The death of Kim, Jong-il: Grounds for apprehension (Op-ed)
The death of Kim, Jong-il: Grounds for apprehension (Op-ed)
- December 20, 2011
- An op-ed by Patrick Morgan, political science professor, is featured in the American Prospect December 20, 2011
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From the American Prospect:
While anticipated, Kim, Jong-il's death could turn out to be quite problematic. Efforts
at contingency planning have been underway in various places for some time because
numerous actors have a strong interest in what happens. But those actors disagree
sharply on what they want to happen, and have therefore done much of their planning
without closely consulting each other and in some secrecy. The ones in North Korea
have been particularly restricted in this regard, but those in Beijing, Seoul, Tokyo,
Washington, and even Moscow are certainly not ready to say what is to come next and
not ready to say for certain how they will react to whatever comes. [About the author:
Patrick M. Morgan is the Tierney chair in global peace and conflict studies at the
University of California, Irvine. Among others, he is a specialist on deterrence
and a founding member of the Council on U.S. Korean Security studies.]
For the full story, please visit http://prospect.org/article/death-kim-jong-il-grounds-apprehension.
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