This book focuses on three main subjects: the DPRK's inability to survive as a nuclear state; the importance of Chinas role in encouraging denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula; and the possibility of an alternative political organization for the DPRK including a transition to a market-economy in exchange for giving up its nuclear weapons. The book approaches North Korean issues from the perspective that the regime cannot survive without nuclear weapons which, rather than being a genuine danger to other states, are bargaining chips for security and survival. The book includes views from prominent academics and practitioners, including a former British ambassador to North Korea, putting forward an ambitious set of recommendations and analyses based on hands-on experience in the region.
1. Introduction.-
2. North Korea and the Nuclear Non-Proliferation
Treaty. By Chan Young Bang.-
3. Only one approach to denuclearization will
work, and it will bring economic benefits to South Korea. By Chan Young
Bang.-
4. North Korea's nuclear capability and what the implications are for
wider East Asia. By Sung-wook Nam.-
5. Learning to Love the Bomb: Depictions
of Nuclear and Missile Technology in North Korean Literature. By Meredith
Shaw.-
6. The North Korean Nuclear Issue: Root Causes and Solutions. By Zhibo
Zou.-
7. The situation on the Peninsula out of the vicious circle requires
consideration of the concerns of all sides. By Guohong Qiu.-
8. Can the DPRK
Preserve Its Sovereignty Without Nuclear Armaments?. By John Everard.-
9.
Armistice, North Korean nuclear crisis and peace regime on the Korean
Peninsula. By Lei Wang.
Chan Young Bang, PhD, is president of KIMEP University in Almaty, Kazakhstan, Principal Investigator of its DPRK Strategic Research Center, and a former economic adviser to Nursultan Nazarbayev, first president of Kazakhstan. He has published numerous articles and books on the prospects for a peaceful settlement of the North Korean nuclear conflict.
