'Bottom-up review' may improve DPRK issue: Strategist

By Chen Boyuan
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Countries concerned about the nuclear weapon issue involving the DPRK should rethink the issues and conduct a bottom-up review, advised Bonnie Glaser, a senior adviser for Asia and the director of the China Power Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies of the United States.

Bonnie Glaser, a senior adviser for Asia and the director of the China Power Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies of the United States, takes questions from the press at a tea break of the 7th Xiangshan Forum, a principal forum on security issues and defense affairs, held in Beijing on Nov. 11. [Photo by Chen Boyuan / China.org.cn]

Glaser, a strategist, made the remark in Beijing on Oct. 11 while attending the 7th Xiangshan Forum, an important forum for security issues and defense affairs.

Regarding the crisis on the Korean Peninsula, Glaser admitted that the policies of all countries, including those of China and the United States, have not been successful, as "DPRK is making very rapid progress in its missile and nuclear programs."

"It's necessary for countries that are very concerned about the security in the region to rethink the issue," Glaser said, referring to the Xiangshan Forum as "a good opportunity for people from around the region to explain their concerns and to perhaps put some new suggestions about how to strengthen security in the region." She hoped there would be serious discussions about the DPRK issues at the Xiangshan Forum.

Because the United States will soon have a new president, Glaser believed there should be a "bottom-up review" before Washington rethinks its approach to the DPRK.

"My hope is that the United States and China can work together to address the problem, but that depends on whether China is willing to step up to the plate. We will see," she said. At the same time, she expressed her concerns that U.S-China military ties will be anything but smooth moving forward, quoting the speech delivered by Gen. Chang Wanquan, China's minister of defense, at the opening ceremony of the forum.

In his speech, Gen. Chang mentioned that "some countries seek to maintain military superiority and strengthen its alliance at the cost of sacrificing the security of other countries."

"The country, which remained unnamed, of course is the United States. So, it's a very direct criticism of the United States," said she.

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