Korean Politics Books

New and Published Books

1. Asia, the US and Extended Nuclear Deterrence

   Atomic Umbrellas in the Twenty-First Century

   By Andrew O'Neil

   Since the end of the Cold War, significant attention has focussed on the issue of nuclear deterrence and in particular whether formal nuclear security guarantees from nuclear weapons states to non-nuclear weapons states involving the possible use of nuclear weapons have a place in the twenty-first...

   Published March 7th 2013 by Routledge
2. De-Bordering Korea

   Tangible and Intangible Legacies of the Sunshine Policy

   Edited by Valérie Gelézeau, De Koen Ceuster, Alain Delissen

   Series: Routledge Advances in Korean Studies

   As tensions remain on the Korean peninsula, this book looks back on the decade of improved inter-Korean relations and engagement between 1998 and 2008, now known as the ‘Sunshine Policy’ era. Moving beyond traditional economic and political perspectives, it explores how this decade of intensified...

   Published February 13th 2013 by Routledge
3. The Economy-Security Nexus in Northeast Asia

   Edited by T.J. Pempel

   Series: Politics in Asia

   The dynamics of Northeast Asia have traditionally been considered primarily in military and hard security terms or alternatively along their economic dimensions. This book argues that relations among the states of Northeast Asia are far more comprehensible when the mutually shaping interactions...

   Published December 9th 2012 by Routledge
4. North Korea, 2009-2012

   A Guide to Economic and Political Developments

   By Ian Jeffries

   Series: Guides to Economic and Political Developments in Asia

   North Korea continues to be a country of great concern internationally, where future developments are uncertain, especially as a result of the succession to the leadership of Kim Jong-un following the death of Kim Jong-il. It is also a country which is relatively unknown and relatively little...

   Published November 20th 2012 by Routledge