... dangerous due to the involvement of non-nuclear-weapon states in the preparation and planning of US nuclear operations. The essence of “extended deterrence” is changing: “nuclear umbrellas” are being replaced by supporting the possible use of nuclear weapons by non-nuclear forces. This trend is particularly evident in the interaction between Washington and Seoul, which established the Nuclear Consultative Group and approved (on the margins of the NATO summit) the Guidelines for Nuclear Deterrence ...
... Towards a Nuclear Horizon
On the other hand, certain individual mid-level powers in the Asia-Pacific region also show certain behavioral similarities. The emergence of the... ... In addition to truly consequential
visits
by Ohio-class submarines to the port of Busan, a
Nuclear Consultative Group
was established, primarily to regularly coordinate... ... the North
Although the Japanese population is not so unanimous in gravitating towards nuclear weapons as the South Koreans [
v
] are, global instability ignited a heated...
... 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 ...