OK so north korea. It seems to me that the crux of the issue here is that NK thinks nukes are necessary to avoid US-led regime change.
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but then, China exists, so now the threat of US-led regime change in NK is quite small. Can NK be persuaded of this?
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can assurances of this be offered in exchange for a halt to the nuclear program? Or is NK leadership too busy on the dick measuring contest?
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It seems framework for peace is: China offers assurances that should US initiate regime change in NK, China enters war on NK's side.
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By contrast, should NK attack US or any ally (i.e., Japan/South Korea), China enters war on US side, with predetermined endgame for NK.
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in exchange for this commitment from China, NK halts nuke program. Then, US/Japan/SK start offering NK economic goodies in exchange...
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for meaningful rollback of the nuclear program, with "snapback" procedures a la Iran nuke deal.
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In particular, I think getting NK citizens access to non-state media would be an important goal...
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in the hopes that they create an internal push for liberalizing reforms, which is the only thing that will really normalize NK.
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