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North Korean Decisionmaking : Economic Opening, Conventional Deterrence Breakdown, and Nuclear Use / John V. Parachini, Scott W. Harold, Gian Gentile, Derek Grossman, Leah Heejin Kim, Logan Ma, Michael J. Mazarr, Linda Robinson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Parachini, John, author.
- Harold, Scott, 1975- author.
- Gentile, Gian P., author.
- Grossman, Derek., author.
- Kim, Leah Heejin, author.
- Ma, Logan, author.
- Mazarr, Michael J., 1965- author.
- Robinson, Linda, 1962- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Political leadership--Korea (North).
- Political leadership.
- Nuclear weapons--Korea (North).
- Nuclear weapons.
- Nuclear arms control--Korea (North).
- Nuclear arms control.
- Economic policy.
- Politics and government.
- Korea (North)--Politics and government--2011-.
- Korea (North).
- Korea (North)--Economic policy.
- Other Title:
- North Korean Decisionmaking
- Place of Publication:
- Santa Monica, Calif. RAND Corporation 2020
- Summary:
- This report is a compilation of three papers designed to stimulate discussion among those who are focused on North Korean decisionmaking. The first paper describes the experiences of North Korea and three similar authoritarian regimes — China, Vietnam, and Cuba — and provides a forecast of why and how North Korea might adopt a new economic model. The second paper describes decisions that the North Korean leadership might face in two scenarios in which conventional deterrence on the Korean Peninsula breaks down. The final paper provides an assessment of North Korean leadership decisionmaking about nuclear weapons doctrine. Despite the many unknowns surrounding the North Korean leadership decisionmaking process, these papers constructively outline the parameters of the North Korean decisionmaking "trade space" and the historical examples from which North Korean leaders might draw.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Prospects That North Korea Will Engage in Market Reform
- Conventional Deterrence on the Korean Peninsula: Two Scenarios for Analysis
- North Korea Nuclear Doctrine
- Conclusions.
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