Nuclear Realities | Ted Galen Carpenter | Cato Institute: Commentary

Nuclear Realities | Ted Galen Carpenter | Cato Institute: Commentary: "Although the Obama administration's offer of carrots is more generous to Tehran than to Pyongyang, the stick remains essentially the same: painful isolation of both countries if they refuse to cooperate. But U.S. policy makers need to ask whether that threat is either feasible or wise. Evidence suggests that it is neither.

Washington is unlikely to achieve the degree of isolation that might compel either North Korea or Iran to change its policies."