Abstract A peace regime in the Korean peninsula has been a largely unfamiliar issue among U.S. policy makers until recently. Remarks on a Korean peace…
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Abstract Japan’s reemergence as a “normal” military power has been accelerated by the “super-sizing” of North Korea: a product of the North’s extant military threat, multiplied…
Abstract Following North Korea’s second nuclear test, the U.N. Security Council tightened sanctions. However, North Korea has tilted its relations toward partners uninterested in such measures. Since 2005, it…
Abstract Two nuclear crises recently haunted the Korean peninsula, one in 1993/4, the other in 2002/3. In each case the events were strikingly similar: North…
Summary In 2002, North Korea precipitated a major international crisis when it revealed the existence of a secret nuclear weapons program and announced its withdrawal…
Abstract The summit meeting between the two Korean heads of state, which took place in Pyongyang in June 2000, constitutes a major turning point in…
Abstract In the post‐cold war period, the security situation in the Asia‐Pacific region and in Southeast Asia and Northeast Asia is undergoing a transformation with…
Abstract This article examines China’s emerging nuclear capability and its strategic consequences. China will be able to deploy, for the first time, a truly secure…
Abstract Northeast Asia is a nuclear tinderbox that could easily be set off, given rising regional tensions, widespread nuclear power capabilities, and the absence of…
Abstract The article examines the environmental issues of the Russian Far East (Pacific Russia). The author covers problems such as military-related nuclear and nonnuclear factors…
Abstract Within the first half of this century the international political system will include two new rising powers—India and China. These two countries will effect…
Abstract This article examines South Korea’s role in Northeast Asian security under President Roh Moo-hyun by analyzing the background and initial outcomes of the “peace and prosperity” policy. Roh’s…
Summary Despite China’s effort to maintain peace with its neighbors, its military and economic growth poses an undeniable threat. Regional states must account for a…
Summary Nearly half a century after the fighting stopped, the 1953 Armistice has yet to be replaced with a peace treaty formally ending the Korean…
Summary China and South Korea have come a long way since they were adversaries. The arc of their relationship since the late 1970s is an…
