North Korean foreign policy : security dilemma and succession / / Yongho Kim

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910821862103321
• Autore: Kim Yong-ho <1964->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Lanham, Md., : Lexington Books, c2011
• ISBN: 1-282-92195-9; 9786612921957; 0-7391-4864-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (229 p.)
• Disciplina: 327.5193
• Soggetti: National security - Korea (North); Heads of state - Succession - Korea (North); Nuclear weapons - Government policy - Korea (North); Korea (North) Foreign relations 20th century; Korea (North) Foreign relations 21st century; Korea (North) Politics and government 1948-1994; Korea (North) Politics and government 1994-
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Preface; Part One. INTRODUCTION; Chapter One. Security Dilemma and the Succession; Chapter Two. Levels of Analysis and the Study of North Korea's Foreign Policy; Part Two. SECURITY DILEMMA AND THE LAUNCH OF THE SUCCESSION; Chapter Three. The Sino-American Normalization and the Official Launch of the Succession from Kim Il Sung to Kim Jong-il, 1978-1981; Chapter Four. Getting Approval for the Succession, 1982-1984; Chapter Five. North Korea Siding with the Former Soviet Union, 1985-1989; Chapter Six. Nuclear Program and Kim Il Sung's Death; Part Three. NORTH KOREA'S NUCLEAR DIPLOMACY AND THE SURROUNDING COUNTRIESChapter Seven. Provocations and Signals: Variations between Verbal and Actual Provocations; Chapter Eight. Risk-Taking Vis-à-Vis the United States: The Second Nuclear Crisis; Chapter Nine. China in the North Korean Nuclear Quagmire: Is China Influential?; Chapter Ten. Russia in North Korea's Foreign Policy; ; Chapter Eleven. Japan in North Korea's Foreign Policy; Chapter Twelve. South Korea in North Korea's Foreign Policy; Part Four. PROSPECT; Chapter Thirteen. The Future of North Korea's Foreign Policy; Selected BibliographyIndex
• Sommario/riassunto: Threat does not inherently matter unless it is perceived, and, on the other hand, anything that is perceived as threat matters, whether or not the threat rings true. North Korean Foreign Policy: Security Dilemma and Succession, by Yongho Kim, posits security dilemma and political succession as the two main factors that North Korea perceives as threat, and that these external and domestic threats constitute Pyongyang's provocative foreign policy. North Korean Foreign Policy suggests that an effective policy for countries relating to North Korea, whether dovish or hawkish, should deal directly w