An essay of 3000 words on the above mentioned topic (from a module titled International Security) with reference to theories of international politics and ideas of international relations (Realism and Liberalism) and discuss the US/North Korea tension in order to critically evaluate if conflict is inevitable.

Please incorporate the following as part of references, along with 3 internet sources and journals relevent to the topic:

1. Karin M. Fierke, Critical Approaches to International Security

2. Rolland Dannreuthe, International Security: the contemporary agenda

3. Peter Hough, International security studies: theory and practice

4. Paul Williams, Security Studies. An Introduction

5. Alan Collins, Contemporary Security Studies

6. Lawrence Freedman, ‘International Security: Changing Targets’, Foreign Policy 110/1 (1998)

7. U.S. Policy toward North Korea in Strategic Context: Tempting Goliath’s Fate Author(s): Wade L. Huntley

8. Rupert Smith, The Utility of Force: The Art of War in the Modern World, Penguin, 2006.

9. Why Not Invade North Korea? Threats, Language Games, and U.S. Foreign Policy. International Studies Quarterly (2004) 48, 805–828. PETER HOWARD