03206nam a22005175i 4500001001800000003000900018005001700027007001500044008004100059020003700100024003500137050001600172072001700188072002300205072001600228100008900244245014600333250001800479264007900497300004500576336002600621337002600647338003600673347002400709505036300733520104901096650002202145650002702167650004202194650003802236650002402274650002202298650002902320650002702349650002802376650002402404710003402428773002602462776003602488776003602524776003602560856004602596912001402642912001502656999001702671978-3-031-61103-2DE-He21320251030112638.0cr nn 008mamaa240720s2024    sz |    s    |||| 0|eng d  a97830316110329978-3-031-61103-27 a10.1007/978-3-031-61103-22doi 4aJZ1305-2060 7aJPSD2bicssc 7aPOL0110102bisacsh 7aJPSD2thema1 aGrzelczyk, Virginie.eauthor.4aut4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut98091110aNorth Korea’s New Diplomacyh[electronic resource] :bChallenging Political Isolation in the Twenty-First Century /cby Virginie Grzelczyk.  a2nd ed. 2024. 1aCham :bSpringer Nature Switzerland :bImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,c2024.  aXVIII, 290 p. 8 illus.bonline resource.  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  atext filebPDF2rda0 a1. 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.  aIn 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. 0aDiplomacy.969474 0aKoreaxHistory.969657 0aAsiaxPolitics and government.969658 0aAsiaxEconomic conditions.968942 0aRegionalism.97042414aDiplomacy.96947424aHistory of Korea.96966024aAsian Politics.96966124aAsian Economics.96894324aRegionalism.9704242 aSpringerLink (Online service)0 tSpringer Nature eBook08iPrinted edition:z978303161102508iPrinted edition:z978303161104908iPrinted edition:z978303161105640uhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-61103-2  aZDB-2-POS  aZDB-2-SXPI  c61753d61753