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A Monsoon Instead of a Gentle Breeze: Creeping Nuclearization in the Asia-Pacific

... technology that is inextricably linked with handling highly-enriched uranium. Canada already had similar intentions in the late 1980s, while Brazil has also been working towards this. Apart from the threshold states, US “ironclad treaty alliances” in the Asia-Pacific also include the Philippines and Thailand. Nuclear weapons were stored in the soil of the former during the Cold War. This is to say nothing of likely nuclear dimensions of a Taiwan contingency. Unsurprisingly, the TPNW is largely ignored not only by the nuclear powers but also their allies heavily ...

26.02.2024

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Prospects of Resolving the Korean Nuclear Problem

... Peninsula have two main components. Today, the greatest emphasis is placed on North Korea’s nuclear crisis stemming from the North Korean leadership implementing their nuclear missile program in violation of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. Yet there is another component, the inter-Korean crisis, with the Korean nation being split into two separate states for over 70 years. These crises are inter-related, but their mutual influence is not straightforward. Should Pyongyang ...

15.03.2019

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Poll conducted

In your opinion, what are the US long-term goals for Russia?

U.S. wants to establish partnership relations with Russia on condition that it meets the U.S. requirements	33 (31%)
U.S. wants to deter Russia’s military and political activity	30 (28%)
U.S. wants to dissolve Russia	24 (22%)
U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China	21 (19%)