Modern diplomacy on North Korea may be fundamentally wrong — but history points to a better way

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• International diplomacy between nuclear nations doesn't rate as an easy task for even the most seasoned statesmen, but for some reason they still talk about it like training a horse with carrots and sticks.
• In diplomacy, carrots are benefits you can offer a country and sticks are punishments. 
• A Harvard researcher blows apart this way of thinking by offering an alternative: Build physical infrastructure in North Korea that implies a path to peace and normal relations, rather than cutting a check or rescinding a threat.

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International diplomacy between nuclear nations, like the US and North Korea, doesn't rate as an easy task for even the most seasoned statesmen, but for some reason it's commonly discussed in horse racing terms — carrots and sticks.

In diplomatic negotiations, a nation will offer another nation a carrot, or some kind of benefit, while threatening a stick, some kind of mobilization of leverage.

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