The North Korean Nuclear Weapons Crisis The Nuclear Taboo Revisited [Hardcover]

Jina Kim investigates how North Korea rationalized its pursuit of nuclear weapons programs for more than two decades, by exploring the dialectical development of the nuclear crisis and the obstacles generated by complex internal Korean dynamics and conflicting interests amongst the major players concerned.1. Toward a Critique of the Nuclear Taboo 2. Context of the 1st Nuclear Crisis (1991-1994) 3. Negative Identification 4. Negative Interaction 5. Context of the Second Nuclear Crisis 6. Repetitive Patterns of the Crisis Conclusion ?Jina Kim is an Associate Research Fellow at the Korea Institute for Defense Analyses and holds a PhD in International Relations from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, USA. Her research areas include US-North Korea relations, nuclear non proliferation, and North-East Asia security.