TY - BOOK AU - KLINGNER Bruce TI - US should counter North Korea's strategic objectives PY - 2018/// KW - NORTH KOREA KW - NUCLEAR N2 - The viewpoint is that the North's nuclear weapons are more than a benign defense mechanism, the regime is unlikely to initiate an invasion as long as the US- South Korean alliance remains strong. The assessment that Pyong-yang's dominant reason for a nuclear arsenal is to invade South Korea and achieve Korean unification through intimidation ER -