North Korea's Nuclear Program and the United States Policy of Strategic Patience

Abstract

For over 60 years, North Korea has successfully developed its nuclear and missile programs for the sole purpose of ensuring regime survival. To ensure regime survival, North Korea will continue to develop its nuclear capabilities and will never abandon it, regardless of what the United States imposes upon it. Because of this, the United States must change its policy towards North Korea and begin working on a policy that focuses specifically on nuclear safety and security while encouraging regional dialog focusing on improving regional trust.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 12, 2015
Accession Number
AD1175812

Entities

People

  • Darryl G. Ayers

Organizations

  • Marine Corps University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Arms Control
  • Arms Control Treaties
  • Ballistic Missiles
  • Department Of Defense
  • Foreign Policy
  • Foreign Relations
  • Fuel Oils
  • Governments
  • Intergovernmental Organizations
  • International Law
  • International Organizations
  • International Security
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • National Security
  • New York
  • North Korea
  • Nuclear Energy
  • Nuclear Materials
  • Nuclear Proliferation
  • Nuclear Reactors
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Security
  • Treaties
  • United States
  • Weapons Of Mass Destruction

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Nuclear Non-Proliferation and International Security
  • Strategic Security Studies