Does the Non-Proliferation Regime Have Any Future?

... security guarantees for the DPRK and the lifting of at least part of the international sanctions related to North Korea’s missile and nuclear programs. In return, Pyongyang’s behavior could be expected 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, ideally not only North Korean weapons, to reduce the risks of nuclear conflict and prevent an unbridled nuclear arms race....