Japanese Society and the Politics of the North Korean Threat
Seung Hyok Lee
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In 1998 and in 2006, North Korea conducted ballistic missile tests that landed dangerously close to Japan. In the first case, the North Korean tests provoked only Japanese alarm and severely constrained action. In the second, the tests led to unilateral economic sanctions - the first time since the end of the Second World War that Japan has used coercion against a neighboring state. What explains this dramatic shift in policy choice? Seung Hyok Lee argues that the 2006 sanctions were not a strategic response to the missile tests, but a reflection of changing public attitudes towards North Korea ... Read more
In 1998 and in 2006, North Korea conducted ballistic missile tests that landed dangerously close to Japan. In the first case, the North Korean tests provoked only Japanese alarm and severely constrained action. In the second, the tests led to unilateral economic sanctions - the first time since the end of the Second World War that Japan has used coercion against a neighboring state. What explains this dramatic shift in policy choice? Seung Hyok Lee argues that the 2006 sanctions were not a strategic response to the missile tests, but a reflection of changing public attitudes towards North Korea ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
Japan and Global Society
Condition
New
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
Toronto, Canada
ISBN
9781442630345
SKU
V9781442630345
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Ref
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About Seung Hyok Lee
Seung Hyok Lee is a postdoctoral fellow at the Louis Frieberg Center for East Asian Studies at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Reviews for Japanese Society and the Politics of the North Korean Threat
Seung Hyok Lee's succinct and readable book analyzes the significant consequences of the abductions issue for Japan's foreign and security policy.
Celeste L. Arrington, George Washington University
Journal of Japanese Studies, vol 45:1
Celeste L. Arrington, George Washington University
Journal of Japanese Studies, vol 45:1