North Korean Decisionmaking

Economic Opening, Conventional Deterrence Breakdown, and Nuclear Use

By John V. ParachiniScott W. Harold, Gian Gentile, Derek Grossman, Leah Heejin Kim, Logan Ma, Michael J. Mazarr, Linda Robinson,

Publisher: RAND Corporation

Imprint: RAND Corporation

The authors examine (1) experiences of different communist regimes to forecast North Korean adoption of a new economic model; (2) what might happen if conventional deterrence fails on the Peninsula; and (3) why North Korea might use nuclear weapons.

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