For many years the US has wrestled with what to do when adversary countries (e.g., North Korea, Iran) move to acquire nuclear weapons. But we may be facing a new challenge (or more accurately, new[…]
Tag: Credibility
Roundtable on the US-ROK Alliance
Following the Washington Declaration issued at the Biden-Yoon summit, what are the key issues facing the US-ROK alliance? See my contribution on extended deterrence to this National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR) roundtable.
Oped: ROK Nuclear Arsenal?
Following on our KJDA article, Daryl G. Press and I published an op-ed in the Washington Post examining the erosion of the foundation of the US-ROK alliance, and Seoul’s possible move toward acquiring its own[…]