Experts Warn North Korea's Hostile Two-State Theory Risks Escalating Nuclear Threats
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North Korea's formal reclassification of South Korea as a hostile foreign state isn't just rhetoric — it rewires the entire logic of nuclear deterrence and makes accidental war more likely.
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Theory Briefing
- Pyongyang's Two-State Theory legally reframes South Korea as an enemy nation, dismantling decades of reunification diplomacy.
- Scholars warn the reclassification lowers the threshold for nuclear use by redefining any southern military move as foreign aggression.
- Game theory suggests this posture is a credible-commitment trap — making de-escalation harder for both sides to signal or accept.