Some international relations specialists, such as Morton Kaplan hold that it is extremely difficult if not impossible to predict single events.
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By Rene Wadlow | May 3, 2017
There have been over the years since the 1953 armistace periodic increases of tensions related to the policies of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) and the Republic of Korea (South Korea). Currently, the nuclear program and missile launches of North Korea, the establishment of sophisticated anti-missile systems in South Korea, increased sanctions against North Korea voted by the United Nations Security Council as well as a new administration in Washington has led to an escalation of tensions. While tensions in the past have been managed by diplomatic discussions or changes in policy, there are always dangers that conflict management may fail due to miscalculations, misinterpretations of military moves, misinterpretations of aims and strategies. The misinterpretations and the failures of conflict managemnet were important factors in the start of the Korean War in 1950 as well as the intervention of Chinese “volunteer” troops. [1]
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