[Contemporary Asia in the World 01] • Inside the Red Box by McEachern, Patrick -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Half title Series Page Title Copyright Dedication Contents List of Figures and Tables Acknowledgments 1: Introduction

Views of the Regime Diverse Institutional Views Toward a New Model The Stakes Road Map

2: Post-totalitarian Institutionalism

Existing Models of North Korean Politics The Emergence of Post-totalitarian Institutionalism Post-totalitarian Politics Research Design

3: Historical Context

Foundations of the Founding Kim Il Sung and Totalitarianism, 1956–1990 The Transition Period, 1991–1998 Post-totalitarian Institutionalism, 1998–Present

4: North Korea’s Political Institutions

The Korean Workers’ Party The Korean People’s Army The Cabinet The Security Apparatus Supreme People’s Assembly Subnational Governments and the Judiciary

5: Institutional Jostling for Agenda Control, 1998–2001

Taepodong-1 Launch The Kumchang-ri Suspected Nuclear Facility OPlan 5027 The Second Chollima March Uncoordinated Institutions Missile Negotiations and the Inter-Korean Summit

6: Segmenting Policy and Issue Linkages, 2001–2006

Toward Economic Reform Issue Linkages: Inter-Korean and U.S. Policy Pyongyang Reacts to New U.S. Policy Regime Change Short List Concern Closes Ranks Linking and Delinking Issue Areas End of the Agreed Framework and the Second Nuclear Crisis Inter-Korean Relations: A Separate Track? Nuclear Declarations Diplomatic Impasse, Mutual Pressure “The Atmosphere Has Improved”—for a Day LWR Demands and Banco Delta Asia Cross-Border Cooperation: The Only Game in Town Bureaucratic Cracks on “Sanctions” and Missile Tests Hitting Rock Bottom: The Nuclear Test

7: Policy Reversals, 2006–2008

Return to Six-Party Talks Cabinet Economic Reformer Replaced with Economic Reformer Chris Hill in Pyongyang Presidential Turnover in South Korea Refocusing on the United States Continuity Amid Change: The North Korean Economy

8: Conclusion

North Korea’s Post-totalitarian Institutionalism An Evolved Polity Decision Making Importance of the Internal Mechanism North Korea, Comparative Politics, and Downstream Consequences North Korea’s Future

Notes Bibliography Index