While all leaders – including North Korea’s Kim Jong Il – remain committed to denuclearization in public, none appears ready to risk much in terms of domestic politics to achieve that end. So the best the world can currently hope for is revived dialogue, an agreement to freeze the North’s Yongbyon nuclear plant, and perhaps a moratorium on further missile and nuclear tests.
朝鲜与美、韩、日三国之间几乎无信任可言；尽管包括朝鲜最高领袖——金正日在内的各国领导人，都继续在公开场合对无核化施以承诺，但看起来却没有人愿意为了实现这一目标、而在国内政治方面冒上巨大的风险。有鉴于此，目前世界所能期待的最佳结果便是：重新开启的对话，冻结朝鲜宁边核工厂的协议，或许还会包括对进一步导弹试射与核试验的暂时中止。