Palamar, Simon

Introduction
North Korea conducted its fifth nuclear weapons test in early September, claiming to have successfully detonated a ballistic missile-deliverable warhead. Although this was North Korea’s most powerful test to date, the international community’s response was standard. Countries around the world expressed varying degrees of frustration, anger, and outrage, but none articulated a clear plan to disrupt North Korea’s nuclear ambitions. Even with the United States and China working together in an unprecedented fashion to pass a new round of trade and financial sanctions through the UN Security Council, North Korea has continued to pursue nuclear capabilities and antagonize its neighbors.
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