment for the DPRK during the negotiation

based on the gas pipeline project would enable advancement the North

Korean economy which in turn will have a positive effect on a long-term

solution such as the reconciliation between the two Koreas Furthermore if

an economic reconciliation can be reached with the help of the new actor

lsquoRussiarsquo this could become a plausible alternative reunification strategy of

the Korean peninsula Such a new consideration will justify the economic

and pragmatic approaches in the framework of the Six-Party talks

Ⅴ Conclusion

Time has changed However the issues surrounding the Korean

peninsula where interests of major powers are contested still display a

unique and multifaceted pattern on the international political order The

dilemma of the peninsula is the coexistence of lsquoinsecurityrsquo and lsquoprosperityrsquo

which is an inevitable by-product caused by the geopolitical situation

Despite such a reality smarter alternatives to achieve lsquopeacersquo and

lsquoprosperityrsquo on the Korean peninsula in the 21st century should be created

The option available currently is lsquothe Six-Party Talksrsquo This study has

suggested that such a multilateral talk offers a plausible framework to

resolve the issues surrounding the Korean peninsula beyond the North

Korean nuclear crisis Obviously the complex diplomatic calculations of the

284 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

six players are the key limitation of this framework but the talks seems

to be worthy as it is acting as a creditable model of the multilateral

negotiations In particular this study dealt with the role of Russia because

when it comes to the process of the Six-Party Talks and inter-relations with

the two Koreas to date Moscowrsquos contribution on the Six-Party Talks

brought positive alternatives which rival the contributions of Washington

and Beijing Based on such a development a scenario under which Russia

can play a positive role in creating a new and a long-term resolution to the

issues of the Korean peninsula can be postulated

However there are limitations which this study cannot escape Firstly as

the worst case scenario if the second Korean War breaks out suddenly the

reality of the multilateral talks and the scenario introduced above may

presumably have no bearing Secondly due to unexpected internal and

external conditions of Russia such as instability of the regime or global

economy crisis the role of Russia can fluctuate Thirdly if the others actors

especially in the US and China wants to maintain strong influences a

lsquopower gamersquo might break out the result of which might have negative

effects Finally the methodology of this research is a problem-solving

approach which was connected to the current policy analysis based on

comprehensive study of the primary sources As a result it is impossible to

deliver obvious and exact facts and information in terms of the Six-Party

Talks which is still in progress

Nonetheless the aim of this study was to offer an alternative to the

current difficult though hypothetical As a result this study was able to lead

a conclusion the Six-Party Talks and the role of Moscow are able to be a

persuasive and plausible alternative for a long-term solution on the Korean

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 285

peninsula The importance of the Six-Party Talks the inter-relations between

Russia and the two Koreas and a scenario suggested supported the

conclusion

All in all the increased and positive Russian involvement toward the two

Koreas can be a stepping-stone for a dialogue and cooperation for peace

and prosperity on the Korean peninsula Furthermore the full use of the

Six-Party Talks will ultimately contribute to security of the Northeast Asian

region beyond the North Korean nuclear crisis

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286 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

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박지선(PARK JISUN )

영국 런던대 킹스 칼리지(Kingrsquos College London) 국제분쟁학 석사 학위를 취득하고 현재 동

대학원 전략학 박사과정에 있다 주요 연구실적으로 ldquoConstructivist Understandings of North

Korearsquos Ballistic Missile Programme National Security Policy Based on North Korearsquos Strategic

Culturerdquo(2014) 985172한반도 신뢰프로세스를 통한 비핵국가 한국의 핵 안보전략 제2차 핵시대를

맞이하여985173(2013 공저) 985172클라우제비츠의 전쟁이론으로 본 냉전 이후 북한의 핵미사일 전략

에 관한 연구985173(2010 공저) 등이 있다

6자회담 틀 내에서 한반도 중장기 평화번영을 위한 러시아의

lsquo숙련된 중재자(New Seasoned Facilitator)rsquo 역할

박지선 (런던대 킹스 칼리지)

국문요약

본 논문은 한반도의 중장기 평화번영 방안을 위해 교착상태에 빠진 6자회담의 틀 안

에서 러시아의 역할에 대한 새로운 학문적 접근을 보여주고자 한다 본 논문에서는 북한

핵무기 개발 프로그램의 중단이라는 공동의 목적을 달성하기 위해 설립된 6자회담의 주

요 행위자들의 정치적middot전략적 이해관계를 경제적 영역으로 확대하면서 보다 실용적인

한반도 문제 해결 방안을 제시하고 있다 특히 lsquo숙련된 중재자(New Seasoned Facilitator)rsquo

로서의 러시아의 역할에 대해 심도 있게 고찰하면서 6자회담 틀에서 가능한 하나의 시나

리오를 실험적으로 제안하고 있다 본 논문의 주요 내용은 1) 6자회담의 연대기적 분석

2)한반도를 둘러싼 6자회담 주요 국가들의 이해관계 분석 3) 숙련된 중재자로서의 러

시아의 역할을 고찰 4) 실용적이고 실행 가능한 경제협력 방안이 될 한반도 평화정착을

위한 북한경제재건 프로젝트의 시나리오 등이다

주제어 6자회담 러시아 외교정책 북한 중재자 한반도 중middot장기 번영

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Page 23: Russia as a New Seasoned Facilitator in Making Medium and …s-space.snu.ac.kr/bitstream/10371/95184/1/07 박지선.pdf · 2020. 6. 4. · Russia as a ‘New Seasoned Facilitator’

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 269

enhancing their economic cooperative relationship In 2014 Putinrsquos cabinet

concluded the withdrawal of $10 billion of Pyongyangrsquos $11 billion debt that

had accrued during the Soviet Era40) It seems that Putinrsquos cabinet assumes

that this gesture of goodwill will contribute to the construction of a gas

pipeline covering the Korean peninsula When it comes to both geopolitical

and geo-economics aspects North Korea could have profitable investments

opportunities

All in all such a historic fortification of the inter-relationship between

North Korea and Russia provides diverse chances for the improved role of

Russia in making contributions with the backing of other partners of the

Six-Party Talks Based on this fact it would be possible to focus more on

the possibility of Russiarsquos increased contribution to the talks In fact there

is a strong possibility that Moscow could function as a lsquomediatorrsquo and

lsquofacilitatorrsquo between Pyongyang and the other members of the Six-Party

Talks

There are a number of important cases41) through which Moscow enabled

diplomatic efforts assume the role of a lsquofacilitatorrsquo or lsquomediatorrsquo When it

comes to the bilateral relations between Republic of Korea and Russia the

two nations started nearly at a zero point at first However Kremlin and

Blue House have created new economic science and cultural systems For

example since 1990 the leaders of South Korea and Russia have officially

met 27 times In 2013 President Vladimir Putinrsquos visited to Seoul when the

two nationsrsquo annual bilateral trade exceeded $26 billion42)

40) ldquoNorth Korea Looking Abroadrdquo Korea Economic Institute February 18 2015

lthttpblogkeiaorg201502north-korea-looking-abroadgt41) Vorontsov opcit p17

270 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

In particular in July 2002 Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov visited the two

Koreas respectively to persuade both to return to the negotiating table

which was halted after a naval clash in the West (Yellow) Sea in June 2002

Although the visit was not connected to the Six-Party Talks directly the case

seems to confirm Russiarsquos efforts to assist the improvement of the

inter-Korean relations What is more in terms of the US-DPRK relations

Moscow provided an opportunity for a meeting between the North Korean

Foreign Minister Paek NamSun and the former US Secretary of State Colin

Powell during the ministerial meetings at the ASEAN Regional Forum talks

in Darussalam Brunei in 200243) In short Moscowrsquos effort to carry out

ldquobalancer diplomacyrdquo after Putinrsquos inauguration shows potentials to be a

smart lsquomediatorrsquo within the multilateral negotiation such as the Six-Party

Talks

3 The Russian lsquoNew Realismrsquo Policy Applied in the Korean

Peninsula

Then the questions are to what degree can Russia be engaged in

resolving the inter-Korean issues and what kind of benefit can Russia

expect from the increased involvement with the issues regarding the Korean

peninsula especially in the Six-Party Talks

In the recent years the interest of the Russian politicians and academics

toward the Korean peninsula seems to be soaring As an lsquoactive partrsquo the

42) ldquoRussian Envoy Discusses Pyongyang tests Thaadrdquo Korea Joongang Daily September

25 2015 lthttpkoreajoongangdailyjoinscomnewsarticleArticleaspxaid=3009631gt43) Ibid

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 271

Korean peninsula can be regarded as a region of interest and strategic

importance as the Asian-Pacific region is seen to have increasing economic

implication for Russia due to the lack of involvement by Moscow in the

region of economic prowess44) In particular when Moscow participated in

the Six-Party Talks its approach seems to have strategic bearing toward the

Asia-Pacific region because the region especially the Korean peninsula is

now regarded by Moscow as an area of considerable importance

In fact Russiarsquos burgeoning interests for the Six-Party Talks contemporize

with the inauguration of the Putinrsquos administration Namely Putinrsquos lsquoNew

Realismrsquo based on the pragmatic approach over all Russia policies can be

applied to the evaluation of the Russian intention and purpose toward the

Six-Party Talks On the whole the national motto of the 21st century Russia

is lsquoPragmatismrsquo which also significantly influenced the current Medvedevrsquos

cabinet45) On a meeting of the Security Council in March 2000 the new

Russian lsquoForeign Policy Conceptrsquo was introduced by Ivanov the Russian

Foreign Minister at the time The main concept of the document was lsquomore

realisticrsquo for rebuilding the domestic economy and promoting the Russian

economic interests abroad as it strives to become worldrsquos tenth biggest

economy in the 21st century46) Hence Moscowrsquos foreign policy influenced

44) Natasha Kuhrt Russian Policy towards China and Japan The Elrsquotsin and Putin

periods (New York Rutledge 2007) pp 54~5645) In January 2002 the former President Putin had an interview with a Polish

Newspaper and Polish TVP Channel In the interview he stated that lsquoPragmatismrsquo

as a key means for the economic cooperation with other nations ldquoWe began this

talk by pointing out that the soundest approachhellip on the basis of pragmatism

and pragmatic interest in each otherrdquo

lthttpwwwkremlinruengtextspeeches200201150001_type82916_147392shtmlgt46) Sakwa(2008) pp371~391

272 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

by such realistic and pragmatic approaches seems to have valid bearing for

both the Six-Party Talks and the inter-Korean dialogues especially when the

economic aspects are addressed

In essence what are the specific interests Moscow might have on the

Korean peninsula The answer to this question is the more the Korean

military threats are slackened the more Russiarsquos security and economic

interests are amplified In terms of this argument Meyer (2005) identified

the reasons for the Russian Federationrsquos participation in the multilateral

meeting He indicated that by supporting reconciliation between DPRK and

ROK Russia can achieve the following objectives 1) the symbolic objective

to be recognized as a permanent major power on the global stage 2) the

military objective to dissuade Pyongyang from pursuing nuclear weapons

program not to weaken the global commitment for NPT and 3) the

economic objective to establish favorable conditions for the development of

a trilateral economic cooperation among Russia and the two Koreas47)

In relation to the third objective when Putin was the president he had

strong interests toward the Korean peninsula as there were potentially

lucrative economic opportunities available Such projects included connecting

the inter-Korean railroad to the Trans-Siberian railroad and exporting natural

gas from the Kovyktinskoe field in Irkutsk to the Korean peninsula through

China48)

In fact it can be concluded that the third reason which Meyer identified

is the main objective of Russiarsquos participation in the Sic-Party talks therefore

47) Peggy Falkenhein Meyer ldquoRussia Interests and Objectives on the Korean Peninsulardquo

International Journal of Korean Studies (FallWinter 2005) Vol 4 No 2 pp 145~14748) Ibid pp148~154

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 273

it could be assumed the promotion of economic issues can be conceived

and used as a tool to make a breakthrough to overcome the sluggish

multifaceted talks dealing with North Korea high-technology fears More

specifically I argue that the natural gas projects can dramatically increase

Russiarsquos penetration on the Korean peninsula and promote ndash in turn -

Moscowrsquos effort to bring positive changes to the talks From this perspective

Russian economic leverage might become a cornerstone for bringing peace

in the Korean peninsula In the following part I will present a possible

scenario in which this assumption might be substantially developed

Ⅳ A New Role of Russia on the Korean Peninsula

Figure 2 as shown below portrays a possible scenario of cooperation on

the Korean peninsula which emphasizes the following aspects 1) the

importance of the Six-Party Talks for the future of cooperation on the

Korean peninsula in the 21st century and 2) the suggestion of new

alternatives which focus on Russia and its economic involvement to boost

multilateral talks In building-up the scenario the key presumption is that

economic cooperation can create a ldquofunctional leveragerdquo in a political

scenario characterized by a substantial political rapprochement due to the

enforcement of a legally binding treaty (ie a Peace Treaty that could officially

end the Korean War) and prepare a definitive process of nation-building

among the two Koreas This ldquofunctional leveragerdquo is based on the role

played by CTR (Cooperative Threat Reduction) program49) to eliminate all

274 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

military threats―nuclear chemical biological and missiles threat from North

Korea In principle the objective of CTR is to reduce the dangers created

by nuclear chemical or biological weapons or their delivery vehicles The

actors of the CTR are consisted of a host who eradicates secures or

converts the WMD (Weapons of Mass Destruction) programs while the

other partners supporting such efforts50)

The most attractive function of the CTR for the following scenario is that

the partners provide money technology equipment and training to the host

nation In case that the six participants select the option during the process

of the WMD removal the main problems such methods and incentives in

terms of the North Korean nuclear withdrawal will be solved naturally

Furthermore the main argument to highlight the economic approaches with

flexible funds produced by rewards of the CTR programs can be persuaded

more convincingly Therefore the following section will justify this

alternative based on the postulation mentioned above―the application of

the CTR in the process of the Six-Party Talks

49) The CTR (or sometimes called for lsquoNunn-Lugarrsquo) programme provides funding

and expertise for the states in the former Soviet Unions including Russia Ukraine

Georgia Azerbaijan Belarus Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan under disarmament

treaties lthttpnunn-lugarcomindexshtmlgt50) Joel S Wit Wolfsthal Jon and Oh Choong-suk (2005) ldquoThe Six Party Talks and

Beyond Cooperative Threat Reduction and North Koreardquo A Report of the CSIS

International Security Program Dec (Washington DC CSIS) pp7~8

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 275

1 A Scenario Suggested lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Projection

for the DPRKrsquo

As stressed before the founding hypothesis of this scenario is a

substantial political shift on the Korean peninsula prospecting a clear

ldquoongoing processrdquo ldquoone Korea reunifiedrdquo However in my argumentation

the crucial assumption is not related to dynamics leading to the political

rapprochement among the two Koreas and neighbor countries which are

members of the Six-Party Talks Instead the central point of the first

scenario is to focus on the preparations and nation-building toward the

reconciliation of the two Koreas through multilateral economic negotiations

Namely to what extent can the framework of the Six-Party Talks and Russia

influence on peace and prosperity on the Korean peninsula as the means

of economic approaches

(Figure 2) Economy Reconstruction Project for the DPRK

276 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

Stage I

As shown in Figure 2 this scenario will be developed through four

stages During Stage I in order to resolve the core problem of Pyongyang―

the disposal of all WMD including chemical biological nuclear weapons

and the CTR program will be offered strongly Under the circumstances

North Korea seems to be a proper candidate for the CTR In the case of the

CTR the multilateral approaches owing to the political and financial

burden-sharing among the sponsors are indispensable51) Although the

Northeast Asian region has not been a suitable case for the program the

Six-Party Talks has shown a consensus on the difficult security problems

especially on Pyongyangrsquos military threats Such a partnership among the

participants of the Six-Party Talks which has been cultivated for seven years

of working together produces more positive results in the progress of the

disposal of nuclear weapons during the period of conducting the CTR

program

In addition Moscow will play a key role in the application of the CTR

program for North Korea When it comes to the beginning of the CTR the

program focused intensively on the countries of the former Soviet Union

including Russia Ukraine Georgia Azerbaijan Belarus Uzbekistan and

Kazakhstan As a result 6600 nuclear warheads have been eliminated since

1991 and more that 470 long-range missiles have been destroyed while

over 1800 other missiles strategic bombers have been disassembled52) With

51) Ibid pp1~352) The United States has invested $7 billion in the former Soviet Union since 1991

and is recently investing $1 billion per year There are additional participants―EU

UK Germany and France Ibid pp7~8

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 277

such an impressive precedent Russia is able to provide a workable solution

during the process of Pyongyangrsquos cooperative threat reduction The most

impressive strength of the first stage is provided that North Korea and the

five members of the Six-Party talks collectively pursue the CTR program the

following economic incentives will be offered for the reconstruction of

North Korea 1) a reward of nuclear withdrawal and 2) the reuse of

resources previously used in the Northrsquos nuclear program

In relation to CTR with application to the case of North Korea it possible

to argue that Russia ndash mindful of the CTR program provided by the US in

the aftermath of the collapse of the Soviet Empire ndash could potentially reuse

the rationale behind the above-mentioned mass destruction dismantlement

program in order to materially help North Korea to eliminate these kinds of

armaments as well as to boost a more comprehensive trust-building process

in the direction of Pyongyang increasing Russian influence over the North

and the overall region

Stage II

During the Stage II the expected economic incentives offered from the

implementation of the CTR project will be connected to the establishment of

a factual organization―lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Project for the DPRKrsquo

Continuously the international community should remain concerned about a

steep decline of the North Korean economy which in the past caused the

most destructive famines of the 20th century As many as one million

people who represent about five percent of the North Korean population

perished in the mid-1990s as a result53) Therefore the members of the

Six-Party Talks should pursue Pyongyangrsquos economic reforms and

278 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

reconstruction simultaneously since the countries regard economic inability

of Kim Jung Un to be one of the causes for using the military threats54)

Therefore it would provide a vital opportunity to bring changes in North

Korea if an organization which focuses on the economic benefits is

founded For this purpose this study recommends the establishment of

lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Project for the DPRKrsquo within the framework of the

Six-Party Talks The aspiration for the DPRK project is based on the

September 2005 Joint Statement and the February 2007 Joint Statement of

the Six-Party Talks The September Statement encouraged the economic

cooperation in the areas of energy trade and investment within the

Six-Party Talks framework55) Also in the February 2007 Joint Statement the

six players promised humanitarian assistance to North Korea and

established an Economy and Energy Cooperation Working Group56)

Although such agreements to boost the North Korean economy did not

53) Haggard Stephan and Noland Marcus ldquoA Security and Peace for Northeast Asia

The Economic Dimensionrdquo Peterson Institute for International Economics Policy

Brief No PB08-4 (April 2008) p2 54) In 2000 North Korea tried ldquomarketization from belowrdquo in the areas of local

organs government offices and military units with the recommendation of the

international community Ibid p255) See Join Statement of the Fourth Round of the Six-Party Talks in Beijing (19

September 2005)

lthttpwwwmofatgokrwebmodulehtsboardhbdhbdreadjsptypeID=6ampboardid=

247ampseqno=293918ampc=TITLEampt=amppagenum=2amptableName=TYPE_DATABOARDamppc=

ampdc=ampwc=amplu=ampvu=ampiu=ampdu=gt56) See Initial Actions for the Implementation of the Joint Statement (13 February 2007)

lthttpwwwmofatgokrwebmodulehtsboardhbdhbdreadjsptypeID=6ampboardid=

247ampseqno=293924ampc=TITLEampt=amppagenum=3amptableName=TYPE_DATABOARDamppc=amp

dc=ampwc=amplu=ampvu=ampiu=ampdu=gt

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 279

produce output in reality the international concerns seemed to have

reached a consensus relating to the ideas of lsquoEconomic Reconstruction

Project for DPRKrsquo introduced for the Stage II

Stage III

The following study on the similar subject reflects such international

concerns in a pragmatic way lsquopipeline gas introduction to the Korean

peninsularsquo57) In the Stage III as a long-term scenario to rehabilitate the

DPRKrsquos economy the idea of lsquopipeline gas projectrsquo introduced by Paik

(2005) will be applied Within the Six-Party Talks framework energy

assistance is another integral theme which is seen as important area to

resolve the nuclear problem on the Korean peninsula What is more such

energy supply options for DPRK generated from the gas pipeline project can

be functioned as a versatile negotiation tool combining the geopolitical and

economic reality on the Six-Party Talks table

In fact one well-established energy development organization―KEDO―

already exists The mission of KEDO is to implement the Agreed Framework

between the US and DPRK on the assumption that Pyongyang agreed to

freeze and ultimately dismantle its breathing nuclear program58) Unfortunately

the KEDO led project failed due to the North Korean distrust towards KEDO

due to the ailing relationship between Washington and Pyongyang caused

by the North Korean military threats and the failure to meet the agreed

57) Keun-Wook Paik ldquoPipeline Gas Introduction to the Korean Peninsulardquo Korea

Foundation Project lsquoEnergy and Environmental Cooperation in the Korea Peninsula

(2005)58) Baker et al opcit pp135~138

280 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

provisions59) Unlike the KEDO projects the introduction of the long

distance gas pipeline passing through the DPRK territory will involve the

two Koreas and Russia In particular intended for Pyongyang the pipeline

gas would provide energy to power many major cities in the DPRK

assuming that a 15 bcm60) natural gas would be allocated to the North as

a transit fees Also South Korea can provide additional support to prevent

the collapse of the North Korean economy61) In addition further funding

can be allocated for the CTR programs which will intensify the effort to

support rebuilding of the North Korean economy

Other than the economic merit Moscow is well positioned in this

pipeline project since the major Russian company Gazprom which is the

largest extractor of natural gas in the world has outstanding options to

promote the project from all the shareholders For this reason the role of

Russia should be given more weight in the third stage

In terms of the Economy Reconstruction Project for the DPRK this study

will follow the main idea of the paper Pipeline Gas Introduction to the

Korean Peninsula by Paik In his in-depth study Paik suggested lsquothe

Proposed Greater Circular Pipeline in Northeast Asiarsquo As shown in Figure 3

the Korean peninsula is ideally located to have pivotal benefits from the

59) There are two main conditions 1) KEDO finances and constructs two

proliferation-resistant light-water reactors(LWR) of the Korean Standard Nuclear

Power Plant in the DPRK and 2) KEDO provides DPRK with an alternative source

of energy for heating and electricity until the first of the two reactors is

completed lthttpwwwkedoorgap_mainaspgt 60) 30bcm is an amount which can handle gas over 30 years Baker et al opcit

p10161) Ibid pp81~82

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 281

Source Paik (2005) p41

Russian oil and gas pipeline infrastructure In the case that the gas pipeline

scenario is applied in reality as a useful alternative for the settlement of the

current North Korean nuclear crisis this project will provide significant

contribution to in promoting energy cooperation between Russia and the

Two Koreas

Stage Ⅳ

In the final stage a consensus and convention to justify this project

within the Six-Party Talks framework should be guaranteed This is necessary

to avoid the inevitable problem of incompatibility between the laws and

regulations among the six players and different investment environment

(Figure 3) Map The Proposed Greater Pipeline in Northeast Asia

282 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

The Six Party Talks Russia

Stage

bull Providing a Negotiation Tool (the

CTR Program)

bull Initiating North Korea into Russian

precedents of the CTR program

Stage

bull Invoking international concerns about

NKrsquos economy reconstruction

bull Implementing the project based on

the Agreements

bull Supporting this project actively

Stage

bull Creating conventions to recognize the

gas pipeline project with six players

bull Participating in the gas pipeline project

actively persuading Gazprom

Stage

Ⅳ Building the consensus and trust of the Six-Party Talks members

2 Strength and Limitation of the Scenario

Based on the scenario introduced above the expected roles of Russia and

the members of the Six-Party Talks is as follows

(Table 2) Expected Roles of Russia and the Six-Party Talks in the Scenario

In short the main feature of lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Project for the

DPRKrsquo is a product of a multilateral economic diplomacy In general such

a multilateral economic approach has an unavoidable drawback in that such

a pragmatic diplomacy cannot move ahead regardless of the difficult security

concern of the Korean peninsula In particular I recognize that an increased

Russian role on a unified Korean peninsula would increase the tensions

among the main regional actors

However the strength of this scenario is combining security and

economic issues together to offer a comprehensive resolution concerning the

main threat that would inhibit inter-Korean rapprochement that is an

unchanged provocative posture of North Korea vis-agrave-vis its security needs

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 283

In other words the CTR program for Pyongyangrsquos WMD can be a suitable

alternative to prevent the North Korean military actions In addition the

economic rewards and investment for the DPRK during the negotiation

based on the gas pipeline project would enable advancement the North

Korean economy which in turn will have a positive effect on a long-term

solution such as the reconciliation between the two Koreas Furthermore if

an economic reconciliation can be reached with the help of the new actor

lsquoRussiarsquo this could become a plausible alternative reunification strategy of

the Korean peninsula Such a new consideration will justify the economic

and pragmatic approaches in the framework of the Six-Party talks

Ⅴ Conclusion

Time has changed However the issues surrounding the Korean

peninsula where interests of major powers are contested still display a

unique and multifaceted pattern on the international political order The

dilemma of the peninsula is the coexistence of lsquoinsecurityrsquo and lsquoprosperityrsquo

which is an inevitable by-product caused by the geopolitical situation

Despite such a reality smarter alternatives to achieve lsquopeacersquo and

lsquoprosperityrsquo on the Korean peninsula in the 21st century should be created

The option available currently is lsquothe Six-Party Talksrsquo This study has

suggested that such a multilateral talk offers a plausible framework to

resolve the issues surrounding the Korean peninsula beyond the North

Korean nuclear crisis Obviously the complex diplomatic calculations of the

284 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

six players are the key limitation of this framework but the talks seems

to be worthy as it is acting as a creditable model of the multilateral

negotiations In particular this study dealt with the role of Russia because

when it comes to the process of the Six-Party Talks and inter-relations with

the two Koreas to date Moscowrsquos contribution on the Six-Party Talks

brought positive alternatives which rival the contributions of Washington

and Beijing Based on such a development a scenario under which Russia

can play a positive role in creating a new and a long-term resolution to the

issues of the Korean peninsula can be postulated

However there are limitations which this study cannot escape Firstly as

the worst case scenario if the second Korean War breaks out suddenly the

reality of the multilateral talks and the scenario introduced above may

presumably have no bearing Secondly due to unexpected internal and

external conditions of Russia such as instability of the regime or global

economy crisis the role of Russia can fluctuate Thirdly if the others actors

especially in the US and China wants to maintain strong influences a

lsquopower gamersquo might break out the result of which might have negative

effects Finally the methodology of this research is a problem-solving

approach which was connected to the current policy analysis based on

comprehensive study of the primary sources As a result it is impossible to

deliver obvious and exact facts and information in terms of the Six-Party

Talks which is still in progress

Nonetheless the aim of this study was to offer an alternative to the

current difficult though hypothetical As a result this study was able to lead

a conclusion the Six-Party Talks and the role of Moscow are able to be a

persuasive and plausible alternative for a long-term solution on the Korean

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 285

peninsula The importance of the Six-Party Talks the inter-relations between

Russia and the two Koreas and a scenario suggested supported the

conclusion

All in all the increased and positive Russian involvement toward the two

Koreas can be a stepping-stone for a dialogue and cooperation for peace

and prosperity on the Korean peninsula Furthermore the full use of the

Six-Party Talks will ultimately contribute to security of the Northeast Asian

region beyond the North Korean nuclear crisis

접수 2015년 10월 23일 심사 2015년 10월 23일 게재확정 2015년 11월 24일

286 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

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Reportsrdquo Los Angeles Times November 12 2014

CCTV ldquoPutin Urges Unconditional Resumption of Six-Party Talksrdquo November 13 2013

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m_20_20_10amptabmenu=t_2gt

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박지선(PARK JISUN )

영국 런던대 킹스 칼리지(Kingrsquos College London) 국제분쟁학 석사 학위를 취득하고 현재 동

대학원 전략학 박사과정에 있다 주요 연구실적으로 ldquoConstructivist Understandings of North

Korearsquos Ballistic Missile Programme National Security Policy Based on North Korearsquos Strategic

Culturerdquo(2014) 985172한반도 신뢰프로세스를 통한 비핵국가 한국의 핵 안보전략 제2차 핵시대를

맞이하여985173(2013 공저) 985172클라우제비츠의 전쟁이론으로 본 냉전 이후 북한의 핵미사일 전략

에 관한 연구985173(2010 공저) 등이 있다

6자회담 틀 내에서 한반도 중장기 평화번영을 위한 러시아의

lsquo숙련된 중재자(New Seasoned Facilitator)rsquo 역할

박지선 (런던대 킹스 칼리지)

국문요약

본 논문은 한반도의 중장기 평화번영 방안을 위해 교착상태에 빠진 6자회담의 틀 안

에서 러시아의 역할에 대한 새로운 학문적 접근을 보여주고자 한다 본 논문에서는 북한

핵무기 개발 프로그램의 중단이라는 공동의 목적을 달성하기 위해 설립된 6자회담의 주

요 행위자들의 정치적middot전략적 이해관계를 경제적 영역으로 확대하면서 보다 실용적인

한반도 문제 해결 방안을 제시하고 있다 특히 lsquo숙련된 중재자(New Seasoned Facilitator)rsquo

로서의 러시아의 역할에 대해 심도 있게 고찰하면서 6자회담 틀에서 가능한 하나의 시나

리오를 실험적으로 제안하고 있다 본 논문의 주요 내용은 1) 6자회담의 연대기적 분석

2)한반도를 둘러싼 6자회담 주요 국가들의 이해관계 분석 3) 숙련된 중재자로서의 러

시아의 역할을 고찰 4) 실용적이고 실행 가능한 경제협력 방안이 될 한반도 평화정착을

위한 북한경제재건 프로젝트의 시나리오 등이다

주제어 6자회담 러시아 외교정책 북한 중재자 한반도 중middot장기 번영

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270 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

In particular in July 2002 Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov visited the two

