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The Logic of the Survival of North Korea

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  • Kentaro Hirose
  • Shuhei Kurizaki

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Why has North Korea been able to survive up to now, while other rogue states such as Afghanistan and Iraq have suffered military intervention by the USA? To solve this puzzle, we present a simple two‐level game model that takes into account strategic interdependence between intrastate and interstate wars. Using the two‐level game framework, we show that the ethnic homogeneity of North Korea helps defend itself from US armed intervention, whereas a rogue state with a relatively heterogeneous society is expected to experience international insecurity by providing the USA with an opportunity to find domestic allies that help it win an interstate war against the rogue state. As a policy implication, we discuss the possibility that the recent development of a market economy in North Korea might destabilize the peace between the USA and North Korea.

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  • Kentaro Hirose & Shuhei Kurizaki, 2019. "The Logic of the Survival of North Korea," Asian Economic Policy Review, Japan Center for Economic Research, vol. 14(2), pages 287-304, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:asiapr:v:14:y:2019:i:2:p:287-304
    DOI: 10.1111/aepr.12267
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