Will our lack of a N.Korea policy make war inevitable?

[mburbank]

Some good news on Korea today, China and the U.S. have agreed to work together in approaching N. Korea.

China is the only world power besides the US who have carrots and sticks to bring to the table and a willingness to negotiate we lack. S. Korea certainly has vital interests at stake, but not enough aid to offer and nothing besides us to threaten with seriosuly (and it's the threat of us that's N. Korea's principle problem right now, so it can hardly be seen as an incentive).

China will need to move clearly and quickly, though, and those are not the two greatest strengths of their regime.