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Earlier this month, the Trump administration took the floor at the Security Council to call on North Korea to cease weapons tests and return to talks, warning that if it didn’t, the Council “must be prepared to act accordingly.”

The Council’s usual pattern is to respond to weapons tests with more sanctions. We are nevertheless hitting the legal and moral limits of this approach. 

Amidst the “fire and fury” escalation of 2017, President Trump led at home and the United Nations