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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... significant share of the population at peril . Moreover , North Korea differs in some significant ways from other socialist regimes that were able to survive self - inflicted famines earlier in this century . First , unlike the others ...
... significant player in the global arms market . The US Arms Control and Disarmament Agency ( ACDA ) estimated its arms exports at more than $ 500 million dollars at times , accounting for more than one - fourth of North Korea's exports ...
... significant impact on the Korean peninsula . Technically , the current division of the peninsula reflects the UN - supervised armistice agreement , which ended fighting during the Korean War , and the presence of US troops on the ...
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Introduction 1347 | 1 |
References | 5 |
The South Korean Economy until 1997 | 15 |
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