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Rogue en vogue : North Korea and the war on terror

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posted on 2008-01-01, 00:00 authored by David HundtDavid Hundt
North Korea occupies a unique place in the thinking of US policymakers insofar as it represents both a direct, physical threat and also a reminder of the limits to American power. In numerous ways, North Korea is anathema to the US: it has fulsomely rejected America’s systems of political–economic organisation, its gradual rapproachment with South Korea threatens to undermine the rationale for America’s military presence in Northeast Asia, and its possession of nuclear weapons threatens the safety of the US and its allies. For these reasons, and despite its lowly standing in the international political system, North Korea continues to severely frustrate the superpower’s interests and thus represents an existential threat to the US.

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Title of book

Global crises and risks

Chapter number

9

Pagination

138 - 151

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Place of publication

South Melbourne, Vic.

ISBN-13

9780195566079

Language

eng

Notes

Topics: The third rogue, Memories of the forgotten war, Southerly change, Confronting the rogue, Coming to terms, Where to now for North Korea?

Publication classification

B1 Book chapter; B Book chapter

Copyright notice

2008, Sally Totman and Scott Burchill

Extent

12

Editor/Contributor(s)

S Totman, S Burchill

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