American Responses to Possible South Korean Nuclear Weapon Development: Then and Now
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Following North Korea’s record-setting number of missile tests in 2022, calls for South Korea to develop its own nuclear deterrent have grown. Despite widespread public support for the idea, the US government has remained firmly opposed. This research investigates US logic for opposing South Korean nuclear weapon development in the 1970s as a historical precedent and extends the past arguments to the present. It finds the main reasons the US opposed South Korean nuclear development in the 1970s were concerns about falling nuclear dominoes, damage to the US-South Korea alliance, and doubts about the regional security environment. The article further argues that these rationales for US opposition to Korean nuclear development remain largely valid today.
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Following North Korea’s record-setting number of missile tests in 2022, calls for South Korea to develop its own nuclear deterrent have grown. Despite widespread public support for the idea, the US government has remained firmly opposed. This research investigates US logic for opposing South Korean nuclear weapon development in the 1970s as a historical precedent and extends the past arguments to the present. It finds the main reasons the US opposed South Korean nuclear development in the 1970s were concerns about falling nuclear dominoes, damage to the US-South Korea alliance, and doubts about the regional security environment. The article further argues that these rationales for US opposition to Korean nuclear development remain largely valid today.
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