The Shift of Security Environment in Northeast Asia: The US-China Conflict and its Implications for Korea

This essay attempts to highlight how the nature of the US-China conflict is deep and structural, and therefore likely to have conflicting long-term impacts on the currently unfolding high-wire nuclear negotiations between North Korea and the United States. China is seen as the country with the great...

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Published inJournal for peace and nuclear disarmament Vol. 1; no. 2; pp. 352 - 362
Main Author Lee, Seong-hyon
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Routledge 03.07.2018
Taylor & Francis Group
Subjects
end of war declaration
Korean War
North Korea
nuclear negotiation
US-China relations
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Summary:This essay attempts to highlight how the nature of the US-China conflict is deep and structural, and therefore likely to have conflicting long-term impacts on the currently unfolding high-wire nuclear negotiations between North Korea and the United States. China is seen as the country with the greatest influence over North Korea, something China denies. On numerous occasions, Trump has openly criticized that "China was behind" North Korea's defiant attitude that stalled the nuclear negotiations. How the "China factor" influences the US-North Korean negotiations continues to draw keen attention.
ISSN:2575-1654
2575-1654
DOI:10.1080/25751654.2018.1542655