New report urges aggressive North Korean sanctions
A new Washington research paper released on 21 July recommended warning China that the US will use military force if North Korea does not curtail its nuclear ambitions.
The Washington-based Center for a New American Security (CNAS) recommended aggressive new sanctions that go far beyond previous sanctions initiated by the West.
These hard-hitting sanctions appeared in a new policy paper entitled 'A Blueprint for New Sanctions on North Korea’, by the organisation’s Energy, Economics and Security programme.
The report gained praise from US experts on North Korea, including former US intelligence analyst, Bruce Bechtol, now a member of the board
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