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Flint, Colin Flint, Colin Wilson, David Chhatre, Ashwini Diehl, Paul F. Nam, Jongwoo 2012-09-18T21:15:05Z 2012-09-18T21:15:05Z 2012-08 2012-09-18T21:15:05Z 2012-08 This study is a textual analysis of North Korea’s geopolitical discourses. Through the analysis of North Korea’s geopolitical visions and codes, this study provides a theoretical framework to explicate weak nation-states’ foreign and security policies beyond overly power-centered perspectives. In addition, this study suggests an alternative policy toward North Korea for neighboring states beyond the dichotomy of containment and engagement policy. Using textual data from North Korea regarding the geographical construction of its national identity and state interests, this study proposes a theoretical framework which focuses on a weak nation-state’s geopolitical agency, the relationship between geopolitical visions and codes, and the construction of territory for geopolitical discourses in a particular geopolitical context. The main findings of this study suggest that this theoretical framework provides a valuable perspective through which to understand how weak nation-states use geography to construct their national identity and state interests, and how the relationship between their geopolitical visions and codes changes over time. In particular, this study emphasizes the role of territorial construction in the way a weak nation-state naturalizes the concept of the state as an autonomous subject through nationalism and security discourse. Item withdrawn by Mark Zulauf (zulauf@illinois.edu) on 2012-06-04T15:43:05Z Item was in collections: University of Illinois Theses & Dissertations (ID: 1) No. of bitstreams: 2 Nam_Jongwoo.doc: 1293824 bytes, checksum: a1645175c24c397f1bb04c430d924f06 (MD5) Nam_Jongwoo.pdf: 1441222 bytes, checksum: 2cec624bcdb3e88535db75a245e4db43 (MD5) Made available in DSpace on 2012-09-18T21:15:05Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 3 Nam_Jongwoo.pdf: 1441222 bytes, checksum: 2cec624bcdb3e88535db75a245e4db43 (MD5) license.txt: 4058 bytes, checksum: 11fd71a899a7368e4c1431cf5dc6d394 (MD5) Nam_Jongwoo.doc: 1293824 bytes, checksum: a1645175c24c397f1bb04c430d924f06 (MD5) http://hdl.handle.net/2142/34399 en Copyright 2012 Jongwoo Nam geopolitical discourse geopolitical context the relationship between geopolitical vision and geopolitical code The geographical construction of national identity and state interests by a weak nation-state: the dynamic geopolitical codes and stable geopolitical visions of North Korea, 1948-2010 Geography & Geographic InfoSci 1872 Geography 0341 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Dissertation Ph.D. PHD:Geography -UIUC 10KS0341PHD