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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... negotiate a deal that conflated the energy shortage and nuclear weapons issues . The following month , in response to ... negotiations between Washington and Pyongyang did serve to increase the unease felt by Seoul and to heighten ...
... negotiating framework , is inextricably linked to the nuclear issue.61 The marriage of the missile and nuclear programs ... negotiations over food ) provides the North Koreans with numerous opportunities to extract resources from the ...
... negotiations in the East were subject to a particularly pernicious principal - agent problem : since no one was negotiating for the future ( privatized ) managements of East German enterprises , the incum- bent lame duck managers simply ...
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Introduction | 1 |
References | 5 |
The South Korean Economy until 1997 | 15 |
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