稳定者还是破坏者？朝鲜核困境中的中国因素【Brookings】

WEditors note:Scholar Evans J.R.Revere offers another perspective(https:/www.brookings.edu/articles/is-china-committed-to-north-korean-denuclearization/)on China and North Koreas nuclear dynamics in a complementarypiece.hile both Washington and Beijing are officially committed to thedenuclearization of North Korea,neither country presently appears to beprioritizing denuclearization as its policy objective.Beijing and Washingtonare working in their own ways to restore connectivity with North Koreasleadership.What issues in their relationship with North Korea will they prioritize?Andwill their respective efforts be complementary or in competition with each other?Willthe sum of various efforts at outreach to Kim Jong Un by U.S.and Chinese officialsincrease or decrease the risk of conflict in Northeast Asia?To assess the role China can play in addressing the North Korea nuclear challenge,theGlobal China project convened five scholars with unique backgrounds and expertise toweigh in on current dynamics on the Korean Peninsula:Jeffrey Feltman,JenniferHong Whetsell,Patricia Kim,Randall G.Schriver,and Andrew Yeo.Their writtenexchange focuses on four major questions:COMMENTARYStabilizer or