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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... missile talks , report- edly described North Korea as the world's number one exporter of missile equipment and technology . A highly placed US official indicated that exports have averaged $ 100 million annually , with around 40 percent ...
... missile test , which South Korean National Intelli- gence Service Director Chun Yong - taek identified as the Taepodong - 2 . As CIA Director George Tenet had testified before Congress , that missile could deliver small payloads to the ...
... missile capabilities and converted a big hole in the ground at Kumchangri into major tangible benefits.60 The problem with this view is its apparent inability to explain the suspected continuation of the North's nuclear program or its ...
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Introduction 1347 | 1 |
References | 5 |
The South Korean Economy until 1997 | 15 |
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