Patrick McEachern is a Council on Foreign Relations International Affairs Fellow, Foreign Service Officer, and author of Inside the Red Box: North Korea’s Post-totalitarian Politics (2010). He has a PhD from Louisiana State University.Jaclyn O’Brien McEachern is a practicing canon lawyer and author of multiple scholarly articles on the West’s relations with Islam. She has a PhD from The Catholic University of America.

"The emphasis on aspiration, as opposed to behaviour, is analytically liberating for both the authors and the reader. It allows the former to turn the discussion to the domestic politics of both countries, placing questions of factionalism and identity in a primary position."Rosa Brooks, War, Survival: Global Politics and Strategy

• 1. Introduction 2. A Comparative History 3. Domestic Politics, Economy, and Ideology 4. Foreign and Security Policy and Human Rights 5. Nonproliferation 6. Conclusions and Policy Implications

Patrick McEachern is a Council on Foreign Relations International Affairs Fellow, Foreign Service Officer, and author of Inside the Red Box: North Korea’s Post-totalitarian Politics (2010). He has a PhD from Louisiana State University.Jaclyn O’Brien McEachern is a practicing canon lawyer and author of multiple scholarly articles on the West’s relations with Islam. She has a PhD from The Catholic University of America.

"The emphasis on aspiration, as opposed to behaviour, is analytically liberating for both the authors and the reader. It allows the former to turn the discussion to the domestic politics of both countries, placing questions of factionalism and identity in a primary position."Rosa Brooks, War, Survival: Global Politics and Strategy

• 1. Introduction 2. A Comparative History 3. Domestic Politics, Economy, and Ideology 4. Foreign and Security Policy and Human Rights 5. Nonproliferation 6. Conclusions and Policy Implications

Patrick McEachern is a Council on Foreign Relations International Affairs Fellow, Foreign Service Officer, and author of Inside the Red Box: North Korea’s Post-totalitarian Politics (2010). He has a PhD from Louisiana State University.Jaclyn O’Brien McEachern is a practicing canon lawyer and author of multiple scholarly articles on the West’s relations with Islam. She has a PhD from The Catholic University of America.

"The emphasis on aspiration, as opposed to behaviour, is analytically liberating for both the authors and the reader. It allows the former to turn the discussion to the domestic politics of both countries, placing questions of factionalism and identity in a primary position."Rosa Brooks, War, Survival: Global Politics and Strategy

• 1. Introduction 2. A Comparative History 3. Domestic Politics, Economy, and Ideology 4. Foreign and Security Policy and Human Rights 5. Nonproliferation 6. Conclusions and Policy Implications