North Korea on the Brink: Struggle for Survival - Hardcover

Ford, Glyn; Kwon, Soyoung

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0745325998 ISBN 13: 9780745325996

Publisher: Pluto Press, 2007

Synopsis

North Korea's development and testing of nuclear weapons made headlines in the Western media, but is the country really a threat to the rest of the world? This accessible introduction examines the country's history and focuses on whether the threat is realistic or exaggerated by the US in order to gain international support for the controversial missile defence system. It also shows what the EU can do to engage with North Korea and counterbalance the US policy of isolationism.

North Korea is struggling to survive in the face of US threats of pre-emptive action and regime change by developing its own Weapons of Mass Destruction. For the EU, the challenge is to resolve this stand-off, providing North Korea with sufficient security guarantees to enable them to give up their nuclear weapons, and enough assistance to enable the economic and social reforms that the country so desperately needs.

About this title

About the Author:

Glyn Ford, MEP, is the leader of the European Parliamentary Labour Party. In 1992 he was vice-President of the Socialist Group, the largest group in the European Parliament.

Soyoung Kwon is a Korean scholar, recently graduated from Cambridge with a Ph.D.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pluto Press
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0745325998
• ISBN 13: 9780745325996
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 272