Kim Jong-un

Escalation Gambit: North Korea’s Perilous Play for Security and Prosperity

Benjamin Habib • Apr 10 2013 • Articles

The hostile posturing of the North Korean leadership is decipherable if located within the context of its symbiotic national security and economic development goals.

IR Theory and the DPRK

Robert W. Murray • Apr 10 2013 • Articles

Looking at interpretations of current events through an IR theory lens, it is astonishing at how often claims have been made that war is likely, and that we have no way of understanding what North Korea might do.

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