Nicholas Eberstadt

Nicholas Eberstadt holds the Henry Wendt Chair in Political Economy at the American Enterprise Institute, and is the author of The End of North Korea among other studies on Korean affairs.

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Dear Leader's Unfinished Business

<p>By failing to prepare his successor, the late Kim Jong-il gambled his country’s leadership. Nicholas Eberstadt on why North Korea’s ruling family’s grip on power may soon come to an end. <a href="/content/dailybeast/articles/2011/12/18/north-korean-leader-kim-jong-il-dead.html" target="_blank">Plus read breaking news updates, see photos from inside North Korea and more</a>.<br> </p>

Nicholas Eberstadt