What does Kim Jong Un see when he looks at global turmoil in recent years? In all likelihood, a stark reminder that no leader, military or state, is invulnerable.

The U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, the assassination of Qassem Soleimani, Russia’s faltering invasion of Ukraine, Israel’s precision strikes on adversaries, the collapse of the Assad region — all these events have laid bare the fragility of power in a rapidly evolving world, and offered North Korea lessons in governance, deterrence and survival.

By attempting to see the chaos from Pyongyang’s perspective, it is