By Robert C. Watts, IV, Proceedings Magazine: “North Korea’s rapidly improving nuclear arsenal poses an intractable problem: should the United States accept the new reality of a nuclear-armed North Korea with intercontinental reach, or should it pre-emptively strike Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons and missiles? The Telegraph reports that the Trump administration is considering strikes against North Korea to “get their attention and show that we’re serious.””
What Happened to the Art of Diplomacy?
By Jyri Raitasalo, RealClearDefense: “Real, credible military capabilities - together with other elements of national power - are part of the diplomatic process, through which adversaries engage each other, make their interests more understandable and try to find a solution that is acceptable to both or all parties involved.”