21 Jan 2022

“People misunderstand the purpose of sanctions. There is no evidence that sanctions have prevented the development of any nuclear or missile programs. What sanctions are intended to do is create pressure on the leadership to change its policies. Such an approach is obviously doomed with a country like North Korea, which values autarky.”

www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2022/0...
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Jeffrey Lewis

   Professor, Director

Weapons expert and professor at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies

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North Korea missile program

Sanctions on North Korea