Korea and East Asia -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- List of Contributors -- Introduction: Security Issues for Northeast Asia -- Collective Security: The OSCE and the European Experience -- Collective Security, a European Experience: The Italian Approach Based on Engagement with the DPRK -- Security Spirals and Threat Perceptions: China and (Non-) Collective Security -- Commentary on Papers by Colin Munro, Roberta Ballabio and Nele Noesselt -- The Role of the United States in the International Relations of East Asia: Still a Leader -- The Role of Japan in the International Relations of East Asia -- Russia and Asian Integration Models: The SCO Experience and Ideas for Northeast Asia -- Strategic Choices and Political Paralysis in the Korean Crisis: Commentary on Papers by David C. Kang/Leif-Eric Easley, John Swenson-Wright and Georgy Toloraya -- South Korea's Foreign Policy and East Asia -- North Korea's Place in East Asian International Relations -- The Six Party Talks and Implications for Peninsular and Regional Peace and Security -- Commentary on Papers by Chung-in Moon, Chaesung Chun and Haksoon Paik -- ASEM and Europe-Asia Relations -- East Asian Regional Models of Collective Security: The East Asian Community -- Commentary on Papers by Sung-Hoon Park and Scott Snyder -- Index.