Home pagePress CenterIn the Media Jon Wolfsthal, a senior fellow with the CSIS International Security Program, was quoted by CNN.com, "North Korea's Motivation? Survival, Experts Say."
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Jon Wolfsthal, a senior fellow with the CSIS International Security Program, was quoted by CNN.com, "North Korea's Motivation? Survival, Experts Say."
North Korea's apparent cooperation with nations seeking to end its nuclear weapons ambitions — six years after a deal collapsed and two years after testing a bomb — may lead to questions about why it would play ball now.
One school of thought: The communist nation, in desperate economic straits, has long been willing to drop its program for better relations with the United States. But mistakes on both sides interfered, according to Jim Walsh, a national security analyst. [...]
Jon Wolfsthal, senior fellow of the Center for Strategic and International Studies' international security program, said North Korea has been "remarkably consistent" regarding its reactions to U.S. positions.
"When we've engaged them directly, they have responded. And when we have reduced our commitment, to our engagement ... they have responded negatively," Wolfsthal said. Read the article
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