NPEC hosted two East Asia Public Lunch Hill Forums, the first, “US – Japanese Nuclear Cooperation and the Problem of Plutonium,” on March 22, 2016 and the other, “The Coming Plutonium Buildup in East Asia: Why America Should Worry,” on March 30th. Mar 10, 2016 […]
n this op-ed, featured in The Wall Street Journal, NPEC’s Executive Director examines the merits of deploying tactical nuclear weapons. After dialogue and sanctions proved unable to rein in North Korea’s nuclear and missile programs, tactical nukes may sound prudent to American ears. But South Korean […]
Translation of a Korean only Chosun Ilbo article about how South Korea could arm itself with a nuclear weapon in 1.5 years. Feb 19, 2016 AUTHOR: Lee Young-Wan 6 Months to Produce Fissile Materials, 6-9 Months to Develop a Detonation Device…South Korea Could Arm Itself With a Nuclear Weapon in […]
NPEC’s Executive Director signs Japanese Plutonium Policy (PuPo) Joint Statement at the 2017 International Conference on the U.S.-Japan Nuclear Cooperation Agreement and Japan’s Plutonium Policy Conference. Feb 24, 2017 PuPo 2017 Statement Tokyo 24 February 2017 We, the undersigned, gathered in Tokyo from around the […]
Table of Contents Introduction Henry D. Sokolski 1. Japanese Strategic Weapons Programs and Strategies: Future Scenarios and Alternative Approaches Ian Easton 2. China’s Future Nuclear Force Infrastructure: A Notional Breakout Scenario Mark Stokes 3. Alternative North Korean Nuclear Futures Shane Smith 4. How South Korea […]
NPEC Working Paper 1601, “How Dark Might East Asia’s Nuclear Future Be?” contains detailed projections of what the future holds for a more nuclear-armed China, Japan, North Korea and South Korea. None are predictions. The volume’s purpose is to encourage deeper debate about the security […]
Letter to the President from Congressmen Brad Sherman, Jeff Fortenberry, and Adam Schiff regarding the dangers of reprocessing in East Asia. The letter references an earlier letter to Department of Energy Secretary Moniz regarding U.S. efforts to forego the fabrication of plutonium fuel from decommissioned […]
NPEC Executive Director co-authors piece in The Wall Street Journal detailing rising plutonim stockpiles in East Asia in “Japan and South Korea May Soon Go Nuclear“ May 08, 2016 AUTHOR: Henry Sokolski Japan and South Korea May Soon Go Nuclear The longtime status quo is crumbling, and plutonim […]
East Asian Nuclearization – Is Trump Wrong (PDF) 1,532.06 KB East Asian Nuclerarization: Is Trump Wrong? This NPEC dinner seminar examined just how easy it might be for China to enlarge its nuclear arsenal dramatically, and for Japan and South Korea to get arsenals of their […]
The Diplomat reviews NPEC’s Executive Director’s latest book, Underestimated: Our Not So Peaceful Nuclear Future, praising it as a “thoughtful and sobering study.” Feb 08, 2016 AUTHOR: Francis P. Sempa Nuclear Instability in the Asia-Pacific Region? A new study reaches sobering conclusions on the potential for nuclear proliferation. […]
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