North Korean proliferation in the Middle East and Africa
Enabling Violence and Instability
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4034647 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Joel Campbell, Joel R Campbell (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 95 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 1470-1472 |
| Publication date | 2019-11-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Affairs (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-5850 • E-ISSN: 1468-2346 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/ia/iiz220 |
| OpenAlex | W2987746821 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
One of the chief problems for ordinary people in understanding a regime like North Korea (DPRK) is that we lack full information about what the country is actually doing, either at home or abroad. The DPRK's activities appear so outrageous that we can believe almost anything about them. The truth may be far more prosaic. That is certainly the case for Pyongyang's arms sales to developing countries. North Korea observer Bruce Bechtol's analysis provides context and fills in the blanks about the country's military proliferation to the Middle East and Africa. In the end, he concludes, its extensive arms sales are simply an effort to gain foreign exchange from one of its few reliable sources of revenue, while currying favour with other pariah regimes. Bechtol begins with an excellent overview of North Korean military capabilities. Among his surprising assertions, he notes that the Clinton administration knew the DPRK was developing...
Context (archaeology) · Developing country · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · International trade · Middle East · Pariah group · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Revenue · Small arms · Sociology · History · Korean Peninsula Historical and Political Studies · Law
| Citations per year | 0.17 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2020 - 2020 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |