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

Manyin, Mark E.

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Foreign policy;    Foreign relations - North Korea - U.S.;    Foreign relations - U.S. - North Korea;    Authoritarianism;    Politics and government - North Korea;   

RP-ID  :  R42126
RP-ID  :  R42126_2012Jan11

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

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.