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Recasting 'Nuclear-Free Korean Peninsula' as a Sino-American language for co-ordination
A series of Six-Party Talks involving the United States, China, Japan, South and North Koreas, and Russia resulted in the emergence of a narrative of ‘nuclear-free Korean Peninsula’. Given the prevalence of nuclear weapons amidst Sino-American rivalry, the area is hardly ‘nuclear-free’. Instead, the phrase has evolved into a convenient language for the US and China to signal to each other that there is a coincidence of wants in preserving the multilateral framework despite the Realpolitik dynamics. This article provides a Constructivist perspective to this particular aspect of Sino-American balance of power by taking the language of ‘nuclear-free’ seriously, recasting the narrative as a shared signifier for the US and China to co-ordinate their language despite the lingering bilateral rivalry.
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JAPANESE JOURNAL OF POLITICAL SCIENCEVolume
13Pages
59 - 81 (23)Citation
TAMAKI, T., 2012. Recasting 'Nuclear-Free Korean Peninsula' as a Sino-American language for co-ordination. Japanese Journal of Political Science, 13 (1), pp.59-81.Publisher
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