Posts Tagged ‘North Korea’
The Cruelest Month: Chinese Media Commentary on the Missile Launch Preparations
The Cruelest Month: Chinese Media Commentary on the Missile Launch Preparations by Adam Cathcart The New York Times, in a fascinating look at the outlook for another nuclear test in the DPRK, would have us believe that Xinhua was mainly obfuscating about the pending launch, but the truth is somewhat more complicated. The following Chinese […]
Acuto, Strategic Distrust and the Pivot: Weekly Digest
When it comes to North Korea and Northeast Asian security issues, analysis spilling from the pens of Western academics tends to focus on American decision makers and United States grand strategy in the region. In this weekly digest installment, SinoNK focuses on three recent publications that deal with, in in some form or another, a […]
The Ideational Balance of Power: KCNA File No. 13
Click here to view KNCA File No. 13 (March 4 – March 10) in its entirety. Although Americans may be emphasizing values and the importance of ideational issues in an era of declining American power following two costly wars and an economic crisis, KCNA File No. 13 reminds our readers from North America and Europe that the ideational […]
Missile Launch: A Show of Weakness or Strength?
Conjectural writings on the meaning of the announced North Korean missile launch are in no short supply these days, but answers remain difficult to come by. Filip Ek, Sino-NK’s Analyst at Lund University, Sweden, arrives at the subject with a solid reading of some of the recent journal literature, seeking patterns of provocation, fissure, and […]
Pyongyang’s Take on the Beijing Model of Development: KCNA Files No. 11 and 12
Click here to view KNCA File No. 11 (Feb 19 – Feb 25) in its entirety. Click here to view KCNA File No. 12 (Feb 26 – March 3) in its entirety. Does Africa need a Marshall Plan? Western analysts nod in agreement. Developmental economists argue that significant investment in African business and infrastructure is necessary to get Africa on […]
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