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Asia Pacific Issues Asia Pacific Issues
Toward an Incremental Pathway to Peace on the Korean Peninsula Toward an Incremental Pathway to Peace on the Korean Peninsula
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SUMMARY One possible way to address the North Korean nuclear threat is by beginning a series of incremental steps to gradually lessen tension and lead to eventual peace on the Korean Peninsula. Such steps could include halting North Korea’s nuclear-weapons testing and further advancement of its nuclearweapons program in return for scaling back joint military exercises between the United States and South Korea; reducing North Korea’s nuclear stockpiles in exchange for special development aid to North Korea for targeted economic, social, and public health initiatives; a moratorium on North Korean missile testing in exchange for the suspension of United States missile-defense systems in South Korea, and, providing earlier steps were successful, a peace treaty ending the Korean War. Recognizing what it would take for these initiatives to emerge requires also reckoning with the inevitable obstacles.

Additional titles in the
AsiaPacific Issues series

SUMMARY One possible way to address the North Korean nuclear threat is by beginning a series of incremental steps to gradually lessen tension and lead to eventual peace on the Korean Peninsula. Such steps could include halting North Korea’s nuclear-weapons testing and further advancement of its nuclearweapons program in return for scaling back joint military exercises between the United States and South Korea; reducing North Korea’s nuclear stockpiles in exchange for special development aid to North Korea for targeted economic, social, and public health initiatives; a moratorium on North Korean missile testing in exchange for the suspension of United States missile-defense systems in South Korea, and, providing earlier steps were successful, a peace treaty ending the Korean War. Recognizing what it would take for these initiatives to emerge requires also reckoning with the inevitable obstacles.