The FAS International Study Group on North Korea Policy is a group of fourteen experts from the United States, South Korea, Japan, Canada, and the UK who convened to develop a consensus strategy toward a North Korea that will remain nuclear armed for the next two decades. The group warns that the unrealistic fixation on complete and immediate disarmament will not only distract from but also exacerbate a range of challenges to critical U.S. and allied interests. Without a major shift in strategy, North Korea will expand its ability to threaten its neighbors, conduct illicit activities around the world, and repress its population with impunity.
In its report, the study group issues recommendations to the United States and its allies to not only manage a nuclear-armed North Korea, but to shape its transformation over time, including by: establishing and maintaining stability through ongoing arms control and steadily pursuing nuclear disarmament as a long-term objective; preparing a flexible sanctions regime and a procedure to administer economic investment projects; advancing the welfare of the North Korean people; and renovating diplomatic instruments necessary to accomplish these tasks successfully.
The FAS International Study Group on North Korea Policy will host a public launch event with study group members Jieun Baek (Oxford) and Tom Plant (RUSI), moderators Elise Hu (NPR) and Adam Mount (FAS) to discuss the findings.
Read the full report here: https://fas.org/wp-
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