thenewrepublic: What’s next for North Korea? “When Americans talked or wrote about Kim Jong Il, we often tended to play up his eccentricities. Kim Jong Il may have been an eccentric, but he was, first and foremost, the cruelest man of our time.” - The Editors  For more, read why Kim Jong Il was “The Worst Man” and see a list of the most terrible crimes of the world’s cruelest dictator, here. The death of Kim Jong-Il is not only an opportunity to reflect on the manifest crimes he committed against the people of North Korea, but it is also an opportunity to consider just how heavily his devious regime now weighs in calculations about international security. The uncertain future of North Korea is a matter of grave importance to five countries—the United States, China, Japan, Russia, and South Korea—that have intermittently engaged with it since the Six-Party Talks. Read Gilbert Rozman’s take on how each of these countries will respond to the ongoing succession crisis and what it will mean for global security. Photo courtesy of the Telegraph. 

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What’s next for North Korea?

“When Americans talked or wrote about Kim Jong Il, we often tended to play up his eccentricities. Kim Jong Il may have been an eccentric, but he was, first and foremost, the cruelest man of our time.” - The Editors

 For more, read why Kim Jong Il was “The Worst Man” and see a list of the most terrible crimes of the world’s cruelest dictator, here.

The death of Kim Jong-Il is not only an opportunity to reflect on the manifest crimes he committed against the people of North Korea, but it is also an opportunity to consider just how heavily his devious regime now weighs in calculations about international security.

The uncertain future of North Korea is a matter of grave importance to five countries—the United States, China, Japan, Russia, and South Korea—that have intermittently engaged with it since the Six-Party Talks.

Read Gilbert Rozman’s take on how each of these countries will respond to the ongoing succession crisis and what it will mean for global security.

Photo courtesy of the Telegraph. 

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