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The Northeast Peace Initiative The Future of Korea Part 1 The Future of Korea Part 2
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The Northeast Asia Peace Initiative includes civil society initiatives supporting the peaceful reunification of the Korean Peninsula, where people with a common history, culture and language were divided by the Cold War struggle between superpowers. Civil-society initiatives include tourism, cultural exchanges, and a variety of person-to-person connections. UPF conferences bring together leading diplomats and scholars to offer insights into prospects for improved relations among the countries of the region. The following is a selection of backgrounders, conference presentations, and reports about civil-society initiatives that foster mutual understanding:

Backgrounders
Keys to Understanding North Korea, by Stephen Linton
How Korea Became Divided, by Mark Barry
Insights from Declassified Soviet Archives of 1950, by Kathryn Weathersby
 
Security Concerns
Chinese Perspectives, by Chu Shulong and Xiyuan Jiang
Japanese Perspectives, by Toshio Kawabe and Hiroshi Kumagai
Mongolian Perspectives, by Dashdorj Bayarkhuu
Russian Perspectives, by Artyom Lukin and Alexander Nikitin
South Korean Perspectives, by Woonsang Choi and Park Young-ho
US Perspectives, by Paul Chamberlin and Erich Weingartner
 
Precedents for Peaceful Regional Integration
The Helsinki Agreement, by Vladimir Petrovsky
The European Union, by Masahisa Hayashi
 
Potential Networks That Can Promote Development
A Grand Design for Northeast Asia, by Tamotsu Nakano
Energy, by Juro Nakagawa and Yang Euy-seok
Agriculture, by Nam Sung-wook
Manufacturing, by Cho Sung-nak
 
Fostering Mutual Understanding
Tourism, by Lee Kyung-hyun
Cultural Exchanges, by Julian Gray
Women to Women Outreach, by Yun Duk Kim and Lan Young Moon
Education, by Park Heung-soon
Reconciliation among Korean Residents in Japan, by Kim Young-il
Perspectives from the Ministry of Unification, by Huh Moon-doh
 
 

NE Asia Peace Nations

China

Japan

North Korea

South Korea

Mongolia

Russia

United States