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We tried detente and appeasement various times and at various stages, it usually doesn't work
by avereveard 4y ago
We tried detente and appeasement various times and at various stages, it usually doesn't work
- bmitc 4y agoWhat is the end game with North Korea though? It seems the only options are: * It collapses on its own or there's an internal revolution or coup. This would be a mess though because of the whole China, Russia, South Korea claims probably. * It does something drastic and attacks and then gets invaded. That also seems a mess because now it's China, Russia, South Korea, and the U.S. and maybe Japan, depending on who it attacks.
- avereveard 4y agoIt's complicated because states diplomacy exists in a condition of pure anarchy, but "disarmament in exchange of security guarantees" is another option. One might draw parallel with Ukraine, which is fair, but turns out it wasn't USA the untrustworthy party to the agreement, and they didn't get a defensive alliance out of it, which showed to be a necessity and raises the bar considerably