Abstract China with two Koreas constitutes a Regional Security Complex located in the Northeastern part of the Asian continent. Rebalance toward the Asia—Pacific region is…
Country or Region: North Korea
Abstract This paper aims to discover the main factors that steered North Korea in determining its provocations against South Korea. To this end, we first…
Abstract North Korea’s alleged admission of a highly enriched uranium program in October 2002 sparked the second nuclear crisis on the Korean peninsula, openly accelerating…
Abstract North Korea’s provocative behavior led to a toughening of U.S. and South Korean policy toward Pyongyang and drove a stake through the heart of…
Abstract Two decades of negotiations by the United States and South Korea have failed to achieve North Korean denuclearization. Many pundits have long blamed the…
Abstract This study aims to examine why the South Korean government’s engagement policy toward North Korea did not create a functionalist spillover effect. In pursuit…
Abstract This study aims at explicating the nature of North Korea’s party—military relations by investigating high—level officials who are involved in Kim Jong—Il’s field inspection…
Abstract This article seeks to analyze the security dilemma between North Korea and Japan. In response to North Korea’s missile test launch in July 2009…
Abstract The situation in North Korea shows how environmental and economic stresses on a population can exacerbate the divisions within and between societies and create…
Abstract Despite the dawning of the post-Cold War era, increasing economic interdependence, and cultural homogeneity in the region, Northeast Asia continues to be beset by…
Abstract Negotiations to control and perhaps eliminate North Korea’s weapons of mass destruction (WMD) have foundered on many shoals. To what extent do cultural differences…
Abstract This essay seeks to spell out the lessons from East Europe, the former USSR, and China that may be relevant to North Korea-lessons that…
Abstract North Korea’s provocations after the third nuclear test have affected the Chinese stance towards the regime. China has condoned the North’s nuclear weapons because…
Abstract Two factors such as nuclear weapons and Military First system have been supporting Kim Jong-il’s administration. By estimating where two factors will go, we…
Abstract APEC was first established with the purpose of promoting TILF (Trade and Investment Liberalization and Facilitation) and ECOTECH (Economic and Technical Cooperation) between countries.…
