The twin peaks of Pyongyang
Material type: TextPublication details: 2005Subject(s): In: Orbis: a Journal of World Affairs Vol 50 No 1 Winter 2006, pp.5-21 (44)Summary: The U.S. has been negotiating with North Korea in an effort to have it renounce its nuclear program for over a decade, since Washington negotiated an Agreed Framework in 1994. In this time, North Korea has only amassed more plutonium. The negotiations are hindered by mutual distrust and hostility, but it is doubtful whether any change in Washington's attitude toward the DPRK would help solve the nuclear issue. It is the Kim regime that is the core problem. Until the regime is removed, there can no durable peace in the region. This article suggests that with the prospect for a negotiated resolution of the nuclear issue remote, and since any attempt to remove the Kim regime militarily would entail huge costs, Washington might consider a third option: directly engaging the North Korean people.Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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The U.S. has been negotiating with North Korea in an effort to have it renounce its nuclear program for over a decade, since Washington negotiated an Agreed Framework in 1994. In this time, North Korea has only amassed more plutonium. The negotiations are hindered by mutual distrust and hostility, but it is doubtful whether any change in Washington's attitude toward the DPRK would help solve the nuclear issue. It is the Kim regime that is the core problem. Until the regime is removed, there can no durable peace in the region. This article suggests that with the prospect for a negotiated resolution of the nuclear issue remote, and since any attempt to remove the Kim regime militarily would entail huge costs, Washington might consider a third option: directly engaging the North Korean people.
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