Time to Strike a Diplomatic Deal with China on North Korea

September 11, 2017 Topic: Security Region: Asia Blog Brand: The Skeptics Tags: Donald TrumpNorth KoreaKim Jong-unWarNuclearMissileMilitary

Time to Strike a Diplomatic Deal with China on North Korea

The Trump administration’s best shot at deterring North Korea would be to mix diplomacy and sanctions in an initiative backed by Beijing.

Doug Bandow is a senior fellow at the Cato Institute and a former special assistant to President Ronald Reagan. He is the author of Tripwire: Korea and U.S. Foreign Policy in a Changed World and coauthor of The Korean Conundrum: America’s Troubled Relations with North and South Korea.

Image: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un reacts during a celebration for nuclear scientists and engineers who contributed to a hydrogen bomb test, in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang on September 10, 2017. KCNA via REUTERS