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100 1 _aTWOMEY Christopher
245 _aExplaining Chinese foreign policy toward North Korea :
_bnavigating between the Scylla and Charybdis of proliferation and instability /
_cChristopher Twomey
260 _c2008
520 _aPresents 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.
650 _aCHINA
_xFOREIGN POLICY
_xNORTH KOREA
650 _aUNITED STATES
_xFOREIGN RELATIONS
_xCHINA
773 _aJournal of Contemporary China :
_gVol 15 No 56, August 2008, pp.401-423 (102)
945 _i24389-1001
_rY
_sY
999 _c10146
_d10146