Sigal Disarming Strangers

Nuclear Diplomacy with North Korea
Course Book
ISBN: 978-1-4008-2235-5
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, Band 81, 336 Seiten

Reihe: Princeton Studies in International History and Politics

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Sigal, Leon V.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PREFACE ix

ABBREVIATIONS xiii

1 Uncooperative America 3

A History of Failure 5

Shared Uncertainty, Shared Certitude 10

The Politics of Diplomatic Paralysis 13

PART I: COERCION FAILS 15

2 The Bush Deadlock Machine 17

Dealing with Korean Insecurities 20

North Korea Reciprocates for U.S. Security Assurances 25

"One Meeting Means One Meeting" 32

Ignoring the North's Offer 38

Witnesses for the Prosecution 42

Interregnum Politics. No One Stands Up to Team Spirit 44

3 The Clinton Administration Ties Itself in Knots 52

Coaxing North Korea Part-way Back into the Treaty 55

The Reactor Deal Redux 65

Empty Threats 71

An Empty "Package Deal" 77

Seoul Gets the Shakes 84

4 A "Better than Even" Chance of Misestimation 90

The Collapse of "Super Tuesday" 95

Let Bygones Be Bygones, for Now 108

Stumbling to the Brink 113

5 Deadlock 124

PART II: COOPERATION SUCCEEDS 129

6 Open Covenants, Privately Arrived At 131

Private Contacts With Pyongyang 133

Pyongyang Reaches Out 137

The Hidden Hand in the First Joint Statement 140

Two Foundations Try to Jump-Start Diplomacy 143

Jimmy Carter refuses to Take "No" for an Answer 150

The Carter-Kim Deal 155

The Bushmen Go on Me Warpath 162

7 Getting to Yes 168

Kim Il Sung's Legacy 172

Putting Some chips on the Table 176

The October Agreed Framework 184

Decrying and Defending the Deal 192

The Issue at Kuala Lumpur: What's in a Name? 199

PART III: CONCLUSIONS 205

8 Nuclear Diplomacy in the News--An Untold Story 207

Unfamiliarity Breeds Contempt 208

Explaining News on Nuclear Diplomacy 219

Op-eds and Editorials 223

Possible Consequences of News Coverage 225

9 The Politics of Discouragement 229

No Interest in a Deal 229

The Foreign Policy Establishment 236

10 Why Won't America Cooperate? 244

Realism 246

The Liberal challenge to Realism 250

Cooperating With Strangers 251

Appendixes 255

Appendix I North Korea's Tit-for-Tat Negotiating Behavior 257

Appendix II Key Documents 260

NOTES 265

INDEX 307

Über Autor(innen)

Leon V. Sigal is a consultant at the Social Science Research Council in New York and Adjunct Professor in the School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University. A former member of The New York Times editorial board, he is also the author of Fighting to a Finish: The Politics of War Termination in the United States and Japan, 1945.