No. 19: The Korean Peninsula: Room for Cautious Optimism

Author(s): Simon Mason
Editor(s): Daniel Möckli
Series: CSS Analyses in Security Policy
Issue: 19
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2007

North Korea's nuclear program is an obstacle to peace on the Peninsula, a threat to stability in Northeast Asia, and a global non-proliferation challenge. The peaceful denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula is still in the balance. There is some room for optimism, as Washington's return to a stronger emphasis on diplomacy and China's growing will to exert leverage on North Korea have created the necessary balance of pressure and dialogue in the Six-Party Talks. However, longer-term security also hinges on the challenge of how to support the internal political and socio-economic transformation of North Korea.

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