Tag: Denuclearization

What’s in a Name? North Korea and the Contested Politics of ‘Nuclear Weapons States’

Post author By Sidra Hamidi
Post date 08/03/2019
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This article was originally published by War on the Rocks on 6 March 2019.

The second nuclear summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ended abruptly last week with no deal and no plan for North Korean denuclearization. When asked how he had discussed the matter with Kim, Trump responded by noting, “denuclearization is a very important word, has become a very well-used word. A lot of people don’t know what it means but to me it’s pretty obvious we have to get rid of the nukes.”

Tags Nuclear weapons, Nuclear, Denuclearization, North Korea, United States of America

Whence Korean Denuclearization

Post author By Andray Abrahamian
Post date 21/01/2019
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This article was originally published by the Pacific Forum on 14 January 2019.

North Korea’s state-owned news agency ran a wire story with tremendous significance just before Christmas, making clear that unilateral denuclearization is not going to happen. As part of a detailed explanation of Pyongyang’s position, it said: “When we refer to the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula, it, therefore, means removing all elements of nuclear threats from the areas of both the north and the south of Korea and also from surrounding areas from where the Korean peninsula is targeted. This should be clearly understood.” The text also states that “the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula means ‘completely removing the nuclear threats of the U.S. to the DPRK.’”

Tags North Korea, Security, United States of America, Nuclear proliferation, Nuclear Disarmament, Nuclear, Denuclearization