Prospects of Resolving the Korean Nuclear Problem
... from the U.S., had been achieved, and the nuclear missile race could be suspended. The second reason for détente was South Korea’s behaviour. It’s not only a matter of Moon Jae-in’s initial campaign slogan of restoring dialogue with Pyongyang. Donald Trump’s aggressive 2017 rhetoric aimed at North Korea played its part, too. For the first time in several decades, the world faced the threat of a real war on the Korean Peninsula that would be started by the U.S. South Korea would be the main victim as it would take a major strike from the north. Therefore, Washington could consider the war won if North Korea were eliminated in its present state, while Seoul would ...
15.03.2019
