{"580591":{"#nid":"580591","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Mike Mullen and Sam Nunn: How to Deal with North Korea","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESam Nunn,distinguished professor in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs,\u0026nbsp;co-authored \u0022Mike Mullen and Sam Nunn: How to Deal with North Korea\u0022 for\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EThe Washington Post\u003C\/strong\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EExcerpt:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cblockquote\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022U11201509785436h3F\u0022\u003ENorth Korea\u2019s accelerating nuclear and missile programs, including\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/national-security\/outrage-over-north-korean-nuclear-test-but-few-options-on-the-table\/2016\/09\/09\/56198a5e-769e-11e6-be4f-3f42f2e5a49e_story.html\u0022 shape=\u0022rect\u0022\u003Eits recent nuclear test\u003C\/a\u003E, pose a grave and expanding threat to security, stability and peace in Asia and the rest of the world. This threat affects close U.S. allies \u2014 South Korea and Japan \u2014 and U.S. personnel and facilities in the region. In the coming months and years, it will create increasing danger for the United States. It is likely that the next president will face a North Korea that has gained the capability to strike the United States with nuclear weapons.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Obama administration has succeeded in strengthening U.S. alliances in Asia and deterring a war, but, like its predecessors, has failed to change Pyongyang\u2019s assessment that defiance is preferable to conciliation. It is clear that the next president will have to sharpen Pyongyang\u2019s choice: offer greater benefits for cooperation and promise greater costs for continued defiance.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor the full article, read\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/global-opinions\/mike-mullen-and-sam-nunn-how-to-deal-with-north-korea\/2016\/09\/15\/3baa4ade-7ab1-11e6-ac8e-cf8e0dd91dc7_story.html?utm_term=.627b1da2212b\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"28513","created_gmt":"2016-09-21 13:37:58","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:28:25","author":"Daniel Singer","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"graduation 2023","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/global-opinions\/mike-mullen-and-sam-nunn-how-to-deal-with-north-korea\/2016\/09\/15\/3baa4ade-7ab1-11e6-ac8e-cf8e0dd91dc7_story.html?utm_term=.627b1da2212b","dateline":{"date":"2016-09-15T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2016-09-15T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"495351":{"id":"495351","type":"image","title":"Senator Sam Nunn","body":null,"created":"1454612400","gmt_created":"2016-02-04 19:00:00","changed":"1475895253","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:54:13","alt":"Senator Sam Nunn","file":{"fid":"204568","name":"senator_nunn_headshot_2010_cropped_0.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/senator_nunn_headshot_2010_cropped_0_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/senator_nunn_headshot_2010_cropped_0_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":320620,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/senator_nunn_headshot_2010_cropped_0_0.jpg?itok=7nzx4o2R"}}},"media_ids":["495351"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}