Strategic Thinking About The Korean Nuclear Crisis: Four Parties Caught Between North Korea And The United States (strategic Thought In Northeast Asia)

Often Lost In The Discussion About The Nuclear Crisis Are Its Regional Dynamics. From 2002 China, Japan, Russia, And South Korea Struggled To Navigate Between The Unsettling Belligerence Of North Korea And The Unilateral Insistence Of The United States. This Book Focuses On Their Strategic Thinking Over Four Stages Of The Crisis. Drawing On Sources From Each Of The Countries, It Examines How The Four Perceived Their Role In The Six-party Talks And The Regional Context, As They Eyed Each Other. The Book Emphasizes The Significance Of These Talks For The Emerging Security Framework And Great Power Cooperation In Northeast Asia. Overview : The Nuclear Crisis And The Regional Context -- Navigating Between The United States And North Korea -- The South Korean Response: The Nuclear Crisis -- The South Korean Response : The Regional Context -- The Chinese Response : The Nuclear Crisis -- The Chinese Response : The Regional Context -- The Japanese Response : The Nuclear Crisis -- The Japanese Response : The Regional Context -- The Russian Response : The Nuclear Crisis / Written By Evgeny Bazhanov -- The Russian Response : The Regional Context. Gilbert Rozman. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [237]-256) And Index. Front Matter....Pages i-ix Overview: The Nuclear Crisis and the Regional Context....Pages 1-26 Navigating between the United States and North Korea....Pages 27-51 The South Korean Response: The Nuclear Crisis....Pages 53-76 The South Korean Response: The Regional Context....Pages 77-98 The Chinese Response: The Nuclear Crisis....Pages 99-121 The Chinese Response: The Regional Context....Pages 123-143 The Japanese Response: The Nuclear Crisis....Pages 145-167 The Japanese Response: The Regional Context....Pages 169-191 The Russian Response: The Nuclear Crisis....Pages 193-214 The Russian Response: The Regional Context....Pages 215-236 Back Matter....Pages 237-264 "Often lost in the discussion about the Korean nuclear crisis are its regional dynamics. From 2002, China, Japan, Russia and South Korea struggled to navigate between the unsettling belligerence of North Korea and the unilateral insistence of the United States. This book focuses on their strategic thinking over four stages of the crises. Drawing on sources from each of the countries, it examines how the four perceived their role in the Six Party Talks and the regional context as they eyed each other. The book emphasizes the significance of these talks for the emerging security framework and great power cooperation of Northeast Asia."--BOOK JACKET This study makes northeast Asia the focus of analysis on how the nuclear crisis in 2002-2006 affected strategic thinking. While all those in the Six-Party Talks are included, the author explores in particular debates about the standoff in four countries on the front lines (South Korea, China, Japan, and Russia). 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