President Trump and the Crisis on the Korean Peninsula
Keywords:
: North Korea Nuclear Program, North Korea Ballistic program, Weapons of Mass Destruction, Trump Administration, Programme nucléaire nord-coréen, Programme balistique nord-coréen, Armes de destruction massives, Administration Trump.Abstract
This paper examines several practical questions about North Korean Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD). What assumptions have been applied in dealing with the current Korean Peninsula
crisis, and are these appropriate? What is the reality of the North Korean WMD threat? How should
the Trump administration respond to this threat, and can it persuade China to prioritize the North
Korean issue on its national security agenda? And what role should the upcoming South Korean
administration play? If North Korea’s nuclear and missile programs are to be curtailed, these questions must be answered. Both the US and South Korean governments are reviewing their North
Korea policies following the latest reckless provocations: the situation is escalating rapidly, and
time is short
