TY  - BOOK
AU  - TWOMEY Christopher
TI  - Explaining Chinese foreign policy toward North Korea: navigating between the Scylla and Charybdis of proliferation and instability 
PY  - 2008///
KW  - CHINA
KW  - FOREIGN POLICY
KW  - NORTH KOREA
KW  - UNITED STATES
KW  - FOREIGN RELATIONS
N2  - 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
ER  -