America’s North Korea strategy needs a dose of reality
While few outside the country accept that characterisation, the date underscores a reality: the war never formally ended. The 1953 agreement was an .css-jfmysa{display:inline;word-break:break-word;}.css-1ankfgb{cursor:pointer;display:inline;word-break:break-word;}armistice that left the peninsula in a state of suspended conflict.Responsibility for the resulting instability is widely distributed. North Korea’s missile tests, expanding nuclear arsenal and escalatory rhetoric have undermined regional security.
- ▪While few outside the country accept that characterisation, the date underscores a reality: the war never formally ended.
- ▪The 1953 agreement was an .css-jfmysa{display:inline;word-break:break-word;}.css-1ankfgb{cursor:pointer;display:inline;word-break:break-word;}armistice that left the peninsula in a state of suspended conflict.Responsibility for the resultin
- ▪North Korea’s missile tests, expanding nuclear arsenal and escalatory rhetoric have undermined regional security.
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