GPPS 408Korean Security

4 units · GPPS · UC San Diego

This course will consider major security issues on the Korean peninsula, including the evolution of the US-South Korea alliance and the management of the current nuclear crisis. A distinctive feature of the course will be a consideration of the political economy of recent developments on the peninsula, particularly with respect to North Korea, and an extended discussion of the logic and strategy of engagement. Renumbered from IRGN 408. Students may not receive credit for IRGN 408 and GPPS 408.