Publication

This report evaluates the challenges facing the United States in and around the Korean Peninsula, and assesses American options for meeting them. It makes specific recommendations to help guide US foreign policy: articulate a strategy around which US regional partners can rally; engage in a serious negotiating effort with North Korea and test its intentions by proposing an interim agreement; secure the commitment of US allies to take tougher action should talks fail; restore the health of the US-South Korea alliance; persuade China to take greater responsibility for resolving the crisis; and appoint a full-time high-level coordinator for Korea.