Abstract Writing shortly after North Korea’s inaugural nuclear test in late 2006, Jonathan Pollack observed that ‘a decision to proceed with additional testing would constitute…
Country or Region: North Korea
Abstract In the past, terrorists have tended to eschew acts of extreme violence for fear of alienating those whom they wish to persuade and attract…
Abstract Our assumptions about the nature and conduct of contemporary international politics deeply impact how we view maritime disputes plaguing the East and South China…
Abstract When Kim Dae-jung and Koizumi Junichiro visited Pyongyang in 2000 and 2002, their visits facilitated a perception shift toward North Korea in South Korea…
Abstract President Obama’s stewardship of US foreign policy is continuing his predecessors’ success in maintaining regional stability and the US pre-eminence in the region. Obama…
Abstract In recent years, a number of unconfirmed reports about illicit nuclear activities in Burma have reached the outside world. This article details the testimony…
Abstract The nuclear arms control regime—centered on the 1968 Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT)—faces five challenges: failure of nuclear disarmament by the five NPT-licit nuclear powers…
Abstract This essay identifies a difference of opinion over the role of nuclear weapons as an absolute deterrent as the basis for the theoretical disagreement…
Abstract The United States has long maintained a significant political, economic and security presence in the Asia–Pacific region and has been a major factor shaping…
Abstract This paper presents two sets of arguments: one theoretical and one analytical. The theoretical arguments concern the relationship between regional ordering and systemic change.…
Abstract Ever since the first Korean war in 1950, scholars and policymakers have been predicting a second one, started by an invasion from the North.…
Abstract International relations theory has difficulty explaining how similar policies produce different outcomes. Iraq and North Korea have been identified as members of the “axis…
Summary This important book analyzes nuclear weapon and energy policies in Asia, a region at risk for high-stakes military competition, conflict, and terrorism. The contributors…
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Summary Drawing on cutting-edge research from leading scholars, this book investigates state preferences for regime creation and assesses state capacity for executing these preferences in…
Abstract The biennial nuclear security summit process is entering its third round, but despite the significant progress made thus far, nuclear security still is not…
