Strategic Multilayer Assessment (SMA) of Strategic Outcomes in the Korean Peninsula Part I: Key Findings

Abstract

This paper reports a number of the top-level findings from the Strategic Multilayer Assessment (SMA) Strategic Outcomes in the Korean Peninsula project requested by the Joint Staff J39 and USINDOPACOM. They are based on an integration of the results of the eleven different analytic efforts included in the project. Finding: There are impediments to North Korean denuclearization on multiple layers making it highly unlikely and extremely difficult to achieve under foreseeable conditions.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 2018
Accession Number
AD1066702

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People

  • Allison Astorino-courtois

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Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Boiling Point
  • British Columbia
  • Cognitive Complexity
  • Cold War
  • Humanitarian Assistance
  • Identification
  • Information Processing
  • Korea
  • Leadership
  • Military Exercises
  • Military Operations
  • National Security
  • North Korea
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Security
  • Weapons

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  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • International Relations, focusing on Korea-Africa and North Korea-South Korea relations, and Nigeria-Latin American Relations.
  • Strategic Security Studies