By Jeffrey Robertson, The Strategist (ASPI): “It’s the story line of the Trump agenda: Everything keeps getting pushed further and further back as priorities pile up and infighting escalates. This will no doubt complicate Defense Secretary Jim Mattis’ plan to modernize the military, analysts and former defense officials predict.”
By Hugh White, Lowy Interpreter: “Just as in the Cold War, America didn't need to fight the Soviets to contain their challenge: it only needed to convince the Soviets that it would. ”
Nuke North Korea Now: It's the Only Option
By Kevin R. James, Washington Examiner: “The U.S. can prevent a North Korean nuclear attack either by deterring one, or by eliminating the North Koreans' ability to launch one through military means. The foreign policy establishment's view is that because deterrence worked on the Russians it will also work on the North Koreans, making deterrence the obvious choice.”
The Unacceptable Dangers of Accepting a Nuclear North Korea
By Michael Heazle, Lowy Interpreter: “The crisis on the Korean Peninsula has for the first time introduced an element of confusion over the strategic goal pursued by the US and its allies in dealing with North Korea.”
North Korea Just Proved It – WMDs Work
By David Max Korzen, RealClearDefense: “The hard truth is that North Korea already possess weapons of mass destruction, just not in the normative form.”