S8 Ep136: Segment 8 — Cutting the Funding: Policy Recommendations for Containing North Korea — Bruce Bechtol — Bechtol argues that effective containment policy requires avoiding kinetic military opera

Segment 8 — Cutting the Funding: Policy Recommendations for Containing North Korea — Bruce Bechtol — Bechtol argues that effective containment policy requires avoiding kinetic military operations and instead targeting North Korea's financial apparatus to destabilize the regime. This strategy requires rigorous enforcement of existing international sanctions, deployment of advanced cyber warfare capabilities, seizure of smuggling vessels (though acknowledging potential escalation risks), and selective precision strikes targeting critical infrastructure supporting weapons proliferation. 1951 PANMUNJOM