November 2013 #3     EAI Commentary No.31 This commentary published by Sook-Jong Lee examines how the Northeast Asia Peace and Cooperation Initiative directed by the Park Geun-hye administration in South Korea should help create a multilateral dialogue that can defuse the region's maritime territorial disputes, rather than to pursue a comprehensive and abstract initiative. The author suggests that instead of using the Initiative to form a regional institution, it would be more effective for Park to use her trust leadership to bring Northeast Asian leaders to sustainable, threat-reducing dialogue. Preview EAI Commentary After the U.S.-China Summit: Four Principles of Co-evolutionary Strategy towards North Korea_EAI Security Net 909 Sampoong B/D, Eulji-ro 158, Jung-gu, Seoul 100-786, Republic of Korea Tel 82 2 2277 1683  |  Fax 82 2 2277 1684/1697  |  Email EAI  |  Unsubscribe Copyright 2013© EAST ASIA INSTITUTE. All Rights Reserved.