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The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea)

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1. Political

• Breathing Life into the North Korean Regime | RAND
• Donald Trump and North Korea’s Nuclear Weapons Programme - MP-IDSA
• North Korea - Push for Reunification (2021)
• Get Ready for a Big, Bold, and Very Bad North Korea Deal: Trump Wants a Win, and Kim Has More Leverage Than Ever
• Deals, Deadlocks, and Deterrence: Scenarios for Renewed US–North Korea Diplomacy | Hudson Institute

2. Economic

• North Korea - GDP Comparisons between North and South Korea (2023)
• China–North Korea Arms Trade from the Perspective of Chinese Scholars (2024)
• North Korea’s Black Knights and Dark Network: Towards the Disruption and Typology of DPRK Sanctions Evasion Networks | RAND
• Deals, Deadlocks, and Deterrence: Scenarios for Renewed US–North Korea Diplomacy | Hudson Institute

3. Military

3a. Military- - Land

• The Meaning and Significance of North Korean Troops’ Deployment to Russia | Royal United Services Institute (rusi.org)
• Breathing Life into the North Korean Regime | RAND
• The Myth of Human Wave Attacks Obscures What North Korea Is Learning in Ukraine | RAND
• North Korea's Kim calls for building modern army to brace for war | Reuters
• North Korea: A ‘Game Changer’ in Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine? | RealClearDefense
• North Korea - Comparison of North and South Korean Militaries (2022).pdf
• What Is South Korea’s New K3 Main Battle Tank? - The National Interest

3b. Military - Navy

• Strategic Implications of North Korea’s Expanding Naval Ambitions | RealClearDefense
• North Korea Announces Nuclear-Powered Submarine Development (csis.org)
• North Korea -  Submarine Threat (2018)
• US Ally Revives Aircraft Carrier Plan Amid North Korea Threat - Newsweek
• What Happened to North Korea's Warship?

3c. Military - Air

• North Korean Strategic UAV Activity at Panghyon Airbase - Beyond Parallel (csis.org)

3d. Military - Technology

• North Korea launches several suspected ballistic missiles toward Sea of Japan | Stars and Stripes
• Donald Trump and North Korea’s Nuclear Weapons Programme - MP-IDSA
• North Korea - China' North Korea Nuclear Policy
• North Korea - Contasining North Korean Nuclear Power (2017)
• North Korea -  Drones and Tactical Nukes (2023)
• North Korea -  Muscle Flexing (2022)
• North Korea - Nuclear Build Up (2024)
• North Korea -  Nuclear Threat To China (2023)
• North Korea - Confronting the Nuclear Challenge - North Korea's Ambitions (2024)
• China–North Korea Arms Trade from the Perspective of Chinese Scholars (2024)
• North Korea - North Korean Nuclear Weapons 2024.pdf

4. Diplomatic

• North Korea's Bold Turn Toward Russia Poses Test for Trump's Second Term | RAND
• Surge in North Korea–Russia Relations: Chinese Reactions - MP-IDSA
• Breathing Life into the North Korean Regime | RAND
• Kim Jong-un's Risky Business in Russia | RAND
• Dealing with North Korea as It Deepens Military Cooperation with Russia | RAND
• North Korea: A ‘Game Changer’ in Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine? | RealClearDefense
• North Korea - Deteriorating Relations between the Koreas (2024)
• North Korea - Hotlines between Two Koreas (2021)
• North Korea - Push for Reunification (2021)
• North Korea - Russian-Korean Relations (2024)
• United States and North Korea - The United States and North Korea - New Threats, New Challenges (2024)
• North Korea - Alliances with Russia
• United States and North Korea - The United States and North Korea - New Threats, New Challenges (2024).
• Get Ready for a Big, Bold, and Very Bad North Korea Deal: Trump Wants a Win, and Kim Has More Leverage Than Ever
• Deals, Deadlocks, and Deterrence: Scenarios for Renewed US–North Korea Diplomacy | Hudson Institute
• North Korea’s Second Chance? | Foreign Affairs
• Russian–North Korean Cooperation at a Critical Juncture | Hudson Institute

5. Strategy

• Strategic Implications of North Korea’s Expanding Naval Ambitions | RealClearDefense
• North Korea's Bold Turn Toward Russia Poses Test for Trump's Second Term | RAND
• Dealing with North Korea as It Deepens Military Cooperation with Russia | RAND
• North Korea’s Nuclear-Cognitive Warfare Strategy | RealClearDefense
• What is North Korea Learning from the Ukraine War? | The Capital Cable #111 | CSIS Events
• North Korea - A Framework Explaing North Korea's Nuclear Decision s and Strategies (2023)
• North Korea - Bloody Nose Option (2017)
• North Korea - China' North Korea Nuclear Policy
• North Korea - South Korea Deterence (2024)
• United States and North Korea - The United States and North Korea - New Threats, New Challenges (2024)
• North Korea - North Korea’s Strategic Choices amid Shifting Geopolitics (2024)
• North Korea - Confronting the Nuclear Challenge - North Korea's Ambitions (2024)
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• North Korea - The Korean Linchpin
• North Korea - North Korea Learns In Ukraine Combat (WSJ 2025)
• United States and North Korea - The United States and North Korea - New Threats, New Challenges (2024).
• All - U.S.-China Great-Power Politics and Strategic Ambiguities in Indo-Pacific Security (2023)
• North Korea’s Black Knights and Dark Network: Towards the Disruption and Typology of DPRK Sanctions Evasion Networks | RAND

6. Grand Strategy

• North Korean Desperation: Its Two Korea Theory | RAND
• North Korea - The Gathering Storm - A Confluence of North Korea’s Looming (2024
• North Korea - Going Tactical - North Korea and Two-State Theory in War (2024)
• China and North Korea - Grappling with Great-Power Competition - China Bandwagons with North Korea (2024)
• Putin and Kim Hate the West—and Mistrust Beijing | RAND