Meeting the North Korean challenge : report of an independent task force / sponsored by the Council on Foreign Relations ; Morton I. Abramowitz and James T. Laney, co-chairs ; Eric Heginbotham, project director.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Abramowitz, Morton, 1933-

Laney, James T.

Heginbotham, Eric.

Council on Foreign Relations.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nuclear arms control.

United States--Foreign relations--Korea (North).

United States.

International relations.

Korea (North).

Korea (North)--Foreign relations--United States.

United States--Foreign relations--East Asia.

East Asia.

East Asia--Foreign relations--United States.

Nuclear industry--Korea (North).

Nuclear industry.

Nuclear nonproliferation.

Nuclear arms control--East Asia.

Physical Description:

x, 59 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : The Council, [2003]

Summary:

The North Korean nuclear program is headed in a dangerous direction. Yet the United States and its allies have not set forth a coherent or unified strategy to stop it. This Task Force, sponsored by the Council on Foreign Relations, evaluates the challenges facing the United States in and around the Korean peninsula and assesses American options for meeting them.

The situation on the peninsula has deteriorated rapidly since October 2002, when North Korea admitted having a secret highly enriched uranium program that put it on course to produce fissile material for nuclear weapons. North Korea has since withdrawn from the nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, asserted it possesses nuclear weapons, and declared that it is reprocessing its spent nuclear fuel. Having initially emphasized the need for a negotiated solution, North Korea's recent rhetoric has stressed the deterrent value of nuclear weapons.

Co-chaired by Morton I. Abramowitz and James T. Laney, and directed by Council Senior Fellow Eric Heginbotham, the Task Force makes specific recommendations to help guide U.S. foreign policy: 1) articulate a strategy around which U.S. regional partners can rally; 2) as part of that strategy, engage in a serious negotiating effort with North Korea and test its intentions by proposing an interim agreement; 3) secure the commitment of U.S. allies to take tougher action should talks fail; 4) restore the health of the U.S.-ROK alliance; 5) persuade China to take greater responsibility for resolving the crisis; and 6) appoint a full-time high-level coordinator for Korea.

Contents:

Task Force Report 7

Where Are We? 9

North Korea's Posture 14

The U.S. Government's Posture 22

The ROK and Other Regional States 25

Formulating a Policy Toward North Korea 32

Recommendations 36

Contingency Options 42

Additional and Dissenting Views 47

Task Force Members 54

Task Force Observers 59.

Local Notes:

Given to the Penn Libraries by Margy Ellin Meyerson in memory of her husband, President Emeritus Martin Meyerson.

ISBN:

0876093314

9780876093313

OCLC:

52989245