Publications

This collection includes a wide array of North Korea-related materials produced by our Fellows, such as journal articles, books, interviews, and op-eds.

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28.05.2023
 

Article: Authoritarian Audiences: Theory and Evidence for Subnational Propaganda Targeting in North Korea

Heather-Leigh Ba, Sheena Chestnut Greitens, and Yu Bin Kim elaborate North Korea's subnational strategic propaganda use for political survival.

12.05.2023
 

Opinion: How to Avoid a Bad Take on a Hard Target-Analyzing North Korea the Right Way

Three experts propose methods to analyze North Korean propaganda more effectively.

09.05.2023
 

Article: To Purge or Not to Purge? An Individual-Level Quantitative Analysis of Elite Purges in Dictatorships

Edward Goldring and Austin Matthews explain how dictators carefully manage their elites and use violence strategically to survive.

08.05.2023
 

Article: A brief encounter: North Korea in the Eurocurrency market, 1973-80

Seung Woo Kim explores North Korea's engagement in the City of London in the 1970s.

 

06.05.2023
 

Article: Strategies of Political Control under Kim Jong Un

What is Kim Jong Un's strategy for political control? Peter Ward and Benjamin Silberstein use two case studies to find out

05.05.2023
 

Article: How Autocracies Disrupt Unsanctioned Information Flows

Steven Denney and Peter Ward explore the determinants of unsanctioned information flows in North Korea