Comments on: Two diplomatic courses on the North Korean nuclear issue http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2008/12/15/two-diplomatic-courses-for-the-north-korean-nuclear-issue/ Economics, Politics and Public Policy in East Asia and the Pacific Mon, 13 Feb 2012 06:23:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 By: Chris Jong Hilhttp://www.eastasiaforum.org/2008/12/15/two-diplomatic-courses-for-the-north-korean-nuclear-issue/comment-page-1/#comment-1228 Chris Jong Hil Mon, 15 Dec 2008 11:06:55 +0000 http://www.eastasiaforum.org/?p=421#comment-1228 The contribution is excellent and overdue. At last, some clear thinking on this issue and the potential for a major changeover in policy (US diplomatic relations, Korean War Peace Treaty etc, and significant progress with verifiable nuclear disarmament) – a possible return to the Oct 2000 situation and follow-up to the Albright mission to Pyongyang by special emissary, Bill Clinton – moves that were all canned by George Bush within days of his inauguration, which were then followed by 8 years in the wilderness and the creation of a new N.E. Asian nuclear and missile power. The only one left in the wilderness will then be Japan. The contribution is excellent and overdue.

At last, some clear thinking on this issue and the potential for a major changeover in policy (US diplomatic relations, Korean War Peace Treaty etc, and significant progress with verifiable nuclear disarmament) – a possible return to the Oct 2000 situation and follow-up to the Albright mission to Pyongyang by special emissary, Bill Clinton – moves that were all canned by George Bush within days of his inauguration, which were then followed by 8 years in the wilderness and the creation of a new N.E. Asian nuclear and missile power.

The only one left in the wilderness will then be Japan.

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