Summary Debate surrounding “China’s rise,” and the prospects of its possible challenge to America’s preeminence, has focused on two questions: whether the United States should…
Country or Region: North Korea
Abstract The recent death of Kim Jong Il and the succession of his son, Kim Jong Un, as Supreme Leader of the Democratic People’s Republic…
Abstract China, Japan, and Korea have begun to engage one another vigorously since the 1997 crisis. As intraregional economic ties have further deepened and broadened,…
Abstract When North Korea conducted its third nuclear weapons test in 2013, observers commented that China’s foreign policy toward North Korea was becoming tougher. That…
Abstract Sustainable peace and stability need an institutional guarantee. Based on the unique logic of its Korean peninsula policy, China has sketched a Chinese-style Korean…
Abstract For the past year the six—party talks and the September 2005 ‘joint statement’ for dismantling North Korea’s nuclear weapons program have been put on…
Abstract Due to its geo-strategically intermediate location between the East and the West, Russia pursues a multi-vector foreign policy approach toward the West (Europe), Center…
Abstract The relations of the European Union (EU) with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (henceforth North Korea) have been thus far “special,” as the…
Abstract This paper reviews the features of the “Policy of Mutual Benefits and Common Prosperity” and its feasibility, as well as, a comparative retrospective between…
Abstract The Korean peninsula is crucial to China’s political, economic and security interests because of a combination of geographic, historical, and political circumstances. China’s economic…
Abstract North Korea has been serving as a geopolitically vital buffer zone to China against Japan and the U.S.; so, China does not endorse a…
Excerpt Diplomacy toward North Korea has begun a new cycle of talks and meetings aimed at resuming the six party nuclear negotiations that have proceeded…
Abstract There are two predominant views of Japan’s foreign policies specifically in regard to its North Korean policy. On one hand, some emphasize the Japanese…
Abstract The paper deals with the analysis of the following five issues: – The Northeast Asia situation during the Cold War era; – The hierarchy…
Abstract Dr. Mansourov analyzes the impact of ongoing economic recovery and reformist movement in the DPRK on its willingness to seek compromises in international negotiations…
