Six-Party Capacity Building

Building Six-Party Capacity for a WMD-Free Korea

By James L. Schoff, Charles M. Perry, and Jacquelyn K. Davis

This monograph explains the findings of a three-year research project that has identified six-party capacity building as an important opportunity to denuclearize the Korean Peninsula. It explores how the nations in the region might prepare and equip the six-party process with the tools it needs to play a constructive role as a guarantor of regional security, a monitor of compliance with nonproliferation rules, a provider of assistance to North Korea, and an overall facilitator of a WMD-free and unified Korea. While the six-party talks began as a diplomatic process, the opportunity exists for the process to evolve from a purely diplomatic function into a more institutionalized political body with certain logistical and technical capabilities that can augment and provide legitimacy for the contributions of the IAEA, international financial institutions, and other UN agencies.

2004, 112pp
ISBN: 1-57488-945-0