We need to think creatively about how to address that dilemma in concert with our allies.
I believe that after a thorough analysis of a likely cost of preventive war, as well as a careful examination of the alternatives, it is nea...
War with North Korea would have significant human, economic, and strategic costs, some of which I will outline briefly today.
I cannot imagine a Situation Room meeting in which the Principals decide that these risks are more 'tolerable' than the risks associated wit...
We do need to increase diplomatic, economic, and military pressure not only on North Korea but on third states that might be tempted to beco...
We need to enhance and expand the robust financial sanctions introduced in September, the most sweeping we have ever imposed on North Korea.
Escalation to nuclear, biological, or chemical weapons by the North would mean a conflict that goes from tens of thousands killed to million...
I do not think diplomacy is going to solve this problem for us in any meaningful way in the foreseeable future.
Estimating the human costs of war is always an imperfect exercise.
There would be economic costs as well.
According to another 2010 RAND report, estimates for long-term reconstruction of the Korean Peninsula would top $1 trillion.