North Korea's leader, Kim Jong Un, having amassed an arsenal of nuclear weapons and missiles, has been exhibiting behavior that experts, including @andreaskluth, warn could lead to miscalculation and nuclear war. The situation is described as 'Far Beyond The Routine Warnings' with Kim Jong Un testing fearsome weapons and threatening to annihilate South Korea. Researchers Robert Carlin and Siegfried Hecker suggest that Kim Jong Un has made a strategic decision to go to war, echoing his grandfather's actions in 1950. Kim Jong Un has declared South Korea an enemy state, formally abandoned peaceful reunification efforts, and is threatening to take the South by force of arms. The rhetoric from North Korea has grown notably more aggressive, leading to discussions about whether South Korea needs its own nuclear deterrent.
The Kim regime is well known for making bombastic threats, but the rhetoric has grown notably more aggressive in recent months. Now, some North Korea watchers are wondering: Is Kim preparing for war? Our analysis on the current debate: https://t.co/Z4KZ96DVwX
"As the new year begins, North Korea is signaling a major policy shift, abandoning efforts to unite with its neighbor to the South. It is even threatening to take the South by force of arms." https://t.co/WaZWLlq21z
Accompanying North Korea’s military build-up has been a hardening attitude towards the South. Reversing decades of policy, Kim Jong Un now claims that Northerners and Southerners no longer belong to a single Korean people https://t.co/lYuwWLxB6h 👇
Bloomberg: The risk of nuclear war with North Korea is rising According to researchers Robert Carlin and Siegfried Hecker, "Like his grandfather in 1950, Kim Jong-un has made a strategic decision to go to war." In several recent speeches, he has made it clear that the weapon of… https://t.co/597fauaYff
"The Risk of a North Korean Nuclear War Is Rising" @andreaskluth https://t.co/brgGqu0Qwo Fascinating article, but left unsaid is that South Korea needs its OWN nukes to deter North Korea, as Kim Jong Un knows the South can't COUNT on the U.S. umbrella & that makes him bolder.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un declared South Korea to be an enemy state and formally abandoned the idea of peacefully reunifying the two halves of the peninsula https://t.co/06P3a2jkxb
Hardly a month passes without Kim Jong Un testing fearsome weapons or threatening to annihilate South Korea. Despite the rhetoric, the two Koreas are probably not bent on fighting https://t.co/Zbey7skZiZ 👇
‘Far Beyond The Routine Warnings’: North Korea’s Bizarre Behavior Suggests Plans For Global War, Experts Warn https://t.co/AUkHnebLtt
There are signs that North Korea’s dictator, having amassed an arsenal of nukes and missiles, could miscalculate and use them, says @andreaskluth https://t.co/JB75Dp6Mxn
There are signs that North Korea’s dictator, having amassed an arsenal of nukes and missiles, could miscalculate and use them, says @andreaskluth https://t.co/G3maOY0u1O via @opinion