Korean Peace Process and the Four Powers

Publication History

This title was first published in 2003.

Historical Context

After the inter-Korean Summit in 2000, the Korean peace process gained a new momentum and the two Koreas increased mutual contacts and exchanges. However, in 2001 the peace process stalled and was further hindered by Bush's hard-line policy towards Pyongyang and North Korea's inflexible attitudes towards Seoul.

International Implications

Interest in the Korean peninsula by the US, Russia, Japan and China, for geo-strategic and geo-economic reasons, means that peace and unification will inevitably become an international problem.

Focus of the Volume

Against this backdrop, this original volume deals with the problems and prospects of the inter-Korean peace process and the interests, attitudes, and policies of these major powers.