Foreign Policy Essay
China Won’t Fix North Korea—Focus on These Four Areas Instead
Jacob Stokes, Alexander Sullivan Sun, Mar 26, 2017, 10:00 AM
Editor’s Note: North Korea is a problem that has vexed multiple administrations since the end of the Cold War. As the Pyongyang puzzle has grown more difficult to solve, policymakers increasingly look to China for help. Jacob Stokes and Alex Sullivan contend this is a mistake. They argue that China is not likely to abandon North Korea and that U.S. pressure might even backfire. Instead, they propose a mix of changes to current policy that offer more hope of coercing North Korea.
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