The Two Koreas and the Great PowersThis book explores Korea's place in terms of multiple levels and domains of interaction pertaining to foreign-policy behaviors and relations with the four regional/global powers (China, Russia, Japan, and the United States). The synergy of global transformations has now brought to an end Korea's proverbial identity and role as the helpless shrimp among whales, and both North Korea and South Korea have taken on new roles in the process of redefining and projecting their national identities. Synthetic national identity theory offers a useful perspective on change and continuity in Korea's turbulent relationships with the great powers over the years. Following a review of Korean diplomatic history and competing theoretical approaches, along with a synthetic national-identity theory as an alternative approach, one chapter each is devoted to how Korea relates to the four powers in turn, and the book concludes with a consideration of inter-Korean relations and potential reunification. |
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... concern itself with the character of the units making up the system . 42 But this distinction is logically and operationally flawed : although the character of units is excluded from structure , it is , by definition , part of the ...
... concern itself with the character of the units making up the system . 42 But this distinction is logically and operationally flawed : although the character of units is excluded from structure , it is , by definition , part of the ...
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... concerns . In short , growing fears at the potential for aggressive action by the United States and North Korea as ... concern over regional destabi- lization is motivated to no small degree by an underlying cause : the com- bination ...
... concerns . In short , growing fears at the potential for aggressive action by the United States and North Korea as ... concern over regional destabi- lization is motivated to no small degree by an underlying cause : the com- bination ...
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... concern . By dint of what it is and what it does , Washington is seen in both Seoul and Pyongyang , albeit for different reasons , as having become part of both the Korean problem and the Korean solution . Nonetheless , in the ...
... concern . By dint of what it is and what it does , Washington is seen in both Seoul and Pyongyang , albeit for different reasons , as having become part of both the Korean problem and the Korean solution . Nonetheless , in the ...
Contents
China and the Two Koreas | 42 |
The Making of a Triangular Relationship | 52 |
New Challenges of the BeijingSeoulPyongyang | 63 |
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