The peninsula question : a chronicle of the second Korean nuclear crisis / Yoichi Funabashi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Funabashi, Yōichi, 1944-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nuclear disarmament--Korea (North).

Nuclear disarmament.

Nuclear nonproliferation--Korea (North).

Nuclear nonproliferation.

Korea (North)--Foreign relations--Korea (South).

Korea (North).

Korea (South)--Foreign relations--Korea (North).

Korea (South).

Korea (North)--Foreign relations--China.

China--Foreign relations--Korea (North).

China.

Six-party Talk.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (612 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Through interviews, gives a behind-the-scenes look at negotiations to denuclearize the Korean peninsula. Offering multiple perspectives on the second Korean nuclear crisis, provides a window of understanding on the historical, geopolitical, and security concerns at play on the peninsula since 2002, paying special attention to China's dealings with North Korea"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Prime Minister Koizumi's visit to North Korea

Koizumi again visits Pyongyang

HEU program

The collapse of the agreed framework

Russia as honest broker?

Brotherhood

South Korea as balancer?

Hu Jintao's "new thinking" diplomacy

The rise of China

The launching of the Six-Party Talks

Six-Party Talks adrift

Kim Jong-Il visits China

The peninsula question.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 483-559) and index.

ISBN:

9780815730118

081573011X

OCLC:

818846712