Dual Regulation: US Policy on the Korean Peninsula after the Cold War

Author: Wang Chuanjian
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Publish Date: 2003-10-01
Features: This book studies U.S. policy toward the Korean Peninsula after the Cold War. Compared to similar works, its unique contribution lies in the author's analysis of a large amount of material, revealing that U.S. policy on the peninsula exhibits a "dual regulation" characteristic—it targets both the Korean Peninsula countries and neighboring major powers. The Korean issue is one of the international hotspots attracting worldwide attention today, known as a typical "Cold War relic." U.S. policy toward the Korean Peninsula is the key to the entire Korean issue, the core of the core. This book comprehensively reviews and examines U.S. policy toward the Korean Peninsula after the Cold War, systematically analyzing and researching its content and structure, with the aim of clarifying the essence of U.S. policy and providing valuable references for China's future policy choices regarding the Korean Peninsula. In the book, the author argues that U.S. policy toward the Korean Peninsula after the Cold War has actually formed a system that aligns with U.S. global strategy post-Cold War, and is formally manifested in two interconnected basic aspects: first, "regulating" the Korean Peninsula to eliminate the "Korean threat"; second, "regulating" relevant major powers around the peninsula to eliminate the threat of any single country seeking regional dominance.