The Six-Party Talks - Analysis of an International Negotiation

North Korea has been again at the center of mediatic attention in the past few weeks, and this time not for its missile or nuclear test. Rather, it appears that diplomatic efforts to solve the intricated nuclear issue will be renewed: US President Donald Trump has surprisingly accepted the equally unexpected invitation to meet Kim Jong-un, who has recently visited China to discuss with President Xi Jinping. Additionally, a meeting between the DPRK and RoK leaders is scheduled for April 27.

But this isn't the first time a solution to the nuclear issue is going to be discussed in an international negotiation: President Clinton had concluded an agreement on it in 1994; and when the problem emerged again in the 2000s, there was a multilateral effort to solve the issue through a series of negotiations known as Six Party Talks (SPT). However, they ultimately resulted in a failure, as the DPRK continued its military nuclear program and eventually obtained nuclear weapons.

I wrote it in mid-2017 as part of a course in International Negotiations that I attended during my Master's program at Université Catholique de Louvain. Compared to the original version I submitted then, this one has pictures and minor changes in the text, which remains almost identitcal.

Here is the direct link to read the paper!

That's all for now, but stay tuned as new updates will arrive soon; probably also on North Korea...