03455nam a22005655i 4500 978-3-031-61103-2 DE-He213 20251030112638.0 cr nn 008mamaa 240720s2024 sz | s |||| 0|eng d 9783031611032 978-3-031-61103-2 10.1007/978-3-031-61103-2 doi JZ1305-2060 JPSD bicssc POL011010 bisacsh JPSD thema Grzelczyk, Virginie. author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 80911 North Korea’s New Diplomacy [electronic resource] : Challenging Political Isolation in the Twenty-First Century / by Virginie Grzelczyk. 2nd ed. 2024. Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2024. XVIII, 290 p. 8 illus. online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda 1. Introduction: Why the Need to Re-Evaluate North Korea? -- 2. Friends and Foes: An Orthodox Story -- 3. Nothing but Words? Rhetoric and Beyond -- 4. Securing Freedom. 5. Navigating Interdependence -- 6. The DPRK and the Politics of Mainstreaming -- 7. Foreign Policy in Times of Global Changes -- 8. Conclusion: Fostering Cooperation in a Multipolar World. 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. Virginie Grzelczyk is Dean of the School of Social Sciences and Humanities, and a Reader in International Relations, at Aston University, UK. Diplomacy. 69474 Korea History. 69657 Asia Politics and government. 69658 Asia Economic conditions. 68942 Regionalism. 70424 Diplomacy. 69474 History of Korea. 69660 Asian Politics. 69661 Asian Economics. 68943 Regionalism. 70424 SpringerLink (Online service) Springer Nature eBook Printed edition: 9783031611025 Printed edition: 9783031611049 Printed edition: 9783031611056 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-61103-2 ZDB-2-POS ZDB-2-SXPI 61753 61753