The US Versus the North Korean Nuclear Threat - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The US Versus the North Korean Nuclear Threat write by Er-Win Tan. This book was released on 2013-11-26. The US Versus the North Korean Nuclear Threat available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Although the current world order is still dominated by the US, there is increasing international concern over the possibility of regional security dilemmas arising from smaller powers’ attempts to develop Weapons of Mass Destruction. A study of US-North Korean interaction using the security dilemma as a conceptual frame of analysis is thus not only hugely topical, but also particularly relevant for the 21st century on theoretical as well as empirical grounds. Is there the prospect of a security dilemma contagion if North Korea acquire nuclear weapons capability leading to an Asia Pacific wide nuclear arms race? This book examines this contentious issue in-depth and explores the difficult choices policymakers face as a result of the uncertainty in international politics.
North Korea and Nuclear Weapons
North Korea and Nuclear Weapons - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook North Korea and Nuclear Weapons write by Sung Chull Kim. This book was released on 2017-05-01. North Korea and Nuclear Weapons available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. North Korea is perilously close to developing strategic nuclear weapons capable of hitting the United States and its East Asian allies. Since their first nuclear test in 2006, North Korea has struggled to perfect the required delivery systems. Kim Jong-un’s regime now appears to be close, however. Sung Chull Kim, Michael D. Cohen, and the volume contributors contend that the time to prevent North Korea from achieving this capability is virtually over; scholars and policymakers must turn their attention to how to deter a nuclear North Korea. The United States, South Korea, and Japan must also come to terms with the fact that North Korea will be able to deter them with its nuclear arsenal. How will the erratic Kim Jong-un behave when North Korea develops the capability to hit medium- and long-range targets with nuclear weapons? How will and should the United States, South Korea, Japan, and China respond, and what will this mean for regional stability in the short term and long term? The international group of authors in this volume address these questions and offer a timely analysis of the consequences of an operational North Korean nuclear capability for international security.
On the Brink
On the Brink - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook On the Brink write by Van Jackson. This book was released on 2019. On the Brink available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Former Pentagon insider Van Jackson explores how Trump and Kim reached - and avoided - the precipice of nuclear war.
Countering the Risks of North Korean Nuclear Weapons
Countering the Risks of North Korean Nuclear Weapons - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Countering the Risks of North Korean Nuclear Weapons write by Bruce W. Bennett. This book was released on 2021. Countering the Risks of North Korean Nuclear Weapons available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. North Korea's leaders have sought to dominate the Korean Peninsula since then failure to conquer the Republic of Korea (ROK) in tine Korean War. However, they have lacked the economic, political, and conventional military means to achieve that dominance, having instead come to rely on their nuclear weapon and ballistic missile programs, Today, North Korea's nuclear weapons pose an existential threat to the ROK, and they might soon pose a serious threat to the United States; even a few of them could cause millions of fatalities and serious casualties if detonated on ROK or U.S. cities. The major ROK and U.S. strategy to moderate this threat has been negotiating with North Korea to achieve denuclearization, but this effort has failed and seems likely to continue tailing. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, despite committing to denuclearization, has continued his nuclear weapon buildup. The authors of this Perspective argue that there is a growing gap between North Korea's nuclear weapon threat and ROK and U.S. capabilities to defeat it. Because these capabilities will take years to develop, the allies must turn their attention to where the threat could be in the mid to late 2020s and identify strategies to counter it. Doing this will help establish a firm deterrent against North Korean nuclear weapon use. The authors conclude that North Korea will be most deterred if it knows that any nuclear weapon use will be disastrous for the regime-that these weapons are a liability, not an asset. Book jacket.
Carrot, Stick, Or Sledgehammer
Carrot, Stick, Or Sledgehammer - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Carrot, Stick, Or Sledgehammer write by Daniel J. Orcutt. This book was released on 2004. Carrot, Stick, Or Sledgehammer available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This thesis evaluates three U.S. policy options for North Korean nuclear weapons: incentive-based diplomacy, coercive diplomacy, or military force. It analyzes them according to four criteria: the impact on North Korea's nuclear weapons, the impact on its neighbors (China, Japan, and South Korea), U.S. policy costs, and the precedent for future proliferation. This thesis shows that diplomacy will fail to achieve U.S. objectives for three reasons: lack of trust, DPRK reluctance to permit transparency, and the difficulty of conducting multilateral coercive diplomacy. Ultimately, Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage's question must be answered: "What price is the United States willing to pay to disarm North Korean nuclear weapons?" If Washington is unwilling to back a threat of military force, it should not risk coercive diplomacy. Likewise, U.S. leaders may need to decide between maintaining the U.S.-ROK alliance and eliminating North Korean nuclear weapons.
