1. Security and the Korean Peninsula in the 1990s /Andrew Mack -- 2. US Interests in Korean Security in the Post-Cold War World / Norman D. Levin -- 3. Russian Interests in Korean Security in the Post-Cold War World / Gennady Chufrin -- 4. Historic Transformation of the Korean Peninsula and China's Concerns / Ye Ruan -- 5. Japan's Interests in Security on the Korean Peninsula in a Post-Cold War World /Satoshi Morimoto -- 6. The Republic of Korea and the Nuclear Issue / Peter Hayes -- 7. The North Korean Nuclear Program as a Problem of State Survival / Paul Bracken -- 8. Arms Control and Confidence-building on the Korean Peninsula / Byung-Joon Ahn -- 9. The Political Economy of Security on the Korean Peninsula in the Regional Context / Chung-In Moon -- 10. The Two Koreas and Rapprochement: Foundations for Progress? /James Cotton -- 11. Writing the Final Chapter: Inter-Korean Rivalry in the 1990s / Kyongsoo Lho
12. The Gradualist Pipe Dream: Prospects and Pathways for Korean Reunification / Aidan Foster-Carter
Summary
This volume examines the evolving security situation on the Korean peninsula from the perspective both of the two Koreas and the other key regional actors - Russia, China, the US and Japan. Other chapters examine the political economy of Korean security, the nuclear weapons potential of South Korea's nuclear power program, and the debate over whether the regime in the North will collapse as a consequence of the growing economic crisis or gradually evolve into a more pluralist polity and economy
In the 1990s the two Koreas remain technically at war; neither side recognises the legitimacy of the other's existence, while their two armies continue to confront each other across the inter-Korean border. In addition there is continuing concern in the region and beyond that North Korea is seeking to acquire nuclear weapons. The North's nuclear program could spark a regional nuclear arms race or a war on the peninsula
