The North Korean Parliamentary Session and Budget Report 2018: Cautious Optimism for the Summit Year
On April 11, 2018, the 6th session of the 13th Supreme People’s Assembly (SPA) of the DPRK convened at the…
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Sanctions and the Summit: Coordination Challenges for the Trump Administration
As if the Trump White House did not face enough policy coordination and formulation challenges for the proposed Trump-Kim summit,…
Sanctions and Marketization in North Korea: Lessons from Myanmar
Sanctions on North Korea, as many observers have noted, may have started to “bite,” but mainly in unintended ways—principally, by…
Market Reforms with North Korean Characteristics: Loosening the Grip on State-Owned Enterprises
In the last few years, the seemingly ever more frequent North Korean nuclear and missile tests have been met with…