Bruce E. Bechtol Jr. is professor of political science at Angelo State University. A retired Marine, he has also served as an intelligence officer for the Defense Intelligence Agency. He has published numerous articles and is the author of several books, including North Korean Military Proliferation to the Middle East and Africa: Enabling Violence and Instability, North Korea and Regional Security in the Kim Jong-un Era: A New International Security Dilemma, and The Last Days of Kim Jong-Il: The North Korean Threat in a Changing Era.