North Korea`s nuclear program: The Clinton administration`s response
The very real possibility of nuclear proliferation on the Korean peninsula threatens American national security interests in Northeast Asia and poses a challenge to the international nonproliferation regime. The suspected North Korean nuclear weapons program is the primary cause of concern. Although a signatory of the Non-Proliferation Treaty and the International Atomic Energy Safeguards Agreement, North Korea`s overt and covert behavior over the past several years has raised serious questions about its true intentions. The Clinton administration has responded to this challenge through a series of incentives and threats, the classic carrot and stick approach, in an effort to influence North Korean behavior. In particular, the US has attempted to persuade North Korea`s political leaders to abandon any nuclear weapons program. The paper also provides some constructive criticisms of the Clinton policy and its implementation, and evaluates whether the President`s non-proliferation effort directed at the Korean peninsula can serve as an effective model for possible proliferation elsewhere.
- Research Organization:
- Air Force Academy, Inst. for National Security Studies, CO (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 678998
- Report Number(s):
- AD-A--365422/XAB; INSS-OP--3
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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