North Korea under Kim Jong-un
by CSIS Center for Strategic and International Studies
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Course Description
North Korean leader Kim Jong-il died at 8:30am on December 17. He was 69 years old. In late 2010, he anointed his youngest son Kim Jong-un as his successor. This course examines the leadership of Kim Jong-un in the Democratic Republic of Korea and its implications for reunification on the Korean peninsula, U.S. relations with South Korea, and the prospects for renewed talks with North Korea.
Find more information about the CSIS Korea Chair at https://csis.org/program/korea-chair.
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| 1 | The Impossible State | “A meaty, fast-paced portrait of North Korean society, economy, politics and foreign policy.” -Foreign Affairs The definitive account of North Korea, its veiled past and uncertain future, from the former Director for Asian Affairs at the National Security Council In The Impossible State, seasoned international-policy expert and lauded scholar Victor Cha pulls back the curtain on this controversial and isolated country, providing the best look yet at North Korea's history, the rise of the Kim family dynasty, and the obsessive personality cult that empowers them. He illuminates the repressive regime's complex economy and culture, its appalling record of human-rights abuses, and its belligerent relationship with the United States, and analyzes the regime's major security issues—from the seemingly endless war with its southern neighbor to its frightening nuclear ambitions—all in light of the destabilizing effects of Kim Jong-il's recent death. How this enigmatic nation-state—one that regularly violates its own citizens' inalienable rights and has suffered famine, global economic sanctions, a collapsed economy, and near total isolation from the rest of the world—has continued to survive has long been a question that preoccupies the West. Cha reveals a land of contradictions, one facing a pivotal and disquieting transition of power from tyrannical father to inexperienced son, and delves into the ideology that leads an oppressed, starving populace to cling so fiercely to its failed leadership. With rare personal anecdotes from the author's time in Pyongyang and his tenure as an adviser in the White House, this engagingly written, authoritative, and highly accessible history offers much-needed answers to the most pressing questions about North Korea and ultimately warns of a regime that might be closer to its end than many might think—a political collapse for which America and its allies may be woefully unprepared. | -- | $7.99 | View in iTunes |
| 2 | 150106_Snapshot_South_Korea_2014_Defense_White_Paper_Highlights_DPRK_Nuclear_Threats | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 3 | Pivot 2.0 | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 4 | November 2014 - What is the Meaning of the General Assembly Resolutin Passed Today on Human Rights Abuse | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 5 | 2015 Obama Announces New Sanctions on North Korea | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 6 | 2014 Debunking Six Myths About North Korean Sanctions | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 7 | North Korea's Latest Missile Launch | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 8 | March 2014 South Korea Exchanges Artillery Fire with North Korea | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 9 | Release of Kenneth Bae and Matthew Todd Miller Why Now | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 10 | North Korea Releases Jeffrey Fowle | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 11 | American Detainees in North Korea | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 12 | American Detainees in North Korea | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
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141204_korea_mongolia_2kr_aud | -- | 1:32:31 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 14 | 2014-12-03 Mongolian Presidential Lecture | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 15 | 2014-12-03 Mongolian Presidential Lecture | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 16 | 2014-12-03 Mongolian Presidential Lecture | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 17 | 141212_Past_North_Korean_Cyber_Attacks_Capability | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 18 | 141218_Cyber_Operations_North_Korea | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 19 | 151216_Cha_NorthKoreasCyberOperations_Web | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 20 | 141216_CSIS Korean Unification Conference Remarks | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 21 | 141216_ROK-U.S. Cooperation in Preparing for Korean Unification | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 22 | 141010_Balloons and Exchange of Fire | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 23 | 141006 North Korea's Saturday Surprise at the Asian Games | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 24 | 14106 Critical Question | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 25 | 141121_Cha_KoreanUnificationNewEra_Web | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 26 | 140722_Five Theories of Unification_0 | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 27 | 140922_Keeping_in_touch_with_world | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 28 | 150210_Snapshot_DPRK_Weekend_Missile_Launch | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 29 | 20140227 Critical Questions | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 30 | Microsoft Word - 141031_The Future of North Korea.docx | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 31 | Microsoft Word - Korea Forum - KJU's Elites (04-11-2014).docx | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 32 | Testimony of Victor Cha before the UN Commission of Inquiry on North Korean Human Rights.docx | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 33 | Laos Betrays “Gentlemen's Agreement” on North Korean Refugees | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 34 | Debunking Six Myths about North Korean Sanctions | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 35 | Obama Announces New Sanctions | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 36 | South Korea 2014 Defense White Paper | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 37 | DPRK Weekend Missile Launch | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 38 | Critical Questions: Why Dennis Rodman? Why North Korea? | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 39 | U.S.-DPRK Food/Nuclear Announcement | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 40 | Restart of U.S.-DPRK Negotiations | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 41 | US and DPRK Food/Nuclear Agreement | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 42 | Critical Questions: North Korea Threatens to Strike the United States | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 43 | The Death of the DPRK Leader | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 44 | Hu Jintao’s State Visit: China and the Korean Peninsula | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 45 | The U.S., China, and Preparing for North Korea's Demise | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 46 | Testimony Before the U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Foreign Affairs | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 47 | The ROK-U.S. Joint Political and Military Response to North Korean Armed Provocations | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 48 | Returning to the Dance Floor North Korea: Why Now? | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 49 | Restart of U.S.-DPRK Negotiations | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 50 | U.S.-DPRK Food/Nuclear Announcement | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 51 | The Death of the DPRK Leader | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 52 | The New Cold War in Asia? | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 53 | Fundamental Realism: Korean Assessments of U.S. Power | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 54 | North Korea: A Different Perspective | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 55 | Justice, Markets, Health, Refugees, and Civil-Military Transitions | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 56 | A Free North Korea | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 57 | Microsoft PowerPoint - Wright-NK briefing 4-20-12.pptx | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 58 | Challenges for Korean Unification Planning | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 59 | Critical Questions: Shake-up in Pyongyang | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 60 | Critical Questions: North Korea's third nuclear test | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 61 | What should Obama do on North Korea | -- | 58:49 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 62 | North Korea's Nuclear Test of China | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 63 | Critical Questions: UN Security Council Passes New Resolution 2094 on North Korea | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 64 | Critical Questions North Korea Threatens to Strike the United States | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
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Customer Reviews
Excellent primer
Fantastic primer on NK by fmr deputy head of Six Party Talks. Doesn't get better than this.
