Poli-102 quiz 3

- 1910: Japan occupied the Koren Peninsula
- 1945: Japan defeated in WWII
- USSR occupied the North; US occupied the south

1948: Soviets withdrew from NK. Kim Il-sung became leader.
- Kim was a communist guerilla who fought the Japanese.
1950 (June 25): NK invaded SK to forcibly unify.
1950 (June 27): The UN authorized intervention. Led by the US.
1953 (July 27): armistice signed. The borders remained as they were

1985: NK signs Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).
1986: NK starts nuclear research.
1994: Kim Il-sung dies. Replaced by his son, Kim Jong-il.

- 1994-1998.
Reasons:
- Natural disasters.
- Loss of Soviet support.
- Economic mismanagement.
Deaths: 500,000 – 3,000,000

- Self-reliance
- demonization of US
- Nuclear ambitious
- Total dictatorship

- Arbitrary arrest.
- Torture.
- Executions.
- Forced labor.

The ability to get others to want what you want, to get the outcomes you want without coercion or payment

It is the ability of a country or entity to influence others through coercion or payment.

involves combining hard power with soft power strategies to address the complex challenges of the modern world.

the way in which power is spreading or dispersing from traditional state actors to non-state actors.

- Leadership is removed.
- Institutions are usually destroyed.
- A power vacuum results.
- Public order breaks down.
- Infrastructure is usually degraded.
Examples: water, electricity, transportation, schools

- Building new systems: political, financial, economic, social, cultural.
- Maintaining public order in the process.
Examples: Haiti, Iraq, Afghanistan.