By Christopher R. Hill, The Strategist (ASPI): “The Trump administration has assembled before it all the components of an effective North Korea strategy: cooperation with China; pressure on North Korea through sanctions and isolation; reassurance of allies, including by providing the most up-to-date anti-ballistic missile defences; and a willingness to talk.”
By Nathaniel Davis, Modern War Institute: “There is certainly no prospect of mutually assured destruction between superpowers and rogue regimes; the assurance of destruction is one-directional.”
Yesterday, I reviewed some recent academic writings on North Korea’s nuclear weapons program. Of course, the policy stance of the US and its allies is equally if not more important. There has been some disturbing speculation about command and control of the US nuclear force in recent weeks.