| ID | 149017 |
| Title Proper | Why provoke? the Sino-US competition in East Asia and North Korea’s strategic choice |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Kim, Min-hyung |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | This article seeks to make sense of North Korean provocations in light of the Sino-US strategic competition in post-Cold War East Asia, where such variables as China’s rise, US’s pivot to Asia, and growing Sino-ROK economic ties are driving the strategic choices of major states in the region. The article examines the main motivations behind Pyongyang’s provocations since the end of the Cold War, discusses their implications for the Sino-US strategic competition in East Asia, and offers predictions about the future of North Korean provocations. The central thesis of the article is that Pyongyang has exploited the Sino-US strategic competition in East Asia for its regime survival. By raising North Korea’s strategic value to China, the intensifying Sino-US competition allows Pyongyang to continue provocations, regardless of Beijing’s explicit opposition. |
| `In' analytical Note | Journal of Strategic Studies Vol. 39, No.7; Dec 2016: p.979-998 |
| Journal Source | Journal of Strategic Studies Vol: 39 No 7 |
| Key Words | China ; Strategic Choice ; North Kore ; Provocations ; Sino-US Competition |