PART 1: COPING WITH DOMESTIC DEVELOPMENTS Socialist Neoconservatism and North Korean Foreign Policy in the Post-nuclear Era; R.Frank People's Exit, Regime Stability, and North Korean Diplomacy; K.Ae Park North Korea's Aid Diplomacy: Evidence from Food Aid and Chinese Data; M.Manyin Food Security and North Korea's Foreign Policy; H.Smith Military First Politics (Songun): Assessing its Implications for Foreign Policy; H.S.Park PART 2: COPING WITH THE NEW WORLD STRUCTURE Multilateralism and Pyongyang's Foreign Policy Strategy; G.Rozman 'China Rising' and Its Implications for North Korea's China Policy; D.Kang 'China Rising,' Regional Architecture, and North Korean Foreign Policy; V.Cha PART 3: COPING WITH CHANGING ENVIRONMENTS OF THE US AND SOUTH KOREA Washington's Leadership Transition and Its Implications for Pyongyang's U.S. Policy; B.Cumings Changes in Seoul's North Korean Policy and the Implications for Pyongyang's Inter-Korean Diplomacy;� S.Snyder Domestic Determinants of Obama Administration's North Korea Policy and Ramifications for Pyongyang; G.Flake