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A distinguished panel of scholars from around the world convened at the Hoover Institution in June 1993 to assess prospects for a reunited Korea. North Korea's highly publicized stance of nuclear noncompliance, initiated only months earlier, gave the conference historical immediacy. It also underscored the potentially catastrophic consequences of continued ideological friction on the Korean peninsula. Scenarios for reunification identified at that conference are presented in this volume.
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A panel of scholars convened under the auspices of the Hoover Institute's Korean Studies Program in June, 1993 to assess prospects for a reunited Korea. Topics addressed include reform or collapse; the sociopolitical realities of reuniting a divided nation; German lessons for managing the economic costs of reunification; political leadership; forging a common security view; Japan's perspective on Korea; and implication of reunification for the US-ROK Alliance. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
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