As the locus of Great Power rivalry in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the battleground for the first 'hot' conflict of the early Cold War, and--in the case of the contemporary challenge of a nuclear North Korea--one of the most potentially destabilizing threats to regional security, the Korean peninsula is critical in understanding the history, politics, and international relations of Asia. Both Koreas find themselves confronting a rapidly changing and fluid international environment. This new collection from ...
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As the locus of Great Power rivalry in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the battleground for the first 'hot' conflict of the early Cold War, and--in the case of the contemporary challenge of a nuclear North Korea--one of the most potentially destabilizing threats to regional security, the Korean peninsula is critical in understanding the history, politics, and international relations of Asia. Both Koreas find themselves confronting a rapidly changing and fluid international environment. This new collection from Routledge addresses thematically four broad sets of issues which are essential to understand the political and economic development of the two Koreas in the modern era.
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