Korean Peninsula and Indo-Pacific Power Politics

Name: Korean Peninsula and Indo-Pacific Power Politics
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

This book assesses the strategic linkages that the Korean Peninsula shares with the Indo-Pacific and provides a succinct picture of issues which will shape the trajectory of the Korean Peninsula in the future.\n\nThis book analyses how critical actors such as the United States, China, Russia and Japan are caught in a tightly balanced power struggle affecting the Korean Peninsula. It shows how these countries are exerting control over the Korean Peninsula while also holding on to their status as critical actors in the broader Indo-Pacific. The prospects of peace, stability and unity in the Korean Peninsula and the impact of this on Indo-Pacific power politics are explored as well as the contending and competing interests in the region. Chapters present country-specific positions and approaches as case studies and review the impact of power politics on stakeholders\u2019 relationships in the Indo-Pacific. The book also argues that the Korean Peninsula and the issue of denuclearization d