Introduction, Tsuneo Akaha; Part 1 Options and realities on the Korean Peninsula; Chapter 1 Korea, Robert A. Scalapino; Chapter 2 The Sunshine Policy and the Korean summit, Chung-in Moon; Part 2 Possible Futures and National Perspectives; Chapter 3 A Neutral Democratic People's Republic of Korea?, Alexandre Mansourov; Chapter 4 US Policy Interests and the Concept of North Korean Neutrality, James Clay Moltz; Chapter 5 Japan's Policy toward North Korea, Tsuneo Akaha; Chapter 6 The US-Japan Security Treaty and Neutrality for North Korea, James E. Auer; Chapter 7 China and the Future of the Korean Peninsula, Samuel S. Kim; Chapter 8 A Russian View of the Future Korean Peninsula, Nikolai Sokov; Chapter 9 Russia and North Korea, Georgi Toloraya; Chapter 10 The European Union and North Korea, Reinhard Drifte; Chapter 11 Conclusion, Tsuneo Akaha;