ID | 121733 |
Title Proper | Disappointments of disengagement |
Other Title Information | assessing Obama's North Korea policy |
Language | ENG |
Author | Delury, John |
Publication | 2013. |
Summary / Abstract (Note) | As a presidential candidate, Barack Obama boldly promised to enhance US engagement with North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea; DPRK). But in his first term as president, his administration was determined to significantly lower the foreign policy priority of North Korea and carried out a policy of concerted disengagement, an approach the administration called "strategic patience." The strategy of disengagement showed disappointing results by late 2010, and so the United States made a begrudging, tactical adjustment by starting tentative bilateral talks with the DPRK. When the preliminary result of those talks-the "Leap Day Deal"-fell apart in 2012 over the satellite launch controversy, the wrong lesson was learned: that neither sanctions nor engagement works with Pyongyang. The real lesson of Obama's North Korea policy is the failure of disengagement. |
`In' analytical Note | Asian Perspectives Vol. 37, No.2; Apr-Jun 2013: p.149-182 |
Journal Source | Asian Perspectives Vol. 37, No.2; Apr-Jun 2013: p.149-182 |
Key Words | Barack Obama Foreign Policy ; Engagement ; North Korea ; Nuclear Proliferation ; US - DPRK Relations |