Engagement with North Korea : A Viable Alternative

by Kim, Sung Chull; Kang, David C.

• ISBN13: 9781438427799
• ISBN10: 1438427794
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-09-11
• Publisher: State Univ of New York Pr

Summary

How the world deals with North Korea--a state widely believed to possess a nuclear capability--will have ramifications for both regional and global stability. Engagement with North Korea examines the still controversial policy strategy known as engagement, which aims to persuade rather than force North Korea to be cooperative. While examining the converging and diverging policies of engagement practiced by the United States, China, Russia, Japan, and South Korea, the contributors to this volume uncover how and to what extent engagement has made some form of progress, and under what conditions it is likely to achieve complete success. In addition to the critical topic of denuclearization, the volume also demonstrates that engagement involves the use of negotiations and incentives in both the economic and the security realms. This volume is essential reading for both students and policy makers concerned about denuclearization in the multilateral context.

Table of Contents

List of Figures and Tables	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction: Engagement as a Viable Alternative to Coercion	p. 1
International Dimension
Waiting to Reap the Final Harvest: U.S. Engagement Policy to Denuclearize North Korea	p. 23
Looking East: China's Policy toward the Korean Peninsula	p. 47
Japan's North Korea Policy: The Dilemma of Coercion	p. 73
Russia and North Korea: The Dilemma of Engagement	p. 99
The Political Economy of North Korea's External Economic Relations	p. 119
Inter-Korean Dimension
The State-Business Coalition for South Korea's Engagement with North Korea	p. 147
Business Advances to North Korea as Outward Foreign Direct Investment	p. 173
From Charity to Partnership: South Korean NGO Engagement with North Korea	p. 199
North Korea's South Korea Policy: Tactical Change, Strategic Consistency	p. 225
Conclusion: Engagement in 2007 and Beyond	p. 245
Editors and Contributors	p. 255
Index	p. 261
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