Next Steps on North Korea: Options Beyond Sanctions




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Summary: Threatening more nuclear tests, North Korea called the recent UN sanctions resolution, approved after the first test, a "declaration of war." Carnegie Senior Associate Michael Swaine, an expert on East Asian security issues, recently moderated a discussion with Randy Schriver and Alan Romberg on options beyond sanctions. They discussed steps to dissuade other states from contemplating the acquisition of nuclear weapons and to constrain North Korea from escalating the situation even further.