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- Asia-Pacific Perspectives on International Humanitarian Law
- Asia-Pacific Perspectives on International Humanitarian Law
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures and Tables
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Editors’ Note
- 1 Introduction: Asia-Pacific Perspectives on International Humanitarian Law
- Part I Interviews
- Part II Development of International Humanitarian Law
- Part III Practice and Application of International Humanitarian Law
- Part IV Implementation and Enforcement of International Humanitarian Law
- Part V Looking to the Future and Enhancing Compliance with International Humanitarian Law
- 36 International Humanitarian Law and Climate Change
- 37 Dialoguing with Islamic Fighters about International Humanitarian Law: Towards a Relational Normativity
- 38 Combined Exercises and International Humanitarian Law Training: Fostering a Culture of Norm Compliance?
- 39 Implementation of International Humanitarian Law in Southeast Asia: Challenges in the Prevention of Violations
- 40 Anticipating Operational Naval Warfare Issues in International Humanitarian Law That May Arise in the Event of a Conflict in the South China Sea
- 41 ‘Fire and Fury’ at the 38th Parallel: Exploring the Law of War’s Twilight Zones in a Potential Future Conflict on the Korean Peninsula
- Glossary of Publications
- Alphabetical Glossary of Cases and Decisions
- Chronological Glossary of Cases and Decisions
- Treaties and Other International Instruments, Resolutions and National Documents with an International Dimension
- Chronological Glossary of National Legislation and Secondary Instruments
- Peace Agreements and Communiques
- Abbreviations and Translations
- Index
41 - ‘Fire and Fury’ at the 38th Parallel: Exploring the Law of War’s Twilight Zones in a Potential Future Conflict on the Korean Peninsula
from Part V - Looking to the Future and Enhancing Compliance with International Humanitarian Law
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 October 2019
- Asia-Pacific Perspectives on International Humanitarian Law
- Asia-Pacific Perspectives on International Humanitarian Law
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures and Tables
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Editors’ Note
- 1 Introduction: Asia-Pacific Perspectives on International Humanitarian Law
- Part I Interviews
- Part II Development of International Humanitarian Law
- Part III Practice and Application of International Humanitarian Law
- Part IV Implementation and Enforcement of International Humanitarian Law
- Part V Looking to the Future and Enhancing Compliance with International Humanitarian Law
- 36 International Humanitarian Law and Climate Change
- 37 Dialoguing with Islamic Fighters about International Humanitarian Law: Towards a Relational Normativity
- 38 Combined Exercises and International Humanitarian Law Training: Fostering a Culture of Norm Compliance?
- 39 Implementation of International Humanitarian Law in Southeast Asia: Challenges in the Prevention of Violations
- 40 Anticipating Operational Naval Warfare Issues in International Humanitarian Law That May Arise in the Event of a Conflict in the South China Sea
- 41 ‘Fire and Fury’ at the 38th Parallel: Exploring the Law of War’s Twilight Zones in a Potential Future Conflict on the Korean Peninsula
- Glossary of Publications
- Alphabetical Glossary of Cases and Decisions
- Chronological Glossary of Cases and Decisions
- Treaties and Other International Instruments, Resolutions and National Documents with an International Dimension
- Chronological Glossary of National Legislation and Secondary Instruments
- Peace Agreements and Communiques
- Abbreviations and Translations
- Index
Summary
On the surface, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s June 2018 Singapore summit with Donald Trump arguably ushered in a new era of good relations that banished the spectre of war hanging over the Korean Peninsula. But such irenic optimism may be unwarranted. For example, already belying Kim’s vague promise to work ‘toward the goal of denuclearization’, the following month evidence emerged that Kim was expanding his nuclear weapons programme.
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- Asia-Pacific Perspectives on International Humanitarian Law , pp. 717 - 752Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019