Inter-Korean Relations in Historical Perspective
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From the early 1970s onward, inter-Korean relations have moved fitfully and gradually toward greater contact and mutual recognition, a process which has accelerated since the end of the 1990s. As Korean division and inter-Korean conflict were products of Great Power politics and the Cold War, movement in inter-Korean relations was largely the result of changes in Great Power relations during the Cold War period. However, since the end of the Cold War, the major impetus in inter-Korean relations has shifted toward an internally driven dynamic on the Korean Peninsula itself, especially under the initiative of South Korea. At the present time, inter-Korean relations are dominated by this internal dynamic. At the same time, however, they remain constrained and limited by external forces, in particular the nuclear confrontation between North Korea and the United States. While the two Koreas have moved toward a position of de facto peaceful coexistence, further integration between the two is necessarily linked to resolution of these external conflicts as well as greater integration among the countries of Northeast Asia.
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From the early 1970s onward, inter-Korean relations have moved fitfully and gradually toward greater contact and mutual recognition, a process which has accelerated since the end of the 1990s. As Korean division and inter-Korean conflict were products of Great Power politics and the Cold War, movement in inter-Korean relations was largely the result of changes in Great Power relations during the Cold War period. However, since the end of the Cold War, the major impetus in inter-Korean relations has shifted toward an internally driven dynamic on the Korean Peninsula itself, especially under the initiative of South Korea. At the present time, inter-Korean relations are dominated by this internal dynamic. At the same time, however, they remain constrained and limited by external forces, in particular the nuclear confrontation between North Korea and the United States. While the two Koreas have moved toward a position of de facto peaceful coexistence, further integration between the two is necessarily linked to resolution of these external conflicts as well as greater integration among the countries of Northeast Asia.