This article discusses the meaning of inter-Korean economic cooperation agreed in the 2nd inter-Korean summit and analyses the major factors influencing the future of economic cooperation between South and North Koreas. I suggested an objective analys...
This article discusses the meaning of inter-Korean economic cooperation agreed in the 2nd inter-Korean summit and analyses the major factors influencing the future of economic cooperation between South and North Koreas. I suggested an objective analysis for inter-Korean relationship based on the theories of international relations such as functional integration theory, prospect theory, and two-level game theory, which are at least free from the ideological preferences as the debate between the external and internal approaches illustrates. The major factors influencing inter-Korean relationship are as followings: 1) North Korean denuclearization at the system level, 2) release the military tenshion between North and South Korea at the dyad level, and 3) institutional conflict and ideological and interest conflict in South Korea at the domestic level.