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Sanction's, Which Do Not Work.

Regardless of the tough stance the international community has taken towards North Korea the message to tone down "threats" in the region seems to fall on deaf ears. Lately, there has been a push towards the continuous actions on imposing further military sanction's on North Korea, from the United Nation's, led by the United States. Has it worked? In February Korea confirmed the launch of it's third missile test, creating escalating tension in the region. It just goes to show that even though you deal with the situation heavily you risk pushing the North Korea into a corner. During the past month's international media have focused intently on the tension's in the region, by shining a spot light on North Korea, it created more pressure on the dictator to react brashly.

The answer from the West has been passive with it's call to further sanction's.So just what implication's have arisen due to these sanction's imposed on North Korea.

• The move to deploy nuclear-capable bombers and fighter aircraft to South Korea have added to tensions, as a retaliation of the missile testing conducted by DPRK, this in turn has been a result of the UN sanction's. A call to respond by sending out military drills around the region isn't a solution towards easing tension in the Korean peninsula.

• Action's imposed from the United Nation's have created a halt to negotiation . As a result of further expanding UN Sanction's, from the international community,  banning Pyongyang from further military test's.

In the past the push for sanction's on North Korea has led to further military rhetoric."North Korea has acquired what it needed for weapons, and every North Korean nuclear test has been in part a response to U.S.-led sanction efforts at the United Nations (Charbonneau, 2013)." You could say that these actions have failed to work so far. 

Maybe there should be an emphasis towards negotiation. I think that in order for there to be negotiation, leaders from both parties should meet on peace talks, the United States in particular. These factors come into play when discussing the likely hood of escalating tensions and a solution for peace talks.