Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-308) and index.

Staying power of the socialist "hermit kingdom" / Young Whan Kihl -- Emergence of the second republic: the Kim regime adapts to the challenge of modernity / Alexandre Y. Mansourov -- Kim Jong Il's military first politics / Ilpyong J. Kim -- Reconciling nuclear standoff and economic shortfalls: Pyongyang's perspective / C. Kenneth Quinones -- North Korea's weapons of mass destruction / Larry A. Niksch -- North Korea's economic crisis, reforms, and policy implications / Dick K. Nanto -- U.S.-DPRK relations in the Kim Jong Il era / Robert A. Scalapino -- Japanese-North Korean relations under the Koizumi government / Hong Nack Kim -- Sino-North Korean relations in the post-Cold War world / Samuel S. Kim -- Russo-North Korean relations under Kim Jong Il / Peggy Falkenheim Meyer -- North Korea-South Korea relations in the Kim Jong Il era / Seongji Woo -- (Bi-) multilateral approaches to defusing nuclear crisis: beyond the six-party talks as peace strategy / Young Whan Kihl -- Why hasn't North Korea collapsed? understanding the recent past, thinking about the future / Nicholas Eberstadt.

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