On August 7, 2017, prior to the latest N. Korean nuclear test, Siegfried Hecker gave an interview in which he called for talking to N. Korea as a step to defuse the tensions. Talk is not negotiation, which he said was premature. Hecker’s expertise informs the entire interview. For months, Hecker has been calling for talks between the U.S. and N. Korea in an effort to prevent miscalculation from both sides and avert nuclear war on the Korean peninsula. In June, Hecker said that N. Korea can produce and probably has produced tritium, a necessary component of an H-bomb. Hecker’s … Continue reading Will the U.S. Talk to N. Korea and Defuse the Crisis?