Chapter 1

1. Assessing North Korea’s military threat requires judgments both on North Korea’s military capabilities and its military intentions. Do the disagreements expressed in the viewpoints by the U.S. Department of Defense and John M. Swomley center primarily on North Korea’s capabilities or its intentions? Explain.
2. Both Swomley and Leon V. Sigal assert that North Korea is used as a handy justification by advocates for missile defense and greater military spending.What alternatives to greater military spending do they propose? Are these proposed policies realistic, in your opinion? Why or why not?
3. All the writers in this chapter acknowledge that North Korea’s economy is in dire straits, but they differ in assessing North Korea’s ability to project military force. Does the fact that North Korea is a very poor nation make it a greater...