| Description |
1 online resource (15 pages) |
| Contents |
Executive summary -- Regional stakeholder considerations -- An influence-based strategy -- Conclusion |
| Summary |
"The United States' current approach to North Korea does not fundamentally resolve the risks of its belligerent behavior nor halt the development of its nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles. As these capabilities are improved, there is greater potential that Kim Jong-un, the leader of North Korea -- confident he can deter a regime-threatening reaction -- will attempt a violent provocation to achieve political objectives but in doing so miscalculates and instead sparks a crisis which escalates disastrously. While the United States has contingency plans for a wide range of conflict scenarios, executing them would be extraordinarily costly -- the military capabilities Pyongyang has now amassed would inflict catastrophic damage. James Clapper, the U.S. Director of National Intelligence, has repeatedly warned that Pyongyang is 'committed to developing a long-range, nuclear-armed missile that is capable of posing a direct threat to the United States...' and that 'North Korea has already taken initial steps toward fielding this system...' With such a capability, Kim is attempting force the international community to accommodate him to avoid conflict. However, he could underestimate U.S. resolve, which in turn would ignite conflict. If the Kim regime falls, a nuclear-armed, fragmented military could strike the United States. To avert this, the United States should work with South Korea to develop an information campaign designed to reduce the risks of conflict or regime collapse by convincing regime elites that their best options in these circumstances would be to support ROK-U.S. Alliance efforts ... Reducing the wartime damage the North could inflict and lessening the potential chaos of collapse would provide renewed leverage for the U.S.-ROK Alliance to de-escalate a crisis before it erupts. However, if crisis does occur, this strategy would enable a more favorable and less costly conclusion"--Publisher's web site |
| Notes |
"October 2016." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 14-15) |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (CNAS, viewed January 10, 2017) |
| Subject |
Information warfare -- Korea (North)
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Information warfare -- Korea (South)
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Information warfare -- United States
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Influence (Psychology)
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Escalation (Military science)
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Escalation (Military science)
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Influence (Psychology)
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Information warfare.
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Korea (North)
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Korea (South)
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United States.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Center for a New American Security, publisher.
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