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Title: North Korean Foreign Policy: Irrational, Dynastic, or Realist?
· Date & Time: Wednesday, June 26, 2024 [4 pm (Perth); 5 pm (Seoul); 6 pm (Sydney); 8 pm (Auckland)]
· Registration: https://docs.google.com/.../1XjPl9mmNaIK6yWh8vdVS5wG.../edit
About the talk:
Most pundits explain North Korean foreign policy by the Kim dynasty’s eagerness to maintain its grip on power. Others simply believe that North Korean leaders are irrational eschatological ideologues. During this presentation, Dylan Motin will argue that neither viewpoint properly accounts for North Korea’s behavior. Instead, he will make the case that Pyongyang acts upon realist motives. Its foreign policy is rational and driven by the country’s position in the international system. He will describe Pyongyang’s foreign policymaking environment and basic settings and provide an overview of its defense posture and diplomacy from its inception until today.
About the presenter:
Dylan Motin is a Ph.D. candidate majoring in political science at Kangwon National University and a researcher at the Center for International and Strategic Studies. He is the author of Bandwagoning in International Relations: China, Russia, and Their Neighbors (Vernon Press, 2024)
