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"GOOD COP/BAD COP" AS A MODEL FOR NONPROLIFERATION DIPLOMACY TOWARD NORTH KOREA AND IRAN
In: The nonproliferation review: program for nonproliferation studies, Band 14, Heft 1, S. 61-88
ISSN: 1746-1766
The Sinking of the Ehime Maru: The Interaction of Culture, Security Interests and Domestic Politics in an Alliance Crisis
In: Japanese journal of political science, Band 5, Heft 2, S. 287-310
ISSN: 1474-0060
The loss of life that resulted from the sinking of the fisheries training vessel Ehime Maru by the nuclear submarine USS Greeneville off Hawaii in February 2001 exemplifies the risks to United States–Japan alliance relations posed by US global military deployments. Following a pattern of incidents involving the US military in Japan itself, the collision violated Japanese expectations of benevolence from its stronger partner and put considerable pressure on the government to seek public apology and reassurance. This article examines the interplay of culture, national security interests and domestic politics in framing both perceptions and diplomacy during the crisis. While differences at both the cultural and security levels complicated diplomacy, asymmetry in the respective domestic political stakes, combined with overriding and largely congruent security interests, helped the United States to provide Japan with the requisite reassurance. After a decade of alliance drift, both Japan and the United States were determined to forestall defection by their alliance partner.
Rewarding North Korea: Theoretical perspectives on the 1994 agreed framework
In: Journal of peace research, Band 39, S. 51-68
ISSN: 0022-3433
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Rewarding North Korea: Theoretical Perspectives on the 1994 Agreed Framework
In: Journal of peace research, Band 39, Heft 1, S. 51-68
ISSN: 0022-3433
This article tests theoretical propositions of sanctions theory against a 'crucial case study' of the US-DPRK Agreed Framework, which since 1994 has employed incentives to influence North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons program. By electing an incentives-based strategy, the Agreed Framework appears to invalidate the proposition that positive sanctions are unlikely to be employed between adversaries. However, the choice can be explained in part by the unique political & security environment on the Korean peninsula, by the absence of viable policy alternatives for the USA & its allies, & by the relatively low cost to the USA. The subsequent history of implementation, however, amply confirms a number of theoretical caveats & leaves in doubt the ultimate success of the Agreed Framework. The case illustrates how diplomatic & political pressures on both sender & recipient have altered the baseline of expectations away from a pragmatic & partial improvement in relations & toward the sweeping & more problematic goal of an 'all or nothing' transformation of the adversarial relationship. Positive sanctions were caught between the perceived advantages of de-linking proliferation concerns from other contentious security issues & the domestic political advantages to the sender of greater linkage. The latter tendency is illustrated by the 1999 Perry plan, which abandoned 'limited engagement' in favor of a 'comprehensive & integrated approach'. While this policy shift may have bought time for administration policy, it did not resolve the contradictions inherent in a low-trust relationship. As it reassesses US policy towards the DPRK, the new US administration is likely to draw on the more skeptical view of positive incentives found in sanctions theory. The case of the Agreed Framework challenges several assumptions of sanctions theory, but it is too soon to claim that it invalidates them. 82 References. [Copyright 2002 Sage Publications Ltd.]
ARTICLES - Rewarding North Korea: Theoretical Perspectives on the 1994 Agreed Framework
In: Journal of peace research, Band 39, Heft 1, S. 51-68
ISSN: 0022-3433
Rewarding North Korea: Theoretical Perspectives on the 1994 Agreed Framework
In: Journal of peace research, Band 39, Heft 1, S. 51-68
ISSN: 1460-3578
This article tests theoretical propositions of sanctions theory against a `crucial case study' of the US-DPRK Agreed Framework, which since 1994 has employed incentives to influence North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons program. By electing an incentives-based strategy, the Agreed Framework appears to invalidate the proposition that positive sanctions are unlikely to be employed between adversaries. However, the choice can be explained in part by the unique political and security environment on the Korean peninsula, by the absence of viable policy alternatives for the USA and its allies, and by the relatively low cost to the USA. The subsequent history of implementation, however, amply confirms a number of theoretical caveats and leaves in doubt the ultimate success of the Agreed Framework. The case illustrates how diplomatic and political pressures on both sender and recipient have altered the baseline of expectations away from a pragmatic and partial improvement in relations and toward the sweeping and more problematic goal of an `all or nothing' transformation of the adversarial relationship. Positive sanctions were caught between the perceived advantages of de-linking proliferation concerns from other contentious security issues and the domestic political advantages to the sender of greater linkage. The latter tendency is illustrated by the 1999 Perry plan, which abandoned `limited engagement' in favor of a `comprehensive and integrated approach'. While this policy shift may have bought time for administration policy, it did not resolve the contradictions inherent in a low-trust relationship. As it reassesses US policy towards the DPRK, the new US administration is likely to draw on the more skeptical view of positive incentives found in sanctions theory. The case of the Agreed Framework challenges several assumptions of sanctions theory, but it is too soon to claim that it invalidates them.
Lessons of the agreed framework for using engagement as a nonproliferation tool
In: The nonproliferation review: program for nonproliferation studies, Band 6, Heft 4, S. 35-50
ISSN: 1746-1766
Lessons of the agreed framework for using engagement as a nonproliferation tool
In: The nonproliferation review: program for nonproliferation studies, Band 6, Heft 4, S. 35-50
ISSN: 1073-6700
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Politics East and West: a comparison of Japanese and British political culture
In: Routledge revivals
Politics East and West: A Comparison of Japanese and British Political Culture
In: Pacific affairs: an international review of Asia and the Pacific, Band 66, Heft 4, S. 590
ISSN: 1715-3379