Newsgroup: it.politica.internazionale
Titolo: North Korea

La Corea ha ammesso di avere le WMD. E ora?
Funzionerà il piano di Bush per far pressione sui coreani?
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http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/14/politics/14korea.html?th
U.S. is shaping plan to Pressure North Koreans
By DAVID E. SANGER
Published: February 14, 2005
WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 - In the months before North Korea announced that it
possessed nuclear weapons, the Bush administration began developing new
strategies to choke off its few remaining sources of income, based on
techniques in use against Al Qaeda, intelligence officials and policy makers
involved in the planning say.
The initial steps are contained in a classified "tool kit" of techniques to
pressure North Korea that has been refined in recent weeks by the National
Security Council. The new strategies would intensify and coordinate efforts
to track and freeze financial transactions that officials say enable the
government of Kim Jong Il to profit from counterfeiting, drug trafficking
and the sale of missile and other weapons technology.
Some officials describe the steps as building blocks for what could turn
into a broader quarantine if American allies in Asia - particularly China
and South Korea - can be convinced that Mr. Kim's declaration on nuclear
weapons last week means he must finally be forced to choose between
disarmament and even deeper isolation. China and South Korea have been
reluctant to impose penalties on the North.
To some degree the effort arises from Washington's lack of leverage over
North Korea, and the absence of good military options, and it is far from
clear that the administration's development of what one official calls "new
instruments of pressure" will work. More than four decades of economic
embargos of Cuba, tried by nine presidents, have failed, largely because
European, Canadian and Latin American allies have not joined in. Nor have
they succeeded against the Burmese, also a major source of drugs. The Secret
Service has tried for years to halt North Korean counterfeiting, and
Australia and Japan have tried to end its sales of amphetamines and heroin.
In interviews over the past three weeks, administration officials have
denied that the renewed effort is part of an unstated initiative to topple
Mr. Kim. But several officials say North Korea has stepped up its illicit
trafficking and counterfeiting in part to make up for lost missile sales and
a crackdown on cash transfers from North Koreans living in Japan, some of
which are illegal.
"We think they are desperate to put more money into the nuclear program and
we're trying to cut that off," said one senior official.
Some officials acknowledge that undermining Mr. Kim's hold on power could be
a side effect of the program, if it was successful. "That wasn't the intent
in drafting it," said one senior official who involved in the process.
"Whether it could be one of the results is anyone's guess."
Several officials cautioned, however, that the new "tool kit" did not yet
constitute a plan of action because the United States was only slowly trying
to engage other nations in the strategy. They said some of the new
techniques had already been carried out, but would not say which ones.
Details of the "tool kit" were described by officials in one intelligence
agency and two other government agencies. One official of a foreign
government who has been briefed on parts of it confirmed some of the
elements. On Sunday evening, Scott McClellan, the White House press
secretary, cast the effort as "complementary to our continued diplomatic
efforts," but insisted that some of the techniques had been used for some
time.
"We have been working with our allies and partners for some time now to stop
North Korea's illegal activities, especially in counterfeiting and
narcotics," he said. "We have a responsibility to protect our citizens, our
allies and our economies. North Korea cannot continue its involvement in
illegal activities. It must make a strategic decision and eliminate its
nuclear weapons program."
Other officials said that while different agencies had been pursuing the
North, the new effort was the first time the White House was coordinating
and expanding the tactics to put more pressure on Mr. Kim.

Funzionerą il piano di Bush per far pressione sui coreani?
E perche' non dovrebbe funzionare?  Per ora quelle dei Nord Coreani sono
niente altro che chiacchere :)
-Stefano

 Funzionerà il piano di Bush per far pressione sui coreani?
Non so più dove, ho letto che la NK si è ritirata dai colloqui a 6, per 
proporre poi un nuovo tavolo dei negoziati con i soli Stati Uniti.
Raffaele

 Raffaele
Ciao

 Raffaele
Che lo ha rifiutato?
Anchors aweigh...
Am.