| Playing the Same Game: North Korea's Coercive Attempt at U.S. Reconciliation
Michishita, Narushige
Washington Quarterly, October 2009, v32, #4, pp139-152
"The nuclear and missile capabilities of the Democratic People’s
Republic of Korea (DPRK) are certainly improving, but that does not mean its strategy has changed. Those who argue that Pyongyang has abandoned diplomacy risk missing the point; nuclear weapons and missiles are still the means, not the ends. North Korea is actually taking necessary steps to prepare for future talks with the United States."
Narushige Michishita is an Assistant Professor of the Security and International Studies Program at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS) in Tokyo.
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A39/05-09. Posted December 7, 2009
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