Between Iraq and a Hard Place: A U.S. Strategy for Achieving a Nuclear-Free North Korea

Abstract

When President Bush uttered the preceding words as part of his State of the Union ad- dress in January 2002, he served notice to North Korea that they were on a short list of countries being scrutinized by the United States as potential nexuses between terrorists and weapons of mass destruction. Nine months later during a visit to North Korea, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs James A. Kelly confronted North Korean officials with evidence that they were engaged in a clandestine program to produce highly enriched uranium that could be used to make nuclear weapons. That program was a flagrant violation of the 1994 Agreed Framework under which North Korea agreed to freeze its nuclear weapons program in exchange for improved political relations, 500,000 gallons of fuel oil each year, two light-water nuclear reactors, and U.S. assurances not to use nuclear weapons against North Korea.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 05, 2003
Accession Number
ADA421581

Entities

People

  • Monica Mendez
  • Samuel M. Allmond
  • Steven D. Mcneely

Organizations

  • National Defense University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Arms Control
  • Chemical Weapons
  • Economic Sanctions
  • Fissile Materials
  • Foreign Relations
  • Korea
  • Materials
  • National Security
  • Negotiations
  • North Korea
  • Nuclear Materials
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • South Korea
  • Treaties
  • United States
  • Weapons Of Mass Destruction

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • International Relations, focusing on Korea-Africa and North Korea-South Korea relations, and Nigeria-Latin American Relations.
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Strategic Security Studies