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Welcome to our Politike series! From today, OxPol will publish a selection of articles from Politike, a Brazilian website associated with the magazine CartaCapital. Politike will also be publishing articles from OxPol, which will be available at http://politike.cartacapital.com.br/oxpol/.

Politike focuses on the analysis of international affairs and human rights issues, especially those of the Global South. In its first year, Politike reached over 400,000 page views. CartaCapital is one of the most popular political magazines in Brazil, with its website registering over 6.5 million monthly page views. The magazine also has a strong presence on social media, with 1.6 million followers on Facebook and over 1 million on Twitter.

Politike publishes its articles on the ‘OxPol: The Oxford University Politics Blog’ website as part of a collaboration between OxPol and Politike.  The collaboration does not imply an endorsement by Politike of any content on the OxPol website.

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Fourth nuclear test re-energises bellicose tone against the US and South Korea A few announcements made by North Korea in the past two months have been making the international community uneasy. Last January, the country said it had successfully carried out a hydrogen bomb (H-bomb) test as an ‘act of self-defence’ against the US, claiming to have gained the capability to ‘wipe out the whole US territory’. In February, Kim Jong-un’s regime launched a satellite into space in a movement considered by specialists as a cover up for a ballistic missile test. Albeit Pyongyang tends to overstate its accomplishments, the satellite launch and the alleged detonation of a hydrogen bomb represent, combined, a considerable leap for North Korea’s military capabilities. If converted …