Nuclear North Korea: A Debate on Engagement Strategies

Victor D. Cha and David C. Kang

Paper, 280 pages, 12 figures
ISBN: 978-0-231-13129-2
$26.00 / £15.50

November, 2003
Cloth, 280 pages, 12 figures
ISBN: 978-0-231-13128-5
$70.50 / £41.50

Introduction: The Debate over North Korea

Victor Cha: Weak but Still Threatening

David Kang: Threatening, but Deterrence Works

Response: Why we must pursue "hawk engagement" (Cha)

Response: Why are we so afraid of engagement? (Kang)

Crisis Redux: The 2003 Nuclear Crisis

Beyond Hyperbole, Toward a Strategy

About the Author

Victor D. Cha is associate professor of government and D. S. Song–Korea Foundation Chair, Edmund Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University. He is the author of Alignment Despite Antagonism: The United States-Korea-Japan Security Triangle, which won the 2000 Ohira Book Prize. David C. Kang is an associate professor in the department of government and an adjunct associate professor at the Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College. He is the author of Crony Capitalism: Corruption and Development in Korea and the Philippines.

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