New PDF release: No Illusions: Regaining the Strategic Initiative with North

By Abraham M. Denmark,Nirav Patel,Lindsey Ford, Michael Zubrow,Zachary M. Hosford

ISBN-10: 1935087193

ISBN-13: 9781935087199

Pyongyang has spoken: North Korea has selected the trail of war of words. regardless of a sequence of agreements orchestrated via the Clinton and Bush administrations, North Korea has made no development towards engagement and denuclearization, and has abdicated its commitments to the overseas group. whereas President Obama has reaffirmed the inevitability of development over the “long arc of history,” the historical past of negotiations with North Korea seems extra like a challenging “rinse and repeat” cycle than whatever similar to a transparent trajectory. The Obama management can be lower than no illusions – the turbulent cycles of North Korean denuclearization negotiations have placed the USA and the overseas group in a disadvantageous negotiating place. it's changing into more and more transparent that this dynamic is unsustainable. for this reason, the Obama management should still pursue a strategic administration technique that gives a bridge among brief- and medium-term strategic targets and long-term aspirations of denuclearization via negotiation. This framework is designed to permit the US to regain the strategic initiative and protect our allies whereas guarding opposed to North Korean provocations.

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