Abstract:North Korea’s siege mentality is deeply rooted in negative experiences with out-groups in history. This worldview dominates its society and is the foundation of its mistrust toward the outside world. It has also become a crucial instrument for stable governance, social cohesion, and the regime’s allocation of resources. However, in foreign affairs, negative or aggressive attitudes toward other nations are not beneficial for international cooperation and are more likely to intensify North Korea’s isolation. Since a siege mentality is not an unchangeable disposition, its maintenance depends on deliberate reproduction by political, cultural, and educational mechanisms. The international community should assist North Korea to establish new ideas on threats, convey accurate information about out-groups, and reinterpret its views of the outside world.

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朝鲜的围城心态：金正恩政权外交政策的社会政治分析

摘要：朝鲜的围城心态深深植根于历史上与外部群体的负面经历。这种世界观支配着它的社会，是它对外界不信任的基础。它也已成为稳定治理、社会凝聚力和政权资源分配的重要工具。然而，在外交事务中，对他国采取消极或咄咄逼人的态度不利于国际合作，更有可能加剧对朝鲜的孤立。由于围城心态不是一成不变的性情，它的维持取决于政治、文化和教育机制的刻意复制。国际社会应协助朝鲜建立关于威胁的新观念，传达有关外部群体的准确信息，