North Korea Under Kim Chong-il: Power, Politics and Prospects for Change

2011-11-01T08:19:00.000-07:00

Don't be surprised if CNA Research Analyst Ken E. Gause's new book on North Korea is different from other books. "This book tends to go beyond just Kim Chong-il and deal with the people around him in the military circles, his security circles, the party circles, the cabinet circles, and the government circles around him," Gause explains. He's visited China previously and visited again this year in order to learn more about the Hermit Kingdom.

North Korea Under Kim Chong-il

2011-09-30T08:07:00.000-07:00

North Korea Under Kim Chong-il:

Power, Politics and Prospects for Change

Ken E. Gause

North Korea is often in the news, regarded by many as a threat to the Asian region and, by extension, to the rest of the world. What underlies current policies and decision-making in the Hermit Kingdom? Perhaps more important, what is the near future likely to bring?
North Korea under Kim Chong-il: Power, Politics, and Prospects for Change delves deeply into what we know—and what we think we know—about the current North Korean system. This incisive book probes the dynamics that inform the nation's domestic and foreign policies, examining key leadership institutions and personalities, as well as prospects for the next regime.
In outlining the major events behind Kim Chong-il's assumption of power, Ken E. Gause illuminates the environment that shaped Chong-il's worldview and his concept of the regime and his role in it. The book focuses on regime politics since 1994. Among other critical topics, the book examines the evolution of North Korean decision-making with regard to its internal and external affairs and how both are intermingled. The prospects for a third hereditary succession and the prospective stability of the next regime are also considered.

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Ken Gause

North Korea Under Kim Chong-il: Power, Politics and Prospects for Change

North Korea Under Kim Chong-il