Introduction / 1
1. North Korea: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow / 11
Suk Hi Kim
2. Will North Korea Be Able to Overcome the Third Wave of Its Collapse? / 28
Suk Hi Kim
3. Why Did So Many Influential Americans Think North Korea Would Collapse? / 44
Bruce Cumings
4. The Strategic Role of North Korea in Northeast Asia / 64
Suk Hi Kim
5. Inter-Korean Economic Cooperation / 86
Semoon Chang and Hwa-Kyung Kim
6. Economic Reform and Alternatives for North Korea / 99
Thomas F. Cargill and Elliott Parker
7. China-North Korea Relations / 116
Dick K. Nanto and Mark E. Manyin
8. North Korea's "Collapse" Pathways and the Role of the Energy Sector / 137
Peter Hayes and Mark E. Manyin
9. Rethinking Special Economic Zones as a Survival Strategy for North Korea / 160
Sung-Hoon Lim
10. Violence from Within: North Korea's Place in East Asian Community Debates / 180
Mikyoung Kim
11. The Northern Limit Line and North Korean Provocations / 198
Terence Roehrig
12. Lessons Learned from the North Korean Nuclear Crises / 214
Siegfried S. Hecker
13. Channels of Engagement with North Korea: Academic Exchanges / 230
Bernhard J. Seliger and Suk Hi kim
14. U.S. Policy Options on a Nuclear North Korea / 245
Suk Hi Kim and Bernhard J. Seliger
About the Contributors / 257
Index / 261