National Defence committee  No, not at all. As a matter of fact, I think it's extremely important that diplomacy be one of the strands of policy that we align other things with, such as sanctions. If your objective is to try to get North Korea to negotiate restraint, you need to have a negotiating table pre

National Defence committee  I don't think denuclearization is a feasible objective in the medium term. The longer term is an open question. Also, that assessment does not account for such things as the possibility of North Korean state collapse, in which case denuclearization would become a possibility.

National Defence committee  The way I would probably best describe the current approach by the Trump administration is non-strategic impatience, if we can put it that way. In terms of strategic patience, it is a strategy that is low risk, and I think that's probably one of the reasons why it was adopted by

National Defence committee  Yes, absolutely I believe North Korea can be dealt with as a rational actor. I would suggest that the two developments you mentioned—the presence of the Canadians in North Korea for what was ultimately a humanitarian mission and North Korea's nuclear missile testing program—are c

National Defence committee  In order to answer that, I have to come back to your earlier question and throw in my two cents on it. Sanctions as a strategy make sense if they're aligned towards a reasonable and a feasible objective. I think the reason we're all sitting here saying that sanctions aren't wor

National Defence committee  Thank you. I'm really looking forward to having a discussion with you today about the North Korean issue, which is one that I've worked on very closely over the years. Let me start by saying that the obvious observation we have at this time is that North Korea has been rapidly a