ABE FELLOWSHIP COLLOQUIUM

“The History of North Korea’s Brinkmanship Diplomacy 1966-2012”

Speaker： MICHISHITA, Narushige
Associate Professor and Director of the Security and Int’l Studies Program, GRIPS
Abe Fellow (2006)

Moderator： KIMIYA, Tadashi
Professor, Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies and Director, Center for Contemporary Korean Studies, University of Tokyo

When： Tuesday, September 10th 2013, from
6PM to 8PM An informal reception follows

Where： Sakura Hall 2nd Floor, Japan
Foundation, 4-4-1 Yotsuya, Shinjuku, Tokyo

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*Notes: The presentation will be in Japanese. Admission is free.
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This event is jointly sponsored by the Social Science Research Council (SSRC) Tokyo Office and Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership (CGP).

2013/9/10
ABE FELLOWSHIP COLLOQUIUM
“The History of North Korea’s Brinkmanship Diplomacy 1966-2012”

The objectives and principles behind North Korea’s behaviors do not appear easy to understand. It is possible, however, to grasp their behavioral patterns and policy trends with a long-term analysis. Most of DPRK’s recent military actions and foreign policies were merely adaptations of her past behaviors. History of the brinkmanship diplomacy shows that the policy objectives of North Korea became significantly less spectacular and less ambitious over the years. For instance, in the 1950’s, North Korea started an all-out war to unify the Korean Peninsula. In the 60’
s, an attempt was made to overthrow South Korean government by assassinating President Park Chung-hee.
In 1987, the devastating explosion of a Korean Air jet killed everyone on board, which actually was a defensive move with North’s objective of interrupting South’s international emergence with the Seoul Olympics. After the dreadful event and since 1993, North Korea has mainly based its foreign policy on missile and nuclear deterrence in order to achieve three limited objectives: preserving the DPRK regime, securing economic aid, and normalizing relations with the United States and Japan.
In this colloquium, Prof. Michishita’s talk will be based on his recent book published in Japanese. He will discuss historical patterns and trends observable in North Korea’s brinkmanship diplomacy and disclose information not widely known about recent incidents, including the sinking of the South Korean patrol boat Cheonan and the shelling of Yeonpyong Island.

Biographical Information

Narushige Michishita: Associate Professor and Director of Security and International Studies Program at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS).
He obtained his PhD in International Relations from John Hopkins University in 2003. His field of expertise includes Japanese defense and foreign policy as well as security issues on the Korean peninsula. Prior to teaching at GRIPS, he was a senior research fellow at the National Institute for Defense Studies (NIDS), Ministry of Defense and assistant counselor at the Cabinet Secretariat for Security and Crisis Management of the Government of Japan. His publications include:
North Korea: History of Brinkmanship Diplomacy 1966-2012, Minerva (2013); Japanese Foreign Policy Since 1945: Yasuhiro Nakasone Oral History, Shinchosha (2012); and North Korea’s Military-Diplomatic Campaigns, 1966-2008, Routledge (2009). He received the Abe Fellowship in 2006 for his research project
entitled: “Assessing the Policy Effectiveness: North Korea's Brinkmanship Diplomacy and the Regional Response”.

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