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    Here are the options for dealing with North Korea

    As tensions between North Korea and the United States continue to intensify, two experts discuss the remaining options.
    by Alex Shashkevich-Stanford Sep 25, 2017 1 minute

    In his Tuesday address at the United Nations General Assembly, US President Donald Trump threatened to “totally destroy North Korea” if the US is forced to defend itself or its allies.

    Over the past month, North Korea conducted its largest nuclear test and fired its longest-traveling missile.

    Michael R. Auslin is a research fellow in contemporary Asia at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, who specializes in global risk analysis, US security and foreign policy strategy, and security and political relations in Asia.

    Gi-Wook Shin is a professor of sociology, a senior fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, and director of the Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center.

    The two scholars recently talked about the escalating situation between the two countries and what real options the two leaders have on the table.

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