TY - BOOK AU - KIM Minsung TI - Taming the nuclear elephant: the US Indo-Pacific strategy on North Korea PY - 2023/// KW - UNITED STATES OF AMERICA KW - NORTH KOREA KW - NUCLEAR KW - INDO-PACIFIC N2 - Assessing its coercive diplomacy in retrospect, the United States should deal with the North Korean nuclear issue with a more sophisticated combination of coercive measures and positive inducements to overcome past failures. Simultaneously, based on an analysis of current challenges and opportunities, the United States should consider this nuclear agenda within its Indo-Pacific Strategy (IPS) with a long-term regional vision. The active engagement of the United States in the North Korean nuclear issue can create opportunities for cooperation with China or provide the United States with the strategic means to influence China ER -