> Strong disagree. Sanctions prevent economic development and change. Constant application of pressure and tensions ensure that the risk is higher than it other

> Strong disagree. Sanctions prevent economic development and change. Constant application of pressure and tensions ensure that the risk is higher than it otherwise would be. It would be startlingly easy for NK to get the sanctions lifted if the wellbeing of its people mattered to it's government more than the continuity of its power. If they lived up to the D in DPRK and stopped crushing its people's access to information they'd be gone overnight. So blaming the sanctions for stopping change or development is disingenuous. Sanctions are just an exclusion from participation in global trade, which NK seem to want no part of anyway (outside of weapons development). Also, what risk is raised by the sanctions? They keep the risk of war low, as NK knows it couldn't financially support any kind of drawn out conflict. They keep the risk from advanced weapons low, as NK is less able to advance their weapons technology. Sanctions are a nonviolent defensive weapon.