TERRORISM COMMENTARY ON SECURITY DOCUMENTS VOLUME 145 The North Korean Threat [Hardcover]

Terrorism: Commentary on Security Documentsis a series that provides primary source documents and expert commentary on various topics relating to the worldwide effort to combat terrorism, as well as efforts by the United States and other nations to protect their national security interests. Volume 145,The North Korean Threat, examines the strategies adopted by the United States, China, and the international community in response to the nuclear threat posed by North Korea. The volume includes a selection of documents chosen to illustrate developments in this area from 2010 through 2016, with commentary from series editor Douglas C. Lovelace, Jr.

The documents in this volume include 2016 UN Security Council resolutions on North Korea, Congressional Research Service reports covering various aspects of the U.S. response to North Korea's nuclear program, a U.S. Department of Defense report prepared for Congress on military and security developments related to North Korea, and a detailed description of the U.S. sanctions program against North Korea from the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control.

Introduction

A. WORSENING RELATIONS BETWEEN THE DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA AND THE UNITED STATES

Commentary by Douglas C. Lovelace, Jr.

DOCUMENT NO. 1: Military and Security Developments Involving the Democratic People's Republic of Korea: A Report to Congress Pursuant to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012, Office of the Secretary of Defense, 2015

DOCUMENT NO. 2: North Korea: U.S. Relations, Nuclear Diplomacy, and Internal Situation, CRS Report No. R41259, Emma Chanlett-Avery, Ian E. Rinehart, and Mary Beth D. Nikitin, January 15, 2016

DOCUMENT NO. 3: North Korea: Back on the State Sponsors of Terrorism List?, CRS Report No. R43865, Mark E. Manyin et al., January 21, 2015

DOCUMENT NO. 4: Foreign Assistance to North Korea, CRS Report Nl“8