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PacNet #19 – A Verification Regime for the Korean Peninsula

LAS VEGAS, NV – Any real solution to the North Korean nuclear crisis will ultimately be a "Grand Bargain" with military, economic, political, and diplomatic components. Fashioning that deal will require aggressive and creative thinking. The lack of trust in Pyongyang and Pyongyang’s lack of trust in all other governments means that verification measures will be extremely important – as well as extremely difficult to create.