{"id":2793,"date":"2019-06-27T18:44:47","date_gmt":"2019-06-27T22:44:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/?p=2793"},"modified":"2022-02-01T17:01:27","modified_gmt":"2022-02-01T22:01:27","slug":"why-security-guarantees-are-the-key-to-solving-the-north-korean-nuclear-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/why-security-guarantees-are-the-key-to-solving-the-north-korean-nuclear-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Security Guarantees Are the Key to Solving the North Korean Nuclear Crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pubPostType\">\n<p><span class=\"varPubAuthor\">by Henri F\u00e9ron and Charles Knight, <em>The National Interest<\/em>, 27 June 2019. \u00a0<a class=\"htmlLink\" href=\"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/fulltext\/190627%20Security%20Guarantees%20TNI.pdf\">\u27aa PDF<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0<a class=\"htmlLink\" href=\"https:\/\/nationalinterest.org\/blog\/korea-watch\/why-security-guarantees-are-key-solving-north-korean-nuclear-crisis-64766\">\u27aa HTML<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/why-security-guarantees-are-the-key-to-solving-the-north-korean-nuclear-crisis\/parade-dprk\/#main\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2795\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2795\" src=\"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/parade-DPRK-e1642893519625.jpg\" alt=\"NK women march\" width=\"250\" height=\"205\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-size: 0.8em; font-style: italic;\">[To begin a process of reciprocal iterative conventional forces reductions] South Korea might announce that it would put into reserve status a few thousand of its Marines and then look for a reciprocating move by the North. It is not important that the move is of like kind. It could consist, say, in the standing down of a class of missiles or artillery. 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