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October Surprise 2024

DPRK Aggression: Near-Term Concerns, Longer-Term Challenges – CSIS

The Non-Surprising Surprise. October is here, the U.S. presidential election is just around the corner, and tensions on the Korean Peninsula appear moving in the direction of the ā€œOctober surprise,ā€ about which many, including CSIS, prognosticated and warned.Unlike missile launches and nuclear tests, which are strategically worrisome for how they demonstrate the growth of North Korea (DPRK …