pt. 1. Introduction -- Security dilemma & the succession -- Levels of analysis & the study of North Korea's foreign policy -- pt. 2. Security dilemma and the launch of the succession -- The Sino-American normalization & the official launch of the succession from Kim Il Sung to Kim Jong-il, 1978-1981 -- Getting approval for the succession, 1982-1984 -- North Korea siding with the former Soviet Union, 1985-1989 -- Nuclear program & Kim Il Sung's death -- pt. 3. North Korea's nuclear diplomacy & the surrounding countries -- Provocations & signals : variations between verbal & actual provocations -- Risk-taking vis-à-vis the United States : the second nuclear crisis -- China in the North Korean nuclear quagmire : is China influential? -- Russia in North Korea's foreign policy -- Japan in North Korea's foreign policy -- South Korea in North Korea's foreign policy -- pt. 4. Prospect -- The future of North Korea's foreign policy.
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