00000cam a22000004i 4500 UP-99796217612749407 Buklod 20180504112813.0 m q i ta 140314s2014 nyu rb |001 0|eng d 9781138200241 (iLib)UPD-00362013409 DLC DAC rda eng E 183.8 K7 P34 2014 Pardo, Ramon Pacheco author. North Korea--US relations under Kim Jong Il the quest for normalization? Ramon Pacheco Pardo. New York Routledge 2014. First issued in paperback 2016. ix, 162 pages 24 cm. text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier Routledge studies in US foreign policy Includes bibliographical references (pages 136-157) and index. "This book analyses North Korea's foreign policy towards the United States during the Kim Jong Il era. Throughout these years, North Korea sought but failed to normalise diplomatic relations with the United States. Making use of theories of bargaining and learning in International Relations, the book explains how the inability of the Kim Jong Il government to correctly understand domestic politics in Washington and developments in East Asian international relations contributed to this failure. As a result, Pyongyang accelerated development of nuclear weapons programme with the aim of strengthening its negotiating position with the US. However, towards the end of the Kim Jong Il government it became unclear whether North Korea is willing to reverse its nuclear programme in exchange for normal diplomatic relations with the United States. The book includes material from over 60 interviews with American, Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Russian policy-makers and experts who have dealt with North Korea. It also analyses in detail Pyongyang's official media articles published during the Kim Jong Il era.This work will be of great interest to students and scholars of US Foreign Policy, Korean Politics and International Relations alike". Kim, Chæong-il 1942-2011. Political science. United States Foreign relations Korea (North). Korea (North) Foreign relations United States. Korea (North) Foreign relations. FO UPD DAC E 183.8 K7 P34 2014 Book