May 17, 2017

3 Reasons North Korea Is a Bigger Threat Than a Month Ago

Featuring: Mira Rapp-Hooper

Source: The Fiscal Times

Journalist: Ciro Scotti

It’s not just the unpredictability of U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un that make the volatile situation in and around the Korean Peninsula increasingly worrisome.

In the past week or so, there are growing indications that the missile and nuclear capabilities of the gleefully belligerent North Korean regime are moving forward at a faster clip than Western analysts previously predicted.

Read the full article in the Fiscal Times.

Author

  • Mira Rapp-Hooper

    Former Adjunct Senior Fellow, Asia-Pacific Security Program

    Mira Rapp-Hooper is a former Adjunct Senior Fellow with the Asia-Pacific Security Program at CNAS. She is formerly a Fellow with the CSIS Asia Program and Director of the CSIS...