Bombs over Pyongyang? The Window’s Already Closed

August 9, 2017
Bombs over Pyongyang? The Window’s Already Closed
Bombs over Pyongyang? The Window’s Already Closed

Bombs over Pyongyang? The Window’s Already Closed

August 9, 2017

Don’t call it a comeback! In this episode of “Pacific Pundit,” we explain the many perils of preventive attacks against North Korea. Our history segment discusses the crazy options the U.S. considered to prevent China from going nuclear in the 1960s. In a satirical role play with Mira Rapp-Hooper (Yale’s Paul Tsai China Center and the Center for a New American Security), we walk through every argument that war hawks might make in favor of bombing North Korea. We also discuss research that highlights the theories and risks of preventive attacks against North Korea, and urges making the avoidance of nuclear conflict the foremost policy goal for the Korean Peninsula.

Image: Leah Garton, Department of Defense

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