Maneuvering between Baghdad and Tehran: North Korea's Relations with Iraq and Iran during the Cold War

IF 0.7 2区 历史学 Q1 HISTORY Journal of Cold War Studies Pub Date : 2023-06-01 DOI:10.1162/jcws_a_01119
B. Szalontai, Yoo Jinil
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Abstract This article explores how North Korean leaders tried to maneuver between Iran and Iraq to gain greater leverage in the Cold War. Both of these Middle Eastern countries seemed potentially attractive partners for Pyongyang, but they were often on hostile terms with each other. The article considers how the Iraq-Iran rivalry and domestic changes in Iraq and Iran affected North Korean policy. Even when Pyongyang's cooperation with one or the other of the two states reached a high level, the North Koreans also reached out to the other country, regardless of the position of either state and of external actors such as the Soviet Union and China. The North Koreans generally avoided taking a public stand on the Iraq-Iran dispute, but on occasion they became more deeply involved. Mainly, the North Korean government sought to maximize the number of its partners, rather than to make a stable commitment to just one state. In turn, both Iraq and Iran eventually came to perceive North Korea as a state that was mostly out to benefit itself rather than helping either of them.
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巴格达和德黑兰之间的演习:冷战时期朝鲜与伊拉克和伊朗的关系
摘要本文探讨了朝鲜领导人如何试图在伊朗和伊拉克之间周旋,以在冷战中获得更大的影响力。这两个中东国家对平壤来说似乎都是潜在的有吸引力的合作伙伴,但它们经常相互敌对。这篇文章探讨了伊拉克和伊朗的竞争以及伊拉克和伊朗国内的变化如何影响朝鲜的政策。即使平壤与这两个国家中的一个或另一个的合作达到了很高的水平,朝鲜人也会与另一个国家接触,无论任何一个国家以及苏联和中国等外部行为者的立场如何。朝鲜通常避免在伊拉克-伊朗争端上公开表态,但有时他们会更加深入地参与其中。主要是,朝鲜政府寻求最大限度地增加其合作伙伴的数量,而不是只对一个国家做出稳定的承诺。反过来,伊拉克和伊朗最终都认为朝鲜是一个主要为自己谋利的国家,而不是帮助他们中的任何一个。
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