Failure to Launch: Why America Can’t Stop North Korean Missile Tests: North Korea has oft been said to be the land of only bad options.
That is ever more so as the North rapidly moves ahead with missile and nuclear development.
I would like tentatively to share the insights of Mr. Doug Bandow, a senior fellow at the Cato Institute, specializing in foreign policy and civil liberties. He worked as special assistant to President Ronald Reagan and editor of the political magazine Inquiry. He writes regularly for leading publications such as Fortune magazine, National Interest, the Wall Street Journal, and the Washington Times. Bandow speaks frequently at academic conferences, on college campuses, and to business groups. Bandow has been a regular commentator on ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, Fox News Channel, and MSNBC. He holds a JD from Stanford University.
Four years ago, President Donald Trump and Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un were preparing for their first summit.
Trump had dropped his “fire and fury” campaign and Kim had suspended intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) and nuclear tests.
Although skeptics filled the ranks of Washington’s established Korea analysts, for the first time in decades there was a sense of possibility about the bilateral relationship.
