North Korean nuclear operationality : regional security & nonproliferation / edited by Gregory J. Moore ; foreword by Graham T. Allison.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Moore, Gregory J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nuclear disarmament--Korea (North).

Nuclear disarmament.

Nuclear nonproliferation--Korea (North).

Nuclear nonproliferation.

Nuclear nonproliferation--East Asia.

Security, International--East Asia.

Security, International.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (317 p.)

Place of Publication:

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University, 2014.

Summary:

"Leading Asian and security studies experts consider the question: What would happen if North Korea "goes nuclear?" and their answers are critical. Scholars and policymakers alike need to understand the implications not only for northeast Asian regional security, but also for the international nuclear non-proliferation regime. Moore's contributors evaluate political, economic, and security issues including: how South Korea, China, Japan, and Russia would react to such an event, and the possibility of a regional arms race; what diplomatic and strategic options the U.S. has; and how the global community's expectations regarding nuclear non-proliferation would be effected. Given the instability and mystery surrounding North Korean politics, scholarship on the implications of the country's nuclear capability is critical, which makes this volume with its unique focus a timely addition to the East Asian security studies field"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""List of Contributors""; ""Foreword""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction. The Problem with an Operationally Nuclear North Korea""; ""I: THE NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR DILEMMA""; ""1 Translating North Korea�s Nuclear Threats into Constrained Operational Reality""; ""2 North Korean Nuclear Weaponization: A U.S. Policy Failure""; ""II: WHAT�S AT STAKE FOR NORTHEAST ASIA?""; ""3 The Implications for Seoul of an Operationally Nuclear North Korea""; ""4 Beijing�s Problem with an Operationally Nuclear North Korea""

""5 Japan's Responses to North Korea's Nuclear and Missile Tests""""6 Russia's De Facto Nuclear Neighbor""; ""7 Washington's Response to an Operationally Nuclear North Korea""; ""8 North Korea's Nuclear Blackmail""; ""III: WHAT'S AT STAKE FOR THE NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION REGIME?""; ""9 India's Nuclear Exceptionalism and the North Korean Nuclear Case""; ""10 Global Consequences of an Operationally Nuclear North Korea""; ""11 DPRK Nuclear Challenges and the Politics of Nonproliferation""; ""Conclusion. Implications and Possible Ways Forward""; ""Notes""; ""Index""."

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781421410951

1421410958

OCLC:

867049687