Threading on Thin Ice: Conflict Dynamics on the Korean Peninsula
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11230%2F19%3A10380373" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11230/19:10380373 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=_X4ornmX-n" target="_blank" >https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=_X4ornmX-n</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10308-018-0523-8" target="_blank" >10.1007/s10308-018-0523-8</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Threading on Thin Ice: Conflict Dynamics on the Korean Peninsula
Original language description
In 2018, both the Republic of Korea (ROK) and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) will mark the 70th anniversary of the establishment of their separate governments. This is a sad reminder that much remains frozen on the Korean Peninsula. For one, families have been separated and communication channels between the two Korean populations are almost non-existent. Yet, stability is precariously established by an Armistice that was signed in 1953 and that was never replaced by a permanent peace mechanism. Moreover, North Korea's rapid nuclear development has contributed to tensions and uncertainties, and the Six-Party Talks, originally designed to ensure the denuclearisation of the peninsula, has been at a standstill for almost 10 years. The Korean story is thus a prime case to study the dynamics of a frozen conflict and this article contributes to the existing literature and analysis of frozen conflicts by suggesting looking at peaceful and violent thawing, as well as conflict withering. In order to so, the paper focuses on three crucial levels: (1) the micro level, the impact of the Armistice in light of today's Koreas as opposed to their status and standing at the end of the Korean War in 1953, (2) the meso level with geostrategic concerns concentrated over sectorial policies surrounding the Korean Peninsula in a globalised world, and (3) the macro level with the changing nature of security governance. It is argued that in a catch-22 motion, the thread of violent thawing maintains the conflict in its frozen state.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50601 - Political science
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/VI20152019011" target="_blank" >VI20152019011: Early warning indicators of escalating frozen conflicts</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2019
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Asia Europe Journal
ISSN
1610-2932
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
17
Issue of the periodical within the volume
1
Country of publishing house
DE - GERMANY
Number of pages
15
Pages from-to
31-45
UT code for WoS article
000459486200003
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85051545775