Korean Reunification

Political scientist Michael Haas brings together essays by seven distinguished authors with different ideas about how North and South Korea might again become a single unified state.Book presents a history of Korea and pathways that may be followed to bring the two Koreas together in a confederation or federation despite different economic and ideological systemsand new material identifies progress already achieved toward the goal of reunification. Chapters deal with the following approaches that may be used in other cases of divided peoples who could eventually unify under a single government: Neutralization - concluding a peace treaty and dismantling armiesFunctionalism - nonpolitical cross-border economic and social contact Nonviolence - the tradition of Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr.Mediation - how third parties can facilitate agreements between North & SouthNegotiation - diplomacy involving professionals and nonprofessionalsIn addition one chapter examines the feasibility of reunification from a political and military perspective. The final chapter assesses progress over the past 25 years and prospects for the future.The book has several unique elements:proves that plans of both Koreas have changed dramatically over the yearsshows 4 basic ways to redesign relations between the Koreasexplodes the myth that the two Koreas do not talk to each otherexplains how both Pyongyang and Seoul cohosted the Olympic Games in 1988indicates that more than 100 South Korea companies operate in the Northcites approved visits of ordinary North Koreans to South Korea and vice versaspecifies 5 tasks for nonviolent global transformationtraces the impact of the ending of the Cold War on both Koreasexplains second- and third-track diplomacyand who is involved todaysuggests how reunification could occur spontaneouslyprovides guidelines for successful negotiation outcomesidentifies the size of armies and revenue from arms exports of both Koreasreveals that the USA withdrew all nuclear warheads from South Korea in 1991dates the origin of North Koreas nuclear program from the Cold Wars endcompares divided Korea with other divided peoples around the worldgives details about Koreas relations with China Japan Russia USATable of ContentsPreface 1Introduction (Michael Haas) 2The Historical Approach (Michael Haas) 3The Neutralization Approach (Johan Galtung) 4The Functional Approach (Michael Haas) 5The Nonviolence Approach (Glenn D. Paige) 6The Mediation Approach (Theodore L. Becker) 7The Negotiation Approach (Oran R. Young) 8The Political Feasibility Approach (Dae-Sook Suh) 9The Contemporary Approach (Jae-Bong Lee)Appendices: 5 Plans for ReunificationCombined ReferencesIndex