ABSTRACT
This book assesses the strategic linkages that the Korean Peninsula shares with the Indo-Pacific and provides a succinct picture of issues which will shape the trajectory of the Korean Peninsula in the future.
This book analyses how critical actors such as the United States, China, Russia and Japan are caught in a tightly balanced power struggle affecting the Korean Peninsula. It shows how these countries are exerting control over the Korean Peninsula while also holding on to their status as critical actors in the broader Indo-Pacific. The prospects of peace, stability and unity in the Korean Peninsula and the impact of this on Indo-Pacific power politics are explored as well as the contending and competing interests in the region. Chapters present country-specific positions and approaches as case studies and review the impact of power politics on stakeholders’ relationships in the Indo-Pacific. The book also argues that the Korean Peninsula and the issue of denuclearization is of primary importance to any direction an Indo-Pacific Partnership may take.
Bringing together scholars, journalists and ex-diplomats, this book will be of interest to academics working in the field of international relations, foreign policy, security studies and Asian studies as well as audiences interested
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |17 pages
Introduction
part I|66 pages
Critical perspectives
chapter 1|18 pages
America’s conflicted strategy for the Korean Peninsula
part II|106 pages
Contending perspectives
chapter 5|19 pages
Denuclearisation and peace regime on the Korean Peninsula
chapter 7|16 pages
DPRK’s proliferation activities and the denuclearisation talks
part III|62 pages
Competing and cooperating perspectives