Abstract Asia, where nuclear powers already interact (including North Korea), exerts a growing influence on the thinking and policy underlying Russia’s current and future nuclear…
Country or Region: North Korea
Summary In this historically grounded, richly empirical study of social and economic transformation in North Korea, Hazel Smith evaluates the ‘marketization from below’ that…
Summary This volume examines the causes and consequences of nuclear postures and nonproliferation policies. The real-world importance of nuclear weapons has led to the production…
Continue reading Narang, Neil, Erik Gartzke, and Matthew Kroenig
Summary Since World War II, the United States has played a crucial role in shaping Northeast Asian politics and economics. However, as this authoritative book…
Summary Can regional mechanisms better institutionalize the increasing complexity of economic and security ties among the countries in Northeast Asia? As the international state system…
Continue reading Aggarwal, Vinod K., Min Gyo Koo, Seungjoo Lee, and Chung-in Moon
Abstract Visible U.S. efforts to sustain influence in the Asia-Pacific met with mixed success. President Barack Obama’s visit to the region reinforced alliance commitments, but…
Summary Arguing for a strategy that promises to achieve greater regional stability, this overview of security relations in the Asia-Pacific finds that current approaches by…
Abstract Given North Korea’s desire to maintain nuclear weapons—and barring its unexpected collapse—how can the US and its allies establish and maintain a peaceful Northeast…
Summary North Korea’s nuclear weapon test in October 2006 and the subsequent “debate” in Japan about whether or not to ponder its own nuclear future…
Abstract A nuclear debate has arisen in South Korea following North Korea’s nuclear tests and weapons program. Despite the US extended nuclear deterrence for its…
Abstract In this article, I first present a typology of nuclear strategies that are available to the regional nuclear powers, and then briefly present my…
Summary In March 2012, leaders of many nations from across Asia and the world gathered in Seoul to oppose nuclear dangers. The Nuclear Security Summit…
Abstract Rapid internal transformation in North Korea is likely to occur through the confluence of change—a perfect storm—at key leverage points in the physical, ideational…
Abstract Despite international pressure to condemn North Korea (DPRK), China’s successive leaderships have dealt carefully with Pyongyang, especially vis-à-vis its nuclear weapons program. This moderate…
Summary This book provides a systematic analysis of the current state and future trajectory of security cooperation in the world’s most economically dynamic and strategically…
