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Dennis P. Halpin
Dennis P. Halpin, a former Foreign Service Officer and senior Congressional staff, is a consultant on Asian issues.
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Analysis North Korea blasts way into U.S. presidential security debateWith voting about to start, look for influx of North Korea, nuclear-related questions for candidates
Like the unwelcomed skunk at the garden party, Kim Jong Un just blasted his way into the post-Paris American national security debate by carrying out a fourth nuclear test. Whether or not the test proves to be hydrogen, as Kim claims, or only hydrogen-lite, as most experts contend based upon analysis of the preliminary seismic results, Kim Jong Un has made his point. Kim is no shrinking violet to be ignored despite such pressing issues as ISIS, Syria, Afghanistan and the South China Sea. And as Pyongyang inches ever closer from being only an A-bomb to an H-bomb power, the © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. |