Black Box - Demystifying the Study of Korean Unification and North Korea

In this groundbreaking book, the leading scholar and practitioner Victor D. Cha shines a light into the "black box" of North Korea and draws critical lessons for the possible reunification of Korea after many decades of division.

List of contents

A Note on the Korean Text
1. The Black Box, with Seiyeon Ji
2. The United States–Republic of Korea Alliance, with Na Young Lee and Andy Lim
3. Technology and Cybersecurity, with Julian Fox, Katelyn Radack, Jae Seung Shim, and Rebecca Spencer
4. Markets and Civil Society, with Marie DuMond
5. Unification Theories
6. Unification Data, with Marie DuMond and Andy Lim
7. The Hardest of Hard Targets
Acknowledgments
Appendix 1. Codebook for Event Data on U.S.-DPRK Relationship
Appendix 2. List of U.S.-ROK Joint Military Exercises, 2005–2015
Appendix 3. Microsurveys of DPRK citizens and Sample Answer Sheets
Notes
Bibliography
List of Contributors
Index

About the author

Victor D. Cha is Distinguished University Professor, D.S. Song-KF Endowed Chair, and professor of government in the Walsh School of Foreign Service and the Department of Government at Georgetown University. He serves in senior advisory positions for the Center for Strategic and International Studies, the Department of Defense Policy Board, and the National Endowment for Democracy. Cha previously served on the National Security Council as director for Asian affairs.

Summary

In this groundbreaking book, the leading scholar and practitioner Victor D. Cha shines a light into the “black box” of North Korea and draws critical lessons for the possible reunification of Korea after many decades of division.

Product details

• Authors: Victor Cha, Victor (Georgetown University) Cha
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.08.2024
• EAN: 9780231211086
• ISBN: 978-0-231-21108-6
• No. of pages: 336
• Series: Contemporary Asia in the World
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Korea, HISTORY / Military / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Research, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Statistics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, International Relations, Warfare & defence, Warfare and defence, Social research & statistics, Social research and statistics, Political science; history