Nuclearization Debates: Lesson for South Korea

Examining critical issues regarding nuclear dynamics and security challenges facing the Korean Peninsula, drawing from South Asia’s experiences.

In Korean Peninsula Research

In response to growing public support in South Korea for an indigenous nuclear weapons program, the Stimson Center’s Korea and South Asia Programs examined South Asia’s nuclearization experience as a comparative case, looking at nuclear dynamics and security challenges facing the Korean Peninsula and drawing out lessons for Northeast Asia’s possible nuclear future.

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What choices, trade-offs, and potential implications does South Korea face in its discussion of nuclearization?
Jagannath Panda
Commentary
What subconventional stability lessons can South Korea learn from South Asia’s experience?
Frank O’Donnell
Commentary
What can South Korea learn from South Asia's experience of nuclearization?
Rabia Akhtar

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