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North Korea and weapons of mass destruction

The Perilous Case of Kim Jong Il

Michael J. Green | Aug 25, 2009
Kim Jong Il is dying. Sons, generals and statesmen vie for his throne. With Pyongyang's impressive arsenal of chemical-, biological- and nuclear-weapons programs, the Fall of the House of Kim could end in a peninsular war or worse.

A New Forum for Peace

Ian Bremmer
Choi Sung-hong
Yoriko Kawaguchi
| Dec 01, 2005
A proposal for transforming the six-party talks on North Korea into a security system for northeast Asia.

Rethinking Non-Proliferation

Ted Galen Carpenter
Charles V. Peña
| Jun 01, 2005
Some states are more equal than others. America's non-proliferation strategy should reflect this reality.

Commentary

Pyongyang Is Still Deterred

Ted Galen Carpenter | Dec 20, 2012
It's the Asian powers, not the United States, that should worry about balancing North Korea's growing missile capability.

Storms Brew in Pyongyang

Morton Abramowitz | Apr 06, 2012
North Korea is about to violate its recent missile-test agreement and several UN resolutions. Washington is running out of options.

Predictable Pyongyang

David C. Kang | Jul 23, 2010
Don’t expect the pressure Washington and Seoul are putting on North Korea to lead to any real movement on the peninsula. 
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