Resuming a nuclear program would only provoke other countries to view North Korea as a threat, especially after it had agreed to dismantle its Yongbyon nuclear reactor and its reopening of the nuclear program in 2003 after North Korea had agreed to end the nuclear program. The creation of weapons by North Korea aids in North Korea’s long struggle for a small sliver of control in the international world, however the power obtained by North Korea through its nuclear program will only hurt the country as the isolation from the international community is more detrimental on the economy of North Korea than the possibility of threatening warfare.