Decoding Kim Jong Un: Has the North Korean Leader Chosen War?

SUBSCRIBER+ EXCLUSIVE REPORTING – Has Kim Jong Un decided to go to war? A blizzard of bulletins from North Korea has sparked a debate among Korea-watchers and policymakers, and led some to conclude the answer is Yes. 

“We believe that, like his grandfather in 1950, Kim Jong Un has made a strategic decision to go to war,” two highly respected scholars, Robert Carlin and Siegfried Hecker, wrote on the website 38North in January.

“The Cipher Brief has become the most popular outlet for former intelligence officers; no media outlet is even a close second to The Cipher Brief in terms of the number of articles published by formers.” —Sept. 2018, Studies in Intelligence, Vol. 62

Access all of The Cipher Brief’s national security-focused expert insight by becoming a Cipher Brief Subscriber+ Member.

Subscriber+

Categorized as:Asia ReportingTagged with:

Related Articles

Israel Strikes Iran

BOTTOM LINE UP FRONT – Less than one week after Iran’s attack against Israel, Israel struck Iran early on Friday, hitting a military air base […] More

Search

Close