As yet another crisis looms in Northeast Asia, don’t bet against North Korea. For its part, Japan fears North Korea as much as the United States does, if not more, since it is already well within missile range. Such commitments are not easily abandoned, especially when such a break could ultimately lead to a new, united Korea, democratic and allied with the United States, right on China’s border. This is why Moscow does business with South Korea but also has more recently been strengthening its economic ties to North Korea. Undoubtedly, North Korea could miscalculate and push the United States past the point where there is no alternative to ending the standoff through force.

Source: Washington Post July 06, 2017 23:37 UTC