Jonathan Pollack

Brookings Institution

Guest

Jonathan D. Pollack is the Interim SK-Korea Foundation Chair in Korea Studies in the Center for East Asia Policy Studies and a senior fellow in the John L. Thornton China Center at the Brookings Institution. He is also the author of No Exit: North Korea, Nuclear Weapons and International Security.

Jonathan Pollack on KCRW

It would take 30 minutes for a nuclear missile to travel from North Korea to Los Angeles. How close is that possibility?

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North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un greeted the New Year — and America's new President -- by threatening to develop a missile that could carry a nuclear warhead to the United States.

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In the past few days, North Korea has challenged its many adversaries with a series of provocative actions.

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