North Korea has highlighted many questions in regard to the efficiency of a lot of multilateral organization bodies along with legally binding treaties. A lot of concern has aroused around the fact that North Korea has been:1) able to acquire a nuclear weapon program under strong reluctant from all great power U.S, China and Russia. 2) the acquisition of the know-how from visits to more than 6 states and initial help from Russia and China that didn’t last for long leaving Pyongyang self-reliant and insisting on creating the bomb.3) the idea of how North Korea was able to cheat under being a member of the NPT and the limitations of the IAEA to effectively do its job. 4) the limitations of the security council and its inability to stop North Korea.
Walter Clemens has laid down in his book “North Korea and the world”, several strategies that have been already pursed such as sanctions, and have made negotiations more tensions and intransigent with North Korea. Also, some of the strategies that were proposed were new such as the “Hack and Frack”. North Korea’s geopolitics is crucial in Asia and also strategical to security of United States.
Diplomacy and negotiations are the only key in my point of view with North Korea. They already have the know-how and any forceful attempt would not be of benefit.