"Timely . . . lays out the bigger picture and questions with a sweep that is rarely seen in the English-language analysis of the country."
--Wall Street Journal

"This book meets a pressing need for wide-ranging, timely coverage of North Korea. It offers diverse, sometimes clashing views, especially over the future of the regime. Many chapters cover areas neglected elsewhere, deepening the debate. Others offer strong opinions, trying to steer the debate. Sensibly, the concluding chapter by the two editors draws the arguments together, leaving the reader with a clear sense of the options that lie ahead."
--Gilbert Rozman, Princeton University

"An important work on the future of North Korea by an outstanding array of practitioners and academic experts. As the Pyongyang regime attempts to consolidate rule under the newest 'Dear Leader,' it will continue to defy simplistic analysis. This book is a great advance to understanding the enigma that is North Korea."
--Stephen Bosworth, Tufts University

Charles K. Armstrong, Korea Foundation Professor of Korean Studies in the Social Sciences in the Department of History and Director of the Center for Korean Research at Columbia University

Ken E. Gause, Senior Research Analyst with CNA Strategic Studies' International Affairs Group and Iranian Studies Program and Director of CNA Foreign Leadership Studies Program

Terence Roehrig, Professor of National Security Affairs and Director of the Asia-Pacific Studies Group at the U.S. Naval War College

Bruce Cumings, Department Chairperson and Gustavus F. and Ann M. Swift Distinguished Service Professor in History and the College at the University of Chicago

Victor Cha, Director of Asian Studies and D.S. Song Chair in the Department of Government and School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University; Senior Adviser and Korea Chair at the Center for Strategic International Studies

Nicholas D. Anderson, Graduate Student in the Security Studies Program at Georgetown University

Nicholas Eberstadt, Henry Wendt Chair in Political Economy at the American Enterprise Institute and Senior Adviser to the National Bureau of Asian Research

Bradley O. Babson, former World Bank Official and UN Consultant on Myanmar

Andrei Lankov, Professor at Kookmin University in Seoul

Woo Young Lee, Professor at University of North Korean Studies in Seoul

Jungmin Seo, Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa College of Social Sciences

Liu Ming, Deputy Director of Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences

Haksoon Paik, Director of Inter-Korean Relations Studies Program and the Director of the Center for North Korean Studies at the Sejong Institute in Korea

David C. Kang, Professor of International Relations and Business and Director of the Korean Studies Institute at the University of Southern California

Scott A. Snyder, CFR Senior Fellow and Director of the Program on U.S.-Korea Policy

Kyung-Ae Park, Professor and Korea Foundation Chair at the Institute of Asian Research of the University of British Columbia