Such a fact has troubled the international community greatly. Other reactions have included international condemnation of the tests as a blatantly executed threat.

In 2006, sanctions were placed against North Korea among other nations by the international communities to cease their nuclear development.

However, this tactic has only proven to provoke North Korean resistance to cease nuclear testing.

This leads the international community to wonder about what will happen next. How will the international world react to these blatant moves towards nuclear capabilities?

How will other nations react to North Korea's actions will determine real political action in the future. There are several major nations within the Western World and its allies which have the potential to be seriously affected by both threats and exercises of North Korean nuclear strength. U.S. friendly South Korea is...

The U.S. has been particular to show distress and call for injunctions against further North Korean testing.
Yet, may others have expressed the need for the international community to not allow North Korea to provoke aggression.

Some even claim the tests to be nothing more than a show of power.

Understanding this tension provides a way to potentially avoid disastrous situations.

That is why this case is so important to current political study.

Resources

Associated Press. "North Korea Missile Tests Puts World on Edge; U.S., Japan ad South Korea Deploy Warships." New York Daily News. 2009. Retrieved November 23,