And the north korean policy review that President Trump has just completed. So for north korea watchers, twentysomething has certainly been an interesting year. President trump decided to review policy shortly after his inauguration, and he came back with a policy that emphasizes maximum pressure and engagement. There is been some mixed signals of what exactly guide states that be looking for from north korea before entering into negotiations. Software also has a new president. He has expressed interest in talking to the North Koreans south korea under what conditions remains somewhat of an open question. Then of course the north korea weve seen a number of Ballistic Missile test already in 2017 including some new systems. All of this is leading up to the summit that trump will hold in washington, d. C. , later this month. So dont make sense of all of these developments are and where fortunate with us today Michael Elleman and Suzanne Dimaggio. We will start today Michael Elleman, a se
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traditional forces capabilities continue to decline slowly but they continued to be large and adequately maintained. in other words, yes the north koreans may be going up against south korean indigenous tanks with t. 62 but their well-maintained. they just don t have a lot of fuel to run out and practice all the time. the result is evolving threat that keeps the status quo on the korean peninsula, literally a cold war miniature. it is extremely expensive to maintain. your talk to one of the key reasons why there are problems for north korean populace writ large because the huge expanse of this military. north korea s nuclear weapons but often little attention is paid to other aspects of the threat it presents to the region. that s what a want to talk about tonight, somewhat. i ll talk about other stuff as well, and that is the subject of an entire chapter in my book. when i talk about north korea s threat there are three key pillars. long range artillery, ball