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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... Problems include severe industrial pollu- tion , soil erosion and runoff due to problems in reforestation , inefficient use of energy and the highest per capita hydrocarbon emissions in the world , very high levels of fertilizer and ...
... problems were not invisible . Writing in 1996 , the present author observed that : The potential problem with the system is the implicit guarantee that banks not be allowed to fail ; this , together with deposit insurance ...
... problems , it has pursued a policy of international brinkmanship to extract resources from the international community . However , the two principal creations of this policy , the Korean Peninsula Energy Develop- ment Organization ...
Sommario
Introduction | 1 |
References | 5 |
The South Korean Economy until 1997 | 15 |
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