North Korea Sows Unease With Constitutional Changes

Kim’s regime expects others to engage with it rather than risk regional chaos.

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North Korea’s rubber-stamp legislature convened this week, tasked with amending the constitution to designate South Korea as a “hostile” country, remove clauses related to reunification and redraw the country’s maritime borders. Kim Jong Un ordered the changes, likely anticipating that a few antagonistic maneuvers will frighten Pyongyang’s enemies, firm up its alliances and stabilize the […]

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Allison Fedirka
Allison Fedirka is the former director of analysis for Geopolitical Futures. Ms. Fedirka has a bachelor’s degree in Spanish and international studies from Washington University in St. Louis and a master’s degree in international relations and affairs from the University of Belgrano, Argentina. Her thesis was on Brazil and Angola and south-south cooperation.