What North Korea Wants

Why does North Korea keep testing its nuclear capabilities, despite tightening sanctions?

What can the United States and the international community do to confront Pyongyang?

And how might the new Trump administration's approach differ from that of President Obama?

If you have 20 minutes and want answers to these questions and more, have a listen to this Global Dispatches podcast conversation with Kelsey Davenport, the non-proliferation policy director at the Arms Control Association.

Over the past several months, North Korea has engaged in a series of provocative nuclear and missile tests, including nuclear tests in January and then September of last year along with several ballistic missile tests. And in 2017 alone there have been no less than 5 missile launches, most recently on March 6, when North Korea launched four missiles which landed off the coast of Japan.

Meanwhile, later in March Secretary of State Tillerson traveled to the region, in his first big foray into the vexing regiona…