Peter Beck
Peter Beck
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Even though the crackdown on North Korea's illicit banking activities in Macau demonstrated that China is not completely immune to outside pressures to rein in bad behavior, Beijing is unlikely to shut down the North's remaining banking activities.
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As time goes on, I am expecting, I am waiting for North Korea to act in a provocative manner, to lash out verbally, potentially even with a missile or even a nuclear test. Especially as Washington continues to try to squeeze them, and they are going to look for a way to get the world's attention by saying or doing something that is provocative.
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The problem is that Beijing places far greater priority on North Korean stability and regime survival than on the peninsula remaining nuclear-free.
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Thus, China is committed to the six-party nuclear talks as a means of keeping the lines of communication open and maintaining the status quo. Beijing is satisfied to play the role of convener and occasionally arbitrator, not dealmaker or enforcer. Achieving a nuclear accord is purely optional.
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Washington is certainly concerned that Seoul's North Korean policy will lean further to the left.
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China currently holds the biggest potential carrot and stick with the North.
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I think most of the world can live with that India is held to a double standard with North Korea.
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I think the visit will ultimately help them bring North Korea back to the table, but I'm not sure Pyongyang is serious about negotiating.
I think it's a nonstarter. It's not even a deal-breaker,
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Given the limited policy options they have, they don't have much of an alternative to talking.
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When he went in 2001, it was almost exclusively military people. He was trying to convince them of the need for reform. Now, if he's bringing technocrats, he's trying to give examples of how reforms could take place.
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What I'm interested in is who he's taking with him, rather than where he's going.
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The potential costs and risks for all three governments are too large to expect any one of them to alter course greatly