East-West Center 190d ago

For almost four decades, the United States has tried to stop North Korea’s attempts to build nuclear weapons and the missiles to deliver them. Based on more than 300 interviews with officials in Washington, Seoul and Beijing, as well as his own encounters with North Korean government officials over two decades, Joel Wit’s new book, Fallout: The Inside Story of How America Failed to Disarm North Korea, tells the up until now untold story of how six American presidents failed to stop Pyongyang. As a result, the United States is now faced with the threat of North Korea’s missiles that can threaten its cities and northeast Asia is on the verge of a nuclear arms race. Wit discusses how to deal with that challenge and whether President Trump is on the right track.