Koreas respectively to persuade both to return to the negotiating table

which was halted after a naval clash in the West (Yellow) Sea in June 2002

Although the visit was not connected to the Six-Party Talks directly the case

seems to confirm Russiarsquos efforts to assist the improvement of the

inter-Korean relations What is more in terms of the US-DPRK relations

Moscow provided an opportunity for a meeting between the North Korean

Foreign Minister Paek NamSun and the former US Secretary of State Colin

Powell during the ministerial meetings at the ASEAN Regional Forum talks

in Darussalam Brunei in 200243) In short Moscowrsquos effort to carry out

ldquobalancer diplomacyrdquo after Putinrsquos inauguration shows potentials to be a

smart lsquomediatorrsquo within the multilateral negotiation such as the Six-Party

Talks

3 The Russian lsquoNew Realismrsquo Policy Applied in the Korean

Peninsula

Then the questions are to what degree can Russia be engaged in

resolving the inter-Korean issues and what kind of benefit can Russia

expect from the increased involvement with the issues regarding the Korean

peninsula especially in the Six-Party Talks

In the recent years the interest of the Russian politicians and academics

toward the Korean peninsula seems to be soaring As an lsquoactive partrsquo the

42) ldquoRussian Envoy Discusses Pyongyang tests Thaadrdquo Korea Joongang Daily September

25 2015 lthttpkoreajoongangdailyjoinscomnewsarticleArticleaspxaid=3009631gt43) Ibid

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 271

Korean peninsula can be regarded as a region of interest and strategic

importance as the Asian-Pacific region is seen to have increasing economic

implication for Russia due to the lack of involvement by Moscow in the

region of economic prowess44) In particular when Moscow participated in

the Six-Party Talks its approach seems to have strategic bearing toward the

Asia-Pacific region because the region especially the Korean peninsula is

now regarded by Moscow as an area of considerable importance

In fact Russiarsquos burgeoning interests for the Six-Party Talks contemporize

with the inauguration of the Putinrsquos administration Namely Putinrsquos lsquoNew

Realismrsquo based on the pragmatic approach over all Russia policies can be

applied to the evaluation of the Russian intention and purpose toward the

Six-Party Talks On the whole the national motto of the 21st century Russia

is lsquoPragmatismrsquo which also significantly influenced the current Medvedevrsquos

cabinet45) On a meeting of the Security Council in March 2000 the new

Russian lsquoForeign Policy Conceptrsquo was introduced by Ivanov the Russian

Foreign Minister at the time The main concept of the document was lsquomore

realisticrsquo for rebuilding the domestic economy and promoting the Russian

economic interests abroad as it strives to become worldrsquos tenth biggest

economy in the 21st century46) Hence Moscowrsquos foreign policy influenced

44) Natasha Kuhrt Russian Policy towards China and Japan The Elrsquotsin and Putin

periods (New York Rutledge 2007) pp 54~5645) In January 2002 the former President Putin had an interview with a Polish

Newspaper and Polish TVP Channel In the interview he stated that lsquoPragmatismrsquo

as a key means for the economic cooperation with other nations ldquoWe began this

talk by pointing out that the soundest approachhellip on the basis of pragmatism

and pragmatic interest in each otherrdquo

lthttpwwwkremlinruengtextspeeches200201150001_type82916_147392shtmlgt46) Sakwa(2008) pp371~391

272 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

by such realistic and pragmatic approaches seems to have valid bearing for

both the Six-Party Talks and the inter-Korean dialogues especially when the

economic aspects are addressed

In essence what are the specific interests Moscow might have on the

Korean peninsula The answer to this question is the more the Korean

military threats are slackened the more Russiarsquos security and economic

interests are amplified In terms of this argument Meyer (2005) identified

the reasons for the Russian Federationrsquos participation in the multilateral

meeting He indicated that by supporting reconciliation between DPRK and

ROK Russia can achieve the following objectives 1) the symbolic objective

to be recognized as a permanent major power on the global stage 2) the

military objective to dissuade Pyongyang from pursuing nuclear weapons

program not to weaken the global commitment for NPT and 3) the

economic objective to establish favorable conditions for the development of

a trilateral economic cooperation among Russia and the two Koreas47)

In relation to the third objective when Putin was the president he had

strong interests toward the Korean peninsula as there were potentially

lucrative economic opportunities available Such projects included connecting

the inter-Korean railroad to the Trans-Siberian railroad and exporting natural

gas from the Kovyktinskoe field in Irkutsk to the Korean peninsula through

China48)

In fact it can be concluded that the third reason which Meyer identified

is the main objective of Russiarsquos participation in the Sic-Party talks therefore

47) Peggy Falkenhein Meyer ldquoRussia Interests and Objectives on the Korean Peninsulardquo

International Journal of Korean Studies (FallWinter 2005) Vol 4 No 2 pp 145~14748) Ibid pp148~154

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 273

it could be assumed the promotion of economic issues can be conceived

and used as a tool to make a breakthrough to overcome the sluggish

multifaceted talks dealing with North Korea high-technology fears More

specifically I argue that the natural gas projects can dramatically increase

Russiarsquos penetration on the Korean peninsula and promote ndash in turn -

Moscowrsquos effort to bring positive changes to the talks From this perspective

Russian economic leverage might become a cornerstone for bringing peace

in the Korean peninsula In the following part I will present a possible

scenario in which this assumption might be substantially developed

Ⅳ A New Role of Russia on the Korean Peninsula

Figure 2 as shown below portrays a possible scenario of cooperation on

the Korean peninsula which emphasizes the following aspects 1) the

importance of the Six-Party Talks for the future of cooperation on the

Korean peninsula in the 21st century and 2) the suggestion of new

alternatives which focus on Russia and its economic involvement to boost

multilateral talks In building-up the scenario the key presumption is that

economic cooperation can create a ldquofunctional leveragerdquo in a political

scenario characterized by a substantial political rapprochement due to the

enforcement of a legally binding treaty (ie a Peace Treaty that could officially

end the Korean War) and prepare a definitive process of nation-building

among the two Koreas This ldquofunctional leveragerdquo is based on the role

played by CTR (Cooperative Threat Reduction) program49) to eliminate all

274 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

military threats―nuclear chemical biological and missiles threat from North

Korea In principle the objective of CTR is to reduce the dangers created

by nuclear chemical or biological weapons or their delivery vehicles The

actors of the CTR are consisted of a host who eradicates secures or

converts the WMD (Weapons of Mass Destruction) programs while the

other partners supporting such efforts50)

The most attractive function of the CTR for the following scenario is that

the partners provide money technology equipment and training to the host

nation In case that the six participants select the option during the process

of the WMD removal the main problems such methods and incentives in

terms of the North Korean nuclear withdrawal will be solved naturally

Furthermore the main argument to highlight the economic approaches with

flexible funds produced by rewards of the CTR programs can be persuaded

more convincingly Therefore the following section will justify this

alternative based on the postulation mentioned above―the application of

the CTR in the process of the Six-Party Talks

49) The CTR (or sometimes called for lsquoNunn-Lugarrsquo) programme provides funding

and expertise for the states in the former Soviet Unions including Russia Ukraine

Georgia Azerbaijan Belarus Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan under disarmament

treaties lthttpnunn-lugarcomindexshtmlgt50) Joel S Wit Wolfsthal Jon and Oh Choong-suk (2005) ldquoThe Six Party Talks and

Beyond Cooperative Threat Reduction and North Koreardquo A Report of the CSIS

International Security Program Dec (Washington DC CSIS) pp7~8

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 275

1 A Scenario Suggested lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Projection

for the DPRKrsquo

As stressed before the founding hypothesis of this scenario is a

substantial political shift on the Korean peninsula prospecting a clear

ldquoongoing processrdquo ldquoone Korea reunifiedrdquo However in my argumentation

the crucial assumption is not related to dynamics leading to the political

rapprochement among the two Koreas and neighbor countries which are

members of the Six-Party Talks Instead the central point of the first

scenario is to focus on the preparations and nation-building toward the

reconciliation of the two Koreas through multilateral economic negotiations

Namely to what extent can the framework of the Six-Party Talks and Russia

influence on peace and prosperity on the Korean peninsula as the means

of economic approaches

(Figure 2) Economy Reconstruction Project for the DPRK

276 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

Stage I

As shown in Figure 2 this scenario will be developed through four

stages During Stage I in order to resolve the core problem of Pyongyang―

the disposal of all WMD including chemical biological nuclear weapons

and the CTR program will be offered strongly Under the circumstances

North Korea seems to be a proper candidate for the CTR In the case of the

CTR the multilateral approaches owing to the political and financial

burden-sharing among the sponsors are indispensable51) Although the

Northeast Asian region has not been a suitable case for the program the

Six-Party Talks has shown a consensus on the difficult security problems

especially on Pyongyangrsquos military threats Such a partnership among the

participants of the Six-Party Talks which has been cultivated for seven years

of working together produces more positive results in the progress of the

disposal of nuclear weapons during the period of conducting the CTR

program

In addition Moscow will play a key role in the application of the CTR

program for North Korea When it comes to the beginning of the CTR the

program focused intensively on the countries of the former Soviet Union

including Russia Ukraine Georgia Azerbaijan Belarus Uzbekistan and

Kazakhstan As a result 6600 nuclear warheads have been eliminated since

1991 and more that 470 long-range missiles have been destroyed while

over 1800 other missiles strategic bombers have been disassembled52) With

51) Ibid pp1~352) The United States has invested $7 billion in the former Soviet Union since 1991

and is recently investing $1 billion per year There are additional participants―EU

UK Germany and France Ibid pp7~8

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 277

such an impressive precedent Russia is able to provide a workable solution

during the process of Pyongyangrsquos cooperative threat reduction The most

impressive strength of the first stage is provided that North Korea and the

five members of the Six-Party talks collectively pursue the CTR program the

following economic incentives will be offered for the reconstruction of

North Korea 1) a reward of nuclear withdrawal and 2) the reuse of

resources previously used in the Northrsquos nuclear program

In relation to CTR with application to the case of North Korea it possible

to argue that Russia ndash mindful of the CTR program provided by the US in

the aftermath of the collapse of the Soviet Empire ndash could potentially reuse

the rationale behind the above-mentioned mass destruction dismantlement

program in order to materially help North Korea to eliminate these kinds of

armaments as well as to boost a more comprehensive trust-building process

in the direction of Pyongyang increasing Russian influence over the North

and the overall region

Stage II

During the Stage II the expected economic incentives offered from the

implementation of the CTR project will be connected to the establishment of

a factual organization―lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Project for the DPRKrsquo

Continuously the international community should remain concerned about a

steep decline of the North Korean economy which in the past caused the

most destructive famines of the 20th century As many as one million

people who represent about five percent of the North Korean population

perished in the mid-1990s as a result53) Therefore the members of the

Six-Party Talks should pursue Pyongyangrsquos economic reforms and

278 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

reconstruction simultaneously since the countries regard economic inability

of Kim Jung Un to be one of the causes for using the military threats54)

Therefore it would provide a vital opportunity to bring changes in North

Korea if an organization which focuses on the economic benefits is

founded For this purpose this study recommends the establishment of

lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Project for the DPRKrsquo within the framework of the

Six-Party Talks The aspiration for the DPRK project is based on the

September 2005 Joint Statement and the February 2007 Joint Statement of

the Six-Party Talks The September Statement encouraged the economic

cooperation in the areas of energy trade and investment within the

Six-Party Talks framework55) Also in the February 2007 Joint Statement the

six players promised humanitarian assistance to North Korea and

established an Economy and Energy Cooperation Working Group56)

Although such agreements to boost the North Korean economy did not

53) Haggard Stephan and Noland Marcus ldquoA Security and Peace for Northeast Asia

The Economic Dimensionrdquo Peterson Institute for International Economics Policy

Brief No PB08-4 (April 2008) p2 54) In 2000 North Korea tried ldquomarketization from belowrdquo in the areas of local

organs government offices and military units with the recommendation of the

international community Ibid p255) See Join Statement of the Fourth Round of the Six-Party Talks in Beijing (19

September 2005)

lthttpwwwmofatgokrwebmodulehtsboardhbdhbdreadjsptypeID=6ampboardid=

247ampseqno=293918ampc=TITLEampt=amppagenum=2amptableName=TYPE_DATABOARDamppc=

ampdc=ampwc=amplu=ampvu=ampiu=ampdu=gt56) See Initial Actions for the Implementation of the Joint Statement (13 February 2007)

lthttpwwwmofatgokrwebmodulehtsboardhbdhbdreadjsptypeID=6ampboardid=

247ampseqno=293924ampc=TITLEampt=amppagenum=3amptableName=TYPE_DATABOARDamppc=amp

dc=ampwc=amplu=ampvu=ampiu=ampdu=gt

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 279

produce output in reality the international concerns seemed to have

reached a consensus relating to the ideas of lsquoEconomic Reconstruction

Project for DPRKrsquo introduced for the Stage II

Stage III

The following study on the similar subject reflects such international

concerns in a pragmatic way lsquopipeline gas introduction to the Korean

peninsularsquo57) In the Stage III as a long-term scenario to rehabilitate the

DPRKrsquos economy the idea of lsquopipeline gas projectrsquo introduced by Paik

(2005) will be applied Within the Six-Party Talks framework energy

assistance is another integral theme which is seen as important area to

resolve the nuclear problem on the Korean peninsula What is more such

energy supply options for DPRK generated from the gas pipeline project can

be functioned as a versatile negotiation tool combining the geopolitical and

economic reality on the Six-Party Talks table

In fact one well-established energy development organization―KEDO―

already exists The mission of KEDO is to implement the Agreed Framework

between the US and DPRK on the assumption that Pyongyang agreed to

freeze and ultimately dismantle its breathing nuclear program58) Unfortunately

the KEDO led project failed due to the North Korean distrust towards KEDO

due to the ailing relationship between Washington and Pyongyang caused

by the North Korean military threats and the failure to meet the agreed

57) Keun-Wook Paik ldquoPipeline Gas Introduction to the Korean Peninsulardquo Korea

Foundation Project lsquoEnergy and Environmental Cooperation in the Korea Peninsula

(2005)58) Baker et al opcit pp135~138

280 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

provisions59) Unlike the KEDO projects the introduction of the long

distance gas pipeline passing through the DPRK territory will involve the

two Koreas and Russia In particular intended for Pyongyang the pipeline

gas would provide energy to power many major cities in the DPRK

assuming that a 15 bcm60) natural gas would be allocated to the North as

a transit fees Also South Korea can provide additional support to prevent

the collapse of the North Korean economy61) In addition further funding

can be allocated for the CTR programs which will intensify the effort to

support rebuilding of the North Korean economy

Other than the economic merit Moscow is well positioned in this

pipeline project since the major Russian company Gazprom which is the

largest extractor of natural gas in the world has outstanding options to

promote the project from all the shareholders For this reason the role of

Russia should be given more weight in the third stage

In terms of the Economy Reconstruction Project for the DPRK this study

will follow the main idea of the paper Pipeline Gas Introduction to the

Korean Peninsula by Paik In his in-depth study Paik suggested lsquothe

Proposed Greater Circular Pipeline in Northeast Asiarsquo As shown in Figure 3

the Korean peninsula is ideally located to have pivotal benefits from the

59) There are two main conditions 1) KEDO finances and constructs two

proliferation-resistant light-water reactors(LWR) of the Korean Standard Nuclear

Power Plant in the DPRK and 2) KEDO provides DPRK with an alternative source

of energy for heating and electricity until the first of the two reactors is

completed lthttpwwwkedoorgap_mainaspgt 60) 30bcm is an amount which can handle gas over 30 years Baker et al opcit

p10161) Ibid pp81~82

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 281

Source Paik (2005) p41

Russian oil and gas pipeline infrastructure In the case that the gas pipeline

scenario is applied in reality as a useful alternative for the settlement of the

current North Korean nuclear crisis this project will provide significant

contribution to in promoting energy cooperation between Russia and the

Two Koreas

Stage Ⅳ

In the final stage a consensus and convention to justify this project

within the Six-Party Talks framework should be guaranteed This is necessary

to avoid the inevitable problem of incompatibility between the laws and

regulations among the six players and different investment environment

(Figure 3) Map The Proposed Greater Pipeline in Northeast Asia

282 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

The Six Party Talks Russia

Stage

bull Providing a Negotiation Tool (the

CTR Program)

bull Initiating North Korea into Russian

precedents of the CTR program

Stage

bull Invoking international concerns about

NKrsquos economy reconstruction

bull Implementing the project based on

the Agreements

bull Supporting this project actively

Stage

bull Creating conventions to recognize the

gas pipeline project with six players

bull Participating in the gas pipeline project

actively persuading Gazprom

Stage

Ⅳ Building the consensus and trust of the Six-Party Talks members

2 Strength and Limitation of the Scenario

Based on the scenario introduced above the expected roles of Russia and

the members of the Six-Party Talks is as follows

(Table 2) Expected Roles of Russia and the Six-Party Talks in the Scenario

In short the main feature of lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Project for the

DPRKrsquo is a product of a multilateral economic diplomacy In general such

a multilateral economic approach has an unavoidable drawback in that such

a pragmatic diplomacy cannot move ahead regardless of the difficult security

concern of the Korean peninsula In particular I recognize that an increased

Russian role on a unified Korean peninsula would increase the tensions

among the main regional actors

However the strength of this scenario is combining security and

economic issues together to offer a comprehensive resolution concerning the

main threat that would inhibit inter-Korean rapprochement that is an

unchanged provocative posture of North Korea vis-agrave-vis its security needs

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 283

In other words the CTR program for Pyongyangrsquos WMD can be a suitable

alternative to prevent the North Korean military actions In addition the

economic rewards and investment for the DPRK during the negotiation

based on the gas pipeline project would enable advancement the North

Korean economy which in turn will have a positive effect on a long-term

solution such as the reconciliation between the two Koreas Furthermore if

an economic reconciliation can be reached with the help of the new actor

lsquoRussiarsquo this could become a plausible alternative reunification strategy of

the Korean peninsula Such a new consideration will justify the economic

and pragmatic approaches in the framework of the Six-Party talks

Ⅴ Conclusion

Time has changed However the issues surrounding the Korean

peninsula where interests of major powers are contested still display a

unique and multifaceted pattern on the international political order The

dilemma of the peninsula is the coexistence of lsquoinsecurityrsquo and lsquoprosperityrsquo

which is an inevitable by-product caused by the geopolitical situation

Despite such a reality smarter alternatives to achieve lsquopeacersquo and

lsquoprosperityrsquo on the Korean peninsula in the 21st century should be created

The option available currently is lsquothe Six-Party Talksrsquo This study has

suggested that such a multilateral talk offers a plausible framework to

resolve the issues surrounding the Korean peninsula beyond the North

Korean nuclear crisis Obviously the complex diplomatic calculations of the

284 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

six players are the key limitation of this framework but the talks seems

to be worthy as it is acting as a creditable model of the multilateral

negotiations In particular this study dealt with the role of Russia because

when it comes to the process of the Six-Party Talks and inter-relations with

the two Koreas to date Moscowrsquos contribution on the Six-Party Talks

brought positive alternatives which rival the contributions of Washington

and Beijing Based on such a development a scenario under which Russia

can play a positive role in creating a new and a long-term resolution to the

issues of the Korean peninsula can be postulated

However there are limitations which this study cannot escape Firstly as

the worst case scenario if the second Korean War breaks out suddenly the

reality of the multilateral talks and the scenario introduced above may

presumably have no bearing Secondly due to unexpected internal and

external conditions of Russia such as instability of the regime or global

economy crisis the role of Russia can fluctuate Thirdly if the others actors

especially in the US and China wants to maintain strong influences a

lsquopower gamersquo might break out the result of which might have negative

effects Finally the methodology of this research is a problem-solving

approach which was connected to the current policy analysis based on

comprehensive study of the primary sources As a result it is impossible to

deliver obvious and exact facts and information in terms of the Six-Party

Talks which is still in progress

Nonetheless the aim of this study was to offer an alternative to the

current difficult though hypothetical As a result this study was able to lead

a conclusion the Six-Party Talks and the role of Moscow are able to be a

persuasive and plausible alternative for a long-term solution on the Korean

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 285

peninsula The importance of the Six-Party Talks the inter-relations between

Russia and the two Koreas and a scenario suggested supported the

conclusion

All in all the increased and positive Russian involvement toward the two

Koreas can be a stepping-stone for a dialogue and cooperation for peace

and prosperity on the Korean peninsula Furthermore the full use of the

Six-Party Talks will ultimately contribute to security of the Northeast Asian

region beyond the North Korean nuclear crisis

접수 2015년 10월 23일 심사 2015년 10월 23일 게재확정 2015년 11월 24일

286 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

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25 2015

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Williams Carol J ldquoNorth Korea Read to Resume Six-Party Nuclear Talks Russia

Reportsrdquo Los Angeles Times November 12 2014

CCTV ldquoPutin Urges Unconditional Resumption of Six-Party Talksrdquo November 13 2013

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energy needsrdquo November 2007

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m_20_20_10amptabmenu=t_2gt

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lthttpblogkeiaorg201502north-korea-looking-abroadgt

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 289

박지선(PARK JISUN )

영국 런던대 킹스 칼리지(Kingrsquos College London) 국제분쟁학 석사 학위를 취득하고 현재 동

대학원 전략학 박사과정에 있다 주요 연구실적으로 ldquoConstructivist Understandings of North

Korearsquos Ballistic Missile Programme National Security Policy Based on North Korearsquos Strategic

Culturerdquo(2014) 985172한반도 신뢰프로세스를 통한 비핵국가 한국의 핵 안보전략 제2차 핵시대를

맞이하여985173(2013 공저) 985172클라우제비츠의 전쟁이론으로 본 냉전 이후 북한의 핵미사일 전략

에 관한 연구985173(2010 공저) 등이 있다

6자회담 틀 내에서 한반도 중장기 평화번영을 위한 러시아의

lsquo숙련된 중재자(New Seasoned Facilitator)rsquo 역할

박지선 (런던대 킹스 칼리지)

국문요약

본 논문은 한반도의 중장기 평화번영 방안을 위해 교착상태에 빠진 6자회담의 틀 안

에서 러시아의 역할에 대한 새로운 학문적 접근을 보여주고자 한다 본 논문에서는 북한

핵무기 개발 프로그램의 중단이라는 공동의 목적을 달성하기 위해 설립된 6자회담의 주

요 행위자들의 정치적middot전략적 이해관계를 경제적 영역으로 확대하면서 보다 실용적인

한반도 문제 해결 방안을 제시하고 있다 특히 lsquo숙련된 중재자(New Seasoned Facilitator)rsquo

로서의 러시아의 역할에 대해 심도 있게 고찰하면서 6자회담 틀에서 가능한 하나의 시나

리오를 실험적으로 제안하고 있다 본 논문의 주요 내용은 1) 6자회담의 연대기적 분석

2)한반도를 둘러싼 6자회담 주요 국가들의 이해관계 분석 3) 숙련된 중재자로서의 러

시아의 역할을 고찰 4) 실용적이고 실행 가능한 경제협력 방안이 될 한반도 평화정착을

위한 북한경제재건 프로젝트의 시나리오 등이다

주제어 6자회담 러시아 외교정책 북한 중재자 한반도 중middot장기 번영

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Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 271

Korean peninsula can be regarded as a region of interest and strategic

importance as the Asian-Pacific region is seen to have increasing economic

implication for Russia due to the lack of involvement by Moscow in the

region of economic prowess44) In particular when Moscow participated in

the Six-Party Talks its approach seems to have strategic bearing toward the

Asia-Pacific region because the region especially the Korean peninsula is

now regarded by Moscow as an area of considerable importance

In fact Russiarsquos burgeoning interests for the Six-Party Talks contemporize

with the inauguration of the Putinrsquos administration Namely Putinrsquos lsquoNew

Realismrsquo based on the pragmatic approach over all Russia policies can be

applied to the evaluation of the Russian intention and purpose toward the

Six-Party Talks On the whole the national motto of the 21st century Russia

is lsquoPragmatismrsquo which also significantly influenced the current Medvedevrsquos

cabinet45) On a meeting of the Security Council in March 2000 the new

Russian lsquoForeign Policy Conceptrsquo was introduced by Ivanov the Russian

Foreign Minister at the time The main concept of the document was lsquomore

realisticrsquo for rebuilding the domestic economy and promoting the Russian

economic interests abroad as it strives to become worldrsquos tenth biggest

economy in the 21st century46) Hence Moscowrsquos foreign policy influenced

44) Natasha Kuhrt Russian Policy towards China and Japan The Elrsquotsin and Putin

periods (New York Rutledge 2007) pp 54~5645) In January 2002 the former President Putin had an interview with a Polish

Newspaper and Polish TVP Channel In the interview he stated that lsquoPragmatismrsquo

as a key means for the economic cooperation with other nations ldquoWe began this

talk by pointing out that the soundest approachhellip on the basis of pragmatism

and pragmatic interest in each otherrdquo

lthttpwwwkremlinruengtextspeeches200201150001_type82916_147392shtmlgt46) Sakwa(2008) pp371~391

272 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

by such realistic and pragmatic approaches seems to have valid bearing for

both the Six-Party Talks and the inter-Korean dialogues especially when the

economic aspects are addressed

In essence what are the specific interests Moscow might have on the

Korean peninsula The answer to this question is the more the Korean

military threats are slackened the more Russiarsquos security and economic

interests are amplified In terms of this argument Meyer (2005) identified

the reasons for the Russian Federationrsquos participation in the multilateral

meeting He indicated that by supporting reconciliation between DPRK and

ROK Russia can achieve the following objectives 1) the symbolic objective

to be recognized as a permanent major power on the global stage 2) the

military objective to dissuade Pyongyang from pursuing nuclear weapons

program not to weaken the global commitment for NPT and 3) the

economic objective to establish favorable conditions for the development of

a trilateral economic cooperation among Russia and the two Koreas47)

In relation to the third objective when Putin was the president he had

strong interests toward the Korean peninsula as there were potentially

lucrative economic opportunities available Such projects included connecting

the inter-Korean railroad to the Trans-Siberian railroad and exporting natural

gas from the Kovyktinskoe field in Irkutsk to the Korean peninsula through

China48)

In fact it can be concluded that the third reason which Meyer identified

is the main objective of Russiarsquos participation in the Sic-Party talks therefore

47) Peggy Falkenhein Meyer ldquoRussia Interests and Objectives on the Korean Peninsulardquo

International Journal of Korean Studies (FallWinter 2005) Vol 4 No 2 pp 145~14748) Ibid pp148~154

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 273

it could be assumed the promotion of economic issues can be conceived

and used as a tool to make a breakthrough to overcome the sluggish

multifaceted talks dealing with North Korea high-technology fears More

specifically I argue that the natural gas projects can dramatically increase

Russiarsquos penetration on the Korean peninsula and promote ndash in turn -

Moscowrsquos effort to bring positive changes to the talks From this perspective

Russian economic leverage might become a cornerstone for bringing peace

in the Korean peninsula In the following part I will present a possible

scenario in which this assumption might be substantially developed

Ⅳ A New Role of Russia on the Korean Peninsula

Figure 2 as shown below portrays a possible scenario of cooperation on

the Korean peninsula which emphasizes the following aspects 1) the

importance of the Six-Party Talks for the future of cooperation on the

Korean peninsula in the 21st century and 2) the suggestion of new

alternatives which focus on Russia and its economic involvement to boost

multilateral talks In building-up the scenario the key presumption is that

economic cooperation can create a ldquofunctional leveragerdquo in a political

scenario characterized by a substantial political rapprochement due to the

enforcement of a legally binding treaty (ie a Peace Treaty that could officially

end the Korean War) and prepare a definitive process of nation-building

among the two Koreas This ldquofunctional leveragerdquo is based on the role

played by CTR (Cooperative Threat Reduction) program49) to eliminate all

274 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

military threats―nuclear chemical biological and missiles threat from North

Korea In principle the objective of CTR is to reduce the dangers created

by nuclear chemical or biological weapons or their delivery vehicles The

actors of the CTR are consisted of a host who eradicates secures or

converts the WMD (Weapons of Mass Destruction) programs while the

other partners supporting such efforts50)

The most attractive function of the CTR for the following scenario is that

the partners provide money technology equipment and training to the host

nation In case that the six participants select the option during the process

of the WMD removal the main problems such methods and incentives in

terms of the North Korean nuclear withdrawal will be solved naturally

Furthermore the main argument to highlight the economic approaches with

flexible funds produced by rewards of the CTR programs can be persuaded

more convincingly Therefore the following section will justify this

alternative based on the postulation mentioned above―the application of

the CTR in the process of the Six-Party Talks

49) The CTR (or sometimes called for lsquoNunn-Lugarrsquo) programme provides funding

and expertise for the states in the former Soviet Unions including Russia Ukraine

Georgia Azerbaijan Belarus Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan under disarmament

treaties lthttpnunn-lugarcomindexshtmlgt50) Joel S Wit Wolfsthal Jon and Oh Choong-suk (2005) ldquoThe Six Party Talks and

