How to make Progress with North Korea Now

Journal Article · Fri Sep 21 00:00:00 EDT 2018 · Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

OSTI ID:1525315

Goldston, Robert ^[1]

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1. Princeton Univ., Princeton, NJ (United States); University of Michigan

In early 2017 the United States should have taken up the Chinese and Russian-backed proposal to suspend United States – South Korean joint military exercises in exchange for suspension of North Korean nuclear and missile tests. South Korea was signaling that it would support this proposal. That was before North Korea tested inter-continental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), capable of reaching anywhere in the U.S., and an advanced nuclear explosive, some ten times more powerful than those the U.S. used against Japan in WWII. The Trump administration brushed aside that original international proposal. The Singapore Summit, however, has put just such a suspension-for-suspension agreement in place. A little late, but much better than never.

• Research Organization: Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Office of Nonproliferation and Verification Research and Development (NA-22)
• Grant/Contract Number: NA0002534
• OSTI ID: 1525315
• Journal Information: Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Journal Name: Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Vol. 2018; ISSN 0096-3402
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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