The North Korean Nuclear Program: Security, Strategy and New Perspectives from Russia

by Moltz,James Clay

• ISBN13: 9780415923705
• ISBN10: 0415923700
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 1999-11-29
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Drawing on previously unpublished Russian archival materials, this book is the first detailed history and current analysis of the North Korean nuclear program. The contributors discuss Soviet-North Korean nuclear relations, economic and military aspects of the nuclear program, the nuclear energy sector, North Korea's negotiations with the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization, cooperative security, and U.S. policy. Unique in its focus on North Korean attitudes and perspectives,The North Korean Nuclear Programalso includes Russian interviews with North Korean officials.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	viii
Foreword	ix
Mitchell B. Reiss
Introduction
Russia, North Korea, and U.S. Policy toward the Nuclear Crisis	1	(14)
James Clay Moltz
Part I The History of the North Korean Nuclear Program
A Technical History of Soviet--North Korean Nuclear Relations	15	(6)
Georgiy Kaurov
Nuclear Institutions and Organizations in North Korea	21	(6)
Valery I. Denisov
A Political History of Soviet--North Korean Nuclear Cooperation	27	(14)
Alexander Zhebin
Part II The Economic Context of the North Korean Nuclear Program
Economic Aspects of the North Korean Nuclear Program	41	(10)
Vladimir D. Andrianov
The North Korean Energy Sector	51	(9)
Valentin I. Moiseyev
Economic Factors and the Stability of the North Korean Regime	60	(16)
Natalya Bazhanova
The Natural Disasters of the Mid-1990s and Their Impact on the Implementation of the Agreed Framework	76	(17)
Alexandre Y. Mansourov
Part III Political and Military Factors behind the North Korean Nuclear Program
Nuclear Blackmail and North Korea's Search for a Place in the Sun	93	(8)
Alexander Platkovskiy
Military-Strategic Aspects of the North Korean Nuclear Program	101	(9)
Evgeniy P. Bazhanov
Leadership Politics in North Korea and the Nuclear Program	110	(17)
Roald V. Savel'yev
Part IV The International Context of the North Korean Nuclear Program
North Korea's Decision to Develop an Independent Nuclear Program	127	(11)
Natalya Bazhanova
North Korea and the Nuclear Nonproliferation Regime	138	(18)
Vladimir F. Li
North Korea's Negotiations with the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization (KEDO)	156	(15)
Alexandre Y. Mansourov
China and the Korean Peninsula: Managing an Unstable Triangle	171	(8)
Evgeniy P. Bazhanov
James Clay Moltz
The Korean Peninsula and the Security of Russia's Primorskiy Kray (Maritime Province)	179	(18)
Larisa V. Zabrovskaya
Part V Unsettled Problems and Future Issues
The Renewal of Russian--North Korean Relations	197	(13)
James Clay Moltz
The Korean Peninsula: From Inter--Korean Confrontation to a System of Cooperative Security	210	(9)
Alexander Zarubin
Russian Views of the Agreed Framework and the Four-Party Talks	219	(17)
Evgeniy P. Bazhanov
Pyongyang's Stake in the Agreed Framework	236	(9)
Alexandre Y. Mansourov
Notes	245	(24)
Contributors	269	(2)
Index	271