MA, School of Social Sciences, Faculty of Humanities, University of the Witwatersrand / This paper studies the North Korean Six-Party Talks
This negotiation concerned the denuclearisation of North Korea. This is the overarching goal
of the Six-Party Talks – to get North Korea to denuclearise. However, each party has their
own personal objective that they would like to achieve. The paper discusses the negotiation
process by looking at the strategies utilised by the members to achieve their outcomes, as
well as the intervening variables (culture and environment) that affect the strategy and
outcome of talks.
However, the goal of this paper is to design a model based on the Six-Party Talks to simulate
future negotiated outcomes. The paper does not purport that the Six-Party Talks is successful,
as this cannot be claimed until the talks come to a close. What it does argue is that the talks
have achieved a measure of success, proven by the achievement of two agreements and its
continuance. Therefore, the paper believes that the Six-party negotiation is moving towards
success. With that said, the paper examines the applicability of the model by discussing it
with regards to the minor case study, Iran.
This paper is distributed into six sections. Section One, is the Introduction, it situates the
research problem. Section Two and Three, is Chapters One and Two respectively. Chapter
obstacles to negotiating. Section Four and Five, is Chapters Three and Four respectively.
Chapter Three is dedicated to the main case study the North Korean Six-Party Talks, it looks
at the context in which the talks are occurring, as well as the delegates involved and their
objectives for the negotiations. It then discusses the strategies used in the negotiation and
then depicts the model. Chapter Four focuses on Iran, discussing the context of talks with
Iran by the various concerned parties and following this is the discussion of the model with
respect to Iranian talks. The Sixth and Final section, Section Six is the Conclusion which
draws a close the discussion of the Six-Party Talks.
One explores negotiations, from the definition of negotiation to the theories applied in
negotiation. While, Chapter Two discusses negotiation strategy, by looking at the styles and
tactics used in negotiations, as well as the influence of culture on negotiations and the
that began in 2003 and are still ongoing.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:wits/oai:wiredspace.wits.ac.za:10539/8560 |
| Date | 27 August 2010 |
| Creators | Campbell, Ava |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | application/pdf, application/pdf |
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