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DOCUMENTS USIS: -- PREPARING FOR KOREAN UNIFICATION: SCENARIOS AND IMPLICATIONS, by Jonathan Pollack and Chung Min Lee. Rand Corporation 1999 15.00 118p (MR-1040-A) ISBN 0-8330-2721-2 'This study examines four alternative scenarios that could lead to Korean unification, and it assesses their strategic and operational implications. Each scenario has its own characteristics, and each would entail very different implications for the Army: 

(1) peaceful integration and unification; 

(2) collapse and unification through absorption;

 (3) unification through conflict; and (4) sustained disequilibrium with potential external intervention.' -- U.S. POLICY TOWARD NORTH KOREA: A SECOND LOOK  (Pre-publication Release) Independent Task Force Report, Sponsored by the Council on Foreign Relations Co-Chaired by Morton I. Abramowitz and James T. Laney; Project Directed by Michael J. Green. July 1999

COREES 1999

De fortes pressions sont exercées par la Corée du Sud, le Japon et les Etats-Unis .Le Japon étudie un système de défense conjoint avec les USA. Madeleine Albright recommande un assouplissement des restrictions commerciales envers la Corée.NORTH KOREA   Analyse par USIS -- NEGOTIATING ON THE EDGE: North Korean negotiating behavior.by Scott Snyder United States Institute of Peace Press    11/99   37.50 cl   Bibliography Index  236p ISBN 1-878379-95-X http://www.usip.org/pubs/catalog/Negedge.html 'The ordeal of negotiating with North Koreans during the Cold War has left the impression of a 'crazy' and 'bizarre' diplomacy, of negotiators who insult and provoke their Western counterparts while fabricating crises and fomenting discord. As NEGOTIATING ON THE EDGE reveals, however, there is not only method to this 'madness' but also an on going shift toward a less provocative negotiating style.  Drawing on interviews with an eminent cast of U.S. officials and marshalling extensive research on North Korea past and present, Scott Snyder traces the historical and cultural roots of North Korea's negotiating behavior and exposes the full range of tactics in its diplomatic arsenal. He explains why North Koreans behave as they do, and he argues that there is in fact an internal logic to what often seems to be outrageous conduct. Finally, Snyder explores how economic desperation and the end of the Cold War have forced North Korea to modify its negotiating style and objectives. Focusing on the U.S. negotiating experience with North Korea in the 1990s, Snyder also deals comparatively with recent South Korean and multilateral attempts to engage Pyongyang.' --  NORTH KOREA ADVISORY GROUP. Report to the Speaker U.S. House of Representatives. U.S. Congress. House. Committee on International Relations. North Korea Advisory Group, Nov. 1999. http://www.house.gov/international_relations/nkag/report.htm 'Dear Mr. Speaker:We are pleased to transmit to you our report, which answers the question:Does North Korea pose a greater threat to U.S. national security than it did five years ago? In sum, we found that the comprehensive threat posed by North Korea to our national security has increased since 1994. Among the issues that need to be addressed are the following: 1. Current U.S. policy is not effectively addressing the threat posed by North Korean weapons of mass destruction, missiles and their proliferation. 2. U.S. assistance sustains a repressive and authoritarian regime, and isnot effectively monitored. 3. Current U.S. policy does not effectively address the issues posed by international criminal activity of the North Korean government, such as narcotics trafficking, support for international terrorism and counterfeiting. 4. Current U.S. policy does not effectively advanceinternationally-recognized standards of human rights in North Korea,including liberating political prisoners and abolishing prisons for hungry children. 5. Current U.S. policy does not effectively encourage the political and economic liberalization of North Korea.'