Tillerson says that the U. S. may need to act against North Korea, but it’s not clear if his government backs him up
“I think it’s important to recognize that the political and diplomatic efforts of the past 20 years to bring North Korea to the point of denuclearization have failed,”. He said that he planned on going to Asia “to exchange views on a new approach,” and “all of the options are on the table.” While Tillerson’s comments may be warranted in light of , it is possible that he lacks the power to actually convince anyone of their relevance. As Jeffrey Lewis, an arms control expert with the Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies in California, : “I think the Tillerson statement is empty rhetoric.
