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Monday, December 16, 2002 at 11:00 AM EST
North Korea’s Nuclear Face Off
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Rising tensions between North Korea and the United States, threaten to open up a second front on the axes of evil. Military action could be disasterous for the region. Is the White House prepared to take the diplomatic steps required to diffuse North Korea’s nukes?

Guests:

John Larkin, Seoul correspondent, Far Eastern Economic Review

Mitchell Reiss, dean of international affairs, College of William and Mary and former chief negotiator, Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization (KEDO)

General Barry McCaffrey, professor, National Security Studies at West Point and led the 24th Mechanized Infantry Division in the Gulf War

 
 

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