Just days after North Korea announced that it would freeze its nuclear tests in exchange for U.S. food aid, the Brookings Institution hosted a discussion on the U.S response to nuclear proliferation specifically in North Korea and Iran.
Panelists discuss the nuclear situation in North Korea after the death of Kim Jong Il, and what the recent announcement means for restoring a real dialogue on the North Korean nuclear program.
Ahead of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to the White House in early March, Israel’s deputy foreign minister aassessed that economic pressure which appeared to have brought a breakthrough in nuclear negotiations with North Korea is unlikely to work on Iran.