A Pragmatic Strategy toward European UnionThe epochal collapse of socialist countries, which began toward end of 1980s, dealt a severe blow to North Korea. The Soviet Union, which had sup-barter trade disappeared overnight (Ford, 2005). Other nations that had previously been friendly to North Korea, such many of Central and Eastern European countries, experienced a chain of regime changes. Such circumstances created more difficulties for North Korea, it began to face possibility of sort of collapse that had affected above-mentioned socialist blocs.Unlike countries of Central and Eastern Europe, political regime in North Korea survived, but its people have long been suffering extreme hardships due to serious food, economic and energy problems, and this situation is continuing. Even if this crisis, which has resulted from various problems, has not yet influenced political realm, it has caused social instability and deviant behavior.With a view toward riding out such crises and maintaining its adherence to socialism, North Korea has adopted a (core) ring This consists of pinpointing center ring at a time of crisis, and attacking it relentlessly. A major target of this has been United States. Pyongyang has wanted to overcome its crises though Cold War negotiations and to gain much it possibly can in process. Seeing pursuit of nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles its path to national security and survival, North Korea has made nuclear development program its center ring tool. North Korea's development of nuclear weapons started a long time ago and has accelerated since downfall of socialist nations.The U.S. condemns certain actions by North Korea, such development of a secret uranium-enrichment program that could lead to weapons-grade material, restarting of a mothballed plutonium reactor that had been closed part of Agreed Framework, and country's withdrawal from Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). In response, North Korea insists that U.S. has failed to comply with Geneva Agreement, neither completing a 1,000 MW light-water reactor nor supplying promised heavy fuel oil.In a different way, North Korea has adopted a strategy toward European Union (EU). The EU has been a new, but vital, participant in North Korean affairs. Certainly, a turning point would be reflected by EU participation in Korean Peninsula Energy Development of Organization (KEDO) project. The EU spearheaded its engagement first in North Korea's nuclear problem, then through food assistance, then economic relations, and finally through an improvement in overall relations. This involvement went hand in hand with a shift in EU policy toward further participation and intervention in Asian arena. In particular, global security, which will inevitably be affected by way, in which international scene in Far East actually evolves, has been taken into consideration.Although Pyongyang has adopted core ring in its relationship with U.S. and a pragmatic with regard to EU, its strategic objective has been focused on acquiring a variety of things from both U.S. and EU. However, core ring by means of playing weapons of mass destruction (WMD) card, which has been proceeded by a negotiation-profit strategy, could negatively affect pragmatic strategy. For example, North Korea's multiple missile tests on July 5, 2006 brought about United Nations Security Council Resolution 1695, which requires Member States to prevent transfer of missile and missile related items, materials, goods and to North's weapons programs, as well procurement of such items and technology from that country (U.N. Security Council Resolution 1695, 2006). It further requires all member states to block the transfer of any financial resources in relation to North Korea's missile or WMD programs (U. …