Strategic Thinking about the Korean Nuclear Crisis

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-ix

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2. Overview: The Nuclear Crisis and the Regional Context

   • Gilbert Rozman

   Pages 1-26

3. Navigating between the United States and North Korea

   • Gilbert Rozman

   Pages 27-51

4. The South Korean Response: The Nuclear Crisis

   • Gilbert Rozman

   Pages 53-76

5. The South Korean Response: The Regional Context

   • Gilbert Rozman

   Pages 77-98

6. The Chinese Response: The Nuclear Crisis

   • Gilbert Rozman

   Pages 99-121

7. The Chinese Response: The Regional Context

   • Gilbert Rozman

   Pages 123-143

8. The Japanese Response: The Nuclear Crisis

   • Gilbert Rozman

   Pages 145-167

9. The Japanese Response: The Regional Context

   • Gilbert Rozman

   Pages 169-191

10. The Russian Response: The Nuclear Crisis

    • Evgeny Bazhanov

    Pages 193-214

11. The Russian Response: The Regional Context

    • Gilbert Rozman

    Pages 215-236

12. The Nuclear Crisis in 2010

    • Gilbert Rozman

    Pages 237-261

13. Back Matter

    Pages 263-293

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China, Japan, Russia, and South Korea have struggled to navigate between the unsettling belligerence of North Korea and the often unilateral insistence of the United States on how to proceed. This book focuses on their strategic thinking and internal debates over four stages of the crisis.

• China
• crisis
• North Korea
• state

"As the international community continues to grapple with the challenges posed by North Korea's pursuit of nuclear weapons, Professor Gil Rozman has made an important and timely contribution to the debate. Professor Rozman accurately portrays the competing and conflicting interests of the players in the Six-Party Talks and provides an insightful description of the miscalculations, misperceptions, and policy failings that have thus far prevented a resolution of this lingering crisis. I know of no scholar better equipped than Gil Rozman to put the nuclear crisis squarely in the context of the complex regional relations among the powers in Northeast Asia. Professor Rozman has performed a valuable service."

- Evans J.R. Revere, President, The Korea Society "Professor Rozman's probing and insightful study of the interests and attitudes of 'the other four' countries in the Six-Party talks South Korea, China, Japan, and Russia makes clear why those talks have been so difficult but also why they must remain a major element in dealing with North Korea and its nuclear weapons. His book is essential reading not only for everyone concerned about the challenges posed by North Korea but for anyone who wants to understand the complexity and necessity of multilateral diplomacy in today's world." - David Straub, former State Department Korean Affairs Director

GILBERT ROZMAN Musgrave Professor of Sociology at Princeton University, USA.

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