{"product_id":"2940148537298","title":"CRIMINAL SOVEREIGNTY: UNDERSTANDING NORTH KOREA\u0026#x2019;S ILLICIT INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES","description":"The authors of this monograph have exposed a key piece\u003cbr\u003eof the puzzle which helps to provide a better understanding\u003cbr\u003eof North Korea’s surreptitious international behavior. For\u003cbr\u003eyears, North Korea’s military provocations have been\u003cbr\u003eobvious to the world, however, much of its decisionmaking\u003cbr\u003eis shrouded in secrecy, particularly that of a wide-range of\u003cbr\u003eclandestine activities. This monograph is unique in the way\u003cbr\u003ethat it sheds light on the illicit activities of the regime, and\u003cbr\u003ehow those illegal activities are used to support its military\u003cbr\u003eprograms and the government itself.\u003cbr\u003eFrom drug trafficking to counterfeiting, from money\u003cbr\u003elaundering to cigarette smuggling, North Korea’s Central\u003cbr\u003eCommittee Bureau 39 is an active participant in the criminal\u003cbr\u003eeconomy of the region with tentacles extending well beyond\u003cbr\u003eAsia. The authors discuss how these activities have negative\u003cbr\u003estrategic consequences for a number of stakeholders and\u003cbr\u003enations throughout the region while describing how such\u003cbr\u003eactivities provide critical funding streams for military\u003cbr\u003eprograms and regime supporters.\u003cbr\u003eAs a result, North Korea is not just a “rogue state,” but\u003cbr\u003epractices what is essentially criminal sovereignty whereby\u003cbr\u003eit organizes its illegitimate activities behind the shield\u003cbr\u003eof non-intervention while using the tools of the state to\u003cbr\u003eperpetrate these schemes abroad. The authors argue that\u003cbr\u003ethis arrangement has important links to succession issues\u003cbr\u003ewithin the regime. They also argue that policy makers who\u003cbr\u003eare concerned with the development of future policies and\u003cbr\u003estrategies aimed toward North Korea must view those new\u003cbr\u003epolicies from a different perspective than that used in the\u003cbr\u003epast.","brand":"ReadCycle","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47122303516912,"sku":"2940148537298","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940148537298_p0.jpg?v=1763703813","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940148537298","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}