Beyond Cooperative Threat Reduction and North Koreardquo A Report of the CSIS

International Security Program Dec (Washington DC CSIS) pp7~8

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 275

1 A Scenario Suggested lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Projection

for the DPRKrsquo

As stressed before the founding hypothesis of this scenario is a

substantial political shift on the Korean peninsula prospecting a clear

ldquoongoing processrdquo ldquoone Korea reunifiedrdquo However in my argumentation

the crucial assumption is not related to dynamics leading to the political

rapprochement among the two Koreas and neighbor countries which are

members of the Six-Party Talks Instead the central point of the first

scenario is to focus on the preparations and nation-building toward the

reconciliation of the two Koreas through multilateral economic negotiations

Namely to what extent can the framework of the Six-Party Talks and Russia

influence on peace and prosperity on the Korean peninsula as the means

of economic approaches

(Figure 2) Economy Reconstruction Project for the DPRK

276 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

Stage I

As shown in Figure 2 this scenario will be developed through four

stages During Stage I in order to resolve the core problem of Pyongyang―

the disposal of all WMD including chemical biological nuclear weapons

and the CTR program will be offered strongly Under the circumstances

North Korea seems to be a proper candidate for the CTR In the case of the

CTR the multilateral approaches owing to the political and financial

burden-sharing among the sponsors are indispensable51) Although the

Northeast Asian region has not been a suitable case for the program the

Six-Party Talks has shown a consensus on the difficult security problems

especially on Pyongyangrsquos military threats Such a partnership among the

participants of the Six-Party Talks which has been cultivated for seven years

of working together produces more positive results in the progress of the

disposal of nuclear weapons during the period of conducting the CTR

program

In addition Moscow will play a key role in the application of the CTR

program for North Korea When it comes to the beginning of the CTR the

program focused intensively on the countries of the former Soviet Union

including Russia Ukraine Georgia Azerbaijan Belarus Uzbekistan and

Kazakhstan As a result 6600 nuclear warheads have been eliminated since

1991 and more that 470 long-range missiles have been destroyed while

over 1800 other missiles strategic bombers have been disassembled52) With

51) Ibid pp1~352) The United States has invested $7 billion in the former Soviet Union since 1991

and is recently investing $1 billion per year There are additional participants―EU

UK Germany and France Ibid pp7~8

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 277

such an impressive precedent Russia is able to provide a workable solution

during the process of Pyongyangrsquos cooperative threat reduction The most

impressive strength of the first stage is provided that North Korea and the

five members of the Six-Party talks collectively pursue the CTR program the

following economic incentives will be offered for the reconstruction of

North Korea 1) a reward of nuclear withdrawal and 2) the reuse of

resources previously used in the Northrsquos nuclear program

In relation to CTR with application to the case of North Korea it possible

to argue that Russia ndash mindful of the CTR program provided by the US in

the aftermath of the collapse of the Soviet Empire ndash could potentially reuse

the rationale behind the above-mentioned mass destruction dismantlement

program in order to materially help North Korea to eliminate these kinds of

armaments as well as to boost a more comprehensive trust-building process

in the direction of Pyongyang increasing Russian influence over the North

and the overall region

Stage II

During the Stage II the expected economic incentives offered from the

implementation of the CTR project will be connected to the establishment of

a factual organization―lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Project for the DPRKrsquo

Continuously the international community should remain concerned about a

steep decline of the North Korean economy which in the past caused the

most destructive famines of the 20th century As many as one million

people who represent about five percent of the North Korean population

perished in the mid-1990s as a result53) Therefore the members of the

Six-Party Talks should pursue Pyongyangrsquos economic reforms and

278 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

reconstruction simultaneously since the countries regard economic inability

of Kim Jung Un to be one of the causes for using the military threats54)

Therefore it would provide a vital opportunity to bring changes in North

Korea if an organization which focuses on the economic benefits is

founded For this purpose this study recommends the establishment of

lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Project for the DPRKrsquo within the framework of the

Six-Party Talks The aspiration for the DPRK project is based on the

September 2005 Joint Statement and the February 2007 Joint Statement of

the Six-Party Talks The September Statement encouraged the economic

cooperation in the areas of energy trade and investment within the

Six-Party Talks framework55) Also in the February 2007 Joint Statement the

six players promised humanitarian assistance to North Korea and

established an Economy and Energy Cooperation Working Group56)

Although such agreements to boost the North Korean economy did not

53) Haggard Stephan and Noland Marcus ldquoA Security and Peace for Northeast Asia

The Economic Dimensionrdquo Peterson Institute for International Economics Policy

Brief No PB08-4 (April 2008) p2 54) In 2000 North Korea tried ldquomarketization from belowrdquo in the areas of local

organs government offices and military units with the recommendation of the

international community Ibid p255) See Join Statement of the Fourth Round of the Six-Party Talks in Beijing (19

September 2005)

lthttpwwwmofatgokrwebmodulehtsboardhbdhbdreadjsptypeID=6ampboardid=

247ampseqno=293918ampc=TITLEampt=amppagenum=2amptableName=TYPE_DATABOARDamppc=

ampdc=ampwc=amplu=ampvu=ampiu=ampdu=gt56) See Initial Actions for the Implementation of the Joint Statement (13 February 2007)

lthttpwwwmofatgokrwebmodulehtsboardhbdhbdreadjsptypeID=6ampboardid=

247ampseqno=293924ampc=TITLEampt=amppagenum=3amptableName=TYPE_DATABOARDamppc=amp

dc=ampwc=amplu=ampvu=ampiu=ampdu=gt

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 279

produce output in reality the international concerns seemed to have

reached a consensus relating to the ideas of lsquoEconomic Reconstruction

Project for DPRKrsquo introduced for the Stage II

Stage III

The following study on the similar subject reflects such international

concerns in a pragmatic way lsquopipeline gas introduction to the Korean

peninsularsquo57) In the Stage III as a long-term scenario to rehabilitate the

DPRKrsquos economy the idea of lsquopipeline gas projectrsquo introduced by Paik

(2005) will be applied Within the Six-Party Talks framework energy

assistance is another integral theme which is seen as important area to

resolve the nuclear problem on the Korean peninsula What is more such

energy supply options for DPRK generated from the gas pipeline project can

be functioned as a versatile negotiation tool combining the geopolitical and

economic reality on the Six-Party Talks table

In fact one well-established energy development organization―KEDO―

already exists The mission of KEDO is to implement the Agreed Framework

between the US and DPRK on the assumption that Pyongyang agreed to

freeze and ultimately dismantle its breathing nuclear program58) Unfortunately

the KEDO led project failed due to the North Korean distrust towards KEDO

due to the ailing relationship between Washington and Pyongyang caused

by the North Korean military threats and the failure to meet the agreed

57) Keun-Wook Paik ldquoPipeline Gas Introduction to the Korean Peninsulardquo Korea

Foundation Project lsquoEnergy and Environmental Cooperation in the Korea Peninsula

(2005)58) Baker et al opcit pp135~138

280 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

provisions59) Unlike the KEDO projects the introduction of the long

distance gas pipeline passing through the DPRK territory will involve the

two Koreas and Russia In particular intended for Pyongyang the pipeline

gas would provide energy to power many major cities in the DPRK

assuming that a 15 bcm60) natural gas would be allocated to the North as

a transit fees Also South Korea can provide additional support to prevent

the collapse of the North Korean economy61) In addition further funding

can be allocated for the CTR programs which will intensify the effort to

support rebuilding of the North Korean economy

Other than the economic merit Moscow is well positioned in this

pipeline project since the major Russian company Gazprom which is the

largest extractor of natural gas in the world has outstanding options to

promote the project from all the shareholders For this reason the role of

Russia should be given more weight in the third stage

In terms of the Economy Reconstruction Project for the DPRK this study

will follow the main idea of the paper Pipeline Gas Introduction to the

Korean Peninsula by Paik In his in-depth study Paik suggested lsquothe

Proposed Greater Circular Pipeline in Northeast Asiarsquo As shown in Figure 3

the Korean peninsula is ideally located to have pivotal benefits from the

59) There are two main conditions 1) KEDO finances and constructs two

proliferation-resistant light-water reactors(LWR) of the Korean Standard Nuclear

Power Plant in the DPRK and 2) KEDO provides DPRK with an alternative source

of energy for heating and electricity until the first of the two reactors is

completed lthttpwwwkedoorgap_mainaspgt 60) 30bcm is an amount which can handle gas over 30 years Baker et al opcit

p10161) Ibid pp81~82

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 281

Source Paik (2005) p41

Russian oil and gas pipeline infrastructure In the case that the gas pipeline

scenario is applied in reality as a useful alternative for the settlement of the

current North Korean nuclear crisis this project will provide significant

contribution to in promoting energy cooperation between Russia and the

Two Koreas

Stage Ⅳ

In the final stage a consensus and convention to justify this project

within the Six-Party Talks framework should be guaranteed This is necessary

to avoid the inevitable problem of incompatibility between the laws and

regulations among the six players and different investment environment

(Figure 3) Map The Proposed Greater Pipeline in Northeast Asia

282 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

The Six Party Talks Russia

Stage

bull Providing a Negotiation Tool (the

CTR Program)

bull Initiating North Korea into Russian

precedents of the CTR program

Stage

bull Invoking international concerns about

NKrsquos economy reconstruction

bull Implementing the project based on

the Agreements

bull Supporting this project actively

Stage

bull Creating conventions to recognize the

gas pipeline project with six players

bull Participating in the gas pipeline project

actively persuading Gazprom

Stage

Ⅳ Building the consensus and trust of the Six-Party Talks members

2 Strength and Limitation of the Scenario

Based on the scenario introduced above the expected roles of Russia and

the members of the Six-Party Talks is as follows

(Table 2) Expected Roles of Russia and the Six-Party Talks in the Scenario

In short the main feature of lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Project for the

DPRKrsquo is a product of a multilateral economic diplomacy In general such

a multilateral economic approach has an unavoidable drawback in that such

a pragmatic diplomacy cannot move ahead regardless of the difficult security

concern of the Korean peninsula In particular I recognize that an increased

Russian role on a unified Korean peninsula would increase the tensions

among the main regional actors

However the strength of this scenario is combining security and

economic issues together to offer a comprehensive resolution concerning the

main threat that would inhibit inter-Korean rapprochement that is an

unchanged provocative posture of North Korea vis-agrave-vis its security needs

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 283

In other words the CTR program for Pyongyangrsquos WMD can be a suitable

alternative to prevent the North Korean military actions In addition the

economic rewards and investment for the DPRK during the negotiation

based on the gas pipeline project would enable advancement the North

Korean economy which in turn will have a positive effect on a long-term

solution such as the reconciliation between the two Koreas Furthermore if

an economic reconciliation can be reached with the help of the new actor

lsquoRussiarsquo this could become a plausible alternative reunification strategy of

the Korean peninsula Such a new consideration will justify the economic

and pragmatic approaches in the framework of the Six-Party talks

Ⅴ Conclusion

Time has changed However the issues surrounding the Korean

peninsula where interests of major powers are contested still display a

unique and multifaceted pattern on the international political order The

dilemma of the peninsula is the coexistence of lsquoinsecurityrsquo and lsquoprosperityrsquo

which is an inevitable by-product caused by the geopolitical situation

Despite such a reality smarter alternatives to achieve lsquopeacersquo and

lsquoprosperityrsquo on the Korean peninsula in the 21st century should be created

The option available currently is lsquothe Six-Party Talksrsquo This study has

suggested that such a multilateral talk offers a plausible framework to

resolve the issues surrounding the Korean peninsula beyond the North

Korean nuclear crisis Obviously the complex diplomatic calculations of the

284 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

six players are the key limitation of this framework but the talks seems

to be worthy as it is acting as a creditable model of the multilateral

negotiations In particular this study dealt with the role of Russia because

when it comes to the process of the Six-Party Talks and inter-relations with

the two Koreas to date Moscowrsquos contribution on the Six-Party Talks

brought positive alternatives which rival the contributions of Washington

and Beijing Based on such a development a scenario under which Russia

can play a positive role in creating a new and a long-term resolution to the

issues of the Korean peninsula can be postulated

However there are limitations which this study cannot escape Firstly as

the worst case scenario if the second Korean War breaks out suddenly the

reality of the multilateral talks and the scenario introduced above may

presumably have no bearing Secondly due to unexpected internal and

external conditions of Russia such as instability of the regime or global

economy crisis the role of Russia can fluctuate Thirdly if the others actors

especially in the US and China wants to maintain strong influences a

lsquopower gamersquo might break out the result of which might have negative

effects Finally the methodology of this research is a problem-solving

approach which was connected to the current policy analysis based on

comprehensive study of the primary sources As a result it is impossible to

deliver obvious and exact facts and information in terms of the Six-Party

Talks which is still in progress

Nonetheless the aim of this study was to offer an alternative to the

current difficult though hypothetical As a result this study was able to lead

a conclusion the Six-Party Talks and the role of Moscow are able to be a

persuasive and plausible alternative for a long-term solution on the Korean

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 285

peninsula The importance of the Six-Party Talks the inter-relations between

Russia and the two Koreas and a scenario suggested supported the

conclusion

All in all the increased and positive Russian involvement toward the two

Koreas can be a stepping-stone for a dialogue and cooperation for peace

and prosperity on the Korean peninsula Furthermore the full use of the

Six-Party Talks will ultimately contribute to security of the Northeast Asian

region beyond the North Korean nuclear crisis

접수 2015년 10월 23일 심사 2015년 10월 23일 게재확정 2015년 11월 24일

286 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

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m_20_20_10amptabmenu=t_2gt

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Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 289

박지선(PARK JISUN )

영국 런던대 킹스 칼리지(Kingrsquos College London) 국제분쟁학 석사 학위를 취득하고 현재 동

대학원 전략학 박사과정에 있다 주요 연구실적으로 ldquoConstructivist Understandings of North

Korearsquos Ballistic Missile Programme National Security Policy Based on North Korearsquos Strategic

Culturerdquo(2014) 985172한반도 신뢰프로세스를 통한 비핵국가 한국의 핵 안보전략 제2차 핵시대를

맞이하여985173(2013 공저) 985172클라우제비츠의 전쟁이론으로 본 냉전 이후 북한의 핵미사일 전략

에 관한 연구985173(2010 공저) 등이 있다

6자회담 틀 내에서 한반도 중장기 평화번영을 위한 러시아의

lsquo숙련된 중재자(New Seasoned Facilitator)rsquo 역할

박지선 (런던대 킹스 칼리지)

국문요약

본 논문은 한반도의 중장기 평화번영 방안을 위해 교착상태에 빠진 6자회담의 틀 안

에서 러시아의 역할에 대한 새로운 학문적 접근을 보여주고자 한다 본 논문에서는 북한

핵무기 개발 프로그램의 중단이라는 공동의 목적을 달성하기 위해 설립된 6자회담의 주

요 행위자들의 정치적middot전략적 이해관계를 경제적 영역으로 확대하면서 보다 실용적인

한반도 문제 해결 방안을 제시하고 있다 특히 lsquo숙련된 중재자(New Seasoned Facilitator)rsquo

로서의 러시아의 역할에 대해 심도 있게 고찰하면서 6자회담 틀에서 가능한 하나의 시나

리오를 실험적으로 제안하고 있다 본 논문의 주요 내용은 1) 6자회담의 연대기적 분석

2)한반도를 둘러싼 6자회담 주요 국가들의 이해관계 분석 3) 숙련된 중재자로서의 러

시아의 역할을 고찰 4) 실용적이고 실행 가능한 경제협력 방안이 될 한반도 평화정착을

위한 북한경제재건 프로젝트의 시나리오 등이다

주제어 6자회담 러시아 외교정책 북한 중재자 한반도 중middot장기 번영

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272 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

by such realistic and pragmatic approaches seems to have valid bearing for

both the Six-Party Talks and the inter-Korean dialogues especially when the

economic aspects are addressed

In essence what are the specific interests Moscow might have on the

Korean peninsula The answer to this question is the more the Korean

military threats are slackened the more Russiarsquos security and economic

interests are amplified In terms of this argument Meyer (2005) identified

the reasons for the Russian Federationrsquos participation in the multilateral

meeting He indicated that by supporting reconciliation between DPRK and

ROK Russia can achieve the following objectives 1) the symbolic objective

to be recognized as a permanent major power on the global stage 2) the

military objective to dissuade Pyongyang from pursuing nuclear weapons

program not to weaken the global commitment for NPT and 3) the

economic objective to establish favorable conditions for the development of

a trilateral economic cooperation among Russia and the two Koreas47)

In relation to the third objective when Putin was the president he had

strong interests toward the Korean peninsula as there were potentially

lucrative economic opportunities available Such projects included connecting

the inter-Korean railroad to the Trans-Siberian railroad and exporting natural

gas from the Kovyktinskoe field in Irkutsk to the Korean peninsula through

China48)

In fact it can be concluded that the third reason which Meyer identified

is the main objective of Russiarsquos participation in the Sic-Party talks therefore

47) Peggy Falkenhein Meyer ldquoRussia Interests and Objectives on the Korean Peninsulardquo

International Journal of Korean Studies (FallWinter 2005) Vol 4 No 2 pp 145~14748) Ibid pp148~154

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 273

it could be assumed the promotion of economic issues can be conceived

and used as a tool to make a breakthrough to overcome the sluggish

multifaceted talks dealing with North Korea high-technology fears More

specifically I argue that the natural gas projects can dramatically increase

Russiarsquos penetration on the Korean peninsula and promote ndash in turn -

Moscowrsquos effort to bring positive changes to the talks From this perspective

Russian economic leverage might become a cornerstone for bringing peace

in the Korean peninsula In the following part I will present a possible

scenario in which this assumption might be substantially developed

Ⅳ A New Role of Russia on the Korean Peninsula

Figure 2 as shown below portrays a possible scenario of cooperation on

the Korean peninsula which emphasizes the following aspects 1) the

importance of the Six-Party Talks for the future of cooperation on the

Korean peninsula in the 21st century and 2) the suggestion of new

alternatives which focus on Russia and its economic involvement to boost

multilateral talks In building-up the scenario the key presumption is that

economic cooperation can create a ldquofunctional leveragerdquo in a political

scenario characterized by a substantial political rapprochement due to the

enforcement of a legally binding treaty (ie a Peace Treaty that could officially

end the Korean War) and prepare a definitive process of nation-building

among the two Koreas This ldquofunctional leveragerdquo is based on the role

played by CTR (Cooperative Threat Reduction) program49) to eliminate all

274 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

military threats―nuclear chemical biological and missiles threat from North

Korea In principle the objective of CTR is to reduce the dangers created

by nuclear chemical or biological weapons or their delivery vehicles The

actors of the CTR are consisted of a host who eradicates secures or

converts the WMD (Weapons of Mass Destruction) programs while the

other partners supporting such efforts50)

The most attractive function of the CTR for the following scenario is that

the partners provide money technology equipment and training to the host

nation In case that the six participants select the option during the process

of the WMD removal the main problems such methods and incentives in

terms of the North Korean nuclear withdrawal will be solved naturally

Furthermore the main argument to highlight the economic approaches with

flexible funds produced by rewards of the CTR programs can be persuaded

more convincingly Therefore the following section will justify this

alternative based on the postulation mentioned above―the application of

the CTR in the process of the Six-Party Talks

49) The CTR (or sometimes called for lsquoNunn-Lugarrsquo) programme provides funding

and expertise for the states in the former Soviet Unions including Russia Ukraine

Georgia Azerbaijan Belarus Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan under disarmament

treaties lthttpnunn-lugarcomindexshtmlgt50) Joel S Wit Wolfsthal Jon and Oh Choong-suk (2005) ldquoThe Six Party Talks and

Beyond Cooperative Threat Reduction and North Koreardquo A Report of the CSIS

International Security Program Dec (Washington DC CSIS) pp7~8

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 275

1 A Scenario Suggested lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Projection

for the DPRKrsquo

As stressed before the founding hypothesis of this scenario is a

substantial political shift on the Korean peninsula prospecting a clear

ldquoongoing processrdquo ldquoone Korea reunifiedrdquo However in my argumentation

the crucial assumption is not related to dynamics leading to the political

rapprochement among the two Koreas and neighbor countries which are

members of the Six-Party Talks Instead the central point of the first

scenario is to focus on the preparations and nation-building toward the

reconciliation of the two Koreas through multilateral economic negotiations

Namely to what extent can the framework of the Six-Party Talks and Russia

influence on peace and prosperity on the Korean peninsula as the means

of economic approaches

(Figure 2) Economy Reconstruction Project for the DPRK

276 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

Stage I

As shown in Figure 2 this scenario will be developed through four

stages During Stage I in order to resolve the core problem of Pyongyang―

the disposal of all WMD including chemical biological nuclear weapons

and the CTR program will be offered strongly Under the circumstances

North Korea seems to be a proper candidate for the CTR In the case of the

CTR the multilateral approaches owing to the political and financial

burden-sharing among the sponsors are indispensable51) Although the

Northeast Asian region has not been a suitable case for the program the

Six-Party Talks has shown a consensus on the difficult security problems

especially on Pyongyangrsquos military threats Such a partnership among the

participants of the Six-Party Talks which has been cultivated for seven years

of working together produces more positive results in the progress of the

disposal of nuclear weapons during the period of conducting the CTR

program

In addition Moscow will play a key role in the application of the CTR

program for North Korea When it comes to the beginning of the CTR the

program focused intensively on the countries of the former Soviet Union

including Russia Ukraine Georgia Azerbaijan Belarus Uzbekistan and

Kazakhstan As a result 6600 nuclear warheads have been eliminated since

1991 and more that 470 long-range missiles have been destroyed while

over 1800 other missiles strategic bombers have been disassembled52) With

51) Ibid pp1~352) The United States has invested $7 billion in the former Soviet Union since 1991

and is recently investing $1 billion per year There are additional participants―EU

UK Germany and France Ibid pp7~8

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 277

such an impressive precedent Russia is able to provide a workable solution

during the process of Pyongyangrsquos cooperative threat reduction The most

impressive strength of the first stage is provided that North Korea and the

five members of the Six-Party talks collectively pursue the CTR program the

following economic incentives will be offered for the reconstruction of

North Korea 1) a reward of nuclear withdrawal and 2) the reuse of

resources previously used in the Northrsquos nuclear program

In relation to CTR with application to the case of North Korea it possible

to argue that Russia ndash mindful of the CTR program provided by the US in

the aftermath of the collapse of the Soviet Empire ndash could potentially reuse

the rationale behind the above-mentioned mass destruction dismantlement

program in order to materially help North Korea to eliminate these kinds of

armaments as well as to boost a more comprehensive trust-building process

in the direction of Pyongyang increasing Russian influence over the North

and the overall region

Stage II

During the Stage II the expected economic incentives offered from the

implementation of the CTR project will be connected to the establishment of

a factual organization―lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Project for the DPRKrsquo

Continuously the international community should remain concerned about a

steep decline of the North Korean economy which in the past caused the

most destructive famines of the 20th century As many as one million

people who represent about five percent of the North Korean population

perished in the mid-1990s as a result53) Therefore the members of the

Six-Party Talks should pursue Pyongyangrsquos economic reforms and

278 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

reconstruction simultaneously since the countries regard economic inability

of Kim Jung Un to be one of the causes for using the military threats54)

Therefore it would provide a vital opportunity to bring changes in North

Korea if an organization which focuses on the economic benefits is

founded For this purpose this study recommends the establishment of

lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Project for the DPRKrsquo within the framework of the

Six-Party Talks The aspiration for the DPRK project is based on the

September 2005 Joint Statement and the February 2007 Joint Statement of

the Six-Party Talks The September Statement encouraged the economic

cooperation in the areas of energy trade and investment within the

Six-Party Talks framework55) Also in the February 2007 Joint Statement the

six players promised humanitarian assistance to North Korea and

established an Economy and Energy Cooperation Working Group56)

Although such agreements to boost the North Korean economy did not

53) Haggard Stephan and Noland Marcus ldquoA Security and Peace for Northeast Asia

The Economic Dimensionrdquo Peterson Institute for International Economics Policy

Brief No PB08-4 (April 2008) p2 54) In 2000 North Korea tried ldquomarketization from belowrdquo in the areas of local

organs government offices and military units with the recommendation of the

international community Ibid p255) See Join Statement of the Fourth Round of the Six-Party Talks in Beijing (19

September 2005)

lthttpwwwmofatgokrwebmodulehtsboardhbdhbdreadjsptypeID=6ampboardid=

247ampseqno=293918ampc=TITLEampt=amppagenum=2amptableName=TYPE_DATABOARDamppc=

ampdc=ampwc=amplu=ampvu=ampiu=ampdu=gt56) See Initial Actions for the Implementation of the Joint Statement (13 February 2007)

lthttpwwwmofatgokrwebmodulehtsboardhbdhbdreadjsptypeID=6ampboardid=

247ampseqno=293924ampc=TITLEampt=amppagenum=3amptableName=TYPE_DATABOARDamppc=amp

dc=ampwc=amplu=ampvu=ampiu=ampdu=gt

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 279

produce output in reality the international concerns seemed to have

reached a consensus relating to the ideas of lsquoEconomic Reconstruction

Project for DPRKrsquo introduced for the Stage II

Stage III

The following study on the similar subject reflects such international

concerns in a pragmatic way lsquopipeline gas introduction to the Korean

peninsularsquo57) In the Stage III as a long-term scenario to rehabilitate the

DPRKrsquos economy the idea of lsquopipeline gas projectrsquo introduced by Paik

(2005) will be applied Within the Six-Party Talks framework energy

assistance is another integral theme which is seen as important area to

resolve the nuclear problem on the Korean peninsula What is more such

energy supply options for DPRK generated from the gas pipeline project can

be functioned as a versatile negotiation tool combining the geopolitical and

economic reality on the Six-Party Talks table

In fact one well-established energy development organization―KEDO―

already exists The mission of KEDO is to implement the Agreed Framework

between the US and DPRK on the assumption that Pyongyang agreed to

freeze and ultimately dismantle its breathing nuclear program58) Unfortunately

the KEDO led project failed due to the North Korean distrust towards KEDO

due to the ailing relationship between Washington and Pyongyang caused

by the North Korean military threats and the failure to meet the agreed

57) Keun-Wook Paik ldquoPipeline Gas Introduction to the Korean Peninsulardquo Korea

Foundation Project lsquoEnergy and Environmental Cooperation in the Korea Peninsula

(2005)58) Baker et al opcit pp135~138

280 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

provisions59) Unlike the KEDO projects the introduction of the long

distance gas pipeline passing through the DPRK territory will involve the

two Koreas and Russia In particular intended for Pyongyang the pipeline

gas would provide energy to power many major cities in the DPRK

assuming that a 15 bcm60) natural gas would be allocated to the North as

a transit fees Also South Korea can provide additional support to prevent

the collapse of the North Korean economy61) In addition further funding

can be allocated for the CTR programs which will intensify the effort to

support rebuilding of the North Korean economy

Other than the economic merit Moscow is well positioned in this

pipeline project since the major Russian company Gazprom which is the

largest extractor of natural gas in the world has outstanding options to

promote the project from all the shareholders For this reason the role of

Russia should be given more weight in the third stage

In terms of the Economy Reconstruction Project for the DPRK this study

will follow the main idea of the paper Pipeline Gas Introduction to the

Korean Peninsula by Paik In his in-depth study Paik suggested lsquothe

Proposed Greater Circular Pipeline in Northeast Asiarsquo As shown in Figure 3

the Korean peninsula is ideally located to have pivotal benefits from the

59) There are two main conditions 1) KEDO finances and constructs two

proliferation-resistant light-water reactors(LWR) of the Korean Standard Nuclear

Power Plant in the DPRK and 2) KEDO provides DPRK with an alternative source

of energy for heating and electricity until the first of the two reactors is

completed lthttpwwwkedoorgap_mainaspgt 60) 30bcm is an amount which can handle gas over 30 years Baker et al opcit

p10161) Ibid pp81~82

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 281

Source Paik (2005) p41

Russian oil and gas pipeline infrastructure In the case that the gas pipeline

scenario is applied in reality as a useful alternative for the settlement of the

current North Korean nuclear crisis this project will provide significant

contribution to in promoting energy cooperation between Russia and the

Two Koreas

Stage Ⅳ

In the final stage a consensus and convention to justify this project

within the Six-Party Talks framework should be guaranteed This is necessary

to avoid the inevitable problem of incompatibility between the laws and

regulations among the six players and different investment environment

(Figure 3) Map The Proposed Greater Pipeline in Northeast Asia

282 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

The Six Party Talks Russia

Stage

bull Providing a Negotiation Tool (the

CTR Program)

bull Initiating North Korea into Russian

precedents of the CTR program

Stage

bull Invoking international concerns about

NKrsquos economy reconstruction

bull Implementing the project based on

the Agreements

bull Supporting this project actively

Stage

bull Creating conventions to recognize the

gas pipeline project with six players

bull Participating in the gas pipeline project

actively persuading Gazprom

Stage

Ⅳ Building the consensus and trust of the Six-Party Talks members

2 Strength and Limitation of the Scenario

Based on the scenario introduced above the expected roles of Russia and

the members of the Six-Party Talks is as follows

(Table 2) Expected Roles of Russia and the Six-Party Talks in the Scenario

In short the main feature of lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Project for the

DPRKrsquo is a product of a multilateral economic diplomacy In general such

a multilateral economic approach has an unavoidable drawback in that such

a pragmatic diplomacy cannot move ahead regardless of the difficult security

concern of the Korean peninsula In particular I recognize that an increased

Russian role on a unified Korean peninsula would increase the tensions

among the main regional actors

However the strength of this scenario is combining security and

economic issues together to offer a comprehensive resolution concerning the

main threat that would inhibit inter-Korean rapprochement that is an

unchanged provocative posture of North Korea vis-agrave-vis its security needs

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 283

In other words the CTR program for Pyongyangrsquos WMD can be a suitable

alternative to prevent the North Korean military actions In addition the

economic rewards and investment for the DPRK during the negotiation

based on the gas pipeline project would enable advancement the North

Korean economy which in turn will have a positive effect on a long-term

solution such as the reconciliation between the two Koreas Furthermore if

an economic reconciliation can be reached with the help of the new actor

lsquoRussiarsquo this could become a plausible alternative reunification strategy of

the Korean peninsula Such a new consideration will justify the economic

and pragmatic approaches in the framework of the Six-Party talks

Ⅴ Conclusion

Time has changed However the issues surrounding the Korean

peninsula where interests of major powers are contested still display a

unique and multifaceted pattern on the international political order The

dilemma of the peninsula is the coexistence of lsquoinsecurityrsquo and lsquoprosperityrsquo

which is an inevitable by-product caused by the geopolitical situation

Despite such a reality smarter alternatives to achieve lsquopeacersquo and

lsquoprosperityrsquo on the Korean peninsula in the 21st century should be created

The option available currently is lsquothe Six-Party Talksrsquo This study has

suggested that such a multilateral talk offers a plausible framework to

resolve the issues surrounding the Korean peninsula beyond the North

Korean nuclear crisis Obviously the complex diplomatic calculations of the

284 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

six players are the key limitation of this framework but the talks seems

to be worthy as it is acting as a creditable model of the multilateral

negotiations In particular this study dealt with the role of Russia because

when it comes to the process of the Six-Party Talks and inter-relations with

the two Koreas to date Moscowrsquos contribution on the Six-Party Talks

brought positive alternatives which rival the contributions of Washington

and Beijing Based on such a development a scenario under which Russia

can play a positive role in creating a new and a long-term resolution to the

issues of the Korean peninsula can be postulated

However there are limitations which this study cannot escape Firstly as

the worst case scenario if the second Korean War breaks out suddenly the

reality of the multilateral talks and the scenario introduced above may

presumably have no bearing Secondly due to unexpected internal and

external conditions of Russia such as instability of the regime or global

economy crisis the role of Russia can fluctuate Thirdly if the others actors

especially in the US and China wants to maintain strong influences a

lsquopower gamersquo might break out the result of which might have negative

effects Finally the methodology of this research is a problem-solving

approach which was connected to the current policy analysis based on

comprehensive study of the primary sources As a result it is impossible to

deliver obvious and exact facts and information in terms of the Six-Party

Talks which is still in progress

Nonetheless the aim of this study was to offer an alternative to the

current difficult though hypothetical As a result this study was able to lead

a conclusion the Six-Party Talks and the role of Moscow are able to be a

persuasive and plausible alternative for a long-term solution on the Korean

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 285

peninsula The importance of the Six-Party Talks the inter-relations between

Russia and the two Koreas and a scenario suggested supported the

conclusion

All in all the increased and positive Russian involvement toward the two

Koreas can be a stepping-stone for a dialogue and cooperation for peace

and prosperity on the Korean peninsula Furthermore the full use of the

Six-Party Talks will ultimately contribute to security of the Northeast Asian

region beyond the North Korean nuclear crisis

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286 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

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Reportsrdquo Los Angeles Times November 12 2014

CCTV ldquoPutin Urges Unconditional Resumption of Six-Party Talksrdquo November 13 2013

Barjoria Jayshree and Xu Beina ldquoThe Six Party Talks on North Korearsquos Nuclear

Programrdquo Council on foreign Relations September 2013

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists ldquoThe Six-Party Talks Meeting North Korearsquos

energy needsrdquo November 2007

President of Russia ldquoPress Statement Following Russian-Korean Talksrdquo November

2013

Ministry of Foreign Affairs Republic of Korea

lthttpwwwmofagokrENGpolicykpennknuclearpressreleasesindexjspmenu=

m_20_20_10amptabmenu=t_2gt

Korea Economic Institute ldquoNorth Korea Looking Abroadrdquo February 18 2015

lthttpblogkeiaorg201502north-korea-looking-abroadgt

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 289

박지선(PARK JISUN )

영국 런던대 킹스 칼리지(Kingrsquos College London) 국제분쟁학 석사 학위를 취득하고 현재 동

대학원 전략학 박사과정에 있다 주요 연구실적으로 ldquoConstructivist Understandings of North

Korearsquos Ballistic Missile Programme National Security Policy Based on North Korearsquos Strategic

Culturerdquo(2014) 985172한반도 신뢰프로세스를 통한 비핵국가 한국의 핵 안보전략 제2차 핵시대를

맞이하여985173(2013 공저) 985172클라우제비츠의 전쟁이론으로 본 냉전 이후 북한의 핵미사일 전략

에 관한 연구985173(2010 공저) 등이 있다

6자회담 틀 내에서 한반도 중장기 평화번영을 위한 러시아의

lsquo숙련된 중재자(New Seasoned Facilitator)rsquo 역할

박지선 (런던대 킹스 칼리지)

국문요약

본 논문은 한반도의 중장기 평화번영 방안을 위해 교착상태에 빠진 6자회담의 틀 안

에서 러시아의 역할에 대한 새로운 학문적 접근을 보여주고자 한다 본 논문에서는 북한

핵무기 개발 프로그램의 중단이라는 공동의 목적을 달성하기 위해 설립된 6자회담의 주

요 행위자들의 정치적middot전략적 이해관계를 경제적 영역으로 확대하면서 보다 실용적인

한반도 문제 해결 방안을 제시하고 있다 특히 lsquo숙련된 중재자(New Seasoned Facilitator)rsquo

로서의 러시아의 역할에 대해 심도 있게 고찰하면서 6자회담 틀에서 가능한 하나의 시나

리오를 실험적으로 제안하고 있다 본 논문의 주요 내용은 1) 6자회담의 연대기적 분석

2)한반도를 둘러싼 6자회담 주요 국가들의 이해관계 분석 3) 숙련된 중재자로서의 러

시아의 역할을 고찰 4) 실용적이고 실행 가능한 경제협력 방안이 될 한반도 평화정착을

위한 북한경제재건 프로젝트의 시나리오 등이다

주제어 6자회담 러시아 외교정책 북한 중재자 한반도 중middot장기 번영

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Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 273

it could be assumed the promotion of economic issues can be conceived

and used as a tool to make a breakthrough to overcome the sluggish

multifaceted talks dealing with North Korea high-technology fears More

specifically I argue that the natural gas projects can dramatically increase

Russiarsquos penetration on the Korean peninsula and promote ndash in turn -

Moscowrsquos effort to bring positive changes to the talks From this perspective

Russian economic leverage might become a cornerstone for bringing peace

in the Korean peninsula In the following part I will present a possible

scenario in which this assumption might be substantially developed

Ⅳ A New Role of Russia on the Korean Peninsula

Figure 2 as shown below portrays a possible scenario of cooperation on

the Korean peninsula which emphasizes the following aspects 1) the

importance of the Six-Party Talks for the future of cooperation on the

Korean peninsula in the 21st century and 2) the suggestion of new

alternatives which focus on Russia and its economic involvement to boost

multilateral talks In building-up the scenario the key presumption is that

economic cooperation can create a ldquofunctional leveragerdquo in a political

scenario characterized by a substantial political rapprochement due to the

enforcement of a legally binding treaty (ie a Peace Treaty that could officially

end the Korean War) and prepare a definitive process of nation-building

among the two Koreas This ldquofunctional leveragerdquo is based on the role

played by CTR (Cooperative Threat Reduction) program49) to eliminate all

274 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

military threats―nuclear chemical biological and missiles threat from North

Korea In principle the objective of CTR is to reduce the dangers created

by nuclear chemical or biological weapons or their delivery vehicles The

actors of the CTR are consisted of a host who eradicates secures or

converts the WMD (Weapons of Mass Destruction) programs while the

other partners supporting such efforts50)

The most attractive function of the CTR for the following scenario is that

the partners provide money technology equipment and training to the host

nation In case that the six participants select the option during the process

of the WMD removal the main problems such methods and incentives in

terms of the North Korean nuclear withdrawal will be solved naturally

Furthermore the main argument to highlight the economic approaches with

flexible funds produced by rewards of the CTR programs can be persuaded

more convincingly Therefore the following section will justify this

alternative based on the postulation mentioned above―the application of

the CTR in the process of the Six-Party Talks

49) The CTR (or sometimes called for lsquoNunn-Lugarrsquo) programme provides funding

and expertise for the states in the former Soviet Unions including Russia Ukraine

Georgia Azerbaijan Belarus Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan under disarmament

treaties lthttpnunn-lugarcomindexshtmlgt50) Joel S Wit Wolfsthal Jon and Oh Choong-suk (2005) ldquoThe Six Party Talks and

Beyond Cooperative Threat Reduction and North Koreardquo A Report of the CSIS

International Security Program Dec (Washington DC CSIS) pp7~8

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 275

1 A Scenario Suggested lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Projection

for the DPRKrsquo

As stressed before the founding hypothesis of this scenario is a

substantial political shift on the Korean peninsula prospecting a clear

ldquoongoing processrdquo ldquoone Korea reunifiedrdquo However in my argumentation

the crucial assumption is not related to dynamics leading to the political

rapprochement among the two Koreas and neighbor countries which are

members of the Six-Party Talks Instead the central point of the first

scenario is to focus on the preparations and nation-building toward the

reconciliation of the two Koreas through multilateral economic negotiations

Namely to what extent can the framework of the Six-Party Talks and Russia

influence on peace and prosperity on the Korean peninsula as the means

of economic approaches

(Figure 2) Economy Reconstruction Project for the DPRK

276 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

Stage I

As shown in Figure 2 this scenario will be developed through four

stages During Stage I in order to resolve the core problem of Pyongyang―

the disposal of all WMD including chemical biological nuclear weapons

and the CTR program will be offered strongly Under the circumstances

North Korea seems to be a proper candidate for the CTR In the case of the

CTR the multilateral approaches owing to the political and financial

burden-sharing among the sponsors are indispensable51) Although the

Northeast Asian region has not been a suitable case for the program the

Six-Party Talks has shown a consensus on the difficult security problems

especially on Pyongyangrsquos military threats Such a partnership among the

participants of the Six-Party Talks which has been cultivated for seven years

of working together produces more positive results in the progress of the

disposal of nuclear weapons during the period of conducting the CTR

program

In addition Moscow will play a key role in the application of the CTR

program for North Korea When it comes to the beginning of the CTR the

program focused intensively on the countries of the former Soviet Union

including Russia Ukraine Georgia Azerbaijan Belarus Uzbekistan and

Kazakhstan As a result 6600 nuclear warheads have been eliminated since

1991 and more that 470 long-range missiles have been destroyed while

over 1800 other missiles strategic bombers have been disassembled52) With

51) Ibid pp1~352) The United States has invested $7 billion in the former Soviet Union since 1991

and is recently investing $1 billion per year There are additional participants―EU

UK Germany and France Ibid pp7~8

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 277

such an impressive precedent Russia is able to provide a workable solution

during the process of Pyongyangrsquos cooperative threat reduction The most

impressive strength of the first stage is provided that North Korea and the

five members of the Six-Party talks collectively pursue the CTR program the

following economic incentives will be offered for the reconstruction of

North Korea 1) a reward of nuclear withdrawal and 2) the reuse of

resources previously used in the Northrsquos nuclear program

In relation to CTR with application to the case of North Korea it possible

to argue that Russia ndash mindful of the CTR program provided by the US in

the aftermath of the collapse of the Soviet Empire ndash could potentially reuse

the rationale behind the above-mentioned mass destruction dismantlement

program in order to materially help North Korea to eliminate these kinds of

armaments as well as to boost a more comprehensive trust-building process

in the direction of Pyongyang increasing Russian influence over the North

and the overall region

Stage II

During the Stage II the expected economic incentives offered from the

implementation of the CTR project will be connected to the establishment of

a factual organization―lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Project for the DPRKrsquo

Continuously the international community should remain concerned about a

steep decline of the North Korean economy which in the past caused the

most destructive famines of the 20th century As many as one million

people who represent about five percent of the North Korean population

perished in the mid-1990s as a result53) Therefore the members of the

Six-Party Talks should pursue Pyongyangrsquos economic reforms and

278 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

reconstruction simultaneously since the countries regard economic inability

of Kim Jung Un to be one of the causes for using the military threats54)

Therefore it would provide a vital opportunity to bring changes in North

Korea if an organization which focuses on the economic benefits is

founded For this purpose this study recommends the establishment of

lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Project for the DPRKrsquo within the framework of the

Six-Party Talks The aspiration for the DPRK project is based on the

September 2005 Joint Statement and the February 2007 Joint Statement of

the Six-Party Talks The September Statement encouraged the economic

cooperation in the areas of energy trade and investment within the

Six-Party Talks framework55) Also in the February 2007 Joint Statement the

six players promised humanitarian assistance to North Korea and

established an Economy and Energy Cooperation Working Group56)

Although such agreements to boost the North Korean economy did not

53) Haggard Stephan and Noland Marcus ldquoA Security and Peace for Northeast Asia

The Economic Dimensionrdquo Peterson Institute for International Economics Policy

Brief No PB08-4 (April 2008) p2 54) In 2000 North Korea tried ldquomarketization from belowrdquo in the areas of local

organs government offices and military units with the recommendation of the

international community Ibid p255) See Join Statement of the Fourth Round of the Six-Party Talks in Beijing (19

September 2005)

lthttpwwwmofatgokrwebmodulehtsboardhbdhbdreadjsptypeID=6ampboardid=

247ampseqno=293918ampc=TITLEampt=amppagenum=2amptableName=TYPE_DATABOARDamppc=

ampdc=ampwc=amplu=ampvu=ampiu=ampdu=gt56) See Initial Actions for the Implementation of the Joint Statement (13 February 2007)

lthttpwwwmofatgokrwebmodulehtsboardhbdhbdreadjsptypeID=6ampboardid=

247ampseqno=293924ampc=TITLEampt=amppagenum=3amptableName=TYPE_DATABOARDamppc=amp

dc=ampwc=amplu=ampvu=ampiu=ampdu=gt

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 279

produce output in reality the international concerns seemed to have

reached a consensus relating to the ideas of lsquoEconomic Reconstruction

Project for DPRKrsquo introduced for the Stage II

Stage III

The following study on the similar subject reflects such international

concerns in a pragmatic way lsquopipeline gas introduction to the Korean

peninsularsquo57) In the Stage III as a long-term scenario to rehabilitate the

DPRKrsquos economy the idea of lsquopipeline gas projectrsquo introduced by Paik

(2005) will be applied Within the Six-Party Talks framework energy

assistance is another integral theme which is seen as important area to

resolve the nuclear problem on the Korean peninsula What is more such

energy supply options for DPRK generated from the gas pipeline project can

be functioned as a versatile negotiation tool combining the geopolitical and

economic reality on the Six-Party Talks table

In fact one well-established energy development organization―KEDO―

already exists The mission of KEDO is to implement the Agreed Framework

between the US and DPRK on the assumption that Pyongyang agreed to

freeze and ultimately dismantle its breathing nuclear program58) Unfortunately

the KEDO led project failed due to the North Korean distrust towards KEDO

due to the ailing relationship between Washington and Pyongyang caused

by the North Korean military threats and the failure to meet the agreed

57) Keun-Wook Paik ldquoPipeline Gas Introduction to the Korean Peninsulardquo Korea

Foundation Project lsquoEnergy and Environmental Cooperation in the Korea Peninsula

(2005)58) Baker et al opcit pp135~138

280 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

provisions59) Unlike the KEDO projects the introduction of the long

distance gas pipeline passing through the DPRK territory will involve the

two Koreas and Russia In particular intended for Pyongyang the pipeline

gas would provide energy to power many major cities in the DPRK

assuming that a 15 bcm60) natural gas would be allocated to the North as

a transit fees Also South Korea can provide additional support to prevent

the collapse of the North Korean economy61) In addition further funding

can be allocated for the CTR programs which will intensify the effort to

support rebuilding of the North Korean economy

Other than the economic merit Moscow is well positioned in this

pipeline project since the major Russian company Gazprom which is the

largest extractor of natural gas in the world has outstanding options to

promote the project from all the shareholders For this reason the role of

Russia should be given more weight in the third stage

In terms of the Economy Reconstruction Project for the DPRK this study

will follow the main idea of the paper Pipeline Gas Introduction to the

Korean Peninsula by Paik In his in-depth study Paik suggested lsquothe

Proposed Greater Circular Pipeline in Northeast Asiarsquo As shown in Figure 3

the Korean peninsula is ideally located to have pivotal benefits from the

59) There are two main conditions 1) KEDO finances and constructs two

proliferation-resistant light-water reactors(LWR) of the Korean Standard Nuclear

Power Plant in the DPRK and 2) KEDO provides DPRK with an alternative source

of energy for heating and electricity until the first of the two reactors is

completed lthttpwwwkedoorgap_mainaspgt 60) 30bcm is an amount which can handle gas over 30 years Baker et al opcit

p10161) Ibid pp81~82

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 281

Source Paik (2005) p41

Russian oil and gas pipeline infrastructure In the case that the gas pipeline

scenario is applied in reality as a useful alternative for the settlement of the

current North Korean nuclear crisis this project will provide significant

contribution to in promoting energy cooperation between Russia and the

Two Koreas

Stage Ⅳ

In the final stage a consensus and convention to justify this project

within the Six-Party Talks framework should be guaranteed This is necessary

to avoid the inevitable problem of incompatibility between the laws and

regulations among the six players and different investment environment

(Figure 3) Map The Proposed Greater Pipeline in Northeast Asia

282 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

The Six Party Talks Russia

Stage

bull Providing a Negotiation Tool (the

CTR Program)

bull Initiating North Korea into Russian

precedents of the CTR program

Stage

bull Invoking international concerns about

NKrsquos economy reconstruction

bull Implementing the project based on

the Agreements

bull Supporting this project actively

Stage

bull Creating conventions to recognize the

gas pipeline project with six players

bull Participating in the gas pipeline project

actively persuading Gazprom

Stage

Ⅳ Building the consensus and trust of the Six-Party Talks members

2 Strength and Limitation of the Scenario

Based on the scenario introduced above the expected roles of Russia and

the members of the Six-Party Talks is as follows

(Table 2) Expected Roles of Russia and the Six-Party Talks in the Scenario

In short the main feature of lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Project for the

DPRKrsquo is a product of a multilateral economic diplomacy In general such

a multilateral economic approach has an unavoidable drawback in that such

a pragmatic diplomacy cannot move ahead regardless of the difficult security

concern of the Korean peninsula In particular I recognize that an increased

Russian role on a unified Korean peninsula would increase the tensions

among the main regional actors

However the strength of this scenario is combining security and

economic issues together to offer a comprehensive resolution concerning the

main threat that would inhibit inter-Korean rapprochement that is an

unchanged provocative posture of North Korea vis-agrave-vis its security needs

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 283

In other words the CTR program for Pyongyangrsquos WMD can be a suitable

alternative to prevent the North Korean military actions In addition the

economic rewards and investment for the DPRK during the negotiation

based on the gas pipeline project would enable advancement the North

Korean economy which in turn will have a positive effect on a long-term

solution such as the reconciliation between the two Koreas Furthermore if

an economic reconciliation can be reached with the help of the new actor

lsquoRussiarsquo this could become a plausible alternative reunification strategy of

the Korean peninsula Such a new consideration will justify the economic

and pragmatic approaches in the framework of the Six-Party talks

Ⅴ Conclusion

Time has changed However the issues surrounding the Korean

peninsula where interests of major powers are contested still display a

unique and multifaceted pattern on the international political order The

dilemma of the peninsula is the coexistence of lsquoinsecurityrsquo and lsquoprosperityrsquo

which is an inevitable by-product caused by the geopolitical situation

Despite such a reality smarter alternatives to achieve lsquopeacersquo and

lsquoprosperityrsquo on the Korean peninsula in the 21st century should be created

The option available currently is lsquothe Six-Party Talksrsquo This study has

suggested that such a multilateral talk offers a plausible framework to

resolve the issues surrounding the Korean peninsula beyond the North

Korean nuclear crisis Obviously the complex diplomatic calculations of the

284 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

six players are the key limitation of this framework but the talks seems

to be worthy as it is acting as a creditable model of the multilateral

negotiations In particular this study dealt with the role of Russia because

when it comes to the process of the Six-Party Talks and inter-relations with

the two Koreas to date Moscowrsquos contribution on the Six-Party Talks

brought positive alternatives which rival the contributions of Washington

and Beijing Based on such a development a scenario under which Russia

can play a positive role in creating a new and a long-term resolution to the

issues of the Korean peninsula can be postulated

However there are limitations which this study cannot escape Firstly as

the worst case scenario if the second Korean War breaks out suddenly the

reality of the multilateral talks and the scenario introduced above may

presumably have no bearing Secondly due to unexpected internal and

external conditions of Russia such as instability of the regime or global

economy crisis the role of Russia can fluctuate Thirdly if the others actors

especially in the US and China wants to maintain strong influences a

lsquopower gamersquo might break out the result of which might have negative

effects Finally the methodology of this research is a problem-solving

approach which was connected to the current policy analysis based on

comprehensive study of the primary sources As a result it is impossible to

deliver obvious and exact facts and information in terms of the Six-Party

Talks which is still in progress

Nonetheless the aim of this study was to offer an alternative to the

current difficult though hypothetical As a result this study was able to lead

a conclusion the Six-Party Talks and the role of Moscow are able to be a

persuasive and plausible alternative for a long-term solution on the Korean

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 285

peninsula The importance of the Six-Party Talks the inter-relations between

Russia and the two Koreas and a scenario suggested supported the

conclusion

All in all the increased and positive Russian involvement toward the two

Koreas can be a stepping-stone for a dialogue and cooperation for peace

and prosperity on the Korean peninsula Furthermore the full use of the

Six-Party Talks will ultimately contribute to security of the Northeast Asian

region beyond the North Korean nuclear crisis

접수 2015년 10월 23일 심사 2015년 10월 23일 게재확정 2015년 11월 24일

286 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

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Reportsrdquo Los Angeles Times November 12 2014

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m_20_20_10amptabmenu=t_2gt

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박지선(PARK JISUN )

영국 런던대 킹스 칼리지(Kingrsquos College London) 국제분쟁학 석사 학위를 취득하고 현재 동

대학원 전략학 박사과정에 있다 주요 연구실적으로 ldquoConstructivist Understandings of North

Korearsquos Ballistic Missile Programme National Security Policy Based on North Korearsquos Strategic

Culturerdquo(2014) 985172한반도 신뢰프로세스를 통한 비핵국가 한국의 핵 안보전략 제2차 핵시대를

맞이하여985173(2013 공저) 985172클라우제비츠의 전쟁이론으로 본 냉전 이후 북한의 핵미사일 전략

에 관한 연구985173(2010 공저) 등이 있다

6자회담 틀 내에서 한반도 중장기 평화번영을 위한 러시아의

lsquo숙련된 중재자(New Seasoned Facilitator)rsquo 역할

박지선 (런던대 킹스 칼리지)

국문요약

본 논문은 한반도의 중장기 평화번영 방안을 위해 교착상태에 빠진 6자회담의 틀 안

에서 러시아의 역할에 대한 새로운 학문적 접근을 보여주고자 한다 본 논문에서는 북한

핵무기 개발 프로그램의 중단이라는 공동의 목적을 달성하기 위해 설립된 6자회담의 주

요 행위자들의 정치적middot전략적 이해관계를 경제적 영역으로 확대하면서 보다 실용적인

한반도 문제 해결 방안을 제시하고 있다 특히 lsquo숙련된 중재자(New Seasoned Facilitator)rsquo

로서의 러시아의 역할에 대해 심도 있게 고찰하면서 6자회담 틀에서 가능한 하나의 시나

리오를 실험적으로 제안하고 있다 본 논문의 주요 내용은 1) 6자회담의 연대기적 분석

2)한반도를 둘러싼 6자회담 주요 국가들의 이해관계 분석 3) 숙련된 중재자로서의 러

시아의 역할을 고찰 4) 실용적이고 실행 가능한 경제협력 방안이 될 한반도 평화정착을

위한 북한경제재건 프로젝트의 시나리오 등이다

주제어 6자회담 러시아 외교정책 북한 중재자 한반도 중middot장기 번영

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274 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

military threats―nuclear chemical biological and missiles threat from North

Korea In principle the objective of CTR is to reduce the dangers created

by nuclear chemical or biological weapons or their delivery vehicles The

actors of the CTR are consisted of a host who eradicates secures or

converts the WMD (Weapons of Mass Destruction) programs while the

other partners supporting such efforts50)

The most attractive function of the CTR for the following scenario is that

the partners provide money technology equipment and training to the host

nation In case that the six participants select the option during the process

of the WMD removal the main problems such methods and incentives in

terms of the North Korean nuclear withdrawal will be solved naturally

Furthermore the main argument to highlight the economic approaches with

flexible funds produced by rewards of the CTR programs can be persuaded

more convincingly Therefore the following section will justify this

alternative based on the postulation mentioned above―the application of

the CTR in the process of the Six-Party Talks

49) The CTR (or sometimes called for lsquoNunn-Lugarrsquo) programme provides funding

and expertise for the states in the former Soviet Unions including Russia Ukraine

Georgia Azerbaijan Belarus Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan under disarmament

treaties lthttpnunn-lugarcomindexshtmlgt50) Joel S Wit Wolfsthal Jon and Oh Choong-suk (2005) ldquoThe Six Party Talks and

Beyond Cooperative Threat Reduction and North Koreardquo A Report of the CSIS

International Security Program Dec (Washington DC CSIS) pp7~8

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 275

1 A Scenario Suggested lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Projection

for the DPRKrsquo

As stressed before the founding hypothesis of this scenario is a

substantial political shift on the Korean peninsula prospecting a clear

ldquoongoing processrdquo ldquoone Korea reunifiedrdquo However in my argumentation

the crucial assumption is not related to dynamics leading to the political

rapprochement among the two Koreas and neighbor countries which are

members of the Six-Party Talks Instead the central point of the first

scenario is to focus on the preparations and nation-building toward the

reconciliation of the two Koreas through multilateral economic negotiations

Namely to what extent can the framework of the Six-Party Talks and Russia

influence on peace and prosperity on the Korean peninsula as the means

of economic approaches

(Figure 2) Economy Reconstruction Project for the DPRK

276 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

Stage I

As shown in Figure 2 this scenario will be developed through four

stages During Stage I in order to resolve the core problem of Pyongyang―

the disposal of all WMD including chemical biological nuclear weapons

and the CTR program will be offered strongly Under the circumstances

North Korea seems to be a proper candidate for the CTR In the case of the

CTR the multilateral approaches owing to the political and financial

burden-sharing among the sponsors are indispensable51) Although the

Northeast Asian region has not been a suitable case for the program the

Six-Party Talks has shown a consensus on the difficult security problems

especially on Pyongyangrsquos military threats Such a partnership among the

participants of the Six-Party Talks which has been cultivated for seven years

of working together produces more positive results in the progress of the

disposal of nuclear weapons during the period of conducting the CTR

program

In addition Moscow will play a key role in the application of the CTR

program for North Korea When it comes to the beginning of the CTR the

program focused intensively on the countries of the former Soviet Union

including Russia Ukraine Georgia Azerbaijan Belarus Uzbekistan and

Kazakhstan As a result 6600 nuclear warheads have been eliminated since

1991 and more that 470 long-range missiles have been destroyed while

over 1800 other missiles strategic bombers have been disassembled52) With

51) Ibid pp1~352) The United States has invested $7 billion in the former Soviet Union since 1991

and is recently investing $1 billion per year There are additional participants―EU

UK Germany and France Ibid pp7~8

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 277

such an impressive precedent Russia is able to provide a workable solution

during the process of Pyongyangrsquos cooperative threat reduction The most

impressive strength of the first stage is provided that North Korea and the

five members of the Six-Party talks collectively pursue the CTR program the

following economic incentives will be offered for the reconstruction of

North Korea 1) a reward of nuclear withdrawal and 2) the reuse of

resources previously used in the Northrsquos nuclear program

In relation to CTR with application to the case of North Korea it possible

to argue that Russia ndash mindful of the CTR program provided by the US in

the aftermath of the collapse of the Soviet Empire ndash could potentially reuse

the rationale behind the above-mentioned mass destruction dismantlement

program in order to materially help North Korea to eliminate these kinds of

armaments as well as to boost a more comprehensive trust-building process

in the direction of Pyongyang increasing Russian influence over the North

and the overall region

Stage II

During the Stage II the expected economic incentives offered from the

implementation of the CTR project will be connected to the establishment of

a factual organization―lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Project for the DPRKrsquo

Continuously the international community should remain concerned about a

steep decline of the North Korean economy which in the past caused the

most destructive famines of the 20th century As many as one million

people who represent about five percent of the North Korean population

perished in the mid-1990s as a result53) Therefore the members of the

Six-Party Talks should pursue Pyongyangrsquos economic reforms and

278 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

reconstruction simultaneously since the countries regard economic inability

of Kim Jung Un to be one of the causes for using the military threats54)

Therefore it would provide a vital opportunity to bring changes in North

Korea if an organization which focuses on the economic benefits is

founded For this purpose this study recommends the establishment of

lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Project for the DPRKrsquo within the framework of the

Six-Party Talks The aspiration for the DPRK project is based on the

September 2005 Joint Statement and the February 2007 Joint Statement of

the Six-Party Talks The September Statement encouraged the economic

cooperation in the areas of energy trade and investment within the

Six-Party Talks framework55) Also in the February 2007 Joint Statement the

six players promised humanitarian assistance to North Korea and

established an Economy and Energy Cooperation Working Group56)

Although such agreements to boost the North Korean economy did not

53) Haggard Stephan and Noland Marcus ldquoA Security and Peace for Northeast Asia

The Economic Dimensionrdquo Peterson Institute for International Economics Policy

Brief No PB08-4 (April 2008) p2 54) In 2000 North Korea tried ldquomarketization from belowrdquo in the areas of local

organs government offices and military units with the recommendation of the

international community Ibid p255) See Join Statement of the Fourth Round of the Six-Party Talks in Beijing (19

September 2005)

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247ampseqno=293918ampc=TITLEampt=amppagenum=2amptableName=TYPE_DATABOARDamppc=

ampdc=ampwc=amplu=ampvu=ampiu=ampdu=gt56) See Initial Actions for the Implementation of the Joint Statement (13 February 2007)

