TY - BOOK ID - 19540685 TI - North Korea’s New Diplomacy : Challenging Political Isolation in the 21st Century PY - 2018 SN - 1137450231 113745024X 1349686573 PB - London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, DB - UniCat KW - Political science. KW - Korea KW - Asia KW - Diplomacy. KW - Regionalism. KW - Political Science and International Relations. KW - History of Korea. KW - Asian Politics. KW - Asian Economics. KW - History. KW - Politics and government. KW - Economic conditions. KW - History KW - Korea-History. KW - Asia-Politics and government. KW - Asia-Economic conditions. KW - Human geography KW - Nationalism KW - Interregionalism KW - International relations KW - Korea—History. KW - Asia—Politics and government. KW - Asia—Economic conditions. KW - 2000-2099 KW - Korea (North) KW - Korea (South) KW - Foreign relations KW - Korean People's Republic KW - People's Democratic Republic of Korea KW - Koreĭskai︠a︡ Narodno-Demokraticheskai︠a︡ Respublika KW - Korea (North Korean Government) KW - Democratic People's Republic of Korea KW - North Korea KW - KNDR KW - Chʻao-hsien min chu chu i jen min kung ho kuo KW - Koreai Népi Demokratikus Köztársaság KW - Korea (Democratic People's Republic) KW - K.N.D.R. KW - K.R.L.D. KW - Korea (People's Democratic Republic) KW - Korean People's Democratic Republic KW - Chōsen Minshu Shugi Jinmin Kyōwakoku KW - Chosŏn Minjujuŭi Inmin Konghwaguk KW - KRLD KW - Koreańska Republika Ludowo-Demokratyczna KW - Kūriyā al-Dīmuqrāṭīyah KW - D.P.R.K. KW - DPRK KW - Corée du Nord KW - República Popular Democrática de Corea KW - Corea (North) KW - North Korean Interim Government KW - Chosun Minchu-chui Inmin Konghwa-guk KW - Chaoxian minzhu zhuyi renmin gongheguo KW - 朝鲜民主主义人民共和国 KW - Da Han Minguo KW - Dae Han Min Kuk KW - Daehan Min-kuk KW - Daehan-Minʼguk KW - Daehanminguk KW - Daikan Minkoku KW - Han guo KW - Nam Chosŏn Kwado Chŏngbu KW - Namjosŏn KW - Namjosŏn Kwado Chŏngbu KW - Republic of Korea KW - ROK KW - S.K.I.G. KW - SKIG KW - South Korea KW - South Korean Interim Government KW - Tae Han Min Guk KW - Taehan Minʼguk KW - Tai Han Min Kook KW - United States Army Military Government in Korea KW - USAMGIK KW - Corea KW - Koreĭskai͡a Narodno-Demokraticheskai͡a Respublika UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:19540685 AB - 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. ER -