Linus Hagström is Research Fellow at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs, Sweden.Marie Söderberg is Associate Professor at the European Institute of Japanese Studies at Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden.

'North Korea Policy provides a worthwhile contribution to the literature on both the issue of North Korea in East Asian international relations and on Japan's role in this issue. It brings together a wide range of perspectives and constructs an original approach to the topic.'- H.D.P. Envall, electronic journal of contemporary japanese studies , 2008‘This book will be of especial interest to scholars and policy makers interested in Northeast Asian relations and foreign policy. Both will benefit form a better understanding of the relatively understudies issue of Japan’s influence on other powers’ foreign policy.’ Ramon Pacheco Pardo, East Asia, 2008

• Introduction: Japan, the Great Powers, and the Coordination of North Korea Policy 1. Japan and the Recurrent Nuclear Crisis 2. The Rationales behind North Korean Foreign Policy 3. Seoul's Policy toward Pyongyang: Strategic Culture and the Negligibility of Japan 4. US North Korea Policy: The 'Japan Factor' 5. Chinese North Korea Policy: A Secondary Role for Japan 6. Russian North Korea Policy: Old Conflicts Obstacle for Russo-Japanese Cooperation 7. The EU's North Korea Policy: No Trace of Japanese Influence 8. Japan and Multilateralism in the North Korean Nuclear Crisis: Road Map or Dead End?

Linus Hagström is Research Fellow at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs, Sweden.Marie Söderberg is Associate Professor at the European Institute of Japanese Studies at Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden.

'North Korea Policy provides a worthwhile contribution to the literature on both the issue of North Korea in East Asian international relations and on Japan's role in this issue. It brings together a wide range of perspectives and constructs an original approach to the topic.'- H.D.P. Envall, electronic journal of contemporary japanese studies , 2008‘This book will be of especial interest to scholars and policy makers interested in Northeast Asian relations and foreign policy. Both will benefit form a better understanding of the relatively understudies issue of Japan’s influence on other powers’ foreign policy.’ Ramon Pacheco Pardo, East Asia, 2008

• Introduction: Japan, the Great Powers, and the Coordination of North Korea Policy 1. Japan and the Recurrent Nuclear Crisis 2. The Rationales behind North Korean Foreign Policy 3. Seoul's Policy toward Pyongyang: Strategic Culture and the Negligibility of Japan 4. US North Korea Policy: The 'Japan Factor' 5. Chinese North Korea Policy: A Secondary Role for Japan 6. Russian North Korea Policy: Old Conflicts Obstacle for Russo-Japanese Cooperation 7. The EU's North Korea Policy: No Trace of Japanese Influence 8. Japan and Multilateralism in the North Korean Nuclear Crisis: Road Map or Dead End?

Linus Hagström is Research Fellow at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs, Sweden.Marie Söderberg is Associate Professor at the European Institute of Japanese Studies at Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden.

'North Korea Policy provides a worthwhile contribution to the literature on both the issue of North Korea in East Asian international relations and on Japan's role in this issue. It brings together a wide range of perspectives and constructs an original approach to the topic.'- H.D.P. Envall, electronic journal of contemporary japanese studies , 2008‘This book will be of especial interest to scholars and policy makers interested in Northeast Asian relations and foreign policy. Both will benefit form a better understanding of the relatively understudies issue of Japan’s influence on other powers’ foreign policy.’ Ramon Pacheco Pardo, East Asia, 2008

• Introduction: Japan, the Great Powers, and the Coordination of North Korea Policy 1. Japan and the Recurrent Nuclear Crisis 2. The Rationales behind North Korean Foreign Policy 3. Seoul's Policy toward Pyongyang: Strategic Culture and the Negligibility of Japan 4. US North Korea Policy: The 'Japan Factor' 5. Chinese North Korea Policy: A Secondary Role for Japan 6. Russian North Korea Policy: Old Conflicts Obstacle for Russo-Japanese Cooperation 7. The EU's North Korea Policy: No Trace of Japanese Influence 8. Japan and Multilateralism in the North Korean Nuclear Crisis: Road Map or Dead End?