... Now?
A Gloomy Anniversary
The September 19, 2005 statement
proposed
measures to phase out the nuclear potential of the Korean peninsula in exchange for establishing a peace and security mechanism that takes the interests of all sides into account.
North Korea, whose missile programme was the focus of the talks, was primarily interested in eliminating threats to its national ... ... an alternative to nuclear deterrence. These agreements effectively spelt out in detail the idea of “peace in exchange for nuclear weapons,” which the United States and North Korea, with the help of other interested states, have been trying to achieve ...
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Given these circumstances, the peace treaty on the Korean Peninsula should be signed by the two independent sovereign states, North Korea and South Korea, possibly with guarantees provided by the five permanent members of the UN Security Council: Russia, China, the U.S., the UK, and France.
A unique task of global significance
Settling the nuclear problem of the Korean Peninsula is a new and unique task of global significance. In this case, the problem is convincing a state that created nuclear weapons as its only security shield that it should abandon this shield in exchange for international guarantees of its ...
... intercontinental ballistic missile. According to Pentagon, the missile flew about 1000 km and fell into the Sea of Japan. The North Korean military emphasizes that the Hwasong-15 is capable to carry an "extremely heavy nuclear warhead" and reach ... ... Conference of the Valdai Discussion Club
, presented the Russian stage-by-stage plan for the settlement of the crisis on the Korean peninsula. According to the Deputy Foreign Minister, the first step should be the reduction of military tension. Its starting ...
... behind the key characters in this drama, which more often than not smacks of farce?
North Korea is driven by the basic instinct of survival in the face of actual and imaginary... ... to safeguard itself against its external enemies and preserve sovereignty is to have nuclear weapons.
Alexey Arbatov:
U.S. Nuclear Warheads' Scary Modernization
The U.S... ... out near its borders, and is thus interested in preserving peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula. Beijing's even greater desire is to drive the U.S. out of East Asia...