With the escalating provocative military maneuvers and stalemate statements issued by North Korea in the recent months, many experts believe that, it is the right time for the United States to soften its tough stand against Pyongyang and start giving the already isolated and much paranoid country some room to breathe.

According to a study conducted by the, the current U.S administration headed by President Barrack Obama should not interfere with the current attempts by North Korea to get in touch with the international community, that includes, its wish to be added as a member state in the International Monetary Fund and various other leading organizations.

The study suggests,

“Encouraging a more open and market-friendly economic growth strategy would benefit the North Korean people as a whole and would generate vested interests in continued reform and opening, and a less confrontational foreign policy. In other words, economic engagement could change North Korea’s perception of its own self-interest “

The study portrayed the example of another closed communist state, China, who after being led in to the world market, has greatly cut down on hostilities and is practicing a far more liberal foreign policy.

Recently, President Obama and other senior staff members of the White House had announced that they would never let North Korea acquire nuclear weapons and, any and all measures will be taken to ensure that the country is taught a lesson. This stringent attitude towards the communist regime of Pyongyang will only enrage the government, at a time when the North is slowly approaching the South Korean government and the Western countries, in what seems to be a gesture of open relationships.

The study further states,

“Engagement can complement our bargaining with North Korea in the short run, and in the long run have a positive influence on the environment in which Pyongyang makes calculations about the costs and benefits of its nuclear weapons and missile programs.”

Via Space War.