Rival Reputations - Coercion and Credibility in Us-North Korea Relations

Surveys patterns of crisis, coercion and credibility in US-North Korea relations from the 1960s through to 2010.

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. The 'reputations in rivalry' framework; 3. The USS Pueblo crisis (1968); 4. The EC-121 shoot-down (1969); 5. The Panmunjom crisis (1976); 6. The North Korean nuclear crisis (1993-4); 7. Nuclear conflict and North-South provocations; 8. Implications for theory and policy; Bibliography; Index.

About the author

Van Jackson is an associate professor at the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies, Honolulu and an adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security. He is a former Council on Foreign Relations International Affairs Fellow and has taught at Georgetown University and the Catholic University of America, Washington DC. From 2009 to 2014, Dr Jackson held positions in the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) as a strategist and policy advisor for the Asia-Pacific, senior country director for North Korea, and working group chair of the US-Republic of Korea Extended Deterrence Policy Committee.

Summary

Charting the turbulent history of US-North Korea relations from the 1960s to 2010, Van Jackson surveys the role of reputation to understand why most - but not all - North Korean threats are dismissed and why their acts of unreciprocated violence against more powerful states do not lead to war.

Product details

• Authors: Van Jackson, Jackson Van
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2017
• EAN: 9781107589803
• ISBN: 978-1-107-58980-3
• No. of pages: 227
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / Executive Branch, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / Legislative Branch, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society, International Relations, United States of America, USA, Violence in society, Constitution: government & the state, North Korea, Violence and abuse in society, Constitution: government and the state