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Many US experts and the Bush administration believe that the US came out of the Aug 2003 six-party talks aimed at halting North Korea’s nuclear weapons program in a stronger position than it went in-not least because the D.P.R.K. (North Korea) upset the other states, particularly Russia and China, by threatening to test nuclear weapons while the US lined up with the other states to advocate a non-nuclear Korean Peninsula. A more nuanced assessment of the talks indicates that the outcome may be far less favorable to the US-and for nonproliferation-than the Bush administration asserts. Contrary to the blithe talk of hardliners, the lack of progress to date and the poor prospects for future talks reveal the limits of political and military coercion to achieve nonproliferation goals on Korea.

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Title: Bush’s Bipolar Disorder and the Looming Failure of Multilateral Talks With North Korea
Author: Peter Hayes
Publication: Arms Control Today (Commentary)
Date: October 31, 2003
Publisher: Arms Control Association
Volume: 33 Issue: 8 Page: 3-6

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Contrary to the blithe talk of hardliners, the lack of progress to date and the poor prospects for future talks reveal the limits of political and military coercion to achieve nonproliferation goals in Korea.

Many U.S. “experts” and the Bush administration believe that the United States came out of the August 2003 six-party talks aimed at halting North Korea’s nuclear weapons program in a stronger position than it went in-not least because the D.P.R.K. (North Korea) upset the other states, particularly Russia and China, by threatening to test nuclear weapons while the United States lined up with the other states to advocate a non-nuclear Korean Peninsula.

Unfortunately, these pundits and…