In a radio interview with Voice of America [2]’s Andre de Nesnera, Ploughshares Fund’s Program Director Paul Carroll [3]discussed North Korea’s recent rocket launch and flight before it ultimately “just splashed down into the Pacific [Ocean]." Jim Walsh [4]of MIT’s Security Studies Program [5]suggested the launch may have been tied to a potential “reshuffling of the leadership and starting to think about a post-Kim regime.” Download the full interview below.
Links
[1] https://ploughshares.org/file/726
[2] http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-05-06-voa54.cfm
[3] http://ploughshares.org/about-us/paul-carroll
[4] http://ploughshares.org/expert/135
[5] http://web.mit.edu/ssp/index.html
[6] https://ploughshares.org/sites/default/files/newss/Paul%20Carroll%20on%20North%20Korea%2C%20VOA.m3u