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Vol. 38-3 (December 2023) Under What Conditions Would South Korea Go Nuclear? Seoul's Strategic Choice on Nuclear Weapons (Min-hyung Kim)

Abstract

The main goal of this article is to analyze the conditions under which South Korea would decide to go nuclear. It seeks to examine the key factors that would trigger Seoul's decision for nuclear-arming. The article contends that South Korea is likely to go nuclear under the following conditions: where South Koreans' demands for nuclear weapons continue to rise despite US security assurances; where Pyongyang's threats of its nuclear weapons attacks are increasingly directed towards Seoul as opposed to Washington; where US security assurances for South Korea become highly questionable; and where potential nearby proliferators (Japan and Taiwan, in particular) go nuclear. Any single one of these conditions might not be enough for Seoul's decision to nuclearize, but when at least any two of them are fulfilled at the same time, South Korea is highly likely to go nuclear.

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Pacific Focus - 2023 - - Issue Information (5).pdf

다음글 Vol. 38-3 (December 2023) Is North Korea a Failed State? (Jiyoung Kim)
이전글 Vol. 38-3 (December 2023) Navigating Geopolitical Change in Northeast Asia: A Realist Approach to Analyze the Matrix Scenario of US-China Conflict and US–North Korea Relations (Kyung-tae Min)