I. The Contect: Before and After the Six-Party "Joint Agreement"
II. Obstacles in U.S.-North Korea Relations
North Korea's Nuclear and Missile Tests and its Declared Status as a
Nuclear Weapons State
China's Role
Tension betwwen U.S. and South Korean negotiationg Positions on North Korea
Deep U.S. Distrust of North Korea's Rehime and its Tntentions
North Korea's Deep Distrust of the U.S. and its Intentions
Primafy U.S. Focus on the Nuclear Issue in Negotiations with North Korea
Beyond the Sic Party Joint Agreement
III. U.S. Strategic Goals
Denuclearicing the Korean Peninsula and Curtailing the Threat of Nofth Korean Nuclear Proliferation
Establishing Regional Peace and Stability While Avoiding a War on the Korean peninsula
Transforming the Behavior of the North Korean regime
Enhancing Japanese Security
Strengthening the U.S.-Korea Alliance
IV.Realizing a Comprehensive Settlement on the Korean Peninsula
V. Components of a Comprehensive Settlement
Denuclearization Agreement
Four-Party Agreement
U.S.-Nofth Korea Agreement
Trilateral Agreement among the U.S., South Korea and North Korea on Military CBMs and Force Dispositions
Agreement on a Multilateral Organization for Security and Cooperation in Northeast Asia
VI. Other Regional Agreements
South Korea-North Korea Agreement
Japan-North Korea Agreement