Capturing the current critical moment in US-Korean relations, expert contributors examine the relations through such prisms as nationalism, the media, regional relations and human rights issues.

John Feffer has been a Pantech Fellow in Korean Studies at Stanford University and is currently a Writing Fellow at the Provisions Library in Washington D.C. He is the author of North Korea, South Korea: U.S. Policy at a Time of Crisis (Seven Stories, 2003). He is also the editor of Power Trip: U.S. Unilateralism and Global Policy after September 11 (Seven Stories, 2003).

Introduction 1. US-North Korean Relations 2. US-South Korean Relations 3. The Politics of Nationalism in US - Korean Relations 4. Imbalance of Power, Balance of Asymmetric Terror: Mutual Assured Destruction (MAD) in Korea 5. Forever Stepping Back: The Strange Record of 15 Years of Negotiation between Japan and North Korea 6. China's New Role in the US-DPRK Nuclear Confrontation 7. The Exodus: North Korea's Out-Migration 8. North Korea on Capitol Hill 9. Grave Threats and Grand Bargains: The United States and Regional Order in Northeast Asia