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NORTH KOREAN DEFECTOR IS SOUTH KOREAN CIA’S TIME-BOMB written by Alexandre Y. Mansourov, with substantial editing by Nautilus Institute (npr@igc.apc.org) July 27/94 The news that Kang Myong-do defected from the DPRK is not significant for what he said at a news conference about Pyongyang’s alleged possession of five nuclear bombs. Rather, if he is who […]

Prepared for the Conference on Peace and Security in Northeast Asia and the Nuclear Issue East-West Center, Honolulu, Hawaii July 17-20, 1994 The Asia-Pacific region has witnessed remarkable changes over the past few decades; most states in the region have posted double-digit economic growth, developed more representative political institutions (“democracy” in Asia has its own […]

By Bon-Hak Koo Research Associate, Arms Control Research Center Korea Institute for Defense Analyses A paper prepared for the Northeast Asia Peace and Security Network managed by Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainable Development, Berkeley, California, June 1994. Introduction The end of the Cold War has virtually eliminated the possibility of a global nuclear war […]

by Dunbar Lockwood Arms Control Association June 30, 1994 prepared for the Northeast Asia Peace and Security Network managed by Nautilus Institute, Berkeley, California I. INTRODUCTION With the end of the Cold War, it has become difficult to envision a scenario in which any of the five declared nuclear weapons states would deliberately initiate the […]

Nuclear-Weapons-Free Zone in Northeast Asia: A South Korean Perspective By Bon-Hak Koo Research Associate, Arms Control Research Center Korea Institute for Defense Analyses A paper prepared for the Northeast Asia Peace and Security Network managed by Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainable Development, Berkeley, California, June 1994. Introduction The end of the Cold War has […]

THE STATUS OF U.S., RUSSIAN, AND CHINESE NUCLEAR FORCES IN NORTHEAST ASIA by Dunbar Lockwood Arms Control Association June 30, 1994 prepared for the Northeast Asia Peace and Security Network managed by Nautilus Institute, Berkeley, California I. INTRODUCTION With the end of the Cold War, it has become difficult to envision a scenario in which […]

Nuclear Free Zone on the Korean Peninsula: A Russian View by Gennady Chufrin Institute of Oriental Studies Moscow produced for the Northeast Asia Peace and Security Network managed by Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainable Development Berkeley, California USA Recently the international situation on and around the Korean Peninsula has become very strained because of […]

Nuclear Forces in Northeast Asia Gerald Segal International Institute for Strategic Studies London prepared for the Northeast Asia Peace and Security Network managed by Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainable Development May 1994 By nearly common consent, the uncertainty over the status of nuclear forces in Northeast Asia is said to be the most dangerous […]

Engaging DPRK in a Verifiable Nuclear-Weapons-Free Zone: Addressing Nuclear Issues of the Korean Peninsula[*] by Dingli Shen[**] Center for American Studies, Fudan University Shanghai, China May 6, 1994 prepared for the Northeast Asia Peace and Security Network managed by Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainable Development Berkeley, California ABSTRACT: This report discusses regional institutional building […]

Mark J. Valencia Senior Fellow Program on International Economics and Politics East-West Center Honolulu, Hawaii, USA prepared for The Northeast Asia Peace and Security Network January 1994 DRAFT 01/06/94 copyright Nautilus Institute Contents Page Executive Summary……………………………………………………………………………………………………..1 I.  Introduction……………………………………………………………………………………………………………..6 II. Opportunities and Suggestions for the United States……………………………………………………10 A. Constraints and Negative Implications of Cooperation…………………………………………………15 B. Go Slow: […]