The Change toward Cooperation in the George W. Bush Administration's Nuclear Nonproliferation Policy toward North Korea

Jonas Schneider

ISBN 10: 3631602138 / ISBN 13: 9783631602133

Published by Peter Lang, Peter Lang Mär 2010, 2010

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Neuware -This book offers a case study in foreign policy change: It examines why the Bush administration suddenly redirected its nuclear nonproliferation policy toward North Korea in the aftermath of North Koreäs first nuclear test in October 2006, abandoning its former confrontational approach in favor of a more accommodating line. Existing explanations of this course reversal draw on the security implications of a growing crisis on the Korean Peninsula, U.S. domestic politics, and changing decision-making dynamics within the Bush administration. Employing before-after comparison, the study refutes these accounts ¿ and it offers an alternative explanation: The Bush administration altered its nonproliferation policy toward North Korea toward a cooperative course because after the nuclear test, it perceived fundamentally improved prospects for fruitful cooperation on North Koreäs denuclearization. 202 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Change toward Cooperation in the George W. Bush Administration's Nuclear Nonproliferation Policy toward North Korea
• Publisher: Peter Lang, Peter Lang Mär 2010
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3631602138
• ISBN 13: 9783631602133
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 210W x 148H x 12D millimeters 210 millimeters width by 148 millimeters height by 12 millimeters depth
• Weight: 269 grams

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Synopsis

This book offers a case study in foreign policy change: It examines why the Bush administration suddenly redirected its nuclear nonproliferation policy toward North Korea in the aftermath of North Korea’s first nuclear test in October 2006, abandoning its former confrontational approach in favor of a more accommodating line. Existing explanations of this course reversal draw on the security implications of a growing crisis on the Korean Peninsula, U.S. domestic politics, and changing decision-making dynamics within the Bush administration. Employing before-after comparison, the study refutes these accounts – and it offers an alternative explanation: The Bush administration altered its nonproliferation policy toward North Korea toward a cooperative course because after the nuclear test, it perceived fundamentally improved prospects for fruitful cooperation on North Korea’s denuclearization.

About the Author

The Author: Jonas Schneider, born in 1981, studied Political Science at Jena University and the University of California, Berkeley (USA).