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North Korea and the World

Walter C. Clemens

2016

Overview

With nearly twenty-five million citizens, a secretive totalitarian dictatorship, and active nuclear and ballistic missile weapons programs, North Korea presents some of the world's most difficult foreign policy challenges. For decades, the United States and its partners have employed multiple strategies in an effort to prevent Pyongyang from acquiring weapons of mass destruction. Washington has moved from the Agreed Framework under President Bill Clinton to George W. Bush's denunciation of the regime as part of the \"axis of evil\" to a posture of \"strategic patience\" under Barack Obama. Given that a new president will soon occupy the White House, policy expert Walter C. Clemens Jr. argues that now is the time to reconsider US diplomatic efforts in North Korea. InNorth Korea and the World, Clemens poses the question, \"Can, should, and must we negotiate with a regime we regard as evil?\" Weighing the needs of all the stakeholders -- including China, Japan, Russia, and South Korea -- he concludes that the answer is yes. After assessing nine other policy options, he makes the case for engagement and negotiation with the regime. There still may be time to freeze or eliminate North Korea's weapons of mass destruction. Grounded in philosophy and history, this volume offers a fresh road map for negotiators and outlines a grand bargain that balances both ethical and practical security concerns.

• Publisher: The University Press of Kentucky,University Press of Kentucky
• Subject: 21st century / Arms Control / Foreign relations / Foreign relations-21st century / Human rights / Human rights -- Korea (North) / Human rights -- Korea (North) -- International cooperation / International cooperation / International Relations / Korea (North) / Korea (North) -- Foreign relations -- 21st century / Korea (North) -- Foreign relations -- United States / Nuclear nonproliferation / Nuclear nonproliferation -- Korea (North) -- International cooperation / Nuclear weapons / Nuclear weapons -- Korea (North) / POLITICAL SCIENCE / United States / United States -- Foreign relations -- Korea (North)
• ISBN: 9780813167466, 0813167469