... 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.... ... 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 ...
... 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 independence and inviolability of its borders.
The future of Northeast Asia, the entire Asia Pacific, and global processes in ...
... means other than the political one.
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Igor Morgulov, speaking on November 27 at the
8th Asian 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 point is the so-called "double freezing" - suspension of missile launches and nuclear tests by the DPRK in exchange ...
... South Korea. The only way for Pyongyang 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., for its part, is trying to prevent the ... ...
Finally, China does not want a war to break 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 and turn the region into its sphere of influence....
