North Korea's Second Nuclear Crisis and Northeast Asian Security
Contributors: Seung-Ho Joo (Editor); Tae-Hwan Kwak (Editor)
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing; Ashgate
Published: December 3, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 215
ISBN-13: 9780754671763
Subjects: International relations; Peace studies; Political Science; Politics/International Relations; North Korea; International Relations - General; Political Freedom & Security - International Secur; Foreign relations; Korea (North); Korea (South); Nuclear arms control; Nuclear weapons
Description: North Korea's testing of a nuclear bomb sent out a shock wave throughout the world and totally changed the strategic equation in the Korean peninsula and Northeast Asia. This testing has far-reaching implications for Korean peace and unification, Northeast Asian security and America's global war on terrorism. This key volume provides an in-depth analysis of the inter-Korean and international dynamics of North Korea's nuclear crisis. It offers new insights into the six-party talks designed to resolve the crisis, suggests creative formulas to resolve the ongoing crisis through peaceful, diplomatic means and delves into the interests and policies of the major powers? the US, China, Japan and Russia? at the six-party negotiating table. The contributing authors are distinguished specialists and experts in the field and as such offer valuable expertise into the dynamics of this nuclear crisis for students and academics. -- Publisher's Description.