North Korea

Review – Bandwagoning in International Relations

Alexandre Haym • Feb 29 2024 • Features

Dylan Motin explores the idea of bandwagoning with great powers in contemporary Asia and Europe, but could do with more discussion of the accompanying theories.

Reading Kim Jong-Un’s Face

John A. Rees • Nov 27 2023 • Student Features

Understandings of culture can help us better understand attempts to study Kim Jong-Un’s character via physiognomic readings, which are widely practised in South Korea.

Opinion – North Korea’s Nuclear Tests and Potential Human Rights Violations

Yuchan Kim • Nov 4 2023 • Articles

Despite regime propaganda asserting safety, multiple groups have raised accusations concerning radioactive leakage within, and beyond, North Korea.

Reflecting on a Career Researching Climate Change and Security in North Korea

Benjamin Habib • Apr 6 2023 • Articles

In the Anthropocene, all politics is climate change politics – and this understanding is no longer a niche in scholarship.

Opinion – Remembering North Korea’s Human Side

Gabriela Bernal • Jan 6 2023 • Articles

Whilst the North Korean government will likely continue to focus on its military capabilities in 2023, life for ordinary people is unlikely to improve significantly.

The Danger of Passive Containment and Ignoring North Korea

Stephen Morgan • Nov 19 2022 • Articles

If stagnation in inter-Korean cooperation is to be bypassed, there needs to be a new approach that goes beyond leveraging economic support for denuclearisation.

Interview – Timothy S. Rich

E-International Relations • Nov 10 2022 • Features

Timothy Rich talks about recognition of Taiwan, South Korean perceptions of refugees, and the advantages and challenges of collecting public opinion data.

Opinion – South Koreans Support Unification, But Do They Support Integration?

Reunification should be conceptualized as not just the end of conflict, but also as the start of new sources of tension.

North Korea’s Withdrawal from the NPT: Neorealism and Selectorate Theory

Su Bai • Jan 27 2022 • Essays

Both neorealism and the selectorate theory show that North Korea’s demand for nuclear weapons strongly correlates with a large US military presence in East Asia.

Provoking to Avoid War: North Korea’s Hybrid Security Strategies

Sico van der Meer • May 22 2021 • Articles

An important feature of North Korea’s hybrid strategy is that it is continuously adapting to ever-changing circumstances, and as such it has not become outdated.

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