North Korean foreign policy : security dilemma and succession / Yongho Kim.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

pt. 1. Introduction -- Security dilemma and the succession -- Levels of analysis and the study of North Korea's foreign policy -- part 2. Security dilemma and the launch of the succession -- The Sino-American normalization and 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 and Kim Il Sung's death -- part 3. North Korea's nuclear diplomacy and the surrounding countries -- Provocations and signals : variations between verbal and 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 -- part 4. Prospect -- The future of North Korea's foreign policy.