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Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 279

produce output in reality the international concerns seemed to have

reached a consensus relating to the ideas of lsquoEconomic Reconstruction

Project for DPRKrsquo introduced for the Stage II

Stage III

The following study on the similar subject reflects such international

concerns in a pragmatic way lsquopipeline gas introduction to the Korean

peninsularsquo57) In the Stage III as a long-term scenario to rehabilitate the

DPRKrsquos economy the idea of lsquopipeline gas projectrsquo introduced by Paik

(2005) will be applied Within the Six-Party Talks framework energy

assistance is another integral theme which is seen as important area to

resolve the nuclear problem on the Korean peninsula What is more such

energy supply options for DPRK generated from the gas pipeline project can

be functioned as a versatile negotiation tool combining the geopolitical and

economic reality on the Six-Party Talks table

In fact one well-established energy development organization―KEDO―

already exists The mission of KEDO is to implement the Agreed Framework

between the US and DPRK on the assumption that Pyongyang agreed to

freeze and ultimately dismantle its breathing nuclear program58) Unfortunately

the KEDO led project failed due to the North Korean distrust towards KEDO

due to the ailing relationship between Washington and Pyongyang caused

by the North Korean military threats and the failure to meet the agreed

57) Keun-Wook Paik ldquoPipeline Gas Introduction to the Korean Peninsulardquo Korea

Foundation Project lsquoEnergy and Environmental Cooperation in the Korea Peninsula

(2005)58) Baker et al opcit pp135~138

280 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

provisions59) Unlike the KEDO projects the introduction of the long

distance gas pipeline passing through the DPRK territory will involve the

two Koreas and Russia In particular intended for Pyongyang the pipeline

gas would provide energy to power many major cities in the DPRK

assuming that a 15 bcm60) natural gas would be allocated to the North as

a transit fees Also South Korea can provide additional support to prevent

the collapse of the North Korean economy61) In addition further funding

can be allocated for the CTR programs which will intensify the effort to

support rebuilding of the North Korean economy

Other than the economic merit Moscow is well positioned in this

pipeline project since the major Russian company Gazprom which is the

largest extractor of natural gas in the world has outstanding options to

promote the project from all the shareholders For this reason the role of

Russia should be given more weight in the third stage

In terms of the Economy Reconstruction Project for the DPRK this study

will follow the main idea of the paper Pipeline Gas Introduction to the

Korean Peninsula by Paik In his in-depth study Paik suggested lsquothe

Proposed Greater Circular Pipeline in Northeast Asiarsquo As shown in Figure 3

the Korean peninsula is ideally located to have pivotal benefits from the

59) There are two main conditions 1) KEDO finances and constructs two

proliferation-resistant light-water reactors(LWR) of the Korean Standard Nuclear

Power Plant in the DPRK and 2) KEDO provides DPRK with an alternative source

of energy for heating and electricity until the first of the two reactors is

completed lthttpwwwkedoorgap_mainaspgt 60) 30bcm is an amount which can handle gas over 30 years Baker et al opcit

p10161) Ibid pp81~82

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 281

Source Paik (2005) p41

Russian oil and gas pipeline infrastructure In the case that the gas pipeline

scenario is applied in reality as a useful alternative for the settlement of the

current North Korean nuclear crisis this project will provide significant

contribution to in promoting energy cooperation between Russia and the

Two Koreas

Stage Ⅳ

In the final stage a consensus and convention to justify this project

within the Six-Party Talks framework should be guaranteed This is necessary

to avoid the inevitable problem of incompatibility between the laws and

regulations among the six players and different investment environment

(Figure 3) Map The Proposed Greater Pipeline in Northeast Asia

282 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

The Six Party Talks Russia

Stage

bull Providing a Negotiation Tool (the

CTR Program)

bull Initiating North Korea into Russian

precedents of the CTR program

Stage

bull Invoking international concerns about

NKrsquos economy reconstruction

bull Implementing the project based on

the Agreements

bull Supporting this project actively

Stage

bull Creating conventions to recognize the

gas pipeline project with six players

bull Participating in the gas pipeline project

actively persuading Gazprom

Stage

Ⅳ Building the consensus and trust of the Six-Party Talks members

2 Strength and Limitation of the Scenario

Based on the scenario introduced above the expected roles of Russia and

the members of the Six-Party Talks is as follows

(Table 2) Expected Roles of Russia and the Six-Party Talks in the Scenario

In short the main feature of lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Project for the

DPRKrsquo is a product of a multilateral economic diplomacy In general such

a multilateral economic approach has an unavoidable drawback in that such

a pragmatic diplomacy cannot move ahead regardless of the difficult security

concern of the Korean peninsula In particular I recognize that an increased

Russian role on a unified Korean peninsula would increase the tensions

among the main regional actors

However the strength of this scenario is combining security and

economic issues together to offer a comprehensive resolution concerning the

main threat that would inhibit inter-Korean rapprochement that is an

unchanged provocative posture of North Korea vis-agrave-vis its security needs

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 283

In other words the CTR program for Pyongyangrsquos WMD can be a suitable

alternative to prevent the North Korean military actions In addition the

economic rewards and investment for the DPRK during the negotiation

based on the gas pipeline project would enable advancement the North

Korean economy which in turn will have a positive effect on a long-term

solution such as the reconciliation between the two Koreas Furthermore if

an economic reconciliation can be reached with the help of the new actor

lsquoRussiarsquo this could become a plausible alternative reunification strategy of

the Korean peninsula Such a new consideration will justify the economic

and pragmatic approaches in the framework of the Six-Party talks

Ⅴ Conclusion

Time has changed However the issues surrounding the Korean

peninsula where interests of major powers are contested still display a

unique and multifaceted pattern on the international political order The

dilemma of the peninsula is the coexistence of lsquoinsecurityrsquo and lsquoprosperityrsquo

which is an inevitable by-product caused by the geopolitical situation

Despite such a reality smarter alternatives to achieve lsquopeacersquo and

lsquoprosperityrsquo on the Korean peninsula in the 21st century should be created

The option available currently is lsquothe Six-Party Talksrsquo This study has

suggested that such a multilateral talk offers a plausible framework to

resolve the issues surrounding the Korean peninsula beyond the North

Korean nuclear crisis Obviously the complex diplomatic calculations of the

284 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

six players are the key limitation of this framework but the talks seems

to be worthy as it is acting as a creditable model of the multilateral

negotiations In particular this study dealt with the role of Russia because

when it comes to the process of the Six-Party Talks and inter-relations with

the two Koreas to date Moscowrsquos contribution on the Six-Party Talks

brought positive alternatives which rival the contributions of Washington

and Beijing Based on such a development a scenario under which Russia

can play a positive role in creating a new and a long-term resolution to the

issues of the Korean peninsula can be postulated

However there are limitations which this study cannot escape Firstly as

the worst case scenario if the second Korean War breaks out suddenly the

reality of the multilateral talks and the scenario introduced above may

presumably have no bearing Secondly due to unexpected internal and

external conditions of Russia such as instability of the regime or global

economy crisis the role of Russia can fluctuate Thirdly if the others actors

especially in the US and China wants to maintain strong influences a

lsquopower gamersquo might break out the result of which might have negative

effects Finally the methodology of this research is a problem-solving

approach which was connected to the current policy analysis based on

comprehensive study of the primary sources As a result it is impossible to

deliver obvious and exact facts and information in terms of the Six-Party

Talks which is still in progress

Nonetheless the aim of this study was to offer an alternative to the

current difficult though hypothetical As a result this study was able to lead

a conclusion the Six-Party Talks and the role of Moscow are able to be a

persuasive and plausible alternative for a long-term solution on the Korean

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 285

peninsula The importance of the Six-Party Talks the inter-relations between

Russia and the two Koreas and a scenario suggested supported the

conclusion

All in all the increased and positive Russian involvement toward the two

Koreas can be a stepping-stone for a dialogue and cooperation for peace

and prosperity on the Korean peninsula Furthermore the full use of the

Six-Party Talks will ultimately contribute to security of the Northeast Asian

region beyond the North Korean nuclear crisis

접수 2015년 10월 23일 심사 2015년 10월 23일 게재확정 2015년 11월 24일

286 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

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m_20_20_10amptabmenu=t_2gt

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Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 289

박지선(PARK JISUN )

영국 런던대 킹스 칼리지(Kingrsquos College London) 국제분쟁학 석사 학위를 취득하고 현재 동

대학원 전략학 박사과정에 있다 주요 연구실적으로 ldquoConstructivist Understandings of North

Korearsquos Ballistic Missile Programme National Security Policy Based on North Korearsquos Strategic

Culturerdquo(2014) 985172한반도 신뢰프로세스를 통한 비핵국가 한국의 핵 안보전략 제2차 핵시대를

맞이하여985173(2013 공저) 985172클라우제비츠의 전쟁이론으로 본 냉전 이후 북한의 핵미사일 전략

에 관한 연구985173(2010 공저) 등이 있다

6자회담 틀 내에서 한반도 중장기 평화번영을 위한 러시아의

lsquo숙련된 중재자(New Seasoned Facilitator)rsquo 역할

박지선 (런던대 킹스 칼리지)

국문요약

본 논문은 한반도의 중장기 평화번영 방안을 위해 교착상태에 빠진 6자회담의 틀 안

에서 러시아의 역할에 대한 새로운 학문적 접근을 보여주고자 한다 본 논문에서는 북한

핵무기 개발 프로그램의 중단이라는 공동의 목적을 달성하기 위해 설립된 6자회담의 주

요 행위자들의 정치적middot전략적 이해관계를 경제적 영역으로 확대하면서 보다 실용적인

한반도 문제 해결 방안을 제시하고 있다 특히 lsquo숙련된 중재자(New Seasoned Facilitator)rsquo

로서의 러시아의 역할에 대해 심도 있게 고찰하면서 6자회담 틀에서 가능한 하나의 시나

리오를 실험적으로 제안하고 있다 본 논문의 주요 내용은 1) 6자회담의 연대기적 분석

2)한반도를 둘러싼 6자회담 주요 국가들의 이해관계 분석 3) 숙련된 중재자로서의 러

시아의 역할을 고찰 4) 실용적이고 실행 가능한 경제협력 방안이 될 한반도 평화정착을

위한 북한경제재건 프로젝트의 시나리오 등이다

주제어 6자회담 러시아 외교정책 북한 중재자 한반도 중middot장기 번영

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Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 275

1 A Scenario Suggested lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Projection

for the DPRKrsquo

As stressed before the founding hypothesis of this scenario is a

substantial political shift on the Korean peninsula prospecting a clear

ldquoongoing processrdquo ldquoone Korea reunifiedrdquo However in my argumentation

the crucial assumption is not related to dynamics leading to the political

rapprochement among the two Koreas and neighbor countries which are

members of the Six-Party Talks Instead the central point of the first

scenario is to focus on the preparations and nation-building toward the

reconciliation of the two Koreas through multilateral economic negotiations

Namely to what extent can the framework of the Six-Party Talks and Russia

influence on peace and prosperity on the Korean peninsula as the means

of economic approaches

(Figure 2) Economy Reconstruction Project for the DPRK

276 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

Stage I

As shown in Figure 2 this scenario will be developed through four

stages During Stage I in order to resolve the core problem of Pyongyang―

the disposal of all WMD including chemical biological nuclear weapons

and the CTR program will be offered strongly Under the circumstances

North Korea seems to be a proper candidate for the CTR In the case of the

CTR the multilateral approaches owing to the political and financial

burden-sharing among the sponsors are indispensable51) Although the

Northeast Asian region has not been a suitable case for the program the

Six-Party Talks has shown a consensus on the difficult security problems

especially on Pyongyangrsquos military threats Such a partnership among the

participants of the Six-Party Talks which has been cultivated for seven years

of working together produces more positive results in the progress of the

disposal of nuclear weapons during the period of conducting the CTR

program

In addition Moscow will play a key role in the application of the CTR

program for North Korea When it comes to the beginning of the CTR the

program focused intensively on the countries of the former Soviet Union

including Russia Ukraine Georgia Azerbaijan Belarus Uzbekistan and

Kazakhstan As a result 6600 nuclear warheads have been eliminated since

1991 and more that 470 long-range missiles have been destroyed while

over 1800 other missiles strategic bombers have been disassembled52) With

51) Ibid pp1~352) The United States has invested $7 billion in the former Soviet Union since 1991

and is recently investing $1 billion per year There are additional participants―EU

UK Germany and France Ibid pp7~8

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 277

such an impressive precedent Russia is able to provide a workable solution

during the process of Pyongyangrsquos cooperative threat reduction The most

impressive strength of the first stage is provided that North Korea and the

five members of the Six-Party talks collectively pursue the CTR program the

following economic incentives will be offered for the reconstruction of

North Korea 1) a reward of nuclear withdrawal and 2) the reuse of

resources previously used in the Northrsquos nuclear program

In relation to CTR with application to the case of North Korea it possible

to argue that Russia ndash mindful of the CTR program provided by the US in

the aftermath of the collapse of the Soviet Empire ndash could potentially reuse

the rationale behind the above-mentioned mass destruction dismantlement

program in order to materially help North Korea to eliminate these kinds of

armaments as well as to boost a more comprehensive trust-building process

in the direction of Pyongyang increasing Russian influence over the North

and the overall region

Stage II

During the Stage II the expected economic incentives offered from the

implementation of the CTR project will be connected to the establishment of

a factual organization―lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Project for the DPRKrsquo

Continuously the international community should remain concerned about a

steep decline of the North Korean economy which in the past caused the

most destructive famines of the 20th century As many as one million

people who represent about five percent of the North Korean population

perished in the mid-1990s as a result53) Therefore the members of the

Six-Party Talks should pursue Pyongyangrsquos economic reforms and

278 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

reconstruction simultaneously since the countries regard economic inability

of Kim Jung Un to be one of the causes for using the military threats54)

Therefore it would provide a vital opportunity to bring changes in North

Korea if an organization which focuses on the economic benefits is

founded For this purpose this study recommends the establishment of

lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Project for the DPRKrsquo within the framework of the

Six-Party Talks The aspiration for the DPRK project is based on the

September 2005 Joint Statement and the February 2007 Joint Statement of

the Six-Party Talks The September Statement encouraged the economic

cooperation in the areas of energy trade and investment within the

Six-Party Talks framework55) Also in the February 2007 Joint Statement the

six players promised humanitarian assistance to North Korea and

established an Economy and Energy Cooperation Working Group56)

Although such agreements to boost the North Korean economy did not

53) Haggard Stephan and Noland Marcus ldquoA Security and Peace for Northeast Asia

The Economic Dimensionrdquo Peterson Institute for International Economics Policy

Brief No PB08-4 (April 2008) p2 54) In 2000 North Korea tried ldquomarketization from belowrdquo in the areas of local

organs government offices and military units with the recommendation of the

international community Ibid p255) See Join Statement of the Fourth Round of the Six-Party Talks in Beijing (19

September 2005)

lthttpwwwmofatgokrwebmodulehtsboardhbdhbdreadjsptypeID=6ampboardid=

247ampseqno=293918ampc=TITLEampt=amppagenum=2amptableName=TYPE_DATABOARDamppc=

ampdc=ampwc=amplu=ampvu=ampiu=ampdu=gt56) See Initial Actions for the Implementation of the Joint Statement (13 February 2007)

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247ampseqno=293924ampc=TITLEampt=amppagenum=3amptableName=TYPE_DATABOARDamppc=amp

dc=ampwc=amplu=ampvu=ampiu=ampdu=gt

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 279

produce output in reality the international concerns seemed to have

reached a consensus relating to the ideas of lsquoEconomic Reconstruction

Project for DPRKrsquo introduced for the Stage II

Stage III

The following study on the similar subject reflects such international

concerns in a pragmatic way lsquopipeline gas introduction to the Korean

peninsularsquo57) In the Stage III as a long-term scenario to rehabilitate the

DPRKrsquos economy the idea of lsquopipeline gas projectrsquo introduced by Paik

(2005) will be applied Within the Six-Party Talks framework energy

assistance is another integral theme which is seen as important area to

resolve the nuclear problem on the Korean peninsula What is more such

energy supply options for DPRK generated from the gas pipeline project can

be functioned as a versatile negotiation tool combining the geopolitical and

economic reality on the Six-Party Talks table

In fact one well-established energy development organization―KEDO―

already exists The mission of KEDO is to implement the Agreed Framework

between the US and DPRK on the assumption that Pyongyang agreed to

freeze and ultimately dismantle its breathing nuclear program58) Unfortunately

the KEDO led project failed due to the North Korean distrust towards KEDO

due to the ailing relationship between Washington and Pyongyang caused

by the North Korean military threats and the failure to meet the agreed

57) Keun-Wook Paik ldquoPipeline Gas Introduction to the Korean Peninsulardquo Korea

Foundation Project lsquoEnergy and Environmental Cooperation in the Korea Peninsula

(2005)58) Baker et al opcit pp135~138

280 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

provisions59) Unlike the KEDO projects the introduction of the long

distance gas pipeline passing through the DPRK territory will involve the

two Koreas and Russia In particular intended for Pyongyang the pipeline

gas would provide energy to power many major cities in the DPRK

assuming that a 15 bcm60) natural gas would be allocated to the North as

a transit fees Also South Korea can provide additional support to prevent

the collapse of the North Korean economy61) In addition further funding

can be allocated for the CTR programs which will intensify the effort to

support rebuilding of the North Korean economy

Other than the economic merit Moscow is well positioned in this

pipeline project since the major Russian company Gazprom which is the

largest extractor of natural gas in the world has outstanding options to

promote the project from all the shareholders For this reason the role of

Russia should be given more weight in the third stage

In terms of the Economy Reconstruction Project for the DPRK this study

will follow the main idea of the paper Pipeline Gas Introduction to the

Korean Peninsula by Paik In his in-depth study Paik suggested lsquothe

Proposed Greater Circular Pipeline in Northeast Asiarsquo As shown in Figure 3

the Korean peninsula is ideally located to have pivotal benefits from the

59) There are two main conditions 1) KEDO finances and constructs two

proliferation-resistant light-water reactors(LWR) of the Korean Standard Nuclear

Power Plant in the DPRK and 2) KEDO provides DPRK with an alternative source

of energy for heating and electricity until the first of the two reactors is

completed lthttpwwwkedoorgap_mainaspgt 60) 30bcm is an amount which can handle gas over 30 years Baker et al opcit

p10161) Ibid pp81~82

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 281

Source Paik (2005) p41

Russian oil and gas pipeline infrastructure In the case that the gas pipeline

scenario is applied in reality as a useful alternative for the settlement of the

current North Korean nuclear crisis this project will provide significant

contribution to in promoting energy cooperation between Russia and the

Two Koreas

Stage Ⅳ

In the final stage a consensus and convention to justify this project

within the Six-Party Talks framework should be guaranteed This is necessary

to avoid the inevitable problem of incompatibility between the laws and

regulations among the six players and different investment environment

(Figure 3) Map The Proposed Greater Pipeline in Northeast Asia

282 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

The Six Party Talks Russia

Stage

bull Providing a Negotiation Tool (the

CTR Program)

bull Initiating North Korea into Russian

precedents of the CTR program

Stage

bull Invoking international concerns about

NKrsquos economy reconstruction

bull Implementing the project based on

the Agreements

bull Supporting this project actively

Stage

bull Creating conventions to recognize the

gas pipeline project with six players

bull Participating in the gas pipeline project

actively persuading Gazprom

Stage

Ⅳ Building the consensus and trust of the Six-Party Talks members

2 Strength and Limitation of the Scenario

Based on the scenario introduced above the expected roles of Russia and

the members of the Six-Party Talks is as follows

(Table 2) Expected Roles of Russia and the Six-Party Talks in the Scenario

In short the main feature of lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Project for the

DPRKrsquo is a product of a multilateral economic diplomacy In general such

a multilateral economic approach has an unavoidable drawback in that such

a pragmatic diplomacy cannot move ahead regardless of the difficult security

concern of the Korean peninsula In particular I recognize that an increased

Russian role on a unified Korean peninsula would increase the tensions

among the main regional actors

However the strength of this scenario is combining security and

economic issues together to offer a comprehensive resolution concerning the

main threat that would inhibit inter-Korean rapprochement that is an

unchanged provocative posture of North Korea vis-agrave-vis its security needs

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 283

In other words the CTR program for Pyongyangrsquos WMD can be a suitable

alternative to prevent the North Korean military actions In addition the

economic rewards and investment for the DPRK during the negotiation

based on the gas pipeline project would enable advancement the North

Korean economy which in turn will have a positive effect on a long-term

solution such as the reconciliation between the two Koreas Furthermore if

an economic reconciliation can be reached with the help of the new actor

lsquoRussiarsquo this could become a plausible alternative reunification strategy of

the Korean peninsula Such a new consideration will justify the economic

and pragmatic approaches in the framework of the Six-Party talks

Ⅴ Conclusion

Time has changed However the issues surrounding the Korean

peninsula where interests of major powers are contested still display a

unique and multifaceted pattern on the international political order The

dilemma of the peninsula is the coexistence of lsquoinsecurityrsquo and lsquoprosperityrsquo

which is an inevitable by-product caused by the geopolitical situation

Despite such a reality smarter alternatives to achieve lsquopeacersquo and

lsquoprosperityrsquo on the Korean peninsula in the 21st century should be created

The option available currently is lsquothe Six-Party Talksrsquo This study has

suggested that such a multilateral talk offers a plausible framework to

resolve the issues surrounding the Korean peninsula beyond the North

Korean nuclear crisis Obviously the complex diplomatic calculations of the

284 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

six players are the key limitation of this framework but the talks seems

to be worthy as it is acting as a creditable model of the multilateral

negotiations In particular this study dealt with the role of Russia because

when it comes to the process of the Six-Party Talks and inter-relations with

the two Koreas to date Moscowrsquos contribution on the Six-Party Talks

brought positive alternatives which rival the contributions of Washington

and Beijing Based on such a development a scenario under which Russia

can play a positive role in creating a new and a long-term resolution to the

issues of the Korean peninsula can be postulated

However there are limitations which this study cannot escape Firstly as

the worst case scenario if the second Korean War breaks out suddenly the

reality of the multilateral talks and the scenario introduced above may

presumably have no bearing Secondly due to unexpected internal and

external conditions of Russia such as instability of the regime or global

economy crisis the role of Russia can fluctuate Thirdly if the others actors

especially in the US and China wants to maintain strong influences a

lsquopower gamersquo might break out the result of which might have negative

effects Finally the methodology of this research is a problem-solving

approach which was connected to the current policy analysis based on

comprehensive study of the primary sources As a result it is impossible to

deliver obvious and exact facts and information in terms of the Six-Party

Talks which is still in progress

Nonetheless the aim of this study was to offer an alternative to the

current difficult though hypothetical As a result this study was able to lead

a conclusion the Six-Party Talks and the role of Moscow are able to be a

persuasive and plausible alternative for a long-term solution on the Korean

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 285

peninsula The importance of the Six-Party Talks the inter-relations between

Russia and the two Koreas and a scenario suggested supported the

conclusion

All in all the increased and positive Russian involvement toward the two

Koreas can be a stepping-stone for a dialogue and cooperation for peace

and prosperity on the Korean peninsula Furthermore the full use of the

Six-Party Talks will ultimately contribute to security of the Northeast Asian

region beyond the North Korean nuclear crisis

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286 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

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Reportsrdquo Los Angeles Times November 12 2014

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영국 런던대 킹스 칼리지(Kingrsquos College London) 국제분쟁학 석사 학위를 취득하고 현재 동

대학원 전략학 박사과정에 있다 주요 연구실적으로 ldquoConstructivist Understandings of North

Korearsquos Ballistic Missile Programme National Security Policy Based on North Korearsquos Strategic

Culturerdquo(2014) 985172한반도 신뢰프로세스를 통한 비핵국가 한국의 핵 안보전략 제2차 핵시대를

맞이하여985173(2013 공저) 985172클라우제비츠의 전쟁이론으로 본 냉전 이후 북한의 핵미사일 전략

에 관한 연구985173(2010 공저) 등이 있다

6자회담 틀 내에서 한반도 중장기 평화번영을 위한 러시아의

lsquo숙련된 중재자(New Seasoned Facilitator)rsquo 역할

박지선 (런던대 킹스 칼리지)

국문요약

본 논문은 한반도의 중장기 평화번영 방안을 위해 교착상태에 빠진 6자회담의 틀 안

에서 러시아의 역할에 대한 새로운 학문적 접근을 보여주고자 한다 본 논문에서는 북한

핵무기 개발 프로그램의 중단이라는 공동의 목적을 달성하기 위해 설립된 6자회담의 주

요 행위자들의 정치적middot전략적 이해관계를 경제적 영역으로 확대하면서 보다 실용적인

한반도 문제 해결 방안을 제시하고 있다 특히 lsquo숙련된 중재자(New Seasoned Facilitator)rsquo

로서의 러시아의 역할에 대해 심도 있게 고찰하면서 6자회담 틀에서 가능한 하나의 시나

리오를 실험적으로 제안하고 있다 본 논문의 주요 내용은 1) 6자회담의 연대기적 분석

2)한반도를 둘러싼 6자회담 주요 국가들의 이해관계 분석 3) 숙련된 중재자로서의 러

시아의 역할을 고찰 4) 실용적이고 실행 가능한 경제협력 방안이 될 한반도 평화정착을

위한 북한경제재건 프로젝트의 시나리오 등이다

주제어 6자회담 러시아 외교정책 북한 중재자 한반도 중middot장기 번영

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276 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

Stage I

As shown in Figure 2 this scenario will be developed through four

stages During Stage I in order to resolve the core problem of Pyongyang―

the disposal of all WMD including chemical biological nuclear weapons

and the CTR program will be offered strongly Under the circumstances

North Korea seems to be a proper candidate for the CTR In the case of the

CTR the multilateral approaches owing to the political and financial

burden-sharing among the sponsors are indispensable51) Although the

Northeast Asian region has not been a suitable case for the program the

Six-Party Talks has shown a consensus on the difficult security problems

especially on Pyongyangrsquos military threats Such a partnership among the

participants of the Six-Party Talks which has been cultivated for seven years

of working together produces more positive results in the progress of the

disposal of nuclear weapons during the period of conducting the CTR

program

In addition Moscow will play a key role in the application of the CTR

program for North Korea When it comes to the beginning of the CTR the

program focused intensively on the countries of the former Soviet Union

including Russia Ukraine Georgia Azerbaijan Belarus Uzbekistan and

Kazakhstan As a result 6600 nuclear warheads have been eliminated since

1991 and more that 470 long-range missiles have been destroyed while

over 1800 other missiles strategic bombers have been disassembled52) With

51) Ibid pp1~352) The United States has invested $7 billion in the former Soviet Union since 1991

and is recently investing $1 billion per year There are additional participants―EU

UK Germany and France Ibid pp7~8

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 277

such an impressive precedent Russia is able to provide a workable solution

during the process of Pyongyangrsquos cooperative threat reduction The most

impressive strength of the first stage is provided that North Korea and the

five members of the Six-Party talks collectively pursue the CTR program the

following economic incentives will be offered for the reconstruction of

North Korea 1) a reward of nuclear withdrawal and 2) the reuse of

resources previously used in the Northrsquos nuclear program

In relation to CTR with application to the case of North Korea it possible

to argue that Russia ndash mindful of the CTR program provided by the US in

the aftermath of the collapse of the Soviet Empire ndash could potentially reuse

the rationale behind the above-mentioned mass destruction dismantlement

program in order to materially help North Korea to eliminate these kinds of

armaments as well as to boost a more comprehensive trust-building process

in the direction of Pyongyang increasing Russian influence over the North

and the overall region

Stage II

During the Stage II the expected economic incentives offered from the

implementation of the CTR project will be connected to the establishment of

a factual organization―lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Project for the DPRKrsquo

Continuously the international community should remain concerned about a

steep decline of the North Korean economy which in the past caused the

most destructive famines of the 20th century As many as one million

people who represent about five percent of the North Korean population

perished in the mid-1990s as a result53) Therefore the members of the

Six-Party Talks should pursue Pyongyangrsquos economic reforms and

278 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

reconstruction simultaneously since the countries regard economic inability

of Kim Jung Un to be one of the causes for using the military threats54)

Therefore it would provide a vital opportunity to bring changes in North

Korea if an organization which focuses on the economic benefits is

founded For this purpose this study recommends the establishment of

lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Project for the DPRKrsquo within the framework of the

Six-Party Talks The aspiration for the DPRK project is based on the

September 2005 Joint Statement and the February 2007 Joint Statement of

the Six-Party Talks The September Statement encouraged the economic

cooperation in the areas of energy trade and investment within the

Six-Party Talks framework55) Also in the February 2007 Joint Statement the

six players promised humanitarian assistance to North Korea and

established an Economy and Energy Cooperation Working Group56)

Although such agreements to boost the North Korean economy did not

53) Haggard Stephan and Noland Marcus ldquoA Security and Peace for Northeast Asia

The Economic Dimensionrdquo Peterson Institute for International Economics Policy

Brief No PB08-4 (April 2008) p2 54) In 2000 North Korea tried ldquomarketization from belowrdquo in the areas of local

organs government offices and military units with the recommendation of the

international community Ibid p255) See Join Statement of the Fourth Round of the Six-Party Talks in Beijing (19

September 2005)

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ampdc=ampwc=amplu=ampvu=ampiu=ampdu=gt56) See Initial Actions for the Implementation of the Joint Statement (13 February 2007)

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Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 279

produce output in reality the international concerns seemed to have

reached a consensus relating to the ideas of lsquoEconomic Reconstruction

Project for DPRKrsquo introduced for the Stage II

Stage III

The following study on the similar subject reflects such international

concerns in a pragmatic way lsquopipeline gas introduction to the Korean

peninsularsquo57) In the Stage III as a long-term scenario to rehabilitate the

DPRKrsquos economy the idea of lsquopipeline gas projectrsquo introduced by Paik

(2005) will be applied Within the Six-Party Talks framework energy

assistance is another integral theme which is seen as important area to

resolve the nuclear problem on the Korean peninsula What is more such

energy supply options for DPRK generated from the gas pipeline project can

be functioned as a versatile negotiation tool combining the geopolitical and

economic reality on the Six-Party Talks table

In fact one well-established energy development organization―KEDO―

already exists The mission of KEDO is to implement the Agreed Framework

between the US and DPRK on the assumption that Pyongyang agreed to

freeze and ultimately dismantle its breathing nuclear program58) Unfortunately

the KEDO led project failed due to the North Korean distrust towards KEDO

due to the ailing relationship between Washington and Pyongyang caused

by the North Korean military threats and the failure to meet the agreed

57) Keun-Wook Paik ldquoPipeline Gas Introduction to the Korean Peninsulardquo Korea

