Strategic Thinking about the Korean Nuclear Crisis Four Parties Caught between North Korea and the United States

Often lost in the discussion about the nuclear crisis are its regional dynamics. Since 2002, China, Japan, Russia, and South Korea have struggled to navigate between the unsettling belligerence of North Korea and the unilateral insistence of the United States. This book focuses on their strategic thinking over four stages of the crisis. Drawing on sources from each of the countries, it examines how the four perceived their role in the Six-Party Talks and the regional context, as they eyed each other. The book emphasizes the significance of these talks for the emerging security framework and great power cooperation in Northeast Asia.

Gilbert Rozman is Musgrave Professor of Sociology at Princeton University, where he has taught since 1970. His previous monograph was Northeast Asia's Stunted Regionalism: Bilateral Distrust in the Shadow of Globalization (2004). He also co-edited Korea at the Center: The Dynamics of Regionalism in Northeast Asia (2006).

Overview: The Nuclear Crisis and the Regional Context * Navigating between the United States and North Korea * The South Korean Response: The Nuclear Crisis * The South Korean Response: The Regional Context * The Chinese Response: The Nuclear Crisis * The Chinese Response: The Regional Context * The Japanese Response: The Nuclear Crisis * The Japanese Response: The Regional Context * The Russian Response: The Nuclear Crisis--Evgeny Bazhanov * The Russian Response: The Regional Context