The Korea Times covers a forum where Government Professors Jennifer Lind and Daryl Press discuss how the outcome of the US presidential election could impact the American commitment to its alliance with South Korea. Read the full article HERE!
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Professor Daryl Press was quoted in an extensive Harpers Magazine piece on the dangers of American hubris. Read the full article HERE!
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In January, the U.S.–South Korean alliance was rocked by President Yoon Suk-yeol's surprising suggestion: his country, a law-abiding member of the international system and a key U.S. ally, might need its own nuclear deterrent. In the United States, many foreign policy experts were aghast. A South Korean nuclear arsenal was unnecessary, they argued, because Seoul enjoys U.S. protection. Moreover, a South Korean nuclear program would violate the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT), destabilize East Asia, and expose South Korea to crippling economic sanctions.
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It has been argued that South Korea's withdrawal from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and its own nuclear armament are legitimate and justified. Daryl Press, a professor at Dartmouth College in the US, said that North Korea's development of long-range missiles has reduced the credibility of the US nuclear umbrella, and that South Korea should seek ways to strengthen deterrence on its own.
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"The possibility of an independent South Korean nuclear arsenal is not a popular direction within circles in Washington," Professor Press tells "The Chosun Ilbo" newspaper about the idea that South Korea may develop its own nuclear weapons to counter North Korea. Read the full article HERE!
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