Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

Stratfor on North Korea: Recent Reports Escalating Tensions on the Korean Peninsula (Agenda) -- Free Stratfor Vice President of East Asia Analysis Rodger Baker explains that while escalating threats from North Korea carry the risk of armed conflict, war is still improbable. Watch Video » North Korea's Geographic Challenge -- Free Stratfor discusses how North Korea's primary geographic challenge of border security has shaped the imperatives of the country's current and previous regimes. Watch Video » Get More Access As a free subscriber, you receive two free weekly reports, but there is so much more that Stratfor offers -- from analysis on the latest developments to forecasts of regional trends. Enjoy these reports on North Korea's nuclear strategy, and subscribe now to watch the situation unfold with full access to all of our content. Ferocious, Weak and Crazy: The North Korean Strategy -- Free By George Friedman North Korea has been using the threat of tests and the tests themselves as weapons against its neighbors and the United States for years. On the surface, threatening to test weapons does not appear particularly sensible. If the test fails, you look weak. If it succeeds, you look dangerous without actually having a deliverable weapon. And the closer you come to having a weapon, the more likely someone is to attack you so you don't succeed in actually getting one. Developing a weapon in absolute secret would seem to make more sense. When the weapon is ready, you display it, and you have something solid to threaten enemies with. Read Report » Read More on North Korea »