LAC researcher Elena Guido published her review of the recent book Nuclear North Korea’s Challenge to Deterrence Theories and Policies by Hwee-rhak Park.
“Studying nuclear issues in North Korea is an intrinsically divided and difficult field to navigate. Analysis tends to fall into rigid camps, shaped as much by normative assumptions and political instincts as by evidence, making even basic assessments of risk or strategy impossibly contested. The erosion of non-proliferation norms and fragmentation of the authority of international institutions further complicate how deterrence functions on the Korean Peninsula. In Nuclear North Korea’s Challenge to Deterrence Theories and Policies: Uncomfortable Truths, Hwee-rhak Park confronts these challenges head-on, arguing that existing deterrence and denuclearisation frameworks are rapidly becoming inadequate for dealing with a nuclear-armed DPRK.
The result is a book that is both conceptually innovative and informed by deep professional experience, while also marked by analytical assumptions that sometimes narrow the debate, rather than expand it.”
Read the full review via the link below.
