《Assessment of the Korea Nuclear SixParty Talks》.pdfVIP

HuangFengzhi＆JinXin Six-·PartyTalks HuangFengzhi＆JinXin rrhesi】．【PartyTalks(SPT)，amultilateralmechanism forsolvingthe 上 North Koreannuclearissueand launched in2003，havehelpedto maintainpeaceinNortheastAsiathroughconsensusbuildingnadspurring countriestotakeaction．However,divergencesininterest，lackofmutual trust—especiallyhtatbetweenNorthKoreaandhteU．S．一haveimpeded htetalks．Futureprospectsforthetalkshingeonchna gestohteNortheast Asian sub—regional security env~onment，hte Pyongynag-Washington relationshipaswellashteoutcomeofhteIraniannuclera issue． Theunexpecteddeaht oftheDemocraticPeople’SRepublicofKorea (DPRK)’SleaderKimJong—ilonDecember17，2011，hasthrowndoubton whehterNorthKoreaisstillunconditionallyofferingtocomebacktohte SPT．NorthKorearepeatedlycalledforhtetalkstoberesumedin2011 afterithadabruptlywihtdrew from htem inApril2009．Itishtereforea goodtimetomakeanoverallassessmentofhteachievementsof,barriers inrfontof,nadprospectsofr,htetalks． Achievements Launchedni 2003asaninformalmultilateralmechanism ofrtackling hteKoreannuclera issue，hteSPThasfacilitatednegotiationsaimedathte denuclearizationoftheKoreanpeninsula．Itsachievementsshouldtherefore bemeasuredbyhow ithnadledhteitemsonitsagenda． Althoughithasnotsolvedhtenuclera problem，aftersixroundsof ofmr al talksnadnumerousmeetingsamongchairmenofhtedelegations HuangFengz~ isaprofessorandtheDean oftheDepartmentofInternational PoliticsathteCollegeofAdminisVafion atJilinUniversity．Jin Xin isaPhi) cnadidateatthesamecollege． C ! 、，01．22 No．1 万方数据 AssessmentoftheKoreaNuclearSix-Party 船 duringthefiveyearsbetweenAugust2003andDecember2008，hteSPT hassucceededinmakingthefollowingachievements： Firstly,itdefusedthesecondKorena nuclera crisis．Duringhisvisitto theDPRK inOctober2002，thenU．S．SpecialPresid