HAIKOU, CHINA ¨C There have been many suggestions as to what the United States should do regarding North Korea¡¯s development of nuclear weapons and the means to deliver them.
For example a recent piece by Denny Roy in the Huffington Post analyses six options for U.S. North Korea policy. In his words these are ¡°let China do it; use military force; apply tougher economic sanctions; negotiate a freeze; accept North Korea into the club; and stay the course.¡± As he says, all these options have significant drawbacks.
¡°Let China do it¡± means persuading China to increase pressure on North Korea to freeze its nuclear weapons program. Even if China had the wherewithal to accomplish this, pressure sufficient to make North Korea¡¯s leadership change its policy would also risk collapse of the North Korean regime.
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