Columbia International Affairs Online: Working Papers

CIAO DATE: 10/2008

Designing a mechanism for multilateral security cooperation in Northeast Asia

Peter Van Ness

March 2008

Australian National University Department of International Relations

Abstract

The current Six Party Talks on the North Korean nuclear programs, if successful, could provide an opportunity to build new and unprecedented multilateral institutions to enhance strategic stability and security in Northeast Asia, historically one of the most volatile, geopolitical regions in the world. After working with colleagues on the linkage between historical reconciliation and cooperative security over the past several years, I attempt in this paper to pull together ideas about the possible component parts for a multilateral security institution in Northeast Asia.