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North Korea’s Growing Nuclear Threat: Implications for the U.S. Extended Deterrence in the East Asian Region

Zafar Khan
통일연구원 (YONSEI INSTITUTE FOR NORTH KOREAN STUDIES)|2017.12|International Journal of Korean Unification Studies|제26권 제2호|pp. 139-166|DOI 10.33728/ijkus.2017.26.2.005

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North Korea Nuclear CapabilityIncreasing Nuclear ThreatThe U.S. and its Asian AlliesNuclear Preemptive StrikeThe East Asian Region

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North Korea has carried out more than six nuclear weapons tests, including delivery systems, since it quit the Non-Proliferation Treaty. In the wake of the Six Party Talks, North Korean leadership has offered numerous rationales for its growing nuclear weapons program. Many think that this program has increased its nuclear capability and undermined the strategic stability of the East Asian region. Since North Korea no longer agrees to denuclearization and the arms control processes, it offers rationales for its nuclear weapons. This article unpacks these rationales and offers explanations for why North Korea has increasingly demonstrated its growing nuclear capability, and how this in turn affects the U.S. policy of extended deterrence. This article concludes that the North Korean nuclear threat is credible and the U.S. and its Asian allies have few options to prevent North Korea from using its nuclear weapons.

Abstract

North Korea has carried out more than six nuclear weapons tests, including delivery systems, since it quit the Non-Proliferation Treaty. In the wake of the Six Party Talks, North Korean leadership has offered numerous rationales for its growing nuclear weapons program. Many think that this program has increased its nuclear capability and undermined the strategic stability of the East Asian region. Since North Korea no longer agrees to denuclearization and the arms control processes, it offers rationales for its nuclear weapons. This article unpacks these rationales and offers explanations for why North Korea has increasingly demonstrated its growing nuclear capability, and how this in turn affects the U.S. policy of extended deterrence. This article concludes that the North Korean nuclear threat is credible and the U.S. and its Asian allies have few options to prevent North Korea from using its nuclear weapons.

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