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North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un speaks with nuclear weapons researchers

U.S. policy up in the air on North Korea

North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un (C) talking with scientists and technicians involved in nuclear weapons research at an undisclosed location (source: dpa)

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Location
United States
Date
28 July 2016
Contains
Report Scenarios
Category
Security challenges
Tags
Donald Trump Hillary Clinton Kim Jong-un nuclear weapons

Author

Dr. James Jay Carafano

Dr. James Jay Carafano

James Jay Carafano, a leading expert in America’s national security and foreign policy challenges, is the Washington-based Heritage Foundation’s vice president for foreign and defence policy studies and director of the Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for International Studies.Before ...
  • Last two U.S. administrations have started tough with North Korea, then talked
  • Hillary Clinton’s advisors are split between sanctions or working through China
  • Donald Trump may not tip his hand until his foreign policy team is named

North Korea remains a top concern of the United States as a threat to peace and stability in Northeast Asia. That concern is broad and bipartisan. Yet, few aspects of American foreign policy are more uncertain than the tack the next president will take in dealing with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.

Contents

  • Key possession
  • Three schools
  • Trump’s ambivalence
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Stiffer sanctions against North Korea would be a mistake, because they would upset the U.S. relationship with China
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  • Last two U.S. administrations have started tough with North Korea, then talked
  • Hillary Clinton’s advisors are split between sanctions or working through China
  • Donald Trump may not tip his hand until his foreign policy team is named
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