TY - BOOK AU - HWANG Jihwan TI - Offensive realism, weaker states, and windows of opportunity: the Soviet Union and North Korea in comparative perspective PY - 2005/// KW - BALANCE OF POWER KW - NORTH KOREA KW - SOUTH KOREA KW - SOVIET UNION KW - UNITED STATES N2 - The threat posed by North Korea has been over emphasised, just as that posed by the USSR was during the Cold War. Both states were not only weaker but also declining compared to their notional adversaries ER -