Russian Policy and the Korean Crisis

Abstract

The author relates Russian policy to the broader struggle for power and coherence in Russian security policy generally, and in Russian policy towards Asia. He also explores the ambivalence of Russia's position, trying to maintain a foot in all camps on the Korean issue even as it asserts its opposition to nuclear proliferation and to any settlement from which it is excluded. The author concludes by expanding his frame of reference to use the Russian case as an example illustrating the difficulties inherent in moving to a new, broader Northeast Asian security system

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 1994
Accession Number
ADA285572

Entities

People

  • Stephen J. Blank

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Cyber
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Arms Control
  • Department Of Defense
  • Far East
  • Foreign Policy
  • Governments
  • National Security
  • Negotiations
  • North Korea
  • Nuclear Proliferation
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Security
  • South Korea
  • Treaties
  • United States
  • Universities
  • War Colleges

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union