Hagström / Söderberg North Korea Policy

Japan and the Great Powers
Erscheinungsjahr 2007
ISBN: 978-1-134-14998-8
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 224 Seiten

Reihe: European Institute of Japanese Studies East Asian Economics and Business Series

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hagström, Linus

Söderberg, Marie

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Außenpolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen Nationale und Internationale Sicherheits- und Verteidigungspolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Diplomatie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Japan, the great powers, and the coordination of North Korea policy Linus Hagström and Marie Söderberg 1. Japan and the recurrent nuclear crisis Tsuneo Akaha 2. The rationales behind North Korean foreign policy Han S. Park 3. Seoul's policy toward Pyongyang: Strategic culture and the negligibility of Japan Balbina Y. Hwang 4. US North Korea policy: The 'Japan factor' Yoichiro Sato 5. Chinese North Korea policy: A secondary role for Japan Quansheng Zhao 6. Russian North Korea policy: Old conflicts obstacle for Russo-Japanese cooperation Alexander Zhebin 7. The EU's North Korea policy: No trace of Japanese influence Rudiger Frank 8. Japan and multilateralism in the North Korean nuclear crisis: Road map or dead end? Christopher W. Hughes

Über Autor(innen)

Linus Hagström is Research Fellow at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs, Sweden.

Marie Söderberg is Associate Professor at the European Institute of Japanese Studies at Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden.