The Asia-Pacific region is an increasingly important driver of global growth, and sits in an increasingly delicate strategic equilibrium. One country poses an imminent danger to the region’s stability and therefore its prosperity: North Korea. The regime in Pyongyang is persistent in pursuit of nuclear weapons and the missiles to deploy them over long distances. The stand-off is terribly dangerous already, and will grow worse. Stronger international engagement is needed — now.
亞太地區(qū)是全球增長的一個越來越重要的驅(qū)動力,而其所處的戰(zhàn)略平衡卻越來越脆弱。有一個國家對該地區(qū)穩(wěn)定及繁榮構(gòu)成迫在眉睫的威脅,那就是朝鮮。平壤政權(quán)執(zhí)著地追求發(fā)展核武,以及能夠搭載核武的遠程導(dǎo)彈。這種對峙局面已經(jīng)十分危險,而且還會變得更糟糕。國際社會需要立即進行更強有力的干預(yù)。