Explaining Chinese foreign policy toward North Korea : navigating between the Scylla and Charybdis of proliferation and instability / Christopher Twomey

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: 2008Subject(s): In: Journal of Contemporary China Vol 15 No 56, August 2008, pp.401-423 (102)Summary: Presents an analysis of China's policy on North Korea as a means of understanding broader aspects of Chinese foreign policy. Finds that defensive realism offers the best explanation of China's policy and that the effect has been to coerce North Korea without contributing to instability. Considers the implications of the findings for the United States.
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Presents an analysis of China's policy on North Korea as a means of understanding broader aspects of Chinese foreign policy. Finds that defensive realism offers the best explanation of China's policy and that the effect has been to coerce North Korea without contributing to instability. Considers the implications of the findings for the United States.

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