Kim Jong-Il's Death: Implications for North Korea's Stability and U.S. Policy (open access)

Kim Jong-Il's Death: Implications for North Korea's Stability and U.S. Policy

This report discusses U.S. policy in relation to North Korea following the death of Kim Jong-Il. North Korea represents one of the United States' biggest foreign policy challenges due to its production and proliferation of nuclear weapons and missiles, the threat of attacks against South Korea, its record of human rights abuses, and the possibility that its internal problems could destabilize Northeast Asia.
Date: January 11, 2012
Creator: Manyin, Mark E.
System: The UNT Digital Library