Foundation Project lsquoEnergy and Environmental Cooperation in the Korea Peninsula

(2005)58) Baker et al opcit pp135~138

280 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

provisions59) Unlike the KEDO projects the introduction of the long

distance gas pipeline passing through the DPRK territory will involve the

two Koreas and Russia In particular intended for Pyongyang the pipeline

gas would provide energy to power many major cities in the DPRK

assuming that a 15 bcm60) natural gas would be allocated to the North as

a transit fees Also South Korea can provide additional support to prevent

the collapse of the North Korean economy61) In addition further funding

can be allocated for the CTR programs which will intensify the effort to

support rebuilding of the North Korean economy

Other than the economic merit Moscow is well positioned in this

pipeline project since the major Russian company Gazprom which is the

largest extractor of natural gas in the world has outstanding options to

promote the project from all the shareholders For this reason the role of

Russia should be given more weight in the third stage

In terms of the Economy Reconstruction Project for the DPRK this study

will follow the main idea of the paper Pipeline Gas Introduction to the

Korean Peninsula by Paik In his in-depth study Paik suggested lsquothe

Proposed Greater Circular Pipeline in Northeast Asiarsquo As shown in Figure 3

the Korean peninsula is ideally located to have pivotal benefits from the

59) There are two main conditions 1) KEDO finances and constructs two

proliferation-resistant light-water reactors(LWR) of the Korean Standard Nuclear

Power Plant in the DPRK and 2) KEDO provides DPRK with an alternative source

of energy for heating and electricity until the first of the two reactors is

completed lthttpwwwkedoorgap_mainaspgt 60) 30bcm is an amount which can handle gas over 30 years Baker et al opcit

p10161) Ibid pp81~82

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 281

Source Paik (2005) p41

Russian oil and gas pipeline infrastructure In the case that the gas pipeline

scenario is applied in reality as a useful alternative for the settlement of the

current North Korean nuclear crisis this project will provide significant

contribution to in promoting energy cooperation between Russia and the

Two Koreas

Stage Ⅳ

In the final stage a consensus and convention to justify this project

within the Six-Party Talks framework should be guaranteed This is necessary

to avoid the inevitable problem of incompatibility between the laws and

regulations among the six players and different investment environment

(Figure 3) Map The Proposed Greater Pipeline in Northeast Asia

282 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

The Six Party Talks Russia

Stage

bull Providing a Negotiation Tool (the

CTR Program)

bull Initiating North Korea into Russian

precedents of the CTR program

Stage

bull Invoking international concerns about

NKrsquos economy reconstruction

bull Implementing the project based on

the Agreements

bull Supporting this project actively

Stage

bull Creating conventions to recognize the

gas pipeline project with six players

bull Participating in the gas pipeline project

actively persuading Gazprom

Stage

Ⅳ Building the consensus and trust of the Six-Party Talks members

2 Strength and Limitation of the Scenario

Based on the scenario introduced above the expected roles of Russia and

the members of the Six-Party Talks is as follows

(Table 2) Expected Roles of Russia and the Six-Party Talks in the Scenario

In short the main feature of lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Project for the

DPRKrsquo is a product of a multilateral economic diplomacy In general such

a multilateral economic approach has an unavoidable drawback in that such

a pragmatic diplomacy cannot move ahead regardless of the difficult security

concern of the Korean peninsula In particular I recognize that an increased

Russian role on a unified Korean peninsula would increase the tensions

among the main regional actors

However the strength of this scenario is combining security and

economic issues together to offer a comprehensive resolution concerning the

main threat that would inhibit inter-Korean rapprochement that is an

unchanged provocative posture of North Korea vis-agrave-vis its security needs

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 283

In other words the CTR program for Pyongyangrsquos WMD can be a suitable

alternative to prevent the North Korean military actions In addition the

economic rewards and investment for the DPRK during the negotiation

based on the gas pipeline project would enable advancement the North

Korean economy which in turn will have a positive effect on a long-term

solution such as the reconciliation between the two Koreas Furthermore if

an economic reconciliation can be reached with the help of the new actor

lsquoRussiarsquo this could become a plausible alternative reunification strategy of

the Korean peninsula Such a new consideration will justify the economic

and pragmatic approaches in the framework of the Six-Party talks

Ⅴ Conclusion

Time has changed However the issues surrounding the Korean

peninsula where interests of major powers are contested still display a

unique and multifaceted pattern on the international political order The

dilemma of the peninsula is the coexistence of lsquoinsecurityrsquo and lsquoprosperityrsquo

which is an inevitable by-product caused by the geopolitical situation

Despite such a reality smarter alternatives to achieve lsquopeacersquo and

lsquoprosperityrsquo on the Korean peninsula in the 21st century should be created

The option available currently is lsquothe Six-Party Talksrsquo This study has

suggested that such a multilateral talk offers a plausible framework to

resolve the issues surrounding the Korean peninsula beyond the North

Korean nuclear crisis Obviously the complex diplomatic calculations of the

284 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

six players are the key limitation of this framework but the talks seems

to be worthy as it is acting as a creditable model of the multilateral

negotiations In particular this study dealt with the role of Russia because

when it comes to the process of the Six-Party Talks and inter-relations with

the two Koreas to date Moscowrsquos contribution on the Six-Party Talks

brought positive alternatives which rival the contributions of Washington

and Beijing Based on such a development a scenario under which Russia

can play a positive role in creating a new and a long-term resolution to the

issues of the Korean peninsula can be postulated

However there are limitations which this study cannot escape Firstly as

the worst case scenario if the second Korean War breaks out suddenly the

reality of the multilateral talks and the scenario introduced above may

presumably have no bearing Secondly due to unexpected internal and

external conditions of Russia such as instability of the regime or global

economy crisis the role of Russia can fluctuate Thirdly if the others actors

especially in the US and China wants to maintain strong influences a

lsquopower gamersquo might break out the result of which might have negative

effects Finally the methodology of this research is a problem-solving

approach which was connected to the current policy analysis based on

comprehensive study of the primary sources As a result it is impossible to

deliver obvious and exact facts and information in terms of the Six-Party

Talks which is still in progress

Nonetheless the aim of this study was to offer an alternative to the

current difficult though hypothetical As a result this study was able to lead

a conclusion the Six-Party Talks and the role of Moscow are able to be a

persuasive and plausible alternative for a long-term solution on the Korean

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 285

peninsula The importance of the Six-Party Talks the inter-relations between

Russia and the two Koreas and a scenario suggested supported the

conclusion

All in all the increased and positive Russian involvement toward the two

Koreas can be a stepping-stone for a dialogue and cooperation for peace

and prosperity on the Korean peninsula Furthermore the full use of the

Six-Party Talks will ultimately contribute to security of the Northeast Asian

region beyond the North Korean nuclear crisis

접수 2015년 10월 23일 심사 2015년 10월 23일 게재확정 2015년 11월 24일

286 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

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m_20_20_10amptabmenu=t_2gt

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박지선(PARK JISUN )

영국 런던대 킹스 칼리지(Kingrsquos College London) 국제분쟁학 석사 학위를 취득하고 현재 동

대학원 전략학 박사과정에 있다 주요 연구실적으로 ldquoConstructivist Understandings of North

Korearsquos Ballistic Missile Programme National Security Policy Based on North Korearsquos Strategic

Culturerdquo(2014) 985172한반도 신뢰프로세스를 통한 비핵국가 한국의 핵 안보전략 제2차 핵시대를

맞이하여985173(2013 공저) 985172클라우제비츠의 전쟁이론으로 본 냉전 이후 북한의 핵미사일 전략

에 관한 연구985173(2010 공저) 등이 있다

6자회담 틀 내에서 한반도 중장기 평화번영을 위한 러시아의

lsquo숙련된 중재자(New Seasoned Facilitator)rsquo 역할

박지선 (런던대 킹스 칼리지)

국문요약

본 논문은 한반도의 중장기 평화번영 방안을 위해 교착상태에 빠진 6자회담의 틀 안

에서 러시아의 역할에 대한 새로운 학문적 접근을 보여주고자 한다 본 논문에서는 북한

핵무기 개발 프로그램의 중단이라는 공동의 목적을 달성하기 위해 설립된 6자회담의 주

요 행위자들의 정치적middot전략적 이해관계를 경제적 영역으로 확대하면서 보다 실용적인

한반도 문제 해결 방안을 제시하고 있다 특히 lsquo숙련된 중재자(New Seasoned Facilitator)rsquo

로서의 러시아의 역할에 대해 심도 있게 고찰하면서 6자회담 틀에서 가능한 하나의 시나

리오를 실험적으로 제안하고 있다 본 논문의 주요 내용은 1) 6자회담의 연대기적 분석

2)한반도를 둘러싼 6자회담 주요 국가들의 이해관계 분석 3) 숙련된 중재자로서의 러

시아의 역할을 고찰 4) 실용적이고 실행 가능한 경제협력 방안이 될 한반도 평화정착을

위한 북한경제재건 프로젝트의 시나리오 등이다

주제어 6자회담 러시아 외교정책 북한 중재자 한반도 중middot장기 번영

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Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 277

such an impressive precedent Russia is able to provide a workable solution

during the process of Pyongyangrsquos cooperative threat reduction The most

impressive strength of the first stage is provided that North Korea and the

five members of the Six-Party talks collectively pursue the CTR program the

following economic incentives will be offered for the reconstruction of

North Korea 1) a reward of nuclear withdrawal and 2) the reuse of

resources previously used in the Northrsquos nuclear program

In relation to CTR with application to the case of North Korea it possible

to argue that Russia ndash mindful of the CTR program provided by the US in

the aftermath of the collapse of the Soviet Empire ndash could potentially reuse

the rationale behind the above-mentioned mass destruction dismantlement

program in order to materially help North Korea to eliminate these kinds of

armaments as well as to boost a more comprehensive trust-building process

in the direction of Pyongyang increasing Russian influence over the North

and the overall region

Stage II

During the Stage II the expected economic incentives offered from the

implementation of the CTR project will be connected to the establishment of

a factual organization―lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Project for the DPRKrsquo

Continuously the international community should remain concerned about a

steep decline of the North Korean economy which in the past caused the

most destructive famines of the 20th century As many as one million

people who represent about five percent of the North Korean population

perished in the mid-1990s as a result53) Therefore the members of the

Six-Party Talks should pursue Pyongyangrsquos economic reforms and

278 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

reconstruction simultaneously since the countries regard economic inability

of Kim Jung Un to be one of the causes for using the military threats54)

Therefore it would provide a vital opportunity to bring changes in North

Korea if an organization which focuses on the economic benefits is

founded For this purpose this study recommends the establishment of

lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Project for the DPRKrsquo within the framework of the

Six-Party Talks The aspiration for the DPRK project is based on the

September 2005 Joint Statement and the February 2007 Joint Statement of

the Six-Party Talks The September Statement encouraged the economic

cooperation in the areas of energy trade and investment within the

Six-Party Talks framework55) Also in the February 2007 Joint Statement the

six players promised humanitarian assistance to North Korea and

established an Economy and Energy Cooperation Working Group56)

Although such agreements to boost the North Korean economy did not

53) Haggard Stephan and Noland Marcus ldquoA Security and Peace for Northeast Asia

The Economic Dimensionrdquo Peterson Institute for International Economics Policy

Brief No PB08-4 (April 2008) p2 54) In 2000 North Korea tried ldquomarketization from belowrdquo in the areas of local

organs government offices and military units with the recommendation of the

international community Ibid p255) See Join Statement of the Fourth Round of the Six-Party Talks in Beijing (19

September 2005)

lthttpwwwmofatgokrwebmodulehtsboardhbdhbdreadjsptypeID=6ampboardid=

247ampseqno=293918ampc=TITLEampt=amppagenum=2amptableName=TYPE_DATABOARDamppc=

ampdc=ampwc=amplu=ampvu=ampiu=ampdu=gt56) See Initial Actions for the Implementation of the Joint Statement (13 February 2007)

lthttpwwwmofatgokrwebmodulehtsboardhbdhbdreadjsptypeID=6ampboardid=

247ampseqno=293924ampc=TITLEampt=amppagenum=3amptableName=TYPE_DATABOARDamppc=amp

dc=ampwc=amplu=ampvu=ampiu=ampdu=gt

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 279

produce output in reality the international concerns seemed to have

reached a consensus relating to the ideas of lsquoEconomic Reconstruction

Project for DPRKrsquo introduced for the Stage II

Stage III

The following study on the similar subject reflects such international

concerns in a pragmatic way lsquopipeline gas introduction to the Korean

peninsularsquo57) In the Stage III as a long-term scenario to rehabilitate the

DPRKrsquos economy the idea of lsquopipeline gas projectrsquo introduced by Paik

(2005) will be applied Within the Six-Party Talks framework energy

assistance is another integral theme which is seen as important area to

resolve the nuclear problem on the Korean peninsula What is more such

energy supply options for DPRK generated from the gas pipeline project can

be functioned as a versatile negotiation tool combining the geopolitical and

economic reality on the Six-Party Talks table

In fact one well-established energy development organization―KEDO―

already exists The mission of KEDO is to implement the Agreed Framework

between the US and DPRK on the assumption that Pyongyang agreed to

freeze and ultimately dismantle its breathing nuclear program58) Unfortunately

the KEDO led project failed due to the North Korean distrust towards KEDO

due to the ailing relationship between Washington and Pyongyang caused

by the North Korean military threats and the failure to meet the agreed

57) Keun-Wook Paik ldquoPipeline Gas Introduction to the Korean Peninsulardquo Korea

Foundation Project lsquoEnergy and Environmental Cooperation in the Korea Peninsula

(2005)58) Baker et al opcit pp135~138

280 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

provisions59) Unlike the KEDO projects the introduction of the long

distance gas pipeline passing through the DPRK territory will involve the

two Koreas and Russia In particular intended for Pyongyang the pipeline

gas would provide energy to power many major cities in the DPRK

assuming that a 15 bcm60) natural gas would be allocated to the North as

a transit fees Also South Korea can provide additional support to prevent

the collapse of the North Korean economy61) In addition further funding

can be allocated for the CTR programs which will intensify the effort to

support rebuilding of the North Korean economy

Other than the economic merit Moscow is well positioned in this

pipeline project since the major Russian company Gazprom which is the

largest extractor of natural gas in the world has outstanding options to

promote the project from all the shareholders For this reason the role of

Russia should be given more weight in the third stage

In terms of the Economy Reconstruction Project for the DPRK this study

will follow the main idea of the paper Pipeline Gas Introduction to the

Korean Peninsula by Paik In his in-depth study Paik suggested lsquothe

Proposed Greater Circular Pipeline in Northeast Asiarsquo As shown in Figure 3

the Korean peninsula is ideally located to have pivotal benefits from the

59) There are two main conditions 1) KEDO finances and constructs two

proliferation-resistant light-water reactors(LWR) of the Korean Standard Nuclear

Power Plant in the DPRK and 2) KEDO provides DPRK with an alternative source

of energy for heating and electricity until the first of the two reactors is

completed lthttpwwwkedoorgap_mainaspgt 60) 30bcm is an amount which can handle gas over 30 years Baker et al opcit

p10161) Ibid pp81~82

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 281

Source Paik (2005) p41

Russian oil and gas pipeline infrastructure In the case that the gas pipeline

scenario is applied in reality as a useful alternative for the settlement of the

current North Korean nuclear crisis this project will provide significant

contribution to in promoting energy cooperation between Russia and the

Two Koreas

Stage Ⅳ

In the final stage a consensus and convention to justify this project

within the Six-Party Talks framework should be guaranteed This is necessary

to avoid the inevitable problem of incompatibility between the laws and

regulations among the six players and different investment environment

(Figure 3) Map The Proposed Greater Pipeline in Northeast Asia

282 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

The Six Party Talks Russia

Stage

bull Providing a Negotiation Tool (the

CTR Program)

bull Initiating North Korea into Russian

precedents of the CTR program

Stage

bull Invoking international concerns about

NKrsquos economy reconstruction

bull Implementing the project based on

the Agreements

bull Supporting this project actively

Stage

bull Creating conventions to recognize the

gas pipeline project with six players

bull Participating in the gas pipeline project

actively persuading Gazprom

Stage

Ⅳ Building the consensus and trust of the Six-Party Talks members

2 Strength and Limitation of the Scenario

Based on the scenario introduced above the expected roles of Russia and

the members of the Six-Party Talks is as follows

(Table 2) Expected Roles of Russia and the Six-Party Talks in the Scenario

In short the main feature of lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Project for the

DPRKrsquo is a product of a multilateral economic diplomacy In general such

a multilateral economic approach has an unavoidable drawback in that such

a pragmatic diplomacy cannot move ahead regardless of the difficult security

concern of the Korean peninsula In particular I recognize that an increased

Russian role on a unified Korean peninsula would increase the tensions

among the main regional actors

However the strength of this scenario is combining security and

economic issues together to offer a comprehensive resolution concerning the

main threat that would inhibit inter-Korean rapprochement that is an

unchanged provocative posture of North Korea vis-agrave-vis its security needs

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 283

In other words the CTR program for Pyongyangrsquos WMD can be a suitable

alternative to prevent the North Korean military actions In addition the

economic rewards and investment for the DPRK during the negotiation

based on the gas pipeline project would enable advancement the North

Korean economy which in turn will have a positive effect on a long-term

solution such as the reconciliation between the two Koreas Furthermore if

an economic reconciliation can be reached with the help of the new actor

lsquoRussiarsquo this could become a plausible alternative reunification strategy of

the Korean peninsula Such a new consideration will justify the economic

and pragmatic approaches in the framework of the Six-Party talks

Ⅴ Conclusion

Time has changed However the issues surrounding the Korean

peninsula where interests of major powers are contested still display a

unique and multifaceted pattern on the international political order The

dilemma of the peninsula is the coexistence of lsquoinsecurityrsquo and lsquoprosperityrsquo

which is an inevitable by-product caused by the geopolitical situation

Despite such a reality smarter alternatives to achieve lsquopeacersquo and

lsquoprosperityrsquo on the Korean peninsula in the 21st century should be created

The option available currently is lsquothe Six-Party Talksrsquo This study has

suggested that such a multilateral talk offers a plausible framework to

resolve the issues surrounding the Korean peninsula beyond the North

Korean nuclear crisis Obviously the complex diplomatic calculations of the

284 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

six players are the key limitation of this framework but the talks seems

to be worthy as it is acting as a creditable model of the multilateral

negotiations In particular this study dealt with the role of Russia because

when it comes to the process of the Six-Party Talks and inter-relations with

the two Koreas to date Moscowrsquos contribution on the Six-Party Talks

brought positive alternatives which rival the contributions of Washington

and Beijing Based on such a development a scenario under which Russia

can play a positive role in creating a new and a long-term resolution to the

issues of the Korean peninsula can be postulated

However there are limitations which this study cannot escape Firstly as

the worst case scenario if the second Korean War breaks out suddenly the

reality of the multilateral talks and the scenario introduced above may

presumably have no bearing Secondly due to unexpected internal and

external conditions of Russia such as instability of the regime or global

economy crisis the role of Russia can fluctuate Thirdly if the others actors

especially in the US and China wants to maintain strong influences a

lsquopower gamersquo might break out the result of which might have negative

effects Finally the methodology of this research is a problem-solving

approach which was connected to the current policy analysis based on

comprehensive study of the primary sources As a result it is impossible to

deliver obvious and exact facts and information in terms of the Six-Party

Talks which is still in progress

Nonetheless the aim of this study was to offer an alternative to the

current difficult though hypothetical As a result this study was able to lead

a conclusion the Six-Party Talks and the role of Moscow are able to be a

persuasive and plausible alternative for a long-term solution on the Korean

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 285

peninsula The importance of the Six-Party Talks the inter-relations between

Russia and the two Koreas and a scenario suggested supported the

conclusion

All in all the increased and positive Russian involvement toward the two

Koreas can be a stepping-stone for a dialogue and cooperation for peace

and prosperity on the Korean peninsula Furthermore the full use of the

Six-Party Talks will ultimately contribute to security of the Northeast Asian

region beyond the North Korean nuclear crisis

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286 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

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energy needsrdquo November 2007

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m_20_20_10amptabmenu=t_2gt

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영국 런던대 킹스 칼리지(Kingrsquos College London) 국제분쟁학 석사 학위를 취득하고 현재 동

대학원 전략학 박사과정에 있다 주요 연구실적으로 ldquoConstructivist Understandings of North

Korearsquos Ballistic Missile Programme National Security Policy Based on North Korearsquos Strategic

Culturerdquo(2014) 985172한반도 신뢰프로세스를 통한 비핵국가 한국의 핵 안보전략 제2차 핵시대를

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에 관한 연구985173(2010 공저) 등이 있다

6자회담 틀 내에서 한반도 중장기 평화번영을 위한 러시아의

lsquo숙련된 중재자(New Seasoned Facilitator)rsquo 역할

박지선 (런던대 킹스 칼리지)

국문요약

본 논문은 한반도의 중장기 평화번영 방안을 위해 교착상태에 빠진 6자회담의 틀 안

에서 러시아의 역할에 대한 새로운 학문적 접근을 보여주고자 한다 본 논문에서는 북한

핵무기 개발 프로그램의 중단이라는 공동의 목적을 달성하기 위해 설립된 6자회담의 주

요 행위자들의 정치적middot전략적 이해관계를 경제적 영역으로 확대하면서 보다 실용적인

한반도 문제 해결 방안을 제시하고 있다 특히 lsquo숙련된 중재자(New Seasoned Facilitator)rsquo

로서의 러시아의 역할에 대해 심도 있게 고찰하면서 6자회담 틀에서 가능한 하나의 시나

리오를 실험적으로 제안하고 있다 본 논문의 주요 내용은 1) 6자회담의 연대기적 분석

2)한반도를 둘러싼 6자회담 주요 국가들의 이해관계 분석 3) 숙련된 중재자로서의 러

시아의 역할을 고찰 4) 실용적이고 실행 가능한 경제협력 방안이 될 한반도 평화정착을

위한 북한경제재건 프로젝트의 시나리오 등이다

주제어 6자회담 러시아 외교정책 북한 중재자 한반도 중middot장기 번영

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278 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

reconstruction simultaneously since the countries regard economic inability

of Kim Jung Un to be one of the causes for using the military threats54)

Therefore it would provide a vital opportunity to bring changes in North

Korea if an organization which focuses on the economic benefits is

founded For this purpose this study recommends the establishment of

lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Project for the DPRKrsquo within the framework of the

Six-Party Talks The aspiration for the DPRK project is based on the

September 2005 Joint Statement and the February 2007 Joint Statement of

the Six-Party Talks The September Statement encouraged the economic

cooperation in the areas of energy trade and investment within the

Six-Party Talks framework55) Also in the February 2007 Joint Statement the

six players promised humanitarian assistance to North Korea and

established an Economy and Energy Cooperation Working Group56)

Although such agreements to boost the North Korean economy did not

53) Haggard Stephan and Noland Marcus ldquoA Security and Peace for Northeast Asia

The Economic Dimensionrdquo Peterson Institute for International Economics Policy

Brief No PB08-4 (April 2008) p2 54) In 2000 North Korea tried ldquomarketization from belowrdquo in the areas of local

organs government offices and military units with the recommendation of the

international community Ibid p255) See Join Statement of the Fourth Round of the Six-Party Talks in Beijing (19

September 2005)

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247ampseqno=293918ampc=TITLEampt=amppagenum=2amptableName=TYPE_DATABOARDamppc=

ampdc=ampwc=amplu=ampvu=ampiu=ampdu=gt56) See Initial Actions for the Implementation of the Joint Statement (13 February 2007)

lthttpwwwmofatgokrwebmodulehtsboardhbdhbdreadjsptypeID=6ampboardid=

247ampseqno=293924ampc=TITLEampt=amppagenum=3amptableName=TYPE_DATABOARDamppc=amp

dc=ampwc=amplu=ampvu=ampiu=ampdu=gt

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 279

produce output in reality the international concerns seemed to have

reached a consensus relating to the ideas of lsquoEconomic Reconstruction

Project for DPRKrsquo introduced for the Stage II

Stage III

The following study on the similar subject reflects such international

concerns in a pragmatic way lsquopipeline gas introduction to the Korean

peninsularsquo57) In the Stage III as a long-term scenario to rehabilitate the

DPRKrsquos economy the idea of lsquopipeline gas projectrsquo introduced by Paik

(2005) will be applied Within the Six-Party Talks framework energy

assistance is another integral theme which is seen as important area to

resolve the nuclear problem on the Korean peninsula What is more such

energy supply options for DPRK generated from the gas pipeline project can

be functioned as a versatile negotiation tool combining the geopolitical and

economic reality on the Six-Party Talks table

In fact one well-established energy development organization―KEDO―

already exists The mission of KEDO is to implement the Agreed Framework

between the US and DPRK on the assumption that Pyongyang agreed to

freeze and ultimately dismantle its breathing nuclear program58) Unfortunately

the KEDO led project failed due to the North Korean distrust towards KEDO

due to the ailing relationship between Washington and Pyongyang caused

by the North Korean military threats and the failure to meet the agreed

57) Keun-Wook Paik ldquoPipeline Gas Introduction to the Korean Peninsulardquo Korea

Foundation Project lsquoEnergy and Environmental Cooperation in the Korea Peninsula

(2005)58) Baker et al opcit pp135~138

280 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

provisions59) Unlike the KEDO projects the introduction of the long

distance gas pipeline passing through the DPRK territory will involve the

two Koreas and Russia In particular intended for Pyongyang the pipeline

gas would provide energy to power many major cities in the DPRK

assuming that a 15 bcm60) natural gas would be allocated to the North as

a transit fees Also South Korea can provide additional support to prevent

the collapse of the North Korean economy61) In addition further funding

can be allocated for the CTR programs which will intensify the effort to

support rebuilding of the North Korean economy

Other than the economic merit Moscow is well positioned in this

pipeline project since the major Russian company Gazprom which is the

largest extractor of natural gas in the world has outstanding options to

promote the project from all the shareholders For this reason the role of

Russia should be given more weight in the third stage

In terms of the Economy Reconstruction Project for the DPRK this study

will follow the main idea of the paper Pipeline Gas Introduction to the

Korean Peninsula by Paik In his in-depth study Paik suggested lsquothe

Proposed Greater Circular Pipeline in Northeast Asiarsquo As shown in Figure 3

the Korean peninsula is ideally located to have pivotal benefits from the

59) There are two main conditions 1) KEDO finances and constructs two

proliferation-resistant light-water reactors(LWR) of the Korean Standard Nuclear

Power Plant in the DPRK and 2) KEDO provides DPRK with an alternative source

of energy for heating and electricity until the first of the two reactors is

completed lthttpwwwkedoorgap_mainaspgt 60) 30bcm is an amount which can handle gas over 30 years Baker et al opcit

p10161) Ibid pp81~82

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 281

Source Paik (2005) p41

Russian oil and gas pipeline infrastructure In the case that the gas pipeline

scenario is applied in reality as a useful alternative for the settlement of the

current North Korean nuclear crisis this project will provide significant

contribution to in promoting energy cooperation between Russia and the

Two Koreas

Stage Ⅳ

In the final stage a consensus and convention to justify this project

within the Six-Party Talks framework should be guaranteed This is necessary

to avoid the inevitable problem of incompatibility between the laws and

regulations among the six players and different investment environment

(Figure 3) Map The Proposed Greater Pipeline in Northeast Asia

282 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

The Six Party Talks Russia

Stage

bull Providing a Negotiation Tool (the

CTR Program)

bull Initiating North Korea into Russian

precedents of the CTR program

Stage

bull Invoking international concerns about

NKrsquos economy reconstruction

bull Implementing the project based on

the Agreements

bull Supporting this project actively

Stage

bull Creating conventions to recognize the

gas pipeline project with six players

bull Participating in the gas pipeline project

actively persuading Gazprom

Stage

Ⅳ Building the consensus and trust of the Six-Party Talks members

2 Strength and Limitation of the Scenario

Based on the scenario introduced above the expected roles of Russia and

the members of the Six-Party Talks is as follows

(Table 2) Expected Roles of Russia and the Six-Party Talks in the Scenario

In short the main feature of lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Project for the

DPRKrsquo is a product of a multilateral economic diplomacy In general such

a multilateral economic approach has an unavoidable drawback in that such

a pragmatic diplomacy cannot move ahead regardless of the difficult security

concern of the Korean peninsula In particular I recognize that an increased

Russian role on a unified Korean peninsula would increase the tensions

among the main regional actors

However the strength of this scenario is combining security and

economic issues together to offer a comprehensive resolution concerning the

main threat that would inhibit inter-Korean rapprochement that is an

unchanged provocative posture of North Korea vis-agrave-vis its security needs

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 283

In other words the CTR program for Pyongyangrsquos WMD can be a suitable

alternative to prevent the North Korean military actions In addition the

economic rewards and investment for the DPRK during the negotiation

based on the gas pipeline project would enable advancement the North

Korean economy which in turn will have a positive effect on a long-term

solution such as the reconciliation between the two Koreas Furthermore if

an economic reconciliation can be reached with the help of the new actor

lsquoRussiarsquo this could become a plausible alternative reunification strategy of

the Korean peninsula Such a new consideration will justify the economic

and pragmatic approaches in the framework of the Six-Party talks

Ⅴ Conclusion

Time has changed However the issues surrounding the Korean

peninsula where interests of major powers are contested still display a

unique and multifaceted pattern on the international political order The

dilemma of the peninsula is the coexistence of lsquoinsecurityrsquo and lsquoprosperityrsquo

which is an inevitable by-product caused by the geopolitical situation

Despite such a reality smarter alternatives to achieve lsquopeacersquo and

lsquoprosperityrsquo on the Korean peninsula in the 21st century should be created

