Avoiding the Apocalypse: The Future of the Two KoreasColumbia University Press, 1 giu 2000 - 456 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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Pagina xxiv
... Kim Il-sung and his son Kim Jong-il and has one of the worst human rights records of any state existent today. If the North Korean regime is irredeemable, should not the rest of the world act to hasten its demise? If so, what policies ...
... Kim Il-sung and his son Kim Jong-il and has one of the worst human rights records of any state existent today. If the North Korean regime is irredeemable, should not the rest of the world act to hasten its demise? If so, what policies ...
Pagina xxv
... Kim Jong-il government is not a revolutionary regime, but the dynastic continuation of one that has now held power for more than 50 years. Surely, neither this government (nor the governed) have the same capacity for enduring hardship ...
... Kim Jong-il government is not a revolutionary regime, but the dynastic continuation of one that has now held power for more than 50 years. Surely, neither this government (nor the governed) have the same capacity for enduring hardship ...
Pagina xxvi
The Future of the Two Koreas Marcus Noland. affiliated journalist Kim Myong-chol, ''the Americans remain the most serious security threat to the DPRK. This perception vindicates Kim Jongil's decision to spend every single earned dollar ...
The Future of the Two Koreas Marcus Noland. affiliated journalist Kim Myong-chol, ''the Americans remain the most serious security threat to the DPRK. This perception vindicates Kim Jongil's decision to spend every single earned dollar ...
Pagina xxvii
... Kim Dae-jung's ruling coalition trailed in the polls, is consistent with all of these hypotheses. It could signal that, having consolidated political power, a newly confident Kim Jong-il is ready to begin responding constructively to ...
... Kim Dae-jung's ruling coalition trailed in the polls, is consistent with all of these hypotheses. It could signal that, having consolidated political power, a newly confident Kim Jong-il is ready to begin responding constructively to ...
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Sommario
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The North Korean Economy | lxxv |
The Nuclear Confrontation | 3-74 |
The SlowMotion Famine in the North | 3-102 |
The Financial Crisis in the South | 3-126 |
The Prospect for Successful Reform in the North | 3-182 |
The Implications of North Korean Collapse | 285 |
Can the North Muddle Through? | 323 |
Conclusions | 347 |
References | 377 |
Appendix | 401 |
Index
| 405 |
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