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Originally Posted by politicophile
And if you look at North Korea as your paradigm, and see the utter economic isolation and devastation there, it becomes much easier to understand why staying in the NPT is such a good deal.
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I'm not so sure that North Korea's current state has anything to do with breaking from the NPT than it does for being a communist dictatorship...
It was in bad shape long before it declared it had broken the NPT. Granted, the continued lack of support in the face of its worsening condition may have something to do with its nukes.
One of the major factors of North Korea's downfall is the combination of the fall of the Soviet empire, the international sanctions imposed. (Yes, there are other internal reasons but they would moot if they had a trading partner).