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Book SynopsisKennedy School of Government at Harvard University, sets the stage for a rigorous look at the threats North Korea poses to regional security and the nuclear nonproliferation regime.
Trade ReviewNorth Korean Nuclear Operationality: Regional Security and Nonproliferation brings together some of the most well-respected analysts of the North Korean nuclear situation and offers some timely insight -- especially if South Korean intelligence estimates that the North is planning a fourth underground nuclear test as it hones its ability to miniaturise a warhead are correct. -- Julian Ryall South China Morning Post Gregory Moore has compiled a stimulating, readable collection of essays premised on the rising likelihood of a full-fledged nuclear North Korea... The diversity of views enriches and enlivens the book, and the contributors make a convincing case that it is an issue demanding a wider audience. -- John Delury Global Asia The authors suggest that, since sticks have failed, carrots should be tried more consistently and more imaginatively... The argument presented is ingenious, and if, as suggested, it is associated with proposals for a nuclear-weapon-free zone in North East Asia it might also go some way to easing the damage done by DPRK behaviour so far to the global non-proliferation regime. -- Gerald Clark Asian Affairs Pyongyang is well on the way to mastering the technologies it needs to build a deliverable nuclear weapon. But the expert contriutors to this volume argue convincingly that little will change when North Korea crosses that threshold. The retaliatory capabilities of Japan, South Korea and the United States are already sufficient to deter Pyongyang from attacking anyone with a nuclear weapon, and North Korea already has enough military power to deter anyone from attacking it. -- Andrew Nathan Foreign Affairs Richly detailed and logically laid out, Moore's book is an excellent analysis of North Korea's acquisition of nuclear arms and the consequences to its neighbors. Journal of Nuclear Materials Management
Table of ContentsList of Contributors
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Introduction. The Problem with an Operationally
Nuclear North Korea
Part I: The North Korean Nuclear Dilemma
Chapter 1. Translating North Korea's Nuclear Threats into
Constrained Operational Reality
Chapter 2. North Korean Nuclear Weaponization: A U.S. Policy Failure
Part II: What's at Stake for Northeast Asia?
Chapter 3. The Implications for Seoul of an Operationally Nuclear North Korea
Chapter 4. Beijing's Problem with an Operationally Nuclear North Korea
Chapter 5. Japan's Responses to North Korea's Nuclear and Missile Tests
Chapter 6. Russia's De Facto Nuclear Neighbor
Chapter 7. Washington's Response to an Operationally Nuclear North Korea
Chapter 8. North Korea's Nuclear Blackmail
Part III: What's at Stake for the Nuclear Nonproliferation Regime?
Chapter 9. India's Nuclear Exceptionalism and the North Korean Nuclear Case
Chapter 10. Global Consequences of an Operationally Nuclear North Korea
Chapter 11. DPRK Nuclear Challenges and the Politics of Nonproliferation
Conclusion. Implications and Possible Ways Forward
Notes
Index
