During my Spring 2013 semester at California State University Northridge, I was enrolled in an "Elements of International Relations" course, focusing on analysis of basic historical, geographical, economic, ideological and strategic factors that underlie and condition conflict and cooperation among actors in the contemporary international system.
While completing this course, I was also undergoing the application process for studying abroad in South Korea. Therefore, I was very interested in Korean current affairs. At this time, North Korea was very vocal in threatening to attack South Korea. Due to this, when it was time to choose a term paper topic, I chose to discuss the probability of North Korea actually going through with this threat. My analysis looked at many different factors, including those at the individual and state level.
You may view my full analysis by clicking on the following link: WILL NORTH KOREA ATTACK SOUTH KOREA AS PROMISED?
