Executive Summary The USSR’s 1991 dissolution ended North Korea’s single largest source of subsidized fuel, food, machinery, and diplomatic protection almost overnight. The shock triggered a decade of economic implosion, culminating in the 1994–1998 famine that killed several hundred thousand to several million people. Politically, the regime responded not with market liberalization (unlike Vietnam or … Leggi tutto How the Soviet Collapse Reshaped North Korea – Comparing the Russia–Ukraine War and the US–Iran Conflict