1. The Changing Military Balance in the Koreas and Northeast Asia
- Author:
- Anthony H. Cordesman and Aaron Linn
- Publication Date:
- 03-2015
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Center for Strategic and International Studies
- Abstract:
- The tensions between the Koreas – and the potential involvement of the People's Republic of China (China or PRC), Japan, Russia, and the United States of America (US) in a Korean conflict – create a nearly open-ended spectrum of possible conflicts. These conflicts could range from posturing and threats – “wars of intimidation” – to a major conventional conflict on the Korean Peninsula, intervention by outside powers like the US and China, and the extreme of nuclear conflict.
- Political Geography:
- Russia, United States, Japan, China, Korea, and Northeast Asia