TY - JOUR
T1 - To Go or Not to Go
T2 - South and North Korea’s Nuclear Decisions in Comparative Context
AU - Hymans, Jacques E. C.
AU - Kim, Seung Young
AU - Rieke, Henning
PY - 2001/2
Y1 - 2001/2
N2 - Ever since the destruction of Hiroshima in 1945, states all over the world have been faced with the issue of whether or not to acquire the ‘absolute weapon’ for themselves. The question of ‘going nuclear’ has been especially acute on the Korean peninsula, with its history of conflict, division and great power meddling. Has any one of the two Koreas, or both, ever attempted to acquire nuclear weapons? Did either of them decide to abandon that quest? If so, when and why? These are the questions that motivate this paper.
AB - Ever since the destruction of Hiroshima in 1945, states all over the world have been faced with the issue of whether or not to acquire the ‘absolute weapon’ for themselves. The question of ‘going nuclear’ has been especially acute on the Korean peninsula, with its history of conflict, division and great power meddling. Has any one of the two Koreas, or both, ever attempted to acquire nuclear weapons? Did either of them decide to abandon that quest? If so, when and why? These are the questions that motivate this paper.
U2 - 10.1017/S1598240800000254
DO - 10.1017/S1598240800000254
M3 - Article
VL - 1
SP - 91
EP - 153
JO - Journal of East Asian Studies
JF - Journal of East Asian Studies
SN - 1598-2408
IS - 1
ER -