Asian countries are facing a block in their relationship with each other. India and Pakistan are hardly moving forward on the Kashmir Issue while the Koreas are still in an unstable environment. The common denominator to cause such instability is the proliferation of weapons and the question of how to set the standards of common security. With the U.S. aiming for the elitist weapons, and aiding South Korea, begins a chain reaction in countries like China and North Korea that opt for producing more sophisticated weapons .

             "China's chief of arms control issued a new warning.that U.S. plans for a national missile defense system, even if intended to stop attacks from countries like North Korea and Iraq, would set off a global arms race and cause more countries to develop nuclear weapons" (Eric Eckholm: 1999).

             The Koreas have fought previously with the U.S. aiding the South while China aiding the North. At the 38 parallel there lies now a 2000m wide demilitarized zone. The relations of the East Asian countries have always been sour and China has fought nearly all of its neighbors. In the early 1990s, an analysis of the relationship of East Asian countries as well as East Asian security has resulted in labeling them as a dangerous neighborhood. North Korea remained a state with siege mentality and a very strong nuclear commitment. Today although talks are being conducted and there is active dialogue, there is some hindrance in the process due to the policies that states acquire. The North and South Korea have been recently involved in trying to resolve their issues. May 2005 marked the month in which at the end of a four day intensive talk between the two countries, the South promised to send the North 200,000 tons of fertilizer and both sides unanimously agreed for the cooperation in attaining peace in the Korean Peninsula (Anonymous). .

             East Asia, North and South Korean in particular, need to expand their talks to a productive level and require institutionalizing the road way that would lead to peace and tranquility.