How America Failed to Disarm North Korea: Implications for the Future

Largely based on almost 300 interview with former US, South Korean and Chinese officials as well as his own experiences, Joel Wit’s new book, Flashpoint: The Inside Story of America’s Failure to Disarm North Korea, examines how six American presidents failed to stop Pyongyang from building nuclear weapons and the missiles to deliver them. He points to Barack Obama and Donald Trump as the two presidents most responsible for that failure. As a result, the United States is now faced with the threat of North Korea’s missiles that could reach its cities, and northeast Asia is on the verge of a nuclear arms race.

This event is co-sponsored by the Institute for Science and International Security, National Committee on North Korea, and Arms Control Association.