TY - BOOK AU - Grzelczyk,Virginie TI - North Korea's new diplomacy: challenging political isolation in the 21st Century SN - 9781137450234 U1 - 320.95193 PY - 2018/// CY - Londres, PB - Palgrave Macmillan, KW - Corea del Norte KW - Política y gobierno KW - Relaciones exteriores KW - Historia KW - Guerra KW - Corea KW - Política económica KW - Comercio exterior N1 - Incluye índice y referencias bibliográficas (235-244); 1. Introduction: why the need to reevaluate North Korea? ; 2. Friends and foes: an orthodox story ; 3. Nothing but words? rhetoric and beyond ; 4. Securing freedom ; 5. Navigating interdependence ; 6. The DPRK and the politics of mainstreaming ; 7. Conclusion: fostering cooperation in a multipolar world N2 - This book examines how North Korea has managed to weather an uncertain political future and catastrophic economic system since the end of the Cold War. Emerging as a state that has successfully developed and tested missiles and nuclear weapons, North Korea has consolidated the Kim family dynasty through the appointment of Kim Jong Un as Pyongyang's latest strongman. The author provides an empirically rich account of new diplomatic recognitions, military partnerships, knowledge trade, coping mechanisms to offset international sanctions, import and export partners, foreign investment practices and engagement within the Global South. The resulting picture is that of a state that is, against all odds, mainstreaming, and becoming a more complex and relevant actor in the 21st century diplomatic world ER -