A Phantom Menace: Proliferation by North Korea and Cases Against the PSI
Titel:
A Phantom Menace: Proliferation by North Korea and Cases Against the PSI
Auteur:
Lee, Gerald Geunwook
Verschenen in:
Korean journal of defense analysis
Paginering:
Jaargang 18 (2006) nr. 4 pagina's 51-71
Jaar:
2006
Inhoud:
North Korea has been pursuing a nuclear program for more than a decade and the world has been watching the expansion of its ambitions, with a major focus on possible nuclear trafficking to terror groups. However, Pyongyang's nuclear activities—its choices of delayed nuclear test, self-claimed nuclear status, and most of all its sequence of nuclear test and nuclear announcement—testify that North Korea cannot attract terror groups, even though it is interested in selling the nuclear devices. With its nuclear sequence—a nuclear announcement comes first and the nuclear test follows—no terrorist organization would pay cash for a made-in-Pyongyang nuclear device. With the nuclear announcements since October 2002 and February 2005, North Korea has been under close watch by the Americans, which repels most terrorist groups. However, the United States has been concerned about Pyongyang's nuclear connections with terror groups, which ironically contributes to North Korea's bargaining position over its mysterious ambition. Therefore, Washington should change its current policy toward Pyongyang, which is not only ineffective but also counterproductive.
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