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The US Versus the North Korean Nuclear Threat: Mitigating the Nuclear Security Dilemma book cover

1st Edition

The US Versus the North Korean Nuclear Threat Mitigating the Nuclear Security Dilemma

By Er-Win Tan Copyright 2014
264 Pages
by Routledge

264 Pages
by Routledge

264 Pages
by Routledge
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Although the current world order is still dominated by the US, there is increasing international concern over the possibility of regional security dilemmas arising from smaller powers’ attempts to develop Weapons of Mass Destruction. A study of US-North Korean interaction using the security dilemma as a conceptual frame of analysis is thus not only hugely topical, but also particularly relevant... Read more

Introduction  1. The Security Dilemma  2. Theories of Mitigation  3. Background to US-North Korean Interaction  4. The 1993-94 Nuclear Crisis  5. From the Agreed Framework to the Joint Communiqué of 2000  6. Confrontation and the HEU Program  7. Bush Chooses Nuclear Diplomacy with North Korea  8. Conclusion

Biography

Er-Win Tan is a Visiting Senior Lecturer at the Department of International and Strategic Studies at the University of Malaya, Malaysia.

"Tan’s analysis and use of these theories to examine US–North Korea relations and the nuclear weapons problem is interesting and well argued. This is a valuable study and a helpful addition to the literature. Tan’s book is highly recommended for those who study North Korea and seek a solid application of theory to these issues."

TERENCE ROEHRIG, US Naval War College, Asian Studies Review

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