

An edition of North Korea's nuclear question (2010)
sense of vulnerability, defensive motivation, and peaceful solution
By Kwang Ho Chun
Publish Date
2010
Publisher
Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College
Language
eng
Pages
49
Description:
"Why have efforts to dismantle the North Korean nuclear program failed so far? What can be done in order to achieve a peaceful and long-lasting resolution to this conundrum? To answer these questions, this monograph scrutinizes and refutes two prevailing academic-cum-policy approaches to the North Korean nuclear situation: the use of coercive tools within a general framework of containment, and bypassing the regime in Pyongyang and engaging the Korean people with the hope that they will gain enough power to transform North Korea into a democratic nuclear-free country. Dr. Kwang Ho Chun argues that neither of these approaches can provide any meaningful solution to the North Korean nuclear dilemma. Instead, he suggests that engaging the regime in Pyongyang and forgoing endeavors to forcefully push democracy in North Korea are inseparable prerequisites to a peaceful and lasting solution to this problem"--Foreward.
subjects: Nuclear weapons, Nuclear facilities, Nuclear nonproliferation, Military policy, Foreign relations, Nuclear weapons -- Korea (North), Nuclear facilities -- Korea (North), Nuclear nonproliferation -- Korea (North), Korea (North) -- Military policy, United States -- Foreign relations -- Korea (North), Korea (North) -- Foreign relations -- United States
Places: United States, Korea (North)