The option available currently is lsquothe Six-Party Talksrsquo This study has

suggested that such a multilateral talk offers a plausible framework to

resolve the issues surrounding the Korean peninsula beyond the North

Korean nuclear crisis Obviously the complex diplomatic calculations of the

284 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

six players are the key limitation of this framework but the talks seems

to be worthy as it is acting as a creditable model of the multilateral

negotiations In particular this study dealt with the role of Russia because

when it comes to the process of the Six-Party Talks and inter-relations with

the two Koreas to date Moscowrsquos contribution on the Six-Party Talks

brought positive alternatives which rival the contributions of Washington

and Beijing Based on such a development a scenario under which Russia

can play a positive role in creating a new and a long-term resolution to the

issues of the Korean peninsula can be postulated

However there are limitations which this study cannot escape Firstly as

the worst case scenario if the second Korean War breaks out suddenly the

reality of the multilateral talks and the scenario introduced above may

presumably have no bearing Secondly due to unexpected internal and

external conditions of Russia such as instability of the regime or global

economy crisis the role of Russia can fluctuate Thirdly if the others actors

especially in the US and China wants to maintain strong influences a

lsquopower gamersquo might break out the result of which might have negative

effects Finally the methodology of this research is a problem-solving

approach which was connected to the current policy analysis based on

comprehensive study of the primary sources As a result it is impossible to

deliver obvious and exact facts and information in terms of the Six-Party

Talks which is still in progress

Nonetheless the aim of this study was to offer an alternative to the

current difficult though hypothetical As a result this study was able to lead

a conclusion the Six-Party Talks and the role of Moscow are able to be a

persuasive and plausible alternative for a long-term solution on the Korean

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 285

peninsula The importance of the Six-Party Talks the inter-relations between

Russia and the two Koreas and a scenario suggested supported the

conclusion

All in all the increased and positive Russian involvement toward the two

Koreas can be a stepping-stone for a dialogue and cooperation for peace

and prosperity on the Korean peninsula Furthermore the full use of the

Six-Party Talks will ultimately contribute to security of the Northeast Asian

region beyond the North Korean nuclear crisis

접수 2015년 10월 23일 심사 2015년 10월 23일 게재확정 2015년 11월 24일

286 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

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m_20_20_10amptabmenu=t_2gt

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Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 289

박지선(PARK JISUN )

영국 런던대 킹스 칼리지(Kingrsquos College London) 국제분쟁학 석사 학위를 취득하고 현재 동

대학원 전략학 박사과정에 있다 주요 연구실적으로 ldquoConstructivist Understandings of North

Korearsquos Ballistic Missile Programme National Security Policy Based on North Korearsquos Strategic

Culturerdquo(2014) 985172한반도 신뢰프로세스를 통한 비핵국가 한국의 핵 안보전략 제2차 핵시대를

맞이하여985173(2013 공저) 985172클라우제비츠의 전쟁이론으로 본 냉전 이후 북한의 핵미사일 전략

에 관한 연구985173(2010 공저) 등이 있다

6자회담 틀 내에서 한반도 중장기 평화번영을 위한 러시아의

lsquo숙련된 중재자(New Seasoned Facilitator)rsquo 역할

박지선 (런던대 킹스 칼리지)

국문요약

본 논문은 한반도의 중장기 평화번영 방안을 위해 교착상태에 빠진 6자회담의 틀 안

에서 러시아의 역할에 대한 새로운 학문적 접근을 보여주고자 한다 본 논문에서는 북한

핵무기 개발 프로그램의 중단이라는 공동의 목적을 달성하기 위해 설립된 6자회담의 주

요 행위자들의 정치적middot전략적 이해관계를 경제적 영역으로 확대하면서 보다 실용적인

한반도 문제 해결 방안을 제시하고 있다 특히 lsquo숙련된 중재자(New Seasoned Facilitator)rsquo

로서의 러시아의 역할에 대해 심도 있게 고찰하면서 6자회담 틀에서 가능한 하나의 시나

리오를 실험적으로 제안하고 있다 본 논문의 주요 내용은 1) 6자회담의 연대기적 분석

2)한반도를 둘러싼 6자회담 주요 국가들의 이해관계 분석 3) 숙련된 중재자로서의 러

시아의 역할을 고찰 4) 실용적이고 실행 가능한 경제협력 방안이 될 한반도 평화정착을

위한 북한경제재건 프로젝트의 시나리오 등이다

주제어 6자회담 러시아 외교정책 북한 중재자 한반도 중middot장기 번영

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Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 279

produce output in reality the international concerns seemed to have

reached a consensus relating to the ideas of lsquoEconomic Reconstruction

Project for DPRKrsquo introduced for the Stage II

Stage III

The following study on the similar subject reflects such international

concerns in a pragmatic way lsquopipeline gas introduction to the Korean

peninsularsquo57) In the Stage III as a long-term scenario to rehabilitate the

DPRKrsquos economy the idea of lsquopipeline gas projectrsquo introduced by Paik

(2005) will be applied Within the Six-Party Talks framework energy

assistance is another integral theme which is seen as important area to

resolve the nuclear problem on the Korean peninsula What is more such

energy supply options for DPRK generated from the gas pipeline project can

be functioned as a versatile negotiation tool combining the geopolitical and

economic reality on the Six-Party Talks table

In fact one well-established energy development organization―KEDO―

already exists The mission of KEDO is to implement the Agreed Framework

between the US and DPRK on the assumption that Pyongyang agreed to

freeze and ultimately dismantle its breathing nuclear program58) Unfortunately

the KEDO led project failed due to the North Korean distrust towards KEDO

due to the ailing relationship between Washington and Pyongyang caused

by the North Korean military threats and the failure to meet the agreed

57) Keun-Wook Paik ldquoPipeline Gas Introduction to the Korean Peninsulardquo Korea

Foundation Project lsquoEnergy and Environmental Cooperation in the Korea Peninsula

(2005)58) Baker et al opcit pp135~138

280 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

provisions59) Unlike the KEDO projects the introduction of the long

distance gas pipeline passing through the DPRK territory will involve the

two Koreas and Russia In particular intended for Pyongyang the pipeline

gas would provide energy to power many major cities in the DPRK

assuming that a 15 bcm60) natural gas would be allocated to the North as

a transit fees Also South Korea can provide additional support to prevent

the collapse of the North Korean economy61) In addition further funding

can be allocated for the CTR programs which will intensify the effort to

support rebuilding of the North Korean economy

Other than the economic merit Moscow is well positioned in this

pipeline project since the major Russian company Gazprom which is the

largest extractor of natural gas in the world has outstanding options to

promote the project from all the shareholders For this reason the role of

Russia should be given more weight in the third stage

In terms of the Economy Reconstruction Project for the DPRK this study

will follow the main idea of the paper Pipeline Gas Introduction to the

Korean Peninsula by Paik In his in-depth study Paik suggested lsquothe

Proposed Greater Circular Pipeline in Northeast Asiarsquo As shown in Figure 3

the Korean peninsula is ideally located to have pivotal benefits from the

59) There are two main conditions 1) KEDO finances and constructs two

proliferation-resistant light-water reactors(LWR) of the Korean Standard Nuclear

Power Plant in the DPRK and 2) KEDO provides DPRK with an alternative source

of energy for heating and electricity until the first of the two reactors is

completed lthttpwwwkedoorgap_mainaspgt 60) 30bcm is an amount which can handle gas over 30 years Baker et al opcit

p10161) Ibid pp81~82

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 281

Source Paik (2005) p41

Russian oil and gas pipeline infrastructure In the case that the gas pipeline

scenario is applied in reality as a useful alternative for the settlement of the

current North Korean nuclear crisis this project will provide significant

contribution to in promoting energy cooperation between Russia and the

Two Koreas

Stage Ⅳ

In the final stage a consensus and convention to justify this project

within the Six-Party Talks framework should be guaranteed This is necessary

to avoid the inevitable problem of incompatibility between the laws and

regulations among the six players and different investment environment

(Figure 3) Map The Proposed Greater Pipeline in Northeast Asia

282 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

The Six Party Talks Russia

Stage

bull Providing a Negotiation Tool (the

CTR Program)

bull Initiating North Korea into Russian

precedents of the CTR program

Stage

bull Invoking international concerns about

NKrsquos economy reconstruction

bull Implementing the project based on

the Agreements

bull Supporting this project actively

Stage

bull Creating conventions to recognize the

gas pipeline project with six players

bull Participating in the gas pipeline project

actively persuading Gazprom

Stage

Ⅳ Building the consensus and trust of the Six-Party Talks members

2 Strength and Limitation of the Scenario

Based on the scenario introduced above the expected roles of Russia and

the members of the Six-Party Talks is as follows

(Table 2) Expected Roles of Russia and the Six-Party Talks in the Scenario

In short the main feature of lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Project for the

DPRKrsquo is a product of a multilateral economic diplomacy In general such

a multilateral economic approach has an unavoidable drawback in that such

a pragmatic diplomacy cannot move ahead regardless of the difficult security

concern of the Korean peninsula In particular I recognize that an increased

Russian role on a unified Korean peninsula would increase the tensions

among the main regional actors

However the strength of this scenario is combining security and

economic issues together to offer a comprehensive resolution concerning the

main threat that would inhibit inter-Korean rapprochement that is an

unchanged provocative posture of North Korea vis-agrave-vis its security needs

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 283

In other words the CTR program for Pyongyangrsquos WMD can be a suitable

alternative to prevent the North Korean military actions In addition the

economic rewards and investment for the DPRK during the negotiation

based on the gas pipeline project would enable advancement the North

Korean economy which in turn will have a positive effect on a long-term

solution such as the reconciliation between the two Koreas Furthermore if

an economic reconciliation can be reached with the help of the new actor

lsquoRussiarsquo this could become a plausible alternative reunification strategy of

the Korean peninsula Such a new consideration will justify the economic

and pragmatic approaches in the framework of the Six-Party talks

Ⅴ Conclusion

Time has changed However the issues surrounding the Korean

peninsula where interests of major powers are contested still display a

unique and multifaceted pattern on the international political order The

dilemma of the peninsula is the coexistence of lsquoinsecurityrsquo and lsquoprosperityrsquo

which is an inevitable by-product caused by the geopolitical situation

Despite such a reality smarter alternatives to achieve lsquopeacersquo and

lsquoprosperityrsquo on the Korean peninsula in the 21st century should be created

The option available currently is lsquothe Six-Party Talksrsquo This study has

suggested that such a multilateral talk offers a plausible framework to

resolve the issues surrounding the Korean peninsula beyond the North

Korean nuclear crisis Obviously the complex diplomatic calculations of the

284 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

six players are the key limitation of this framework but the talks seems

to be worthy as it is acting as a creditable model of the multilateral

negotiations In particular this study dealt with the role of Russia because

when it comes to the process of the Six-Party Talks and inter-relations with

the two Koreas to date Moscowrsquos contribution on the Six-Party Talks

brought positive alternatives which rival the contributions of Washington

and Beijing Based on such a development a scenario under which Russia

can play a positive role in creating a new and a long-term resolution to the

issues of the Korean peninsula can be postulated

However there are limitations which this study cannot escape Firstly as

the worst case scenario if the second Korean War breaks out suddenly the

reality of the multilateral talks and the scenario introduced above may

presumably have no bearing Secondly due to unexpected internal and

external conditions of Russia such as instability of the regime or global

economy crisis the role of Russia can fluctuate Thirdly if the others actors

especially in the US and China wants to maintain strong influences a

lsquopower gamersquo might break out the result of which might have negative

effects Finally the methodology of this research is a problem-solving

approach which was connected to the current policy analysis based on

comprehensive study of the primary sources As a result it is impossible to

deliver obvious and exact facts and information in terms of the Six-Party

Talks which is still in progress

Nonetheless the aim of this study was to offer an alternative to the

current difficult though hypothetical As a result this study was able to lead

a conclusion the Six-Party Talks and the role of Moscow are able to be a

persuasive and plausible alternative for a long-term solution on the Korean

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 285

peninsula The importance of the Six-Party Talks the inter-relations between

Russia and the two Koreas and a scenario suggested supported the

conclusion

All in all the increased and positive Russian involvement toward the two

Koreas can be a stepping-stone for a dialogue and cooperation for peace

and prosperity on the Korean peninsula Furthermore the full use of the

Six-Party Talks will ultimately contribute to security of the Northeast Asian

region beyond the North Korean nuclear crisis

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286 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

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httpkoreajoongangdailyjoinscomnewsarticleArticleaspxaid=3009631

Williams Carol J ldquoNorth Korea Read to Resume Six-Party Nuclear Talks Russia

Reportsrdquo Los Angeles Times November 12 2014

CCTV ldquoPutin Urges Unconditional Resumption of Six-Party Talksrdquo November 13 2013

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m_20_20_10amptabmenu=t_2gt

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박지선(PARK JISUN )

영국 런던대 킹스 칼리지(Kingrsquos College London) 국제분쟁학 석사 학위를 취득하고 현재 동

대학원 전략학 박사과정에 있다 주요 연구실적으로 ldquoConstructivist Understandings of North

Korearsquos Ballistic Missile Programme National Security Policy Based on North Korearsquos Strategic

Culturerdquo(2014) 985172한반도 신뢰프로세스를 통한 비핵국가 한국의 핵 안보전략 제2차 핵시대를

맞이하여985173(2013 공저) 985172클라우제비츠의 전쟁이론으로 본 냉전 이후 북한의 핵미사일 전략

에 관한 연구985173(2010 공저) 등이 있다

6자회담 틀 내에서 한반도 중장기 평화번영을 위한 러시아의

lsquo숙련된 중재자(New Seasoned Facilitator)rsquo 역할

박지선 (런던대 킹스 칼리지)

국문요약

본 논문은 한반도의 중장기 평화번영 방안을 위해 교착상태에 빠진 6자회담의 틀 안

에서 러시아의 역할에 대한 새로운 학문적 접근을 보여주고자 한다 본 논문에서는 북한

핵무기 개발 프로그램의 중단이라는 공동의 목적을 달성하기 위해 설립된 6자회담의 주

요 행위자들의 정치적middot전략적 이해관계를 경제적 영역으로 확대하면서 보다 실용적인

한반도 문제 해결 방안을 제시하고 있다 특히 lsquo숙련된 중재자(New Seasoned Facilitator)rsquo

로서의 러시아의 역할에 대해 심도 있게 고찰하면서 6자회담 틀에서 가능한 하나의 시나

리오를 실험적으로 제안하고 있다 본 논문의 주요 내용은 1) 6자회담의 연대기적 분석

2)한반도를 둘러싼 6자회담 주요 국가들의 이해관계 분석 3) 숙련된 중재자로서의 러

시아의 역할을 고찰 4) 실용적이고 실행 가능한 경제협력 방안이 될 한반도 평화정착을

위한 북한경제재건 프로젝트의 시나리오 등이다

주제어 6자회담 러시아 외교정책 북한 중재자 한반도 중middot장기 번영

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280 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

provisions59) Unlike the KEDO projects the introduction of the long

distance gas pipeline passing through the DPRK territory will involve the

two Koreas and Russia In particular intended for Pyongyang the pipeline

gas would provide energy to power many major cities in the DPRK

assuming that a 15 bcm60) natural gas would be allocated to the North as

a transit fees Also South Korea can provide additional support to prevent

the collapse of the North Korean economy61) In addition further funding

can be allocated for the CTR programs which will intensify the effort to

support rebuilding of the North Korean economy

Other than the economic merit Moscow is well positioned in this

pipeline project since the major Russian company Gazprom which is the

largest extractor of natural gas in the world has outstanding options to

promote the project from all the shareholders For this reason the role of

Russia should be given more weight in the third stage

In terms of the Economy Reconstruction Project for the DPRK this study

will follow the main idea of the paper Pipeline Gas Introduction to the

Korean Peninsula by Paik In his in-depth study Paik suggested lsquothe

Proposed Greater Circular Pipeline in Northeast Asiarsquo As shown in Figure 3

the Korean peninsula is ideally located to have pivotal benefits from the

59) There are two main conditions 1) KEDO finances and constructs two

proliferation-resistant light-water reactors(LWR) of the Korean Standard Nuclear

Power Plant in the DPRK and 2) KEDO provides DPRK with an alternative source

of energy for heating and electricity until the first of the two reactors is

completed lthttpwwwkedoorgap_mainaspgt 60) 30bcm is an amount which can handle gas over 30 years Baker et al opcit

p10161) Ibid pp81~82

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 281

Source Paik (2005) p41

Russian oil and gas pipeline infrastructure In the case that the gas pipeline

scenario is applied in reality as a useful alternative for the settlement of the

current North Korean nuclear crisis this project will provide significant

contribution to in promoting energy cooperation between Russia and the

Two Koreas

Stage Ⅳ

In the final stage a consensus and convention to justify this project

within the Six-Party Talks framework should be guaranteed This is necessary

to avoid the inevitable problem of incompatibility between the laws and

regulations among the six players and different investment environment

(Figure 3) Map The Proposed Greater Pipeline in Northeast Asia

282 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

The Six Party Talks Russia

Stage

bull Providing a Negotiation Tool (the

CTR Program)

bull Initiating North Korea into Russian

precedents of the CTR program

Stage

bull Invoking international concerns about

NKrsquos economy reconstruction

bull Implementing the project based on

the Agreements

bull Supporting this project actively

Stage

bull Creating conventions to recognize the

gas pipeline project with six players

bull Participating in the gas pipeline project

actively persuading Gazprom

Stage

Ⅳ Building the consensus and trust of the Six-Party Talks members

2 Strength and Limitation of the Scenario

Based on the scenario introduced above the expected roles of Russia and

the members of the Six-Party Talks is as follows

(Table 2) Expected Roles of Russia and the Six-Party Talks in the Scenario

In short the main feature of lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Project for the

DPRKrsquo is a product of a multilateral economic diplomacy In general such

a multilateral economic approach has an unavoidable drawback in that such

a pragmatic diplomacy cannot move ahead regardless of the difficult security

concern of the Korean peninsula In particular I recognize that an increased

Russian role on a unified Korean peninsula would increase the tensions

among the main regional actors

However the strength of this scenario is combining security and

economic issues together to offer a comprehensive resolution concerning the

main threat that would inhibit inter-Korean rapprochement that is an

unchanged provocative posture of North Korea vis-agrave-vis its security needs

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 283

In other words the CTR program for Pyongyangrsquos WMD can be a suitable

alternative to prevent the North Korean military actions In addition the

economic rewards and investment for the DPRK during the negotiation

based on the gas pipeline project would enable advancement the North

Korean economy which in turn will have a positive effect on a long-term

solution such as the reconciliation between the two Koreas Furthermore if

an economic reconciliation can be reached with the help of the new actor

lsquoRussiarsquo this could become a plausible alternative reunification strategy of

the Korean peninsula Such a new consideration will justify the economic

and pragmatic approaches in the framework of the Six-Party talks

Ⅴ Conclusion

Time has changed However the issues surrounding the Korean

peninsula where interests of major powers are contested still display a

unique and multifaceted pattern on the international political order The

dilemma of the peninsula is the coexistence of lsquoinsecurityrsquo and lsquoprosperityrsquo

which is an inevitable by-product caused by the geopolitical situation

Despite such a reality smarter alternatives to achieve lsquopeacersquo and

lsquoprosperityrsquo on the Korean peninsula in the 21st century should be created

The option available currently is lsquothe Six-Party Talksrsquo This study has

suggested that such a multilateral talk offers a plausible framework to

resolve the issues surrounding the Korean peninsula beyond the North

Korean nuclear crisis Obviously the complex diplomatic calculations of the

284 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

six players are the key limitation of this framework but the talks seems

to be worthy as it is acting as a creditable model of the multilateral

negotiations In particular this study dealt with the role of Russia because

when it comes to the process of the Six-Party Talks and inter-relations with

the two Koreas to date Moscowrsquos contribution on the Six-Party Talks

brought positive alternatives which rival the contributions of Washington

and Beijing Based on such a development a scenario under which Russia

can play a positive role in creating a new and a long-term resolution to the

issues of the Korean peninsula can be postulated

However there are limitations which this study cannot escape Firstly as

the worst case scenario if the second Korean War breaks out suddenly the

reality of the multilateral talks and the scenario introduced above may

presumably have no bearing Secondly due to unexpected internal and

external conditions of Russia such as instability of the regime or global

economy crisis the role of Russia can fluctuate Thirdly if the others actors

especially in the US and China wants to maintain strong influences a

lsquopower gamersquo might break out the result of which might have negative

effects Finally the methodology of this research is a problem-solving

approach which was connected to the current policy analysis based on

comprehensive study of the primary sources As a result it is impossible to

deliver obvious and exact facts and information in terms of the Six-Party

Talks which is still in progress

Nonetheless the aim of this study was to offer an alternative to the

current difficult though hypothetical As a result this study was able to lead

a conclusion the Six-Party Talks and the role of Moscow are able to be a

persuasive and plausible alternative for a long-term solution on the Korean

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 285

peninsula The importance of the Six-Party Talks the inter-relations between

Russia and the two Koreas and a scenario suggested supported the

conclusion

All in all the increased and positive Russian involvement toward the two

Koreas can be a stepping-stone for a dialogue and cooperation for peace

and prosperity on the Korean peninsula Furthermore the full use of the

Six-Party Talks will ultimately contribute to security of the Northeast Asian

region beyond the North Korean nuclear crisis

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286 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

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m_20_20_10amptabmenu=t_2gt

Korea Economic Institute ldquoNorth Korea Looking Abroadrdquo February 18 2015

lthttpblogkeiaorg201502north-korea-looking-abroadgt

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 289

박지선(PARK JISUN )

영국 런던대 킹스 칼리지(Kingrsquos College London) 국제분쟁학 석사 학위를 취득하고 현재 동

대학원 전략학 박사과정에 있다 주요 연구실적으로 ldquoConstructivist Understandings of North

Korearsquos Ballistic Missile Programme National Security Policy Based on North Korearsquos Strategic

Culturerdquo(2014) 985172한반도 신뢰프로세스를 통한 비핵국가 한국의 핵 안보전략 제2차 핵시대를

맞이하여985173(2013 공저) 985172클라우제비츠의 전쟁이론으로 본 냉전 이후 북한의 핵미사일 전략

에 관한 연구985173(2010 공저) 등이 있다

6자회담 틀 내에서 한반도 중장기 평화번영을 위한 러시아의

lsquo숙련된 중재자(New Seasoned Facilitator)rsquo 역할

박지선 (런던대 킹스 칼리지)

국문요약

본 논문은 한반도의 중장기 평화번영 방안을 위해 교착상태에 빠진 6자회담의 틀 안

에서 러시아의 역할에 대한 새로운 학문적 접근을 보여주고자 한다 본 논문에서는 북한

핵무기 개발 프로그램의 중단이라는 공동의 목적을 달성하기 위해 설립된 6자회담의 주

요 행위자들의 정치적middot전략적 이해관계를 경제적 영역으로 확대하면서 보다 실용적인

한반도 문제 해결 방안을 제시하고 있다 특히 lsquo숙련된 중재자(New Seasoned Facilitator)rsquo

로서의 러시아의 역할에 대해 심도 있게 고찰하면서 6자회담 틀에서 가능한 하나의 시나

리오를 실험적으로 제안하고 있다 본 논문의 주요 내용은 1) 6자회담의 연대기적 분석

2)한반도를 둘러싼 6자회담 주요 국가들의 이해관계 분석 3) 숙련된 중재자로서의 러

시아의 역할을 고찰 4) 실용적이고 실행 가능한 경제협력 방안이 될 한반도 평화정착을

위한 북한경제재건 프로젝트의 시나리오 등이다

주제어 6자회담 러시아 외교정책 북한 중재자 한반도 중middot장기 번영

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Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 281

Source Paik (2005) p41

Russian oil and gas pipeline infrastructure In the case that the gas pipeline

scenario is applied in reality as a useful alternative for the settlement of the

current North Korean nuclear crisis this project will provide significant

contribution to in promoting energy cooperation between Russia and the

Two Koreas

Stage Ⅳ

In the final stage a consensus and convention to justify this project

within the Six-Party Talks framework should be guaranteed This is necessary

to avoid the inevitable problem of incompatibility between the laws and

regulations among the six players and different investment environment

(Figure 3) Map The Proposed Greater Pipeline in Northeast Asia

282 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

The Six Party Talks Russia

Stage

bull Providing a Negotiation Tool (the

CTR Program)

bull Initiating North Korea into Russian

precedents of the CTR program

Stage

bull Invoking international concerns about

NKrsquos economy reconstruction

bull Implementing the project based on

the Agreements

bull Supporting this project actively

Stage

bull Creating conventions to recognize the

gas pipeline project with six players

bull Participating in the gas pipeline project

actively persuading Gazprom

Stage

Ⅳ Building the consensus and trust of the Six-Party Talks members

2 Strength and Limitation of the Scenario

Based on the scenario introduced above the expected roles of Russia and

the members of the Six-Party Talks is as follows

(Table 2) Expected Roles of Russia and the Six-Party Talks in the Scenario

In short the main feature of lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Project for the

DPRKrsquo is a product of a multilateral economic diplomacy In general such

a multilateral economic approach has an unavoidable drawback in that such

a pragmatic diplomacy cannot move ahead regardless of the difficult security

concern of the Korean peninsula In particular I recognize that an increased

Russian role on a unified Korean peninsula would increase the tensions

among the main regional actors

However the strength of this scenario is combining security and

economic issues together to offer a comprehensive resolution concerning the

main threat that would inhibit inter-Korean rapprochement that is an

unchanged provocative posture of North Korea vis-agrave-vis its security needs

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 283

In other words the CTR program for Pyongyangrsquos WMD can be a suitable

alternative to prevent the North Korean military actions In addition the

economic rewards and investment for the DPRK during the negotiation

based on the gas pipeline project would enable advancement the North

Korean economy which in turn will have a positive effect on a long-term

solution such as the reconciliation between the two Koreas Furthermore if

an economic reconciliation can be reached with the help of the new actor

lsquoRussiarsquo this could become a plausible alternative reunification strategy of

the Korean peninsula Such a new consideration will justify the economic

and pragmatic approaches in the framework of the Six-Party talks

Ⅴ Conclusion

Time has changed However the issues surrounding the Korean

peninsula where interests of major powers are contested still display a

unique and multifaceted pattern on the international political order The

dilemma of the peninsula is the coexistence of lsquoinsecurityrsquo and lsquoprosperityrsquo

which is an inevitable by-product caused by the geopolitical situation

Despite such a reality smarter alternatives to achieve lsquopeacersquo and

lsquoprosperityrsquo on the Korean peninsula in the 21st century should be created

The option available currently is lsquothe Six-Party Talksrsquo This study has

suggested that such a multilateral talk offers a plausible framework to

resolve the issues surrounding the Korean peninsula beyond the North

Korean nuclear crisis Obviously the complex diplomatic calculations of the

284 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

six players are the key limitation of this framework but the talks seems

to be worthy as it is acting as a creditable model of the multilateral

negotiations In particular this study dealt with the role of Russia because

when it comes to the process of the Six-Party Talks and inter-relations with

the two Koreas to date Moscowrsquos contribution on the Six-Party Talks

brought positive alternatives which rival the contributions of Washington

and Beijing Based on such a development a scenario under which Russia

can play a positive role in creating a new and a long-term resolution to the

issues of the Korean peninsula can be postulated

However there are limitations which this study cannot escape Firstly as

the worst case scenario if the second Korean War breaks out suddenly the

reality of the multilateral talks and the scenario introduced above may

presumably have no bearing Secondly due to unexpected internal and

external conditions of Russia such as instability of the regime or global

economy crisis the role of Russia can fluctuate Thirdly if the others actors

especially in the US and China wants to maintain strong influences a

lsquopower gamersquo might break out the result of which might have negative

effects Finally the methodology of this research is a problem-solving

approach which was connected to the current policy analysis based on

comprehensive study of the primary sources As a result it is impossible to

deliver obvious and exact facts and information in terms of the Six-Party

Talks which is still in progress

Nonetheless the aim of this study was to offer an alternative to the

current difficult though hypothetical As a result this study was able to lead

a conclusion the Six-Party Talks and the role of Moscow are able to be a

persuasive and plausible alternative for a long-term solution on the Korean

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 285

peninsula The importance of the Six-Party Talks the inter-relations between

Russia and the two Koreas and a scenario suggested supported the

conclusion

All in all the increased and positive Russian involvement toward the two

Koreas can be a stepping-stone for a dialogue and cooperation for peace

and prosperity on the Korean peninsula Furthermore the full use of the

Six-Party Talks will ultimately contribute to security of the Northeast Asian

region beyond the North Korean nuclear crisis

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286 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

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Williams Carol J ldquoNorth Korea Read to Resume Six-Party Nuclear Talks Russia

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energy needsrdquo November 2007

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m_20_20_10amptabmenu=t_2gt

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Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 289

박지선(PARK JISUN )

영국 런던대 킹스 칼리지(Kingrsquos College London) 국제분쟁학 석사 학위를 취득하고 현재 동

대학원 전략학 박사과정에 있다 주요 연구실적으로 ldquoConstructivist Understandings of North

Korearsquos Ballistic Missile Programme National Security Policy Based on North Korearsquos Strategic

Culturerdquo(2014) 985172한반도 신뢰프로세스를 통한 비핵국가 한국의 핵 안보전략 제2차 핵시대를

맞이하여985173(2013 공저) 985172클라우제비츠의 전쟁이론으로 본 냉전 이후 북한의 핵미사일 전략

에 관한 연구985173(2010 공저) 등이 있다

6자회담 틀 내에서 한반도 중장기 평화번영을 위한 러시아의

lsquo숙련된 중재자(New Seasoned Facilitator)rsquo 역할

박지선 (런던대 킹스 칼리지)

