North Korean nukes

China and Russia have delayed the vote on a U.N. draft resolution to impose sanctions on North Korea for its supposed nuclear test this week. That means the immediate diplomatic fallout is still in limbo. But what about the long-term implications? Check out this week's Seven Questions. FP interviewed Marcus Noland of the International Institute ...

China and Russia have delayed the vote on a U.N. draft resolution to impose sanctions on North Korea for its supposed nuclear test this week. That means the immediate diplomatic fallout is still in limbo.

China and Russia have delayed the vote on a U.N. draft resolution to impose sanctions on North Korea for its supposed nuclear test this week. That means the immediate diplomatic fallout is still in limbo.

But what about the long-term implications? Check out this week's Seven Questions. FP interviewed Marcus Noland of the International Institute of Economics and author of the books Korea After Kim Jong-il and Avoiding the Apocalypse: The Future of the Two Koreas. He discusses North Korea's forward-looking strategy, and how the rest of the region will respond to its threats.

Christine Y. Chen is a senior editor at Foreign Policy.

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