... of the Trump presidency. [email protected] © 2025 by The Regents of the University of California 2025 North Korea nuclear weapons Trump administration foreign policy US-DPRK relations As a second Trump presidency begins, what are the prospects for US–DPRK relations? In this article, we...

... of California 2023 North Korea nuclear weapons foreign policy US-South Korea alliance COVID If North Korean domestic politics and economics continued a trend from 2021 and faced headwinds in 2022, then foreign affairs were more propitious. In particular, the Kim regime has strengthened ties...

... to shift the balance of insecurity into an imbalance of terror while ensuring that only Pyongyang would be armed with nuclear weapons in the area. The “gray zone” discourse of the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula (rather than North Korea) ended up bolstering North Korea’s nuclear program, while...

.... KEYWORDS: North Korea, South Korea, nuclear weapons, reunification, coercion INTRODUCTION Efforts to seek the denuclearization of North Korea have stalled. Despite several summits, working-group meetings, efforts to lower tensions, and increased political as well as economic engagement, denuclearization...

...Pyungse Cho; Jae-Cheon Lim This paper examines the determinants of North Korea’s foreign policymaking to show why denuclearization efforts continue to fail to curb, let alone end, its nuclear weapons program. Two determinants, namely South Korea’s existential threat and North Korea’s juche ideology...

... Council, first in March and again in November. © 2017 by The Regents of the University of California 2017 Kim Jong Un North Korea nuclear weapons sanctions party congress CHARLES K. ARMSTRONG North Korea in 2016 Much More of the Same ABSTRACT Kim Jong Un further consolidated his leadership...

... 2016 by the Regents of the University of California 2016 Korea leadership China nuclear weapons human rights VICTOR D. CHA The North Korea Question ABSTRACT The North Korean state under a young and unproven leader faces severe challenges. The regime will not change because of a leadership...

... realizing Kim Jong Un s byungjin line. It also attempted to open new external fronts and to coerce the South to cooperate on its terms, but failed. Instead, it retreated into a repaired relationship with China. KEYWORDS: Kim Jong Un, North Korea, South Korea, nuclear weapons, diplomacy INTRODUCTION North...

...Peter Hayes; Roger Cavazos In 2014, North Korea neither overcame its isolation due to its nuclear weapons and hostile geostrategic posture nor reformed its economy. Kim Jong Un learned on the job, consolidated his leadership, avoided military risk, and opened new channels to South Korea, Japan...

... Office to resolve governance questions surrounding India’s nuclear policy. © 2014 by the Regents of the University of California 2014 India nuclear weapons bureaucratic politics Asian security FRANK O DONNELL AND HARSH V. PANT Evolution of India s Agni-V Missile Bureaucratic Politics...

... of the University of California North Korea South Korea China Kim Jong-il Kim Jong-un nuclear weapons Asian Survey, Vol. 51, Number 1, pp. 33 40. ISSN 0004-4687, electronic ISSN 1533-838X. © 2011 by the Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. Please direct all requests for permis...

... confiscatory currency reform. These developments raise doubts about North Korea's interest in engagement. © 2010 By the Regents of the University of California North Korea economic sanctions nuclear weapons missiles United Nations Security Council STEPHAN HAGGARD AND MARCUS NOLAND Sanctioning...

... its nuclear weapons. © 2010 By the Regents of the University of California North Korea South Korea Kim Jong-il nuclear weapons foreign policy KONGDAN OH AND RALPH HASSIG North Korea in 2009 The Song Remains the Same ABSTRACT During the first half of 2009, North Korea s relations...

... aim. © 2009 By the Regents of the University of California Russia North Korea China Six Party Talks nuclear weapons RUSSIA AND NORTH KOREA Dilemmas and Interests Leszek Buszynski Abstract Russia had two objectives in its relationship with North Korea. One was denuclearization...

... a stroke in August, casting uncertainty over all aspects of politics and policy. © 2009 by The Regents of the University of California. 2009 North Korea nuclear weapons famine reform Kim Jong-il NORTH KOREA IN 2008 Twilight of the God? Stephan Haggard and Marcus Noland Abstract In 2008...

... security has driven India to reach out to countries well beyond its borders. For the rst time in India s history, New Delhi appears comfortable using the military and diplomatic tools that great powers have used throughout history. Keywords: India, nuclear weapons, energy security Two thousand and six...