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100	1		_aEKMEKTSIOGLOU Eleni
700			_aLEE Ji-Young
245			_aNorth Korea, missile defense, and U.S.-China security dilemma/ _cEleni Ekmektsioglou & Ji-Young Lee
260			_c2022
520			_aThis article examines the relationship between US missile defense and the US-China security dilemma dynamics by developing the concept of diffuse signaling involving the Korean peninsula. We argue that the US' efforts to bolster deterrence against North Korea's growing threats through missile defense have resulted in China's countermeasures of enhancing survivability and penetrability of its second-strike capability, leading to downward spirals of tensions between Beijing and Washington. We explain how three structural factors - geography, the US alliance system, and nuclear asymmetry - have made diffuse signaling salient, thus making it very challenging for the United States to reassure China even when its actions targeted North Korea. The article empirically shows the action-reaction process through which China and the US have come to experience the aggravation of the security dilemma over the Korean peninsula.
650			_aMISSILE DEFENSE _xNORTH KOREA'S NUCLEAR AND MISSILE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS _xSECURITY DILEMMA _xSIGNALING _xTHE KOREAN PENINSULA _xUS-CHINA RELATIONS
773			_aThe Pacific Review : _gVol. 35, No 4, July 2022, pp. 587-616 (103)
598			_aKOREA, USA, CHINA, SECURITY, ASIAPAC
856			_uhttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09512748.2020.1862285 _zClick here for full text
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