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North Korea’s New Diplomacy

Challenging Political Isolation in the Twenty-First Century

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  • Jul 2024
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Authors:
  1. Virginie Grzelczyk

    1. School of Social Sciences and Humanities, Aston University, Birmingham, United Kingdom

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  • Updated throughout with new material and a new chapter
  • Explores how North Korea has managed to weather an uncertain political landscape since the end of the Cold War
  • Provides an empirically rich account of new diplomatic recognitions and engagement with the Global South

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Keywords

  • Political Economy
  • North Korea
  • DPRK
  • Isolationsim
  • Pyongyang
  • 1948
  • Self-reliance
  • Utilitarianism
  • Nuclear monopoly

About this book

In this second edition of North Korea’s New Diplomacy, author Virginie Grzelczyk shows 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 up-to-date, 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.

With new and updated text throughout, the book gives a detailed picture of a state that constantly becoming a more complex and relevant actor in the 21st century diplomatic world.

Authors and Affiliations

  • School of Social Sciences and Humanities, Aston University, Birmingham, United Kingdom

    Virginie Grzelczyk

About the author

Virginie Grzelczyk is Dean of the School of Social Sciences and Humanities, and a Reader in International Relations, at Aston University, UK.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: North Korea’s New Diplomacy

  • Book Subtitle: Challenging Political Isolation in the Twenty-First Century

  • Authors: Virginie Grzelczyk

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2024

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-61102-5Due: 14 August 2024

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-61105-6Due: 14 August 2024

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-61103-2Due: 14 August 2024

  • Edition Number: 2

  • Number of Pages: X, 273

  • Number of Illustrations: 8 illustrations in colour

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