The survival of North Korea
Subtitle: essays on strategy, economics and international relations
By: edited by Suk Hi Kim, Bernhard Seliger and Terence Roehrig
Publisher: McFarland & Co., Publishers; Mcfarland & Co Inc Pub
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 263
ISBN-13: 9780786464630
Subjects: Politics and government; Economic policy; Foreign economic relations; Foreign relations; Military policy
Description: "This book examines North Korea's survival strategy and solutions to a fifty-year nuclear standoff through essays written by thirteen of the world's foremost scholars and experts on strategy, economics, and international relations. The book will be invaluable in helping policy-makers, diplomats, politicians, researchers, and other North Korea watchers to understand closely related issues about North Korea"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: North Korea: yesterday, today, and tomorrow / Suk Hi Kim; title: Will North Korea be able to overcome the third wave of its collapse? / Suk Hi Kim; title: Why did so many influential Americans think North Korea would collapse? / Bruce Cumings; title: The strategic role of North Korea in northeast Asia / Suk Hi Kim; title: Inter-Korean economic cooperation / Semoon Chang and Hwa-Kyung Kim; title: Economic reform and alternatives for North Korea / Thomas F. Cargill and Elliott Parker; title: China-North Korea relations / Dick K. Nanto and Mark E. Manyin; title: North Korea's "collapse" pathways and the role of the energy sector / Peter Hayes and David von Hippel; title: Rethinking special economic zones as a survival strategy for North Korea / Sung-Hoon Lim; title: Violence from within: North Korea's place in east Asian community debates / Mikyoung Kim; title: The northern limit line and North Korean provocations / Terence Roehrig; title: Lessons learned from the North Korean nuclear crises / Siegfried S. Hecker; title: Channels of engagement with North Korea: academic exchanges / Bernhard J. Seliger and Suk Hi Kim; title: U.S. policy options on a nuclear North Korea / Suk Hi Kim and Bernhard J. Seliger.