US should counter North Korea's strategic objectives/ Bruce Klingner

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: 2018Subject(s): In: The Journal of East Asian Affairs: Vol 32 No.1, Spring/Summer 2018 pp.1-22 (35)Summary: The viewpoint is that the North's nuclear weapons are more than a benign defense mechanism, the regime is unlikely to initiate an invasion as long as the US- South Korean alliance remains strong. The assessment that Pyong-yang's dominant reason for a nuclear arsenal is to invade South Korea and achieve Korean unification through intimidation.
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The viewpoint is that the North's nuclear weapons are more than a benign defense mechanism, the regime is unlikely to initiate an invasion as long as the US- South Korean alliance remains strong. The assessment that Pyong-yang's dominant reason for a nuclear arsenal is to invade South Korea and achieve Korean unification through intimidation.

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