Avoiding the Apocalypse: The Future of the Two KoreasInstitute for International Economics, 2000 - 431 pagine On the Korean peninsula one of the greatest success stories of the postwar era confronts a famine-ridden-and possibly nuclear-armed-totalitarian state. The stakes are extraordinarily high for both North and South Korea and for countries such as the United States that have a direct stake in these affairs. This study, the most comprehensive volume to date on the subject, examines the current situation in the two Koreas in terms of three major crises: the nuclear confrontation between the United States and North Korea, the North Korean famine, and the South Korean financial crisis. The future of the peninsula is then explored under three alternative scenarios: successful reform in North Korea, collapse and absorption (as happened in Germany), and "muddling through" in which North Korea, supported by foreign powers, makes ad hoc, regime-preserving reforms that fall short of fundamental transformation. |
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... agreement of October 1998 is important in this regard for two reasons . First , the money that Hyundai committed to pay North Korea dwarfs anything that it could plausibly earn in Rajin - Sonbong , and second , the Hyundai agreement ...
... agreement traded ambiguity about past North Korean activities for a cessation of future activities — as long as the United States was confident that it had " gotten " the whole North Korean nuclear pro- gram - and kicked the can down ...
... agreement to participate in joint US- South Korea briefing on Four - Way Talks proposal . Quid pro quo for North Korean agreement to participate in missile proliferation negotiations . Quid pro quo for North Korean agreement to ...
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Introduction 1347 | 1 |
References | 5 |
The South Korean Economy until 1997 | 15 |
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