Living with Nuclear North Korea

North Korea's Oct 2008 agreement to open all declared nuclear sites to inspection by the International Atomic Energy Agency as a quid pro quo for its removal from the list of state sponsors of terrorism marked a high point for Pres George W. Bush's foreign policy. But even before Pyongyang...

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Published in:Survival (London) 2009-08, Vol.51 (4), p.13-20
Main Author: Ramberg, Bennett
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Arms control & disarmament
Bush, George W
Deterrence
Diplomacy
Disarmament
Foreign policy
International community
International conflicts
International relations
International security
Kim Jong Il
National security
North Korea
Nuclear Proliferation
Nuclear Weapons
Presidency
Regional security
Terrorism
Weapons of mass destruction
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Summary:North Korea's Oct 2008 agreement to open all declared nuclear sites to inspection by the International Atomic Energy Agency as a quid pro quo for its removal from the list of state sponsors of terrorism marked a high point for Pres George W. Bush's foreign policy. But even before Pyongyang began to abandon verification, Kim Jong II had outmaneuvered Bush by building and testing a nuclear device. Here, Ramberg emphasizes how the recent May 2009 nuclear detonation should put an end to the disarmament illusion, at least as long as the Kim regime remains in power. According to him, the time has come for Washington to stop trying to force Pyongyang to disarm and to recognize that nuclear non-proliferation is not an end in itself. Rather, it is only one means to prevent the use of atomic weapons, the ultimate objective.
ISSN:0039-6338
1468-2699
DOI:10.1080/00396330903168790