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Nuclear North Korea : A Debate on Engagement Strategies / Victor Cha, David Kang.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Contemporary Asia in the WorldPublisher: New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2018]Copyright date: ©2018Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780231189224
  • 9780231548243
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 355/.03355193 21
LOC classification:
  • UA853.K7 C445 2018
  • UA853.K7C445 2005
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface to the 2018 Edition -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Debate Over North Korea -- 1. Weak but Still Threatening -- 2. Threatening, but Deterrence Works -- 3. Response: Why We Must Pursue "Hawk Engagement" -- 4. Response: Why Are We Afraid of Engagement? -- 5. Hyperbole Dominates: The 2003 Nuclear Crisis -- 6. Beyond Hyperbole, Toward a Strategy -- 7. Is North Korea a Problem Not to Be Solved? -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary: Victor D. Cha and David C. Kang's Nuclear North Korea was first published in 2003 amid the outbreak of a lasting crisis over the North Korean nuclear program. It promptly became a landmark of an ongoing debate in academic and policy circles about whether to engage or contain North Korea. Fifteen years later, as North Korea tests intercontinental ballistic missiles and the U.S. president angrily refers to Kim Jong-un as "Rocket Man," Nuclear North Korea remains an essential guide to the difficult choices we face.Coming from different perspectives-Kang believes the threat posed by Pyongyang has been inflated and endorses a more open approach, while Cha is more skeptical and advocates harsher measures, though both believe that some form of engagement is necessary-the authors together present authoritative analysis of one of the world's thorniest challenges. They refute a number of misconceptions and challenge the faulty thinking that surrounds the discussion of North Korea, particularly the idea that North Korea is an irrational actor. Cha and Kang look at the implications of a nuclear North Korea, assess recent and current approaches to sanctions and engagement, and provide a functional framework for constructive policy. With a new chapter on the way forward for the international community in light of continued nuclear tensions, this book is of lasting relevance to understanding the state of affairs on the Korean peninsula.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface to the 2018 Edition -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Debate Over North Korea -- 1. Weak but Still Threatening -- 2. Threatening, but Deterrence Works -- 3. Response: Why We Must Pursue "Hawk Engagement" -- 4. Response: Why Are We Afraid of Engagement? -- 5. Hyperbole Dominates: The 2003 Nuclear Crisis -- 6. Beyond Hyperbole, Toward a Strategy -- 7. Is North Korea a Problem Not to Be Solved? -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

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Victor D. Cha and David C. Kang's Nuclear North Korea was first published in 2003 amid the outbreak of a lasting crisis over the North Korean nuclear program. It promptly became a landmark of an ongoing debate in academic and policy circles about whether to engage or contain North Korea. Fifteen years later, as North Korea tests intercontinental ballistic missiles and the U.S. president angrily refers to Kim Jong-un as "Rocket Man," Nuclear North Korea remains an essential guide to the difficult choices we face.Coming from different perspectives-Kang believes the threat posed by Pyongyang has been inflated and endorses a more open approach, while Cha is more skeptical and advocates harsher measures, though both believe that some form of engagement is necessary-the authors together present authoritative analysis of one of the world's thorniest challenges. They refute a number of misconceptions and challenge the faulty thinking that surrounds the discussion of North Korea, particularly the idea that North Korea is an irrational actor. Cha and Kang look at the implications of a nuclear North Korea, assess recent and current approaches to sanctions and engagement, and provide a functional framework for constructive policy. With a new chapter on the way forward for the international community in light of continued nuclear tensions, this book is of lasting relevance to understanding the state of affairs on the Korean peninsula.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Mrz 2022)