War Prevention Initiative Executive Director Patrick Hiller discussed the situation on the Korean Peninsula through a conflict resolution lens on the KBOO Radio Evening News.
You can listen to the full segment here:
Key recommendations were:
- Talk without preconditions—we do not know where these talks are going, but we know that we need to support them and not undermine them- talking is not launching missiles
- Adopt a constructive conflict resolution perspective
- Seek small agreements and table larger issues (denuclearization the ultimate goal; easier to make advances in some of the humanitarian areas: reuniting divided families; returning the remains of US soldiers)
- Halting of large-scale military exercises as they increase tensions and waste taxpayer dollars
- Expand the playbook of actions beyond sanctions and missile shields
- Opportunity for bold ideas (e.g. getting nuclear abolition back into the narrative – leadership opportunity)
