Northeast Asia Nuclear Dilemmas

Abstract

Influential political elites in South Korea and Japan have recently expressed deep concerns with the reliability of the United States to uphold its alliance security guarantee commitments. As a result, those leaders have advocated that either US nuclear weapons be deployed to the region, or that their nations establish national nuclear arsenals to better ensure regional stability and protection of vital national interests. While few analysts believe South Korea or Japan possesses the political will or operational doctrine to risk nuclear weapon development in the short term, it is likely that ally concerns will only deepen over time, due to perceived US unresponsiveness and inaction.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 2012
Accession Number
AD1018113

Entities

People

  • Brian A. Fox

Organizations

  • Air War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Defense
  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Arms Control
  • Business Administration
  • Cold War
  • Control Systems
  • Governments
  • Information Exchange
  • International Relations
  • National Security
  • Nuclear Energy
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Treaties
  • United States
  • War Colleges
  • Weapons Effects

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Economics
  • Nuclear Non-Proliferation and International Security