국문요약

본 논문은 한반도의 중장기 평화번영 방안을 위해 교착상태에 빠진 6자회담의 틀 안

에서 러시아의 역할에 대한 새로운 학문적 접근을 보여주고자 한다 본 논문에서는 북한

핵무기 개발 프로그램의 중단이라는 공동의 목적을 달성하기 위해 설립된 6자회담의 주

요 행위자들의 정치적middot전략적 이해관계를 경제적 영역으로 확대하면서 보다 실용적인

한반도 문제 해결 방안을 제시하고 있다 특히 lsquo숙련된 중재자(New Seasoned Facilitator)rsquo

로서의 러시아의 역할에 대해 심도 있게 고찰하면서 6자회담 틀에서 가능한 하나의 시나

리오를 실험적으로 제안하고 있다 본 논문의 주요 내용은 1) 6자회담의 연대기적 분석

2)한반도를 둘러싼 6자회담 주요 국가들의 이해관계 분석 3) 숙련된 중재자로서의 러

시아의 역할을 고찰 4) 실용적이고 실행 가능한 경제협력 방안이 될 한반도 평화정착을

위한 북한경제재건 프로젝트의 시나리오 등이다

주제어 6자회담 러시아 외교정책 북한 중재자 한반도 중middot장기 번영

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282 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

The Six Party Talks Russia

Stage

bull Providing a Negotiation Tool (the

CTR Program)

bull Initiating North Korea into Russian

precedents of the CTR program

Stage

bull Invoking international concerns about

NKrsquos economy reconstruction

bull Implementing the project based on

the Agreements

bull Supporting this project actively

Stage

bull Creating conventions to recognize the

gas pipeline project with six players

bull Participating in the gas pipeline project

actively persuading Gazprom

Stage

Ⅳ Building the consensus and trust of the Six-Party Talks members

2 Strength and Limitation of the Scenario

Based on the scenario introduced above the expected roles of Russia and

the members of the Six-Party Talks is as follows

(Table 2) Expected Roles of Russia and the Six-Party Talks in the Scenario

In short the main feature of lsquoEconomy Reconstruction Project for the

DPRKrsquo is a product of a multilateral economic diplomacy In general such

a multilateral economic approach has an unavoidable drawback in that such

a pragmatic diplomacy cannot move ahead regardless of the difficult security

concern of the Korean peninsula In particular I recognize that an increased

Russian role on a unified Korean peninsula would increase the tensions

among the main regional actors

However the strength of this scenario is combining security and

economic issues together to offer a comprehensive resolution concerning the

main threat that would inhibit inter-Korean rapprochement that is an

unchanged provocative posture of North Korea vis-agrave-vis its security needs

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 283

In other words the CTR program for Pyongyangrsquos WMD can be a suitable

alternative to prevent the North Korean military actions In addition the

economic rewards and investment for the DPRK during the negotiation

based on the gas pipeline project would enable advancement the North

Korean economy which in turn will have a positive effect on a long-term

solution such as the reconciliation between the two Koreas Furthermore if

an economic reconciliation can be reached with the help of the new actor

lsquoRussiarsquo this could become a plausible alternative reunification strategy of

the Korean peninsula Such a new consideration will justify the economic

and pragmatic approaches in the framework of the Six-Party talks

Ⅴ Conclusion

Time has changed However the issues surrounding the Korean

peninsula where interests of major powers are contested still display a

unique and multifaceted pattern on the international political order The

dilemma of the peninsula is the coexistence of lsquoinsecurityrsquo and lsquoprosperityrsquo

which is an inevitable by-product caused by the geopolitical situation

Despite such a reality smarter alternatives to achieve lsquopeacersquo and

lsquoprosperityrsquo on the Korean peninsula in the 21st century should be created

The option available currently is lsquothe Six-Party Talksrsquo This study has

suggested that such a multilateral talk offers a plausible framework to

resolve the issues surrounding the Korean peninsula beyond the North

Korean nuclear crisis Obviously the complex diplomatic calculations of the

284 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

six players are the key limitation of this framework but the talks seems

to be worthy as it is acting as a creditable model of the multilateral

negotiations In particular this study dealt with the role of Russia because

when it comes to the process of the Six-Party Talks and inter-relations with

the two Koreas to date Moscowrsquos contribution on the Six-Party Talks

brought positive alternatives which rival the contributions of Washington

and Beijing Based on such a development a scenario under which Russia

can play a positive role in creating a new and a long-term resolution to the

issues of the Korean peninsula can be postulated

However there are limitations which this study cannot escape Firstly as

the worst case scenario if the second Korean War breaks out suddenly the

reality of the multilateral talks and the scenario introduced above may

presumably have no bearing Secondly due to unexpected internal and

external conditions of Russia such as instability of the regime or global

economy crisis the role of Russia can fluctuate Thirdly if the others actors

especially in the US and China wants to maintain strong influences a

lsquopower gamersquo might break out the result of which might have negative

effects Finally the methodology of this research is a problem-solving

approach which was connected to the current policy analysis based on

comprehensive study of the primary sources As a result it is impossible to

deliver obvious and exact facts and information in terms of the Six-Party

Talks which is still in progress

Nonetheless the aim of this study was to offer an alternative to the

current difficult though hypothetical As a result this study was able to lead

a conclusion the Six-Party Talks and the role of Moscow are able to be a

persuasive and plausible alternative for a long-term solution on the Korean

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 285

peninsula The importance of the Six-Party Talks the inter-relations between

Russia and the two Koreas and a scenario suggested supported the

conclusion

All in all the increased and positive Russian involvement toward the two

Koreas can be a stepping-stone for a dialogue and cooperation for peace

and prosperity on the Korean peninsula Furthermore the full use of the

Six-Party Talks will ultimately contribute to security of the Northeast Asian

region beyond the North Korean nuclear crisis

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286 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

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m_20_20_10amptabmenu=t_2gt

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Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 289

박지선(PARK JISUN )

영국 런던대 킹스 칼리지(Kingrsquos College London) 국제분쟁학 석사 학위를 취득하고 현재 동

대학원 전략학 박사과정에 있다 주요 연구실적으로 ldquoConstructivist Understandings of North

Korearsquos Ballistic Missile Programme National Security Policy Based on North Korearsquos Strategic

Culturerdquo(2014) 985172한반도 신뢰프로세스를 통한 비핵국가 한국의 핵 안보전략 제2차 핵시대를

맞이하여985173(2013 공저) 985172클라우제비츠의 전쟁이론으로 본 냉전 이후 북한의 핵미사일 전략

에 관한 연구985173(2010 공저) 등이 있다

6자회담 틀 내에서 한반도 중장기 평화번영을 위한 러시아의

lsquo숙련된 중재자(New Seasoned Facilitator)rsquo 역할

박지선 (런던대 킹스 칼리지)

국문요약

본 논문은 한반도의 중장기 평화번영 방안을 위해 교착상태에 빠진 6자회담의 틀 안

에서 러시아의 역할에 대한 새로운 학문적 접근을 보여주고자 한다 본 논문에서는 북한

핵무기 개발 프로그램의 중단이라는 공동의 목적을 달성하기 위해 설립된 6자회담의 주

요 행위자들의 정치적middot전략적 이해관계를 경제적 영역으로 확대하면서 보다 실용적인

한반도 문제 해결 방안을 제시하고 있다 특히 lsquo숙련된 중재자(New Seasoned Facilitator)rsquo

로서의 러시아의 역할에 대해 심도 있게 고찰하면서 6자회담 틀에서 가능한 하나의 시나

리오를 실험적으로 제안하고 있다 본 논문의 주요 내용은 1) 6자회담의 연대기적 분석

2)한반도를 둘러싼 6자회담 주요 국가들의 이해관계 분석 3) 숙련된 중재자로서의 러

시아의 역할을 고찰 4) 실용적이고 실행 가능한 경제협력 방안이 될 한반도 평화정착을

위한 북한경제재건 프로젝트의 시나리오 등이다

주제어 6자회담 러시아 외교정책 북한 중재자 한반도 중middot장기 번영

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Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 283

In other words the CTR program for Pyongyangrsquos WMD can be a suitable

alternative to prevent the North Korean military actions In addition the

economic rewards and investment for the DPRK during the negotiation

based on the gas pipeline project would enable advancement the North

Korean economy which in turn will have a positive effect on a long-term

solution such as the reconciliation between the two Koreas Furthermore if

an economic reconciliation can be reached with the help of the new actor

lsquoRussiarsquo this could become a plausible alternative reunification strategy of

the Korean peninsula Such a new consideration will justify the economic

and pragmatic approaches in the framework of the Six-Party talks

Ⅴ Conclusion

Time has changed However the issues surrounding the Korean

peninsula where interests of major powers are contested still display a

unique and multifaceted pattern on the international political order The

dilemma of the peninsula is the coexistence of lsquoinsecurityrsquo and lsquoprosperityrsquo

which is an inevitable by-product caused by the geopolitical situation

Despite such a reality smarter alternatives to achieve lsquopeacersquo and

lsquoprosperityrsquo on the Korean peninsula in the 21st century should be created

The option available currently is lsquothe Six-Party Talksrsquo This study has

suggested that such a multilateral talk offers a plausible framework to

resolve the issues surrounding the Korean peninsula beyond the North

Korean nuclear crisis Obviously the complex diplomatic calculations of the

284 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

six players are the key limitation of this framework but the talks seems

to be worthy as it is acting as a creditable model of the multilateral

negotiations In particular this study dealt with the role of Russia because

when it comes to the process of the Six-Party Talks and inter-relations with

the two Koreas to date Moscowrsquos contribution on the Six-Party Talks

brought positive alternatives which rival the contributions of Washington

and Beijing Based on such a development a scenario under which Russia

can play a positive role in creating a new and a long-term resolution to the

issues of the Korean peninsula can be postulated

However there are limitations which this study cannot escape Firstly as

the worst case scenario if the second Korean War breaks out suddenly the

reality of the multilateral talks and the scenario introduced above may

presumably have no bearing Secondly due to unexpected internal and

external conditions of Russia such as instability of the regime or global

economy crisis the role of Russia can fluctuate Thirdly if the others actors

especially in the US and China wants to maintain strong influences a

lsquopower gamersquo might break out the result of which might have negative

effects Finally the methodology of this research is a problem-solving

approach which was connected to the current policy analysis based on

comprehensive study of the primary sources As a result it is impossible to

deliver obvious and exact facts and information in terms of the Six-Party

Talks which is still in progress

Nonetheless the aim of this study was to offer an alternative to the

current difficult though hypothetical As a result this study was able to lead

a conclusion the Six-Party Talks and the role of Moscow are able to be a

persuasive and plausible alternative for a long-term solution on the Korean

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 285

peninsula The importance of the Six-Party Talks the inter-relations between

Russia and the two Koreas and a scenario suggested supported the

conclusion

All in all the increased and positive Russian involvement toward the two

Koreas can be a stepping-stone for a dialogue and cooperation for peace

and prosperity on the Korean peninsula Furthermore the full use of the

Six-Party Talks will ultimately contribute to security of the Northeast Asian

region beyond the North Korean nuclear crisis

접수 2015년 10월 23일 심사 2015년 10월 23일 게재확정 2015년 11월 24일

286 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

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Williams Carol J ldquoNorth Korea Read to Resume Six-Party Nuclear Talks Russia

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energy needsrdquo November 2007

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m_20_20_10amptabmenu=t_2gt

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Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 289

박지선(PARK JISUN )

영국 런던대 킹스 칼리지(Kingrsquos College London) 국제분쟁학 석사 학위를 취득하고 현재 동

대학원 전략학 박사과정에 있다 주요 연구실적으로 ldquoConstructivist Understandings of North

Korearsquos Ballistic Missile Programme National Security Policy Based on North Korearsquos Strategic

Culturerdquo(2014) 985172한반도 신뢰프로세스를 통한 비핵국가 한국의 핵 안보전략 제2차 핵시대를

맞이하여985173(2013 공저) 985172클라우제비츠의 전쟁이론으로 본 냉전 이후 북한의 핵미사일 전략

에 관한 연구985173(2010 공저) 등이 있다

6자회담 틀 내에서 한반도 중장기 평화번영을 위한 러시아의

lsquo숙련된 중재자(New Seasoned Facilitator)rsquo 역할

박지선 (런던대 킹스 칼리지)

국문요약

본 논문은 한반도의 중장기 평화번영 방안을 위해 교착상태에 빠진 6자회담의 틀 안

에서 러시아의 역할에 대한 새로운 학문적 접근을 보여주고자 한다 본 논문에서는 북한

핵무기 개발 프로그램의 중단이라는 공동의 목적을 달성하기 위해 설립된 6자회담의 주

요 행위자들의 정치적middot전략적 이해관계를 경제적 영역으로 확대하면서 보다 실용적인

한반도 문제 해결 방안을 제시하고 있다 특히 lsquo숙련된 중재자(New Seasoned Facilitator)rsquo

로서의 러시아의 역할에 대해 심도 있게 고찰하면서 6자회담 틀에서 가능한 하나의 시나

리오를 실험적으로 제안하고 있다 본 논문의 주요 내용은 1) 6자회담의 연대기적 분석

2)한반도를 둘러싼 6자회담 주요 국가들의 이해관계 분석 3) 숙련된 중재자로서의 러

시아의 역할을 고찰 4) 실용적이고 실행 가능한 경제협력 방안이 될 한반도 평화정착을

위한 북한경제재건 프로젝트의 시나리오 등이다

주제어 6자회담 러시아 외교정책 북한 중재자 한반도 중middot장기 번영

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284 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

six players are the key limitation of this framework but the talks seems

to be worthy as it is acting as a creditable model of the multilateral

negotiations In particular this study dealt with the role of Russia because

when it comes to the process of the Six-Party Talks and inter-relations with

the two Koreas to date Moscowrsquos contribution on the Six-Party Talks

brought positive alternatives which rival the contributions of Washington

and Beijing Based on such a development a scenario under which Russia

can play a positive role in creating a new and a long-term resolution to the

issues of the Korean peninsula can be postulated

However there are limitations which this study cannot escape Firstly as

the worst case scenario if the second Korean War breaks out suddenly the

reality of the multilateral talks and the scenario introduced above may

presumably have no bearing Secondly due to unexpected internal and

external conditions of Russia such as instability of the regime or global

economy crisis the role of Russia can fluctuate Thirdly if the others actors

especially in the US and China wants to maintain strong influences a

lsquopower gamersquo might break out the result of which might have negative

effects Finally the methodology of this research is a problem-solving

approach which was connected to the current policy analysis based on

comprehensive study of the primary sources As a result it is impossible to

deliver obvious and exact facts and information in terms of the Six-Party

Talks which is still in progress

Nonetheless the aim of this study was to offer an alternative to the

current difficult though hypothetical As a result this study was able to lead

a conclusion the Six-Party Talks and the role of Moscow are able to be a

persuasive and plausible alternative for a long-term solution on the Korean

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 285

peninsula The importance of the Six-Party Talks the inter-relations between

Russia and the two Koreas and a scenario suggested supported the

conclusion

All in all the increased and positive Russian involvement toward the two

Koreas can be a stepping-stone for a dialogue and cooperation for peace

and prosperity on the Korean peninsula Furthermore the full use of the

Six-Party Talks will ultimately contribute to security of the Northeast Asian

region beyond the North Korean nuclear crisis

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286 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

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Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 289

박지선(PARK JISUN )

영국 런던대 킹스 칼리지(Kingrsquos College London) 국제분쟁학 석사 학위를 취득하고 현재 동

대학원 전략학 박사과정에 있다 주요 연구실적으로 ldquoConstructivist Understandings of North

Korearsquos Ballistic Missile Programme National Security Policy Based on North Korearsquos Strategic

Culturerdquo(2014) 985172한반도 신뢰프로세스를 통한 비핵국가 한국의 핵 안보전략 제2차 핵시대를

맞이하여985173(2013 공저) 985172클라우제비츠의 전쟁이론으로 본 냉전 이후 북한의 핵미사일 전략

에 관한 연구985173(2010 공저) 등이 있다

6자회담 틀 내에서 한반도 중장기 평화번영을 위한 러시아의

lsquo숙련된 중재자(New Seasoned Facilitator)rsquo 역할

박지선 (런던대 킹스 칼리지)

국문요약

본 논문은 한반도의 중장기 평화번영 방안을 위해 교착상태에 빠진 6자회담의 틀 안

에서 러시아의 역할에 대한 새로운 학문적 접근을 보여주고자 한다 본 논문에서는 북한

핵무기 개발 프로그램의 중단이라는 공동의 목적을 달성하기 위해 설립된 6자회담의 주

요 행위자들의 정치적middot전략적 이해관계를 경제적 영역으로 확대하면서 보다 실용적인

한반도 문제 해결 방안을 제시하고 있다 특히 lsquo숙련된 중재자(New Seasoned Facilitator)rsquo

로서의 러시아의 역할에 대해 심도 있게 고찰하면서 6자회담 틀에서 가능한 하나의 시나

리오를 실험적으로 제안하고 있다 본 논문의 주요 내용은 1) 6자회담의 연대기적 분석

2)한반도를 둘러싼 6자회담 주요 국가들의 이해관계 분석 3) 숙련된 중재자로서의 러

시아의 역할을 고찰 4) 실용적이고 실행 가능한 경제협력 방안이 될 한반도 평화정착을

위한 북한경제재건 프로젝트의 시나리오 등이다

주제어 6자회담 러시아 외교정책 북한 중재자 한반도 중middot장기 번영

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Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 285

peninsula The importance of the Six-Party Talks the inter-relations between

Russia and the two Koreas and a scenario suggested supported the

conclusion

All in all the increased and positive Russian involvement toward the two

Koreas can be a stepping-stone for a dialogue and cooperation for peace

and prosperity on the Korean peninsula Furthermore the full use of the

Six-Party Talks will ultimately contribute to security of the Northeast Asian

region beyond the North Korean nuclear crisis

접수 2015년 10월 23일 심사 2015년 10월 23일 게재확정 2015년 11월 24일

286 통일과평화(7집 2호middot2015)

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영국 런던대 킹스 칼리지(Kingrsquos College London) 국제분쟁학 석사 학위를 취득하고 현재 동

대학원 전략학 박사과정에 있다 주요 연구실적으로 ldquoConstructivist Understandings of North

Korearsquos Ballistic Missile Programme National Security Policy Based on North Korearsquos Strategic

Culturerdquo(2014) 985172한반도 신뢰프로세스를 통한 비핵국가 한국의 핵 안보전략 제2차 핵시대를

맞이하여985173(2013 공저) 985172클라우제비츠의 전쟁이론으로 본 냉전 이후 북한의 핵미사일 전략

에 관한 연구985173(2010 공저) 등이 있다

6자회담 틀 내에서 한반도 중장기 평화번영을 위한 러시아의

lsquo숙련된 중재자(New Seasoned Facilitator)rsquo 역할

박지선 (런던대 킹스 칼리지)

국문요약

본 논문은 한반도의 중장기 평화번영 방안을 위해 교착상태에 빠진 6자회담의 틀 안

에서 러시아의 역할에 대한 새로운 학문적 접근을 보여주고자 한다 본 논문에서는 북한

핵무기 개발 프로그램의 중단이라는 공동의 목적을 달성하기 위해 설립된 6자회담의 주

요 행위자들의 정치적middot전략적 이해관계를 경제적 영역으로 확대하면서 보다 실용적인

한반도 문제 해결 방안을 제시하고 있다 특히 lsquo숙련된 중재자(New Seasoned Facilitator)rsquo

로서의 러시아의 역할에 대해 심도 있게 고찰하면서 6자회담 틀에서 가능한 하나의 시나

리오를 실험적으로 제안하고 있다 본 논문의 주요 내용은 1) 6자회담의 연대기적 분석

2)한반도를 둘러싼 6자회담 주요 국가들의 이해관계 분석 3) 숙련된 중재자로서의 러

시아의 역할을 고찰 4) 실용적이고 실행 가능한 경제협력 방안이 될 한반도 평화정착을

위한 북한경제재건 프로젝트의 시나리오 등이다

주제어 6자회담 러시아 외교정책 북한 중재자 한반도 중middot장기 번영

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대학원 전략학 박사과정에 있다 주요 연구실적으로 ldquoConstructivist Understandings of North

Korearsquos Ballistic Missile Programme National Security Policy Based on North Korearsquos Strategic

Culturerdquo(2014) 985172한반도 신뢰프로세스를 통한 비핵국가 한국의 핵 안보전략 제2차 핵시대를

맞이하여985173(2013 공저) 985172클라우제비츠의 전쟁이론으로 본 냉전 이후 북한의 핵미사일 전략

에 관한 연구985173(2010 공저) 등이 있다

6자회담 틀 내에서 한반도 중장기 평화번영을 위한 러시아의

lsquo숙련된 중재자(New Seasoned Facilitator)rsquo 역할

박지선 (런던대 킹스 칼리지)

국문요약

본 논문은 한반도의 중장기 평화번영 방안을 위해 교착상태에 빠진 6자회담의 틀 안

에서 러시아의 역할에 대한 새로운 학문적 접근을 보여주고자 한다 본 논문에서는 북한

핵무기 개발 프로그램의 중단이라는 공동의 목적을 달성하기 위해 설립된 6자회담의 주

요 행위자들의 정치적middot전략적 이해관계를 경제적 영역으로 확대하면서 보다 실용적인

한반도 문제 해결 방안을 제시하고 있다 특히 lsquo숙련된 중재자(New Seasoned Facilitator)rsquo

로서의 러시아의 역할에 대해 심도 있게 고찰하면서 6자회담 틀에서 가능한 하나의 시나

리오를 실험적으로 제안하고 있다 본 논문의 주요 내용은 1) 6자회담의 연대기적 분석

2)한반도를 둘러싼 6자회담 주요 국가들의 이해관계 분석 3) 숙련된 중재자로서의 러

시아의 역할을 고찰 4) 실용적이고 실행 가능한 경제협력 방안이 될 한반도 평화정착을

위한 북한경제재건 프로젝트의 시나리오 등이다

주제어 6자회담 러시아 외교정책 북한 중재자 한반도 중middot장기 번영

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Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 289

박지선(PARK JISUN )

영국 런던대 킹스 칼리지(Kingrsquos College London) 국제분쟁학 석사 학위를 취득하고 현재 동

대학원 전략학 박사과정에 있다 주요 연구실적으로 ldquoConstructivist Understandings of North

Korearsquos Ballistic Missile Programme National Security Policy Based on North Korearsquos Strategic

Culturerdquo(2014) 985172한반도 신뢰프로세스를 통한 비핵국가 한국의 핵 안보전략 제2차 핵시대를

맞이하여985173(2013 공저) 985172클라우제비츠의 전쟁이론으로 본 냉전 이후 북한의 핵미사일 전략

에 관한 연구985173(2010 공저) 등이 있다

6자회담 틀 내에서 한반도 중장기 평화번영을 위한 러시아의

lsquo숙련된 중재자(New Seasoned Facilitator)rsquo 역할

박지선 (런던대 킹스 칼리지)

국문요약

본 논문은 한반도의 중장기 평화번영 방안을 위해 교착상태에 빠진 6자회담의 틀 안

에서 러시아의 역할에 대한 새로운 학문적 접근을 보여주고자 한다 본 논문에서는 북한

핵무기 개발 프로그램의 중단이라는 공동의 목적을 달성하기 위해 설립된 6자회담의 주

요 행위자들의 정치적middot전략적 이해관계를 경제적 영역으로 확대하면서 보다 실용적인

한반도 문제 해결 방안을 제시하고 있다 특히 lsquo숙련된 중재자(New Seasoned Facilitator)rsquo

로서의 러시아의 역할에 대해 심도 있게 고찰하면서 6자회담 틀에서 가능한 하나의 시나

리오를 실험적으로 제안하고 있다 본 논문의 주요 내용은 1) 6자회담의 연대기적 분석

2)한반도를 둘러싼 6자회담 주요 국가들의 이해관계 분석 3) 숙련된 중재자로서의 러

시아의 역할을 고찰 4) 실용적이고 실행 가능한 경제협력 방안이 될 한반도 평화정착을

위한 북한경제재건 프로젝트의 시나리오 등이다

주제어 6자회담 러시아 외교정책 북한 중재자 한반도 중middot장기 번영

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International Security Program Dec Washington DC CSIS

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in the 2000s Moscowrsquos Continuing Search for Regional Influencerdquo Asian

Survey Vol 44 No 6 (2006)

Zhebin Alexander ldquoRussiarsquos Efforts for Reconciliation and Peace in Koreardquo A paper

for the 2nd World Congress of Korean Studies Pyongyang (August 2004)

Zhongying Pang ldquoThe Six-Party Process Regional Security Mechanisms and

China-US Cooperation Toward a Regional Security Mechanism for a New

Northeast Asiardquo Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies the Brookings

Institution (March 2009)

Others

Korea Joongang Daily ldquoRussian Envoy Discusses Pyongyang Tests Thaadrdquo September

25 2015

httpkoreajoongangdailyjoinscomnewsarticleArticleaspxaid=3009631

Williams Carol J ldquoNorth Korea Read to Resume Six-Party Nuclear Talks Russia

Reportsrdquo Los Angeles Times November 12 2014

CCTV ldquoPutin Urges Unconditional Resumption of Six-Party Talksrdquo November 13 2013

Barjoria Jayshree and Xu Beina ldquoThe Six Party Talks on North Korearsquos Nuclear

Programrdquo Council on foreign Relations September 2013

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists ldquoThe Six-Party Talks Meeting North Korearsquos

energy needsrdquo November 2007

President of Russia ldquoPress Statement Following Russian-Korean Talksrdquo November

2013

Ministry of Foreign Affairs Republic of Korea

lthttpwwwmofagokrENGpolicykpennknuclearpressreleasesindexjspmenu=

m_20_20_10amptabmenu=t_2gt

Korea Economic Institute ldquoNorth Korea Looking Abroadrdquo February 18 2015

lthttpblogkeiaorg201502north-korea-looking-abroadgt

Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 289

박지선(PARK JISUN )

영국 런던대 킹스 칼리지(Kingrsquos College London) 국제분쟁학 석사 학위를 취득하고 현재 동

대학원 전략학 박사과정에 있다 주요 연구실적으로 ldquoConstructivist Understandings of North

Korearsquos Ballistic Missile Programme National Security Policy Based on North Korearsquos Strategic

Culturerdquo(2014) 985172한반도 신뢰프로세스를 통한 비핵국가 한국의 핵 안보전략 제2차 핵시대를

맞이하여985173(2013 공저) 985172클라우제비츠의 전쟁이론으로 본 냉전 이후 북한의 핵미사일 전략

에 관한 연구985173(2010 공저) 등이 있다

6자회담 틀 내에서 한반도 중장기 평화번영을 위한 러시아의

lsquo숙련된 중재자(New Seasoned Facilitator)rsquo 역할

박지선 (런던대 킹스 칼리지)

국문요약

본 논문은 한반도의 중장기 평화번영 방안을 위해 교착상태에 빠진 6자회담의 틀 안

에서 러시아의 역할에 대한 새로운 학문적 접근을 보여주고자 한다 본 논문에서는 북한

핵무기 개발 프로그램의 중단이라는 공동의 목적을 달성하기 위해 설립된 6자회담의 주

요 행위자들의 정치적middot전략적 이해관계를 경제적 영역으로 확대하면서 보다 실용적인

한반도 문제 해결 방안을 제시하고 있다 특히 lsquo숙련된 중재자(New Seasoned Facilitator)rsquo

로서의 러시아의 역할에 대해 심도 있게 고찰하면서 6자회담 틀에서 가능한 하나의 시나

리오를 실험적으로 제안하고 있다 본 논문의 주요 내용은 1) 6자회담의 연대기적 분석

2)한반도를 둘러싼 6자회담 주요 국가들의 이해관계 분석 3) 숙련된 중재자로서의 러

시아의 역할을 고찰 4) 실용적이고 실행 가능한 경제협력 방안이 될 한반도 평화정착을

위한 북한경제재건 프로젝트의 시나리오 등이다

주제어 6자회담 러시아 외교정책 북한 중재자 한반도 중middot장기 번영

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Russia as a lsquoNew Seasoned Facilitatorrsquo in Making Medium and helliphellip 289

박지선(PARK JISUN )

영국 런던대 킹스 칼리지(Kingrsquos College London) 국제분쟁학 석사 학위를 취득하고 현재 동

대학원 전략학 박사과정에 있다 주요 연구실적으로 ldquoConstructivist Understandings of North

Korearsquos Ballistic Missile Programme National Security Policy Based on North Korearsquos Strategic

Culturerdquo(2014) 985172한반도 신뢰프로세스를 통한 비핵국가 한국의 핵 안보전략 제2차 핵시대를

맞이하여985173(2013 공저) 985172클라우제비츠의 전쟁이론으로 본 냉전 이후 북한의 핵미사일 전략

에 관한 연구985173(2010 공저) 등이 있다

6자회담 틀 내에서 한반도 중장기 평화번영을 위한 러시아의

lsquo숙련된 중재자(New Seasoned Facilitator)rsquo 역할

박지선 (런던대 킹스 칼리지)

국문요약

본 논문은 한반도의 중장기 평화번영 방안을 위해 교착상태에 빠진 6자회담의 틀 안

에서 러시아의 역할에 대한 새로운 학문적 접근을 보여주고자 한다 본 논문에서는 북한

핵무기 개발 프로그램의 중단이라는 공동의 목적을 달성하기 위해 설립된 6자회담의 주

요 행위자들의 정치적middot전략적 이해관계를 경제적 영역으로 확대하면서 보다 실용적인

한반도 문제 해결 방안을 제시하고 있다 특히 lsquo숙련된 중재자(New Seasoned Facilitator)rsquo

로서의 러시아의 역할에 대해 심도 있게 고찰하면서 6자회담 틀에서 가능한 하나의 시나

리오를 실험적으로 제안하고 있다 본 논문의 주요 내용은 1) 6자회담의 연대기적 분석

2)한반도를 둘러싼 6자회담 주요 국가들의 이해관계 분석 3) 숙련된 중재자로서의 러

시아의 역할을 고찰 4) 실용적이고 실행 가능한 경제협력 방안이 될 한반도 평화정착을

위한 북한경제재건 프로젝트의 시나리오 등이다

주제어 6자회담 러시아 외교정책 북한 중재자 한반도 중middot장기 번영

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