Abstract Despite the unceasing efforts of the international community to halt North Korea’s nuclear ambitions, North Korea’s nuclear development and missile technology have aggressively progressed…
Country or Region: North Korea
Abstract North Korea’s pursuit of nuclear arms, and the U.S. effort to stop it, date back to the 1990s. In mid-1994, the United States was…
Abstract A successful North Korea–U.S. summit is expected to make a breakthrough in the denuclearization of the North. Nevertheless, considering the lessons learned from past…
Abstract This paper analyzes how U.S. foreign policy, based on symmetry or asymmetry, drives international relations, and can lead to positive or negative state-to-state relations.…
Abstract The North Korea nuclear challenge, urgent on the US foreign policy agenda since Donald Trump took office, has prompted unilateral,bilateral and multilateral moves to…
Abstract Despite strong opposition from China and Russia, the US and South Korea proceeded with THAAD deployment, further escalating tension on the Korean Peninsula. As…
Abstract The THAAD issue stirs up the strategic security situation in Northeast Asia and the world, damaging mutual trust between China and South Korea as…
Abstract This article investigates South Korean views on how to deal with the two major security issues regarding North Korea: its nuclear threat and regime…
Abstract Over the last two decades, China has experienced one of the most dramatic and sustained periods of economic growth in world history. China’s use…
Abstract In response to the challenge of unstable North Korea (weak economy, weapons of mass destruction [WMD] development), China has followed an engagement-oriented strategy based…
Summary From a nuclear North Korea and territorial disputes in the East China Sea, to global climate change and Asia-Pacific free trade agreements, Japan is…
Summary Politics in North and South Korea provides students with a comprehensive understanding of the political dynamics of the two Koreas. Giving equal weight to…
Summary South Korea has experienced new challenges both internally and externally with respect to its foreign policies. Internally, democratization has changed political terrain for domestic…
Summary Asia has the world’s highest concentration of nuclear weapons and the most significant recent developments related to nuclear proliferation, as well as the world’s…
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Summary This balanced and deeply informed book provides a comprehensive account of China’s Asia policy since the Cold War. Lowell Dittmer traces the PRC’s policy…
