Talking is not appeasement — it’s avoiding a nuclear armageddon
The chances of this widening into a much more devastating conflict demands the West explore what may be possible.
Harry J. Kazianis is a Senior Editor at 19FortyFive and the President of the Rogue States Project, a bipartisan national security think tank based in Washington, D.C. Previously, he served as Senior Director of Korean Studies at the Center for the National Interest and executive editor of the National Interest.
Kazianis has also worked as a national security-focused fellow at the Potomac Foundation, the University of Nottingham, and CSIS. His work and interviews have appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, CNN, Fox News, the Wall Street Journal, and other publications across the political spectrum.
The chances of this widening into a much more devastating conflict demands the West explore what may be possible.
Pyongyang’s latest provocations are largely being ignored and the White House appears to have no strategy. This is folly.
Listen closely — he’s not talking about going to war but about something quite different. Is Biden listening?
The beleaguered regime is making a lot of demands these days — the administration would be wise in what it offers.