Since Kim Jong-uns assumption of power in December 2011, North Korea has undergone expanded nuclear development, political isolation, and economic stagnation. Kims early prioritization of the byungjin policy, simultaneous economic and military or nuclear development, highlighted his goal of transforming North Koreas domestic economic circumstances and strengthening its position in the world as a nuclear state. The central dilemma shaping Kim Jong-uns foreign policy throughout his first decade in power revolves around ensuring North Koreas prosperity and security while sustaining the political isolation and control necessary for regime survival. In order to evaluate North Koreas foreign policy under Kim, this volume will examine the impact of domestic factors that have influenced the formation and implementation of Kims foreign policy, Kims distinctive use of summitry and effectiveness of such meetings as an instrument by which to attain foreign policy goals, and the impact of international responses to North Koreas pursuit of nuclear capabilities on North Koreas foreign policy.

Scott A. Snyder is senior fellow for Korea studies and director of the program on US-Korea policy at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR).

Kyung-Ae Park is professor in the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs (SPPGA) and holds the Korea Foundation Chair at the Institute of Asian Research, the University of British Columbia (UBC).

Acknowledgments

List of Tables

Introduction: North Koreas Foreign Policy

Scott A. Snyder

PART I: UNDERSTANDING NORTH KOREAS FOREIGN POLICY UNDER KIM JONG-UN

Chapter 1: Making Sense of the ByungjinPolicy: Goals, Hopes, and Limitations

Andrei Lankov

Chapter 2: North Koreas Economic Development Strategy under Kim Jong-un*

Kim Byung-yeon

Chapter 3: North Koreas Nuclear Strategy and Global Security

Virginie Grzelczyk

PART II: NORTH KOREAS SUMMIT DIPLOMACY UNDER KIM JONG-UN

Chapter 4: Inter-Korean Path to Peace: Jump-Started but Stalled

Haksoon Paik

Chapter 5: The Restoration of Special SinoNorth Korean Relations and Xi JinpingKim Jong-un Summitry

Yun Sun

Chapter 6: Historic Showmanship between Trump and Kim Jong-un: The Possible Normalization of USNorth Korean Summitry

Pacheco Pardo

Chapter 7: Moscow-Pyongyang Summitry: From Stalin and Kim Il-sung to Putin and Kim Jong-un

Artyom Lukin

PART III: NORTH KOREAN DIPLOMACY TOWARD THE WORLD

Chapter 8: United Nations Sanctions and North Korean Diplomatic Engagement with the International Community

Justin V. Hastings

Chapter 9: North Koreas Evolving Cyber Strategies and Operations: Toward Weapons of Mass Effectiveness

Michael Raska

Chapter 10: North Korean Human Rights Diplomacy at the United Nations

Sandra Fahy

Chapter 11: North Koreas Track-II Knowledge Diplomacy

Kyung-Ae Park

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