Anthony Ruggiero is senior director of the Nonproliferation and Biodefense Program at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. He previously served on the National Security Council under President Donald Trump as the senior director for counterproliferation and biodefense and the director for North Korea. Follow him on Twitter @NatSecAnthony. FDD is a Washington, DC-based, nonpartisan research institute focusing on national security and foreign policy.
November 22, 2022 | The Dispatch
How to Really Turn the Screws on North Korea
Unprecedented missile tests deserve a more serious diplomatic and economic response.
November 22, 2022 | The Dispatch
How to Really Turn the Screws on North Korea
Unprecedented missile tests deserve a more serious diplomatic and economic response.
Excerpt
North Korea has been on a tear lately. In 2022 the country has already conducted the most missile tests ever in a calendar year while providing material support to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Last week state media showed North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspecting the trial launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile, the country’s longest-range weapon.
The U.S. and its allies can best respond to such provocations by rebuilding a diplomatic coalition to stand against the Kim regime, and, most importantly, restoring a once robust sanctions campaign. The alternative is to sit passively as the North Korean dictator continues testing missiles and preparing for his country’s seventh nuclear test.