North Korea Pyongyang Machiavelli: All of Kim’s Men 29 Jun 201330 Jun 2013 [This essay was originally published at The Diplomat on April 17, 2013.] The man at the helm in North Korea today is an accident of history, surrounded by vestigial assertions of…
North Korea… A Little DPRK Speculation 3 Feb 20103 Feb 2010 Is this just a coincidence, or is there a correlation between: a. all this succession-song propaganda (with would-be-Jiang-Qing-except-she's-the-leader's-sister Kim Kyong-hui in attendance); b. the final meeting between Kim Yong-il and…