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North Korea and Northeast Asia
. Ed(S): Kim, Samuel S.; Lee, Tai Hwan
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Description for North Korea and Northeast Asia
Paperback. A reappraisal of the changing relationship between North Korea and its neighbours in the post-Cold War era in both theoretical and practical terms. It examines the interplay of global, regional and national forces that have shaped North Korea's relationships with China, Russia, Japan and the USA. Editor(s): Kim, Samuel S.; Lee, Tai Hwan. Series: Asia in World Politics. Num Pages: 304 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FPKN; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 147 x 16. Weight in Grams: 385.
A country of stark contradictions and puzzles, North Korea exhibits uncanny resilience in the face of external shocks and internal woes, raising important questions of theoretical and real-world significance. What has made it possible for North Korea to defy the classical realist axiom, 'The strong do what they have the power to do and the weak accept what they have to accept'? What is the nature of the North Korean threat in post-Cold War Northeast Asia? What kind of bargaining leverage does Pyongyang exercise in system-maintaining survival strategies? What are North Korea's prospects for sustaining such survival strategies in the ... Read more
A country of stark contradictions and puzzles, North Korea exhibits uncanny resilience in the face of external shocks and internal woes, raising important questions of theoretical and real-world significance. What has made it possible for North Korea to defy the classical realist axiom, 'The strong do what they have the power to do and the weak accept what they have to accept'? What is the nature of the North Korean threat in post-Cold War Northeast Asia? What kind of bargaining leverage does Pyongyang exercise in system-maintaining survival strategies? What are North Korea's prospects for sustaining such survival strategies in the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Series
Asia in World Politics
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780742517110
SKU
V9780742517110
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99-15
About . Ed(S): Kim, Samuel S.; Lee, Tai Hwan
Samuel S. Kim teaches in the Department of Political Science and is a senior research scholar at the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University. Tai Hwan Lee is director of the regional studies program and former director of foreign policy and security studies at the Sejong Institute, Seoul, Korea.
Reviews for North Korea and Northeast Asia
[A]n instructive and thorough overview of North Korea's 'system-maintaining survival strategies' and 'uncanny resilience'. . . . In particular, the major players of the political landscape in Northeast Asia are skillfully sketched.
Journal of Asian Studies
The articles in this book develop new perspectives on the North Korean nuclear and missile problems at a time when these issues ... Read more
Journal of Asian Studies
The articles in this book develop new perspectives on the North Korean nuclear and missile problems at a time when these issues ... Read more