Tensions are high in the Korean Peninsula but does North Korea's new leader, Kim Jong Un, really want to start a war? As Robert McNamara, former United States Secretary of Defense put it "empathize with your enemy." How can North Korea back down on its threats and still "save face?" In this report we focus on the escalation from Pyongyang's perspective. Whats the North Korean grand strategy? And what does Kim Jong Un hope to accomplish by making threats?