Commentary: Lessons on nuclear weapons and regime survival 33-year-old Kim Jong Un has learnt
For one, Pyongyang will see a failure of the Iran nuclear deal as proof the US cannot be trusted, says the Financial Times' Roula Khalaf.
Read more at https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/commentary-north-korea-nuclear-weapons-regime-survival-9303754
(Updated: )
Ricky Lim ·
No matter that there is no evidence to that effect from the International Atomic Energy Agency, whose job it is to rule on compliance. Or that no other signatory to the agreement agrees with the US president.
Being Trump, he could still change his mind and surprise us with a different outcome. But assuming he goes ahead with decertification, Congress will have to consider whether to re-impose sanctions on Iran or raise the pressure through other means.
It will turn out to be a grave miscalculation if the US and North Korea go to war.
But when Trump undermines the nuclear deal with Iran, he also reinforces Kim's belief that his gamble is worth taking.
---
Both Trump and Kim's inexperience and miscalculation - may trigger an avoidable nuclear war.
Being Trump, he could still change his mind and surprise us with a different outcome. But assuming he goes ahead with decertification, Congress will have to consider whether to re-impose sanctions on Iran or raise the pressure through other means.
It will turn out to be a grave miscalculation if the US and North Korea go to war.
But when Trump undermines the nuclear deal with Iran, he also reinforces Kim's belief that his gamble is worth taking.
---
Both Trump and Kim's inexperience and miscalculation - may trigger an avoidable nuclear war.
No comments:
Post a Comment