Newswise — Nova Southeastern University subject matter expert Dustin Berna, Ph.D., is available to speak with media regarding the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il and the impact it will have globally.
“It is too soon to celebrate the death of Kim Jong ll -- we need to be very apprehensive and cautious,” says Dustin Berna, Ph.D., an Assistant Professor at Nova Southeastern University in Davie, FL. “Kim Jong Un, North Korea's new leader, has no military or political experience and will be manipulated by the North Korean military and political establishments, many of which are more radical than Kim Jong Il. North Korea's military capability is not something to ignore.
North Korea has the fourth largest army in the world and it now has nuclear weapons. Over 500 million people (including thousands of American troops) live in North Korea's striking range so any political turmoil in North Korea will have global ramifications.”
Dustin Berna graduated from the University of New Orleans with his Ph.D. in 2008. His two major fields of study were Middle Eastern politics and international relations. His dissertation was a quantitative study that evaluated the causes and electoral success of Islamic fundamentalist movements. He has collected and coded every Islamic fundamentalist group that is or has been in operation in the Islamic world since 1970. Berna’s research specializations include Middle Eastern politics, Islamic fundamentalism, religious extremism, social movements, terrorism, and political institutions. He has taught classes on the Iraq War, Islamic politics, Middle Eastern politics, terrorism, political violence, international relations, U.S. foreign policy and politics of developing states, revolutions, international negotiation, and violence Prevention.
Berna has written numerous articles on topics that range from terrorism and Islamic fundamentalism to Iranian political institutions and Islamic democracy.
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