Question

Which of the following examples demonstrates a security dilemma?

(A) Turkey wants to join the European Union even though the European Union has criticized it for violations of human rights
(B) The United States and South Korea run joint military exercises, and North Korea responds by developing nuclear weapons
(C) The United States withdraws from the Paris Climate Agreement despite the opposition of the NGO Alliance
(D) Turkey wants to assimilate the Kurdish people by using military aggression.

Answer 1

Answer:

(B) The United States and South Korea run joint military exercises, and North Korea responds by developing nuclear weapons

Explanation:

• A security dilemma is when the actions of a certain anarchic state to increase its security results to more insecurity than security.
• This actions might include; making arms, alliances and so forth.
• In our example above, this is an alliance between the US and South Korea, but at the event of South Korea responding by making arms, then it shall result to conflict between the two and hence insecurity.