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The United States involvement on the Korean peninsula has always oscillated between extremes, espe ally when de mg with the Oe mα:ratic People’s Republic of Korea and Washing ton has used a variety of licies ranging from engagement 10 threats in order 10 tcy 10 steer North Korea out of a seemingly roguish path. Some argue that American sanctions have been rather ineffective at pressuring Kim ’ong-il’5 dictatorsrup since both China and 5ωth Korea have been helping North Korea financiaUy. lUS largely 01ietting the sanctions’ effects. Howeveι others have stated that in order for an agreement to be reached, Pyongyang would have 10 receive assurance that its regime would not be toppled. Therefore, a review of American foreign p icy actions toward North Korea wi1l provîde instruction on how to deal with a nudear North Korea, especially in Iight of the 2008 American Presidential election