North Korea: worst-case scenario? [1]

14 November 2016Hellendorff Bruno [2]Kellner Thierry [3]

North Korea is a strange country. Since Kim Jong-un took power, hopes of a new détente in the peninsula have been dashed by increasingly frequent provocations by Pyongyang – missiles launches and nuclear tests – with potentially disastrous regional consequences. In this way, North Korean actions prompted the issue missile defense to become a new locus of tensions between regional powers. From these developments, two fundamental questions arise: what capabilities does North Korea have? What does North Korea want? This is second part* of the analysis brings forward a critical view of Pyongyang’s ambitions and constrains as well as an open-ended probe into the diplomatic options available to the international community.

Crédit photo : les statues de Kim Il-sung et Kim Jong-il devant le "Palais du Soleil Kumsusan" - en fait, le mausolée érigé à la gloire de la dynastie Kim (source : collection privée)  

* First part : North Korea: Nuclear and ballistic stakes [4]

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Mots clés: 

• Corée [6]
• DAMB [7]
• THAAD [8]
• missiles [9]
• Kim Jong-Un [10]
• arme nucléaire [11]
• dissuasion nucléaire [12]
• diplomatie [13]

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