North Korea's nuclear question
Subtitle: sense of vulnerability, defensive motivation, and peaceful solution
By: Kwang Ho Chun
Contributors: Army War College (U.S.). Strategic Studies Institute
Publisher: Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Carlisle, PA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 44
ISBN-13: 9781584874768
Subjects: Nuclear weapons; Nuclear facilities; Nuclear nonproliferation; Military policy; Foreign relations
Description: "Why have efforts to dismantle the North Korean nuclear program failed so far? What can be done in order to achieve a peaceful and long-lasting resolution to this conundrum? To answer these questions, this monograph scrutinizes and refutes two prevailing academic-cum-policy approaches to the North Korean nuclear situation: the use of coercive tools within a general framework of containment, and bypassing the regime in Pyongyang and engaging the Korean people with the hope that they will gain enough power to transform North Korea into a democratic nuclear-free country. Dr. Kwang Ho Chun argues that neither of these approaches can provide any meaningful solution to the North Korean nuclear dilemma. Instead, he suggests that engaging the regime in Pyongyang and forgoing endeavors to forcefully push democracy in North Korea are inseparable prerequisites to a peaceful and lasting solution to this problem"--Foreward.
Notes: "December 2010."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 39-44).

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Table of contents: title: Summary; title: Introduction; title: Nuclear weapons, motivation, and sense of vulnerability; title: A historical review of North Korea's perceived vulnerability and its nuclear program; title: The height of the Cold War (1950-68); title: Détente and rapprochement (1969-89); title: The collapse of the Communist bloc and its aftermath : from the late 1980s to the Framework Agreement; title: Following the 1994 Framework Agreement; title: Conclusion.