The North Korean Nuclear Threat

April 12, 2021

In this Call with the Experts podcast, Jeffrey Hiday, director of Media Relations at RAND, is joined by Bruce Bennett, RAND adjunct international/defense researcher, Bruce Bechtol, professor of political science at Angelo State University, and Bruce Klingner, senior research fellow with the Heritage Foundation, for a discussion about the North Korean nuclear threat.

Bennett, Bechtol, and Klingner discuss topics covered in their study, Countering the Risks of North Korean Nuclear Weapons, including recent developments in North Korean's nuclear weapons programs and strategies the Biden administration might consider for engaging with North Korea.

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Countering the Risks of North Korean Nuclear Weapons
There is a growing gap between North Korea's nuclear weapon threat and South Korean and U.S. capabilities to defeat it. Because these capabilities will take years to develop, attention should be focused on where the threat could be in the mid to late 2020s and strategy options that could be employed to counter it.
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The United States and South Korea have a robust military presence on the Korean Peninsula that, at a minimum, would make any effort by North Korea to reunify the nations by force extremely costly. In contrast, the state of U.S. deterrence with regard to Chinese aggression against Taiwan is mixed.
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The North Korean Nuclear Threat

April 12, 2021

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Countering the Risks of North Korean Nuclear Weapons

COVID-19 Exacerbates North Korea's Bad Choices

Strategies for Pushing North Korea Toward Denuclearization

The State of Deterrence in Korea and the Taiwan Strait

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