Abstract
Abstract
The epilogue brings the findings of this book right up to the present day, most notably with respect to the onset of the coronavirus pandemic in late 2019 and early 2020. It argues how North Korea’s more recent behaviour with respect to the global nuclear order remains heavily intertwined with questions of domestic politics, particularly given the self-inflicted measures taken in the wake of the pandemic. As Kim Jong Un enters his second decade as the Supreme Leader of North Korea, questions remain as to how the DPRK will reconcile its ongoing nuclear ambitions with a stagnating domestic economy and the rise to power of a new, conservative South Korean administration and the Biden administration in the United States. Will North Korea revive relations with China and Russia in an attempt to ease multilateral sanctions? Alternatively, will the DPRK be prepared to offer concessions on its existing nuclear programme as its domestic economic situation worsens?
Publisher
Oxford University PressOxford
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