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Carrot, stick, or sledgehammer : US policy options for North Korean nuclear weapons /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Orcutt, Daniel J.
Corporate Author: USAF Institute for National Security Studies
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: [Colorado Springs], Colo. : USAF Institute for National Security Studies, USAF Academy, [2004]
Series:INSS occasional paper ; 56.
Subjects:
Nuclear weapons > Korea (North)
United States > Foreign relations > Korea (North)
Korea (North) > Foreign relations > United States.
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Table of Contents:
  • Executive summary
  • Introduction
  • The epicenter of Northeast Asia
  • Assumptions
  • Measures of policy comparison
  • Spectrum of interest and policy
  • Roadmap
  • The carrot
  • Background
  • Impact on North Korean nuclear weapons
  • Impact on neighbors
  • Costs
  • Precedent
  • Summary
  • The stick
  • Coercive theory review
  • Background to current situation
  • Theory to policy: filling in the blanks
  • Impact on North Korean nuclear weapons
  • Impact on neighbors
  • Costs
  • Precedent
  • Summary
  • The Sledgehammer
  • Background
  • Impact on North Korean nuclear weapons
  • Impact on neighbors
  • Costs
  • Precedent
  • Summary
  • Conclusion
  • Summary of finding
  • Policy recommendations.