Young-Sun Ha (Chairman, EAI) and Yang-Gyu Kim (Executive Director, EAI) analyze North Korea’s recent proclamation of a “fundamental turnabout” in its policy towards South Korea, asserting that the regime is threatening to annilate its neighbor as the best alternative strategy to address their inability to establish Mutual Assured Destruction against the U.S. The authors suggest a four-fold strategy for South Korea: (1) bolstering South Korean model of integrated deterrence, (2) guaranteeing regime survival if DPRK abandons its nuclear arsenal, (3) fostering economic growth in a nuclear-free North Korea, and (4) collectively aiding Pyongyang’s informatization and intellectualization to align with the modern day global standards.