The kleptocracy ain't so unified
Thursday, October 19, 2006 at 7:29AM
Thomas P.M. Barnett

ARTICLE: With Cash, Defectors Find North Korea’s Cracks, By NORIMITSU ONISHI, New York Times, October 19, 2006

Another good omen suggesting the kleptocracy ain't as unified as imagined. As usual, we tend to overestimate the strength of enemies, counting too much their capacity for war and underestimating our capacity to influence everything else.

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