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Despite the current stagnation in South-North dialogue, relations between the Koreas have been subject to sudden shifts. In the warm afterglow of the historic June 2000 South-North Summit in Pyongyang, South Korean President Kim Dae Jung’s engagement policy appeared to have created a self-sustaining dynamic. Policymakers in Washington and Seoul scrambled to manage the potential diplomatic and security consequences of a rapid breakthrough in bilateral relations driven by presidential summitry.

Document Type

Policy Brief

Publication Date

3-2002

Publication

Strategic Forum

Publisher

National Defense University Press

City

Washington, DC

Anticipating Strategic Surprise on the Korean Peninsula

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