How Trump Can Contain Nuclear North Korea
The strategy to thwart North Korea could work similarly to the strategy that ultimately defeated Moscow.
by Bill Powell
Sep 22, 2017
3 minutes
After North Korea successfully detonated what it claims was a hydrogen bomb—and as the country prepares for yet another intercontinental missile test—the Trump administration’s national security woes are intensifying. Yet even with harsh rhetoric coming from both sides, there is a semblance of a coherent strategy emerging from the U.S. and its key allies in the region. It’s one that should be familiar to anyone who lived through the Cold War: containment and deterrence.
Consider the recent developments.
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