The Sunshine Policy
Subtitle: in defense of engagement as a path to peace in Korea
By: Chung-in Moon
Publisher: Yonsei University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Seoul, Korea
Language: eng
Number of pages: 268
ISBN-13: 9788997578429
Subjects: Korean reunification question (1945- ); Foreign relations
Description: Persusasion is better than force. This central belief behind late South Korean President Kim Dae-jung s unprecedented policy of engagement with North Korea became a key that promised to unlock half a century of conflict and provocation between North and South Korea. Kim s Sunshine Policy argued that encouraging North Korea to come out of isolation and end confrontation was better than trying to force it to change and it came to define a generation in South Korean politics, allowing millions to dare to believe that half a century of war could be brought to an end. Now this new book by Chung-in Moon, a Yonsei University professor and former South Korean government adviser, presents a definitive analysis of how Kim developed and implemented his revolutionary policy, the challenges it faced and the mistake that Lee Myung-bak s government has made in abandoning it. Moon was a first-hand witness to the events of the Kim years, assisting in drafting the Sunshine Policy, attending the historic inter- Korean Summits in 2000 and 2007 that were fruits of its labors, and chronicling the public, political and global support for the policy. -- from http://www.amazon.com (May 5, 2014).
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 250-264) and index.
Table of contents: title: Pt. I : Recasting the Sunshine Policy; title: 1. Understanding the Sunshine Policy : ideals, principles and rationales; title: 2. The first Korean summit 2000 : promises unfulfilled; title: 3. The second Korean summit 2007 : style and substance; title: Pt. II: Challenges to the Sunshine Policy; title: 4. External challenges : the Bush Doctrine, nuclear crisis and stalled talks; title: 5. Domestic challenges : the Lee Myung-bak government and the post-engagement era; title: 6. Military challenges : conflict and the inter-Korean arms race; title: Pt. III: What future for the Sunshine Policy?; title: 7. Contending models of Korean unification and the Sunshine Policy; title: 8. The Sunshine Policy's place in Northeast Asian security dynamics; title: 9. The Sunshine Policy as the path forward.