- 224 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
North Korea features highly on the agenda of the main actors in East Asia and around the globe, and many large foreign policy initiatives have been undertaken since the structural constraints of the Cold War started to loosen in the early 1990s. The centrality of North Korea has been particularly emphasized by the country's suspected development of nuclear weapons which is regarded as one of the largest de-stabilising factors in the Asia-Pacific region.
This comprehensive book analyzes the formation of the North Korea policy in the context of great power relations in East Asia, specifically focusing on Japan's policy formation and 'the Japan factor' in the North Korea policies of other concerned great powers, namely the US, China, Russia, South Korea and the EU. By adopting an empirical focus on the international interaction over North Korea, this book brings together issues that are highly relevant to contemporary Japanese foreign policy; clarifies what is happening in the region right now and plots what policy options are available for the future. Policy-oriented and based on careful empirical analysis, North Korea Policy will appeal to both policy makers and scholars of Asian foreign policy.
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Tables, box and figures
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acronyms and abbreviations
- Note on names
- Introduction
- 1 Japan and the recurrent nuclear crisis
- 2 The rationales behind North Korean foreign policy
- 3 Seoul’s policy towards Pyongyang: strategic culture and the negligibility of Japan
- 4 US North Korea policy: the ‘Japan factor’
- 5 Chinese North Korea policy: a secondary role for Japan
- 6 Russian North Korea policy: old conflicts obstacle for Russo-Japanese cooperation
- 7 The EU’s North Korea policy: no trace of Japanese influence
- 8 Japan and multilateralism in the North Korean nuclear crisis: road map or dead end?