Special Report: North Korea and the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI)
On its seventh anniversary, Dr. Mark J. Valencia evaluates the effectiveness of the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI). This initiative, started under…
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WMD
The realities of North Korea’s WMD ambitions are complex but so are the technological developments that make its programs possible. We will help our readers understand both.
Can North Korea Build the H-Bomb?
The sun is a mass of incandescent gas A gigantic nuclear furnace Where hydrogen is built into helium At a…
Master Proliferator or Simple Front Company?
Is North Korea a “master proliferator,” providing complete production facilities and extensive know-how for manufacturing weapons of mass destruction and…
How A.Q. Khan Helped Distort America’s DPRK Policy
Washington and Pyongyang may be on the verge of another attempt at negotiation. After a stroke in 2008, Kim Jong Il seems to have spent much of 2009 getting his groove back—launching missiles, testing a nuclear weapon, and separating more plutonium—while Washington looked for new sources of pressure, having cut off North Korea’s access to the international market for everything from yachts to iPods.