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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.
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.
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