Abstract This document argues that the central explanatory variable is not simply that Washington regards Iran as dangerous while tolerating North Korea; rather, it is that the two cases present radically different combinations of allied consent, retaliation immediacy, nuclear status, operational geography, and escalation credibility. In the currently operative U.S. policy record, senior officials have … Leggi tutto Why the United States Has Used Major Force Against Iran but Not Conducted a Comparable Preventive Air Campaign Against North Korea: Alliance Vetoes, Retaliation Geometry, Nuclear Timing – Five-Year Strategic Outlook