COOK Richard J <br/><br/>
Bargaining interactions reconsidered: the Korean Peninsula nuclear crisis viewed through the lens of hierarchy/ 
Richard J. Cook 
 -  2021 
<br/><br/> This paper identifies two significant phenomena regarding these security arrangements, drawing upon why the USA has maintained strong social contract activity with the ROK, whereas the PRC-DPRK social contract activity has only recently been reinvigorated. Social contract activity is defined as the degree of commitment to maintaining the hierarchical relationship manifested in a social contract, ranging from active to inactive. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>KOREAN PENINSULA -- NUCLEAR CRISIS