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This chapter discusses the history of bicycle art, examining how artists from the early twentieth century onwards have used the bicycle as a device for exploring issues of identity, injustice and inequality. The discussion considers work by a number of artists from around the world, but the principal case studies are contemporary artists Ai Weiwei and Rainer Ganahl. This chapter examines the way these artists have used the bicycle as the symbolic device through which to explore questions of contemporary capitalism and technology, political repression and freedom of movement, economic inequality and nationhood, as well as masculinity, sexuality and individual identity. Both artists have also used the bicycle as a tool with which to make art in a variety of media, and this chapter argues that their work invites us to reflect upon cycling cultures and the bicycle's transformative political potential as a device that enables us to see and experience the world differently.

"Spying is eternal," says John le Carre's George Smiley, at the end of his career. Yet certain political and historical events seem to bring espionage to the surface. Such were the events of 9/11 and its various aftermaths. Was there ever a halcyon time before espionage? Some pristine paradise before the eye of God, or one of his proxies, kept watch on the garden and reported on activities? The purpose here is to sketch a map of an emergent field of investigation.

"Spying is eternal," says John le Carre's George Smiley, at the end of his career. Yet certain political and historical events seem to bring espionage to the surface. Such were the events of 9/11 and its various aftermaths. Was there ever a halcyon time before espionage? Some pristine paradise before the eye of God, or one of his proxies, kept watch on the garden and reported on activities? The purpose here is to sketch a map of an emergent field of investigation.

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Figures -- Summary -- Acknowledgments -- CHAPTER ONE Introduction -- Who Are North Korea's Elites? -- Methodology -- Report Outline -- CHAPTER TWO What Will North Korean Elites Likely Want? -- Conditions in North Korea -- Why Are the Expectations of the Senior Elites an Issue? -- What Would North Korean Elites Want from Korean Unification? -- Individual Safety and Security -- Individual Position -- Wealth -- Family Safety and Position -- Doing Something Important -- Likely Anxieties Among North Korean Elites -- Putting Needed Policies in Place -- Developing New Policies -- Communicating These Policies -- CHAPTER THREE North Korean People's Army Generals and North Korean Physicians -- Their Current Conditions -- NKPA Generals -- North Korean Physicians -- Potential Reactions to Unification -- Specific Policies and Actions for Generals and Physicians -- NKPA Generals -- North Korean Physicians -- CHAPTER FOUR Planning Across Scenarios -- Unification as the Result of Conflict -- Peaceful Unification -- Conditions Appear Ripe to Prepare for Unification -- References