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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... argues that the American bombing of Hiroshima and the quick way that US nuclear weapons brought Japan to surrender made an indelible impression on Kim Il - sung . Kim's respect for nuclear weapons grew into alarm upon learning that the ...
... argues : " The North Korean regime is the North Korean nuclear problem , and unless its inten- tions change , which ... argue that it is in the regime's interests continually to upgrade its weapons of mass destruction and their threat of ...
... argues that the crisis response program undertaken by the South Korean government and the IMF had domestic moral hazard aspects as well . Specifically , he argues that the root of the crisis was South Korea's large private foreign ...
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Introduction 1347 | 1 |
References | 5 |
The South Korean Economy until 1997 | 15 |
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