Social Science Research Council

The Northeast Asia Cooperative Security Project contributes to conflict resolution in Northeast Asia by conducting Track II probes, unofficial contacts with non-officials, former officials, and officials acting in their unofficial capacity from North Korea, South Korea, Japan, China and Russia for ways to resolve nuclear, missile, and other security disputes. Based on these Track II probes, it tries to craft cooperative solutions to security issues, and related political and economic issues that are acceptable to the United States, as well as to South Korea, Japan and others in the region. It then tries to educate publics both in the United States and in Northeast Asia about the issues and stakes involved, with the aim of promoting cooperative outcomes to these disputes.