Matters of Policy & Politics

Area 45: North Korea

Tensions mount on the Korean Peninsula.

Matters of Policy & Politics•April 13, 2017
Area 45: North Korea

As tensions mount on the Korean Peninsula, the possibility increases of a US military strike against the rogue regime of Kim Jong-un. Tom Henriksen, a Hoover senior fellow emeritus and author of multiple books on US military and diplomatic approaches to the non-Western world and rogue regimes, discusses the policy options available to the Trump administration in dealing with North Korea.

Cast

Thomas H. Henriksen

Thomas H. Henriksen

Bill Whalen

Bill Whalen

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