All the Bombs in the World Won't Solve the North Korea Crisis (It Will Only Make It Worse)

November 15, 2017 Topic: Security Region: Asia Tags: North KoreaKim Jong UnWarMilitaryTechnologyDiplomacy

All the Bombs in the World Won't Solve the North Korea Crisis (It Will Only Make It Worse)

There is no good military option for dealing with North Korea.

Nicholas Blanchette is a researcher in the Defense Strategies and Assessments Program at the Center for a New American Security. Benjamin Rimland is a researcher on Asia security issues currently based at the Inter-University Center for Japanese Language Studies in Yokohama.

Image: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un provides guidance with Ri Hong Sop (3rd L) and Hong Sung Mu (L) on a nuclear weapons program in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang September 3, 2017. KCNA via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS​