Disarming North Korea: A Comparative Study of United States Strategic Ways, Ends, and Risks in Dealing with the North Korean Nuclear Problem
Abstract
A comparative qualitative analysis of the United States' strategic ends and ways to resolve the North Korean nuclear problem. The research focuses on the motives and driving forces that cause specific regimes to seek nuclear weapons and what strategies have been effective in forcing denuclearization in the past. The main argument provides evidence from historical and theoretical perspectives that the primary determinant of the question to pursue and maintain a nuclear weapons program is a function of regime security, not state security. To induce North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons program, the United States would have to develop a mechanism to influence the Kim regime to believe that the decision to denuclearize will increase rather than decrease regime security. The findings of this thesis examine the ways that could be used to achieve this strategic end as well as other less ambitious ends that could work to reduce the threat of a nuclear North Korea.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 12, 2020
- Accession Number
- AD1125058
Entities
People
- Joshua Gompert
Organizations
- United States Army Command and General Staff College