North Korea’s Hard-Line Behavior

  • Korea Chair Platform
    By Victor Cha, Han Sung-Joo
    Jul 27, 2009

    Currently, there are two leading interpretations of what North Korea’s recent aggressive behavior indicates. One analysis argues that North Korea’s hard-line behavior is an external manifestation of North Korea’s internal situation, including Chairman Kim Jong-Il’s health problems and questions of his succession. The second analysis holds that North Korea is trying to exert increased pressure on the Obama administration. I believe neither interpretation is necessarily correct, and moreover, that this specific debate is somewhat irrelevant.

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    Korea Chair, Korea Chair Platform, Korean Unification
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    Defense and Security, International Security, Nuclear Weapons
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