Politics · 21 min
Becoming Kim Jong Un
By Jung H. Pak
This episode unpacks the psychological and strategic journey of an unlikely successor consolidating absolute power in a totalitarian state, revealing the profound human cost of such a system.
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Politics
Duration
21 min
What it is about
North Korea, Dictatorship, Power Consolidation, Geopolitics
Who it is for
If you've ever wondered how absolute power is truly seized and maintained in a modern totalitarian state, this will sharpen your understanding of its chilling mechanisms, and this will help you see what to do next.
The author
Jung H. Pak, a former CIA analyst and senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, brings a rare, informed perspective to the inner workings of North Korea's leadership and the strategic calculus behind its actions.
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