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North Korea’s New Diplomacy

Challenging Political Isolation in the 21st Century

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  • © 2018

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  • Helps to understand how and why North Korea has managed to develop since the end of the Cold War
  • Covers as early as 1950 in aiding the understand of how North Korea evolved
  • Accurate and careful analysis of how the North Korean system functions

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This book examines 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 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. The resulting picture is that of a state that is, against all odds, mainstreaming, and becoming a more complex and relevant actor in the 21st century diplomatic world.

Authors and Affiliations

  • School of Languages & Social Sciences, Aston University, Birmingham, United Kingdom

    Virginie Grzelczyk

About the author

Virginie Grzelczyk is Lecturer in International Relations at Aston University, UK. Her research focuses on security relationships over the Korean Peninsula, with publications spanning the Six-Party Talks process, North Korea’s energy security dilemma, Korean identity in the context of reunification and the concept of crisis in Northeast Asia.

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