What N Korea needs are 'steaks and sledgehammers'
Geostrategic analysts recommend a new approach in handling Pyongyang since the old carrots-and-sticks tactic has failed.
A NEW surge of strategic creativity would help defuse the crisis on the Korean peninsula.
Two crucial initiatives - American-led diplomacy and the Six-Party Talks to end North Korea's nuclear programme - have failed over the last three decades.
An innovative proposal to replace the old carrots-and-sticks tactic with "steaks and sledgehammers" may stand a better chance.
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