Does the Non-Proliferation Regime Have Any Future?

... to agree on the most important issues of world politics further narrows this set. There will be no return of the DPRK to the NPT in the foreseeable future, much less the country’s accession to the CTBT. Any new negotiation process with Pyongyang must,... ... to be more in line with that of a “responsible nuclear weapons possessor” Pyongyang would like to position itself as. In Northeast Asia, the most urgent task is the gradual establishment of effective nuclear and ballistic weapons control mechanisms,...