North Korea’s New Diplomacy
Challenging Political Isolation in the Twenty-First Century
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In this second edition of North Korea’s New Diplomacy, author Virginie Grzelczyk shows how North Korea has managed to weather an uncertain political future and catastrophic economic system since the end of the Cold War. Emerging as a state that has successfully developed and tested missiles and nuclear weapons, North Korea has consolidated the Kim family dynasty through the appointment of Kim Jong Un as Pyongyang’s latest strongman. The author provides an up-to-date, empirically rich account of new diplomatic recognitions, military partnerships, knowledge trade, coping mechanisms to offset international sanctions, import and export partners, foreign investment practices and engagement within the Global South.
With new and updated text throughout, the book gives a detailed picture of a state that constantly becoming a more complex and relevant actor in the 21st century diplomatic world.
Virginie Grzelczyk is Dean of the School of Social Sciences and Humanities, and a Reader in International Relations, at Aston University, UK.
In this second edition of North Korea’s New Diplomacy, author Virginie Grzelczyk shows how North Korea has managed to weather an uncertain political future and catastrophic economic system since the end of the Cold War. Emerging as a state that has successfully developed and tested missiles and nuclear weapons, North Korea has consolidated the Kim family dynasty through the appointment of Kim Jong Un as Pyongyang’s latest strongman. The author provides an up-to-date, empirically rich account of new diplomatic recognitions, military partnerships, knowledge trade, coping mechanisms to offset international sanctions, import and export partners, foreign investment practices and engagement within the Global South.
With new and updated text throughout, the book gives a detailed picture of a state that constantly becoming a more complex and relevant actor in the 21st century diplomatic world.
Updated throughout with new material and a new chapter Explores how North Korea has managed to weather an uncertain political landscape since the end of the Cold War Provides an empirically rich account of new diplomatic recognitions and engagement with the Global South
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Virginie Grzelczyk
Themen in »North Korea’s New Diplomacy«
Political Economy North Korea DPRK Isolationsim Pyongyang 1948 Self-reliance Utilitarianism Nuclear monopoly