Game of assurance for peninsula peace
How should the United States deal with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea? The US and the DPRK are locked in a dangerous game of chicken characterized by threats and counter threats. The problem with threat escalation, as has been happening on both sides in recent weeks, is that it leads to the hardening of positions, the misreading of signals and the risk of catastrophic miscalculation.
US President Donald Trump was likely to address the DPRK nuclear issue in his debut speech at the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, days after the UN imposed the strictest sanctions on the DPRK after it conducted its sixth and to date strongest nuclear test on Sept 3.
Hopefully, Washington and Pyongyang will heed each other's concerns and de-escalate tensions on the Korean Peninsula.
