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The EU, regional cooperation, and the North Korean nuclear crisis

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  • Moosung Lee

    (Myongji University)

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North Korea poses a security threat by developing nuclear weapons. To address this source of regional insecurity, institutionalized frameworks of regional cooperation have been employed. Despite its usefulness as an alternative route to deal with the North Korean case, controversies still remain in terms of its relevance and effectiveness. Even so, the regional integration, consistently promoted by the EU as an integral part of its Asian policy, still requires systematic evaluation. This paper thus examines how and under which conditions regional integration can make a contribution to the transformation of the current crisis. In answering this question, it concludes that a long-term model-setting effect is hard to disregard, in spite of the mixed view of substantial compulsory and social learning effects. The underlying reasons are the ontological-seeking activities of North Korea, along with regional and global actors’ reservations about the contributions of the EU as a key security provider in Asian affairs and in its promotion of the regional integration scheme.

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  • Moosung Lee, 2016. "The EU, regional cooperation, and the North Korean nuclear crisis," Asia Europe Journal, Springer, vol. 14(4), pages 401-415, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:asiaeu:v:14:y:2016:i:4:d:10.1007_s10308-016-0457-y
    DOI: 10.1007/s10308-016-0457-y
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