Synopses & Reviews
Explores Korea's place in relation to China, Japan, Russia, and the United States.
Synopsis
Emphasizing the most recent developments in East Asia, including the ongoing confrontation with North Korea over its nuclear program, this book examines how North and South Korea have emerged separately and in relation to one another in the post-Cold War world. It explores each country's relationship with China, Japan, Russia and the United States as well as the status of inter-Korean relations and the possibilities of Korean unification. In-depth information will inform the public and guide policymakers in their thinking about the Korean peninsula.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction: the two Koreas and the great powers in a changing world; 2. China and the two Koreas; 3. Russia and the two Koreas; 4. Japan and the two Koreas; 5. The United States and the two Koreas; 6. The future of the